OK Boomer: A Coloring Book of the Gas-Guzzling, Wealth-Hoarding, Technology-Phobic Generation That Controls Everything

I am genuinely not sure what's more hysterical: the content in this book or the salty, fully unironic reviews calling a coloring book "ageist," "mean," and "a collection of stereotypes." Someone really posted a photo of every single page of this coloring book?? And my favorite insult: millennials are "jealous of boomer success." LMAO oh Karen, I don't think any millennial will deny we're fully jealous of every advantage boomers built into the system, borrowing from their children's future to enjoy the high life of the present. miLLenNiaLs aRe jUsT jEaLoUs yeah how dumb of us to be envious of the financial stability, home ownership, stable retirement accounts, stock options, pensions, investment opportunities, affordable education, reasonable home rates, and adequate pay every other generation all enjoyed for the majority of your lives. And yet, we're also dumb for never thinking of our future and not wanting to work or better ourselves? Weird.Looks to me like a bunch of boomer types bought this coloring book not realizing what it was gonna be and then came to the review section to shake their fists at ignorant and lazy millennials. But I love that, in their attempts to disregard the brutal honesty of this coloring book, boomers angrily yet proudly wrote reviews essentially doubling down on the stereotypes they want to vehemently deny exist. Even a young boomer or two showed up to wag a finger at the tongue-in-cheek humor of this book, reminding us that boomerism has grown beyond an age and has pandemic'd into a mindset. Me? I'll readily admit that my own parents literally have uttered no less than half of the phrases in this book, but were viciously insulted by every page in it. Gosh, I thought millennials were the snowflakes?So yeah, not only is the artwork in this book phenomenal, and the stereotypes painfully accurate, but if you're the type of meanie millennial who believes the boomers can afford to take a few paginated punches in exchange for their comfortable hoarding of independent wealth and career stability, you'll love keeping this on your coffee table to piss off Aunt Jean during Thanksgiving. But, if you're a millennial that's basically a boomer yourself, or you're a boomer who can't take a joke and is living pretty high on the hog while your "lazy" college graduate kid can't "get up and get a job," you'll probably find this book wildly insulting and a totally irreverent collection of how-dare-theys and oh-my-gosh-how-rudes.Two thumbs up, five stars, and very, very highly recommended.

I thought this could be a funny book to grab. There was a lot of potential for material with this topic.But other than one or two that I did a light chuckle over, the rest are just a collection of ridiculous stereotypes.I'm in the IT field, a CTO of a consulting company, so I deal every day with technology and people using it, of all ages. This book wants to make it seem that anyone of 60 is technologically ignorant or just incompetent and prejudiced... Seems to me the author is the one who's suffering from at least part of that. In my experience it seems the older generations up to about 80 seem to grasp the technology better than the young ones. The young ones are capable of clicking a thumbs up button, but most don't seem to get the underlying technology. Not at all like this book seems to want to portray things.Artwork was pretty good though. Just wish there was more than what seems to be just an adolescent attempt at being funny and / or jealous of success.

I'm a coloring book junkie. I even snail mail coloring book pages with my Mom who is about 1500 miles from me. We write letters back & forth on the pages we color. Maybe we are dorks, I don't know. My Mom is a Boomer & seriously, she is none of the things in this coloring book (my Dad, a little, but not much). I have yet to decide if I'll send any of these to her. At the moment I'm considering pages that aren't insulting, just slightly humorous because they are relatable, like not being able to find your glasses when they are on your head. Or having your spouse be a lazy fork while you work your tail off.The thing is I find this behavior more suitable for the 60+ year adults I knew in my 20's rather than any I know now. However, much of the behavior shown could apply to any generation. Focusing solely on the Boomers is flat out overly vicious & ridiculous. Lets take the image of the woman struggling with the film in her camera. Okay, yep, who the heck uses film cameras? Anyone who is into "real" photography. There are people who are into it, similar to vinyl I guess.Work hard, play hard. I'm scratching my head over this. What is wrong with that motto? Personally, I would love more play in my life, but instead I find myself having to force downtime because I'm a full time eco farmer & it is seriously hard work with less than minimum wage pay. Am I supposed to be angry at the 65 yo who climbed to the top & now golfs? What the heck? Why would I care? I guess this just isn't my kind of humor.How do I login again? Another relatable bit. Maybe not the login necessarily, but general frustration when websites &/or devices don't work the way you want. I somehow doubt a Boomer is using a PC as old as the one pictured. Last I checked they are compatible with nothing. You can't even go online & I also doubt they use a wired mouse. Why would they? But hey! Maybe you know a Boomer who does. Funny, yes. Mean, a little. Still not LOL funny.Music these days, the trash, movie theater, yelling at the screen, hording TP: OMG, every generation does this! Not just Boomers! Seriously? And the TP? WTF is that all about? Every darn body was hording the stuff & every other thing on store shelves. As if the blame lies solely with Boomers? They were probably the ones with extra TP already while the rest of us only had a few rolls...You can't go out it's a pandemic. Out of all of them, I thought this was the most humorous. Every generation turns from the kids to the "parent" as their parents get old. So relatable. For some reason it reminds me of the movie 'War With Grandpa' which I laughed so hard I cried.I'll let the rest of the images speak for themselves. I hope they help you decide if this is the kind of book you'll enjoy.The artwork is well done in a comic book style as you can see from the images. The pages are perforated which is great. None of the images go into the binding. Images are printed on one side, the other side is blank. Page thickness is average. The images are detailed. Great for colored pencils &/or mixed media. There are some fine liner areas in some of the pages for sure. Plenty to keep ones mind engaged & relaxed for some well deserved self-care at any age.BTW, if you don't think you'll like this book, but like the comic style of the artwork, you might want to check out 'Twentieth Century Foxes' The images are hysterical. I love sending these to my Mom.

A couple of these reviews are funny as I don’t think the coloring book reached it’s targeted audience. Maybe the boomers assumed it was for them - ironic.Don’t get me wrong there are a handful in here 3-4 that are corny and seem to be page fillers when they ran out of ideas but a lot of them are spot on. My absolute favorite is the 2nd page where it says “I had two kids and a house by now” to the younger son and in the background is the news talking about unemployment.As far as the book itself the quality is really nice and the pages are thick. I used colored pencils so I didn’t have to worry about anything bleeding through the other side. The pages are one-sided but it could still go to the page underneath. I love that the pages are perforated so I can give them to my boomer parents when I’m done coloring them at 26 years old 😉.It’s something to do when you’re bored or need something to stimulate your brain a little. The designs have small areas to color so you don’t have to focus a little.I thought this coloring book was overall cute and something to do while traveling

Some of the jokes are on point. Mainly the ones advertised when you see the preview. Half the book are pages making jokes about check writing at the grocery store, sending something by fax, etc. Yeah, that might be considered out dated technology but it's still very much in use and it doesn't make sense why they included it to me. I'm a millennial and I use checks occasionally at the grocery store. I also use them every single time I pay for private services like a plumber or furnace repair. And shocker, faxes are still very much relevant. In fact much of the medical records & insurance industries continue to use fax to exchange records. Many of my generation get made fun of when hired because they can't figure out how to send a fax on a giant all-in-one with a touchscreen meanwhile their boomer co-worker has to explain it all while also tutoring them on proper phone etiquette.Bottom line: Each generation has stuff that they can be made fun of. The boomer generation politics have landed us in a mess, there is no doubt, and expectations of living the same life at the same age are wrong. However, changing technology or having a lack of people in your life who care enough to help you move forward aren't really that funny. At some point we all age.