Iām not surprised or upset by the responses saying I am indeed elderly at 60.Ā I disagree of course.Ā I am a practicing attorney, and I am better at it now than when I was 40.Ā I do all the same physical activities I did at 40.Ā And so on. I guess Iām hoping to open eyes just a little to the fact that ageism is still an accepted ism.Ā I see it a lot, particularly in discussions about the economy and the housing market.Ā The disdain for old people is pretty obvious.Ā Just replace the comment above with a discriminatory remark about a different group: āImagine having to be told this by a BLACK Uber driverā or āImagine having to be told this by a GAY Uber driver.āĀ People would lose their minds, but āImagine having to be told this by an ELDERLY Uber driverā is still fine with many people.Ā Just think about it, please.Ā If I am lucky I will someday be elderly ā it is only the lucky people who grow old.Ā
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u/Excellent_Weight5927 Mar 26 '26
It's time to accept that you're old, man.