To this âTheLiverDocâ, who has over 274K followers on Twitter, contested. âGrounding or Earthing (via bare-foot walking) is a pseudoscientific practice. It has no clinically relevant benefits. There are a lot of absolutely nonsense wasteful studies on this topic that has contaminated the published literature,â he wrote.
The two clashed in a series of posts. Vembu called him an arrogant doctor. âStay away from arrogant doctors â that is the best health tip I can give anyone.â In response âtheliverdocâ called Zoho CEO âHealth illiterate boomer uncleâ.
Tagging the âboomer uncleâ post, Vembu wrote, âCan we at least be original in our insults online? Is that too much to ask?â He then went on to add that he has been insulted often online, and often called âboomer uncleâ. He went on to write what the meaning of âboomer uncleâ is and how another common insult he most often faces is âSanghiâ.
What Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu wrote
âTake the insult âboomerâ often handed out by âsophisticatedâ young people in India. The word âboomerâ came from âbaby boomâ in the US which refers to the post World War II period of high fertility â so boomers are the generation born between 1946-64.
In the US, âboomerâ insult is used as code by young people for âyou guys had the good jobs, the good life and piled up debt and we face bad jobs and low income now and canât even afford a houseâ.
In India young people are better off economically than their parents at the same age. Older people in their youth had jobs that paid a pittance and had long hours. So âboomerâ has no meaning in India.
There are plenty of insults original to India â I get called âsanghiâ and at least I am happy it is a very Indian insult! đ
But âboomerâ â I say âGuys I know you think it is sophisticated and shows you know American lingo but all it shows is that you are a mental slave to another culture, using terms with no relevance here at allâ. And I technically donât even qualify as a boomer â I was born too late and I was not born in America!â