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Samantha

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51. I think 60 is middle-aged (meaning simply you are in the middle of your life)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 02:22 AM

Mar 2013

I think of myself also as being in the middle of my life and quite frankly I think it is appalling that some younger people are so quick to criticize a person simply because of his or her age. This recently happened to me when my neighbor's daughter derogatorily called me old. This is a person I watched grow up who came to me for advice whenever she had serious problems. I mean serious problems she could not discuss with her parents, her unexpectedly pregnancy at 17, her abusive boyfriend, should she marry a man that chronically yelled and screamed at her in public -- those types of things. I always took the time to sit down and discuss anything and everything with her. Suddenly, when she became 20, I am "old" to her.

Personally, I think an 80-year old who is stubborn, insulting and cranky probably was just as stubborn, insulting and cranky at 21.

Sam

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Ignorant people are really starting to bum me out. [View all] Cleita Mar 2013 OP

My craphole town is full of people like him. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #1

How do we deprogram them? Cleita Mar 2013 #2

I don't know that we can. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #3

They are. This is really a problem. Cleita Mar 2013 #4

Its mindset and paradigms which are fundamental to their perception of reality. airplaneman Mar 2013 #26

Isn't starting them early all part of the method? BadgerKid Mar 2013 #55

Yep. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #58

That's the perfect term: zombies October Mar 2013 #18

So he was John2 Mar 2013 #5

Well, not quite. He would have been about eighteen in 1952, but Cleita Mar 2013 #6

Good for you. Don't let these idiots go unchallenged (while keeping yourself safe, of course). n/t Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #7

I'm not too worried about old people. I have backed off Cleita Mar 2013 #10

That's very wise. More and more people are starting to crack under the pressure all the time. n/t Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #44

I've decided not to let stupid shit pass anymore. DirkGently Mar 2013 #8

You are so right. We can't shut up anymore. Cleita Mar 2013 #9

They're angry because their emotional response isn't supported by the facts. DirkGently Mar 2013 #12

I agree with you October Mar 2013 #19

Now that I think about it, I have asked, in the past, where Cleita Mar 2013 #20

Argue with an 80 y.o.? Why? xtraxritical Mar 2013 #34

Your comment, "this is what is wrong with old people today" is rather broad-brushed, isn't it?..... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #11

Not really. I'm an old people myself (73) and I'm getting fed up with my peer Cleita Mar 2013 #13

No, you're just getting fed up with the people you encounter who turn out to be ignorant.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #14

I think at our age, experience and I hope some education would make Cleita Mar 2013 #15

I agree Samantha Mar 2013 #49

Waaait a minute - LiberalElite Mar 2013 #16

You are sixty. OMG, you could be my boy toy! Cleita Mar 2013 #17

kinda tossed the age question PatrynXX Mar 2013 #27

I take umbrage to all the references in posts to "old white men" blah, blah, blah... xtraxritical Mar 2013 #40

I think your umbrage is rather misplaced. For one thing I didn't Cleita Mar 2013 #41

Many posts use the term old white men and you generalize "old people" the same way. nuff said. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #48

Because the 80 year old confronted me first? Cleita Mar 2013 #52

I think 60 is middle-aged (meaning simply you are in the middle of your life) Samantha Mar 2013 #51

It's tough for Democrats watoos Mar 2013 #21

Hey welcome to DU! Cleita Mar 2013 #22

I was this way until President Obama was re-elected. Zax2me Mar 2013 #23

In spite of the pain it causes my brain BobbyBoring Mar 2013 #24

Also, they benefit from the same UNIONS as the entertainers. Cleita Mar 2013 #25

The "silent" generation as it's called had an easy life. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #28

I totally agree, Cleita, and I am one of the elderly. juajen Mar 2013 #29

Hi Juajen. Cleita Mar 2013 #32

He's wealthy abelenkpe Mar 2013 #30

You are absolutely right. But I'm rather used to being treated as inferior, Cleita Mar 2013 #31

Oh, I dunno if it's an "old people thing", I think it's more of... Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #33

I do believe it's called willful ignorance. Phlem Mar 2013 #35

Making fun of them is good as long as they let you get away with it. Cleita Mar 2013 #38

Thanks Cletia Phlem Mar 2013 #53

Did you follow him to the local Moose Lodge to hear him talk about the hippie he met? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #36

I would have but he decided he didn't want to finish the conversation Cleita Mar 2013 #37

I always ask if they're leaving because their Depends need changing. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #39

A conservative I know I bought about 40 pismo clams, and tried to tell me they were bay scallops. Zorra Mar 2013 #42

I live next door to Pismo Beach and I know clamming was a big thing a long Cleita Mar 2013 #43

Good for you, Cleita ! Kath1 Mar 2013 #45

Thank you Kath1 Cleita Mar 2013 #46

The Dumbing Down Here Is In Full Gear colsohlibgal Mar 2013 #47

When I lived in Los Angeles, I used to meet young people from various Cleita Mar 2013 #59

I have been around diffrent areas of the country and it never surprises me. Knightraven Mar 2013 #50

One of the problems you're encountering, has to do with education and integrity, Trillo Mar 2013 #54

stupid asshole, he is the one who first approached you JI7 Mar 2013 #56

good on you for doing that CreekDog Mar 2013 #57