About

30 Year-Old Boomer is a character spread on 4chan mocking older millennials who enjoy things that are considered to be out of touch with younger millennials, particularly in regards to video games. The phrase generally appears in a greentext story based on a snowclone reading "that 30 year old boomer who X," accompanied by a specific Brainlet Wojak variation.

Origin

One of the earliest known posts featuring the phrase "30-year-old boomer" appeared on the /biz/ board on April 30th, 2018, reading:

>that 30 year old boomer who trades crypto."^[4]

Spread

On May 2nd, 2018, an anonymous 4chan user posted the image of the Brainlet Wojak with the caption ">that 30 year old boomer that thinks arena shooters are good"^[1] (shown below). This was one of the first posts pairing the image with gamers.

Over the following month, multiple variations of the character appeared on 4chan, particularly its /v/ board. Other variations of the character showed him drinking a Monster energy drink or wearing a VR headset (examples shown below).

As of June 15th, 2018, there are 22 pages of 4chan posts containing the "30 year old boomer."^[2] The spread of the character led to the creation of a Facebook page devoted to the meme that gained over 100 followers.^[3]

Various Examples

Zoomer

A Generation Z variation of the character referred to as a "Zoomer" is frequently referenced on various 4chan boards, where he is depicted as a young man with an undercut haircut wearing glasses (shown below). On June 27th, an anonymous 4chan user posted a crying variation of the Zoomer character along with the caption ">daaad turn off the lawn mower I'm trying to play Fortnite" (shown below, right).

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