The Brokers of Older Mature Ethernet Researchers (BOOMERS) have recently put forth a public objection to the usage of the phrase, “OK Boomer”.

In their official report to the Internet Comment Section Rights Tribunal (ICSRT), BOOMERS claimed that the term violates the articles of the Memeva Conventions, citing that a use of a phrase against an entire generation targets too wide an audience and may hurt people uninvolved in the conflict.

“We reject this new weapon in the online discussion war, as it is too powerful!” came a statement from last Friday. “Some people who don’t even know how to order corn online have been hurt by this phrase. As such, we declare that it is a violation of the Memeva Conventions!”

The law in question states that the usage of blanket phrases and ad hominem attacks designed to instantly shut down comment threads are banned. This is due to their indiscriminate nature, as well as their ability to disrupt any previously existing comment chain or thread. Violations of the law can result in severe repercussions, the greatest being stern warnings from the ICSRT.

Young fighters from the Gen-Z/Millennial coalition have been quick to respond to the allegations. According to an official statement, they hold that the usage of the term “special snowflakes” from BOOMERS fighters has similarly violated the Memeva Conventions. In a live-streamed broadcast, their anonymous spokesperson stated “…we have no need to abide by rules that have already been broken. Be quiet, BOOMER.”

Fighting has broken out in comment threads across the internet, with neither side willing to give ground. The most heavily-hit areas have been an article about declining avocado sales and a Forbes report on rising housing costs. Both BOOMERS and Coalition fighters have taken to these threads and dug in hard, yet the concern of “OK Boomer” deployment is already rising.

”They’re not listening to our arguments anymore! We take all this time to carefully construct a set of facts and support them with evidence and all they do is say ‘OK Boomer’ and leave the thread! It’s a weapon of mass destruction, I tell you!” said one BOOMER fighter.

Dramatic photos of destroyed comment threads have already surfaced, leading many notable experts on the Memeva Conventions raising concerns about the phrase’s ubiquitous usage. Reports are already coming in describing instant destruction and subsequent abandonment of threads, affecting non-combatants including confused grandparents and apathetic millennials.

Some victims have testified to the ICSRT about “OK Boomer” and it’s potential repercussions. “I’ve been called a boomer four times this week alone. I’m 24, damn it!” complained an anonymous source in a private testimony. The ICSRT has declined our requests for an interview with this source.

While “Silence, Boomer” was already a weapon in some discussion threads, its unwieldy image-based nature saw it rarely used. Now, the new, clean, and text-only format of the phrase has arrived on the front lines, and we can expect more usage of “OK Boomer” in the future.

Meme Magazine will continue to watch and report as the internet witnesses its most devastating weapon of comment section warfare to this date. This article will be updated as the story develops.

Jonathan Jeffrey

Jonathan Jeffrey is the Managing Editor of Meme Magazine. Jonathan has received several awards in the fields of meme journalism, and international fame for breaking the Scumbag Steve scandal. He has a masters degree in Advanced Meme Physchology, as well as a minor in Meme Journalism at KYM University.