Cursed Boomer Images

About

Cursed Boomer Images refers to a series of images and/or memes that people outside the Baby Boomer demographic describe as indicative of the generation's humor. These images are generally critical of younger generations, overtly political and considered cringe. Additionally, the images feature elements from older meme forms, such as the Impact font.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the phrase "Cursed Boomer Image" comes from the @WeWuzBoomers Twitter ^[1] account, which launched in December 2017. On January 18th, 2018, they made their first tweet: an image of U.S. President Donald Trump and Tiger Woods, who is misidentified as former President Barack Obama (shown below).

Spread

The following day, the account^[2] published a four-panel image featuring Milo Yiannopoulos. The post received more than 1,400 likes and 200 retweets in less than two years (shown below, left).

Later that year, on August 24th, Mel Magazine^[3] published a report entitled "Baby Boomer Memes Are Ruining the Internet", which featured "Cursed Baby Boomers." The article includes numerous examples of the form, as well (shown below, center and right).

On February 11th, 2019, YouTuber Shoe0nHead shared a video compilation about the images. The post received more than 800,000 views in less than one year (shown below).

Various Examples

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