Waffles was barking like a mad man from inside the screen door. I looked outside and saw this. I had to share this bit of wildlife. This Javelina walked through a wash on the side of our house to the street with two other family members.

I read a story called “The way you text reveals if you’re a boomer, millennial or Gen Z, tech influencer says” in the NY Post by Ben Cost. Here’s an excerpt:

Fashion, vernacular and musical preferences aren’t the only cultural indicators of age. A digital wizard claims he can tell whether someone’s a boomer, millennial or Generation Z solely based on how they text.

“This is how you can tell someone’s age by how they type on their phone,” declared tech influencer Tyler Morgan in a TikTok clip with more than 2.7 million views.

Typing accurately with both thumbs is a habit that straddles both millennial and Zoomer generations, per the digital detective.

In fact, Morgan declares that people stay at this “thumb tapping” age until their 50s — the threshold for most Gen Xers, born from 1965 to 1980 — after which they start typing with a thumb and index finger.

Here’s the bit about boomers:

Meanwhile, the elder baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — tend to do away with the thumb and just poke the buttons with their pointer digit, per the clip.

“You’re getting up there when you’re doing that,” declared Morgan of the “one finger tap” method.

I’ve also heard that boomers are more formal with their texts and use grammar and punctuation. Once my daughter asked me why I used a period at the end of a text. She informed me that I was coming across as angry or too strong.

Who knew punctuation was dated?

Also, boomers use a ton of emojis! 😅😅😅

How do you text? Do you text like a boomer with your pointer finger or are you a rapid thumb tapper?