Why does MSM of all types always have a fascination with always adding someones age

[RKP5637]

after their name. I neither understood it as a little kid nor now. It seems it doesn't matter what someone did, whatever, it always seems vitally important to MSM to attach an age to every single persons name. I'm not being sensitive, just curious what others think ... BTW, I'm 118!

[Aristus]

1. You look lovely. And not a day over 117!

[RKP5637]

2. Thank you, my owner feeds me well and combs my hair like a good kitty!

[pangaia]

3. "Cause they have nothing else to do. And adding an age requires no brains.

Next question...

[RKP5637]

5. Yep!!! Gets my vote!!!

[Midnightwalk]

4. My take

The first picture is when you woke up. The second you jumped in the shower and the water was still cold. The third you realized it was Saturday and could have slept in.

There are cases where age seems to provide context. For example, death, a crime, major accomplishment, or something stupid it might help understand if the person is 10, 20, 40 or 80.

Someone in a postion who says something, a witness, probably half of stories or more age doesn’t matter to me.

Maybe that’s agist, but knowing whether someone is 10,40 or 80 helps me figure out someones mental state. I’d be fine with youth, middle aged and old.

[RKP5637]

6. I recall as a kid sometimes reading the local paper and there would be a

string of names in an article for something ... maybe eight names or so, and after each name was their age. I just thought it was laughable. Yep, I can see where it's really important sometimes depending what it is ...

[Skittles]

10. I agree

age does add context

[RKP5637]

8. Thanks!!! Yep, and I do recall way back the address was almost always included. n/t

[RKP5637]

13. Me too ... old! Yep, and that's the way I remember it!

[Blue_Tires]

15. The way *I* remembered it from J-School

was home addresses were always listed in the obituaries... And since the time+day of the funeral services were also printed, this was a free ticket screaming "PLEASE BURGLE THIS HOUSE DURING THE FUNERAL" to criminals...

Of course now we don't say "5150 Geralmar Boulevard", we say "The 5000 block of Geralmar Boulevard".... And even that is being used less and less often, except when describing the location of a serious crime or a fire.

(FWIW, people interviewed have always been able to opt out of giving their name, age address, etc.)

[LuckyCharms]

11. Lucky Charms, 14

[ProudLib72]

12. I'd rather go by height and weight

With extremely accurate reporting. And I think you know whom I'm aiming at with this...

[RKP5637]

14. ... he broke the scale, so I hear!