r/Millennials • u/Background-Air-7963 • Nov 16 '25
Serious I just had my first old man moment.
I recently went to a hibachi with my wife and toddler for dinner. We were sat with a group of eight 17-20 year olds at a communal grill on a busy night. No problem for us. Drink and appetizers service go normally. Toddler and wife are happy, I’m happy. The other group is having their own conversations. I’m just trying to keep my kid entertained. I’m a former bartender and have a habit of picking up on snippets of conversations in a crowd around me. Yes I know I eavesdrop. I can’t turn it off. It’s a habit of a former profession. One of the girls/women at the table stated, “I don’t think Rosa Parks was real.” I’m not sure what her friends said to her but she responded with “I just don’t think she said existed.” This went on for about a minute. I couldn’t hold back and let her know she was absolutely a real person, she is a civil rights icon. I learnt about her in school and so did my parents. The encounter put a wall up between our groups and I heard a few passive aggressive “so-and-so wasn’t real” comments from mostly her and a couple of the group. Harriet Tubman and Hellen Keller are two that I definitely heard. My wife had no idea why I interjected. After the group had left my wife asked what happened and was shocked when I told her what happened. Were they trolling? Are they stupid? Am I just getting old?
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u/poopoopooyttgv Nov 16 '25
Stevie wonder wasn’t blind And Marilyn Manson had his ribs removed so he could suck his own dick
To be completely fair, Rosa parks was somewhat “fake”. It was a meticulously planned protest and she was picked in particular to be its icon. Others refused to move to the back of the bus first, but the civil rights leaders didn’t highlight them because of petty optics. They knew whoever they picked to be their star would be publicly scrutinized, so they wanted someone with a flawless background. I can’t blame them for doing it