4mo ago

Why do boomers hate squirrels so much?

Every boomer with a bird feeder hates squirrels. I don't understand.

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We don't? Boomer with bird feeder who loves squirrels.
I don't think it's age related.
- Non-boomer here, I hate squirrels.
  If you try to grow your own vegetables, you too will come to hate squirrels. I promise. Ageism need not apply to squirrel hate or vegetable enthusiasm.
  
  Depends on where you live. I only have the Eurasian red squirrel in my country, and they are definitely not a nuisance to any vegetable planting plans.
- There's a delightful little red squirrel sanctuary near me run by a couple who I would guess to be in the boomer generation. The wife fell ill and wound up almost permanently bedridden, so they moved to a house that would be easier for her and which also had some attached land they could use. The husband turned it into ideal squirrel territory and set up feeders by the window so that the squirrels would come visit his wife while she was stuck in bed
  
  That sounds really neat.
  My family rescued a tiny baby squirrel that had been chewed up by a cat when I was little. My parents didn't think it would live, but also couldn't see not trying. It did live, and when it was fully back to health they insisted that we let it go in the yard, but it stuck around - lived in our walnut trees - and was very tame. It would come in the house, play fetch with a wiffle ball, hang out on our shoulders, etc. It was amazingly cute.
- I'm a Gen-Xer who hates birds and squirrels equally. So I guess I'm your antithesis?
  Though I don't hate any of them to the point of harming any of them. That would be too much effort.
- You're one of the good ones.
  
  That's the same thing racists say when they get to know a minority.
  The way people talk about boomers here is pretty awful, and it wouldn't be tolerated for any other group.
  
  That's not true, gen z is pretty awful as well.

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