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Post by librarylady on Apr 11, 2016 15:23:55 GMT
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Post by Anita on Apr 11, 2016 15:33:03 GMT
I love that!
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Post by lesley on Apr 11, 2016 15:44:12 GMT
That was great! I remember thinking that being in your 50s was old. Now that I'm 52, I realise that it isn't very old at all!
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Post by aljack on Apr 11, 2016 16:03:20 GMT
While watching I was cringing and laughing! Oh to be so young and spry. I remember my younger days thinking 40 was old. Oh my!
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Post by joblackford on Apr 11, 2016 16:25:58 GMT
Nice. My theory is that everyone thinks that they're young and people 15-20 years older are old. The baby boomers would have said that 60 was old when they were 30, but now that they're all 60 they're like, hell no! we're young! I liked the message that if you stop you begin to age. And I wish we had better inter-generational opportunities so that younger people and older people could learn from each other (becase I'd venture to guess that a lot of those older people have some false judgmental assumptions about young people too).
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 11, 2016 16:29:25 GMT
honestly, I wasn't sure I'd watch to the end, once I saw the nonsense those kids were describing-- they said someone in their 50s was 'old' and then mimed someone disabled, hunched over, and probably more like in their 90s walking across the street-- really?!? Or someone 'old' huffs and puffs and can't do one jumping jack? More like someone overweight who sits on the couch all day playing video games would huff and puff to do one jumping jack-- that has nothing to do with age!!
I agree with this comment from the article: "Actually it is sad. These Millennials remind me of a five year-old that think their parents are old... The age only seems old until they become that age, then the Millennials will realize that it's not old at all! Prime is late twenties to mid-thirties right? I mean some of these 'kids' are in their only twenties saying that 40-50 is old -so do they consider themselves middle-aged?"
--I guess I'm just in a bad mood, because pretty much EVERYthing is rubbing me the wrong way today.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Apr 11, 2016 16:32:46 GMT
This is exactly what one of my papers this term is about. Ageism and Adultism. Great video! TFS.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 16:36:42 GMT
I resent the implication that at 35, I'm a Millennial For me, late 80s is "old"
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Post by Scrappyhappy on Apr 11, 2016 16:54:07 GMT
I have a dear friend that is 88 years old and I've told her many times that I hope I'm just like her when I get to be her age. She is an amazing lady.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 16:59:53 GMT
Do these children not have grandparents? Do they not have any interaction w people older than themselves?
To me, that's far more sad than the fact that young people think I'm old.
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Post by whopea on Apr 11, 2016 17:18:16 GMT
Thanks for sharing. That was very cool to watch. I know it was true for me. My dad died at 56. I know he died too soon, but I never realized how young it was until I find myself creeping up on that age. I realize that old is what the guy said -- it's when you stop learning and growing because I know some in their early 40's that are 'old' and I know some in their 70's that are 'young'.
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Post by grammadee on Apr 11, 2016 17:27:33 GMT
Do these children not have grandparents? Do they not have any interaction w people older than themselves? To me, that's far more sad than the fact that young people think I'm old. Yes. Sad.
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Post by Linda on Apr 11, 2016 17:36:11 GMT
Do these children not have grandparents? Do they not have any interaction w people older than themselves? To me, that's far more sad than the fact that young people think I'm old. the Millennials are a generation that has grown up apart from their extended families for the most part - their parents were a generation that moved away from their hometowns - for work, for education, for life experience... so in many cases, no they don't have much interaction with grandparents and older people. Plus, depending on how old they are and where they live - their grandparents might not BE that old anyway...a 25 year old in my area likely has parents in their early-40s and grandparents in their late 50s, early 60s My oldest is 25 - we're 45/46, grandmothers are 80/81, great-grandma is 98 BUT my grand-niece is 23, her parents are 39/41, her grandmother is 59 (and her late grandmother (my SIL) would be 62), her great grandmother is 81, and her greatx2 grandmother is 99. I would venture to guess that my oldest would consider his grandmothers old or at least older and certainly greatgrandma is very old. But it wouldn't surprise me to see my niece peg her grandmother as old at 59...simply because she's a grandmother and certainly my youngest's classmates think DH (46) is old - because he's got grey hair and is about the same age as THEIR grandparents...every year they assume he's her grandfather (and that her older brother is her dad - he's close in age to most of their parents)
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Post by ginacivey on Apr 11, 2016 17:50:10 GMT
it's when you start stopping...that you get old
i LOVE that quote
gina
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Post by peasapie on Apr 11, 2016 18:01:47 GMT
Nice. My theory is that everyone thinks that they're young and people 15-20 years older are old. The baby boomers would have said that 60 was old when they were 30, but now that they're all 60 they're like, hell no! we're young! I liked the message that if you stop you begin to age. And I wish we had better inter-generational opportunities so that younger people and older people could learn from each other (becase I'd venture to guess that a lot of those older people have some false judgmental assumptions about young people too). I think you are completely correct with this, on all counts.
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Post by lancermom on Apr 11, 2016 18:22:43 GMT
Thankfully I haven't since I was a kid thought of anyone as being old. My grandpa would go on rollar coasters with me, my great grandma always ran in the rain instead of being dropped off at door. There are 20 years between my grandma to my mom to me. So it is kinda fun to think, I am same age as my grandma when I was born. Now, I consider old to be the way one acts. It is all in the mind. I run a senior living community. I have two tenants the same age. One runs all over to fairs, parties etc... The other sits at home, uses a walker and tells everyone how she just can't do anything.(she doesn't need a walker!)
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Post by disneypal on Apr 11, 2016 18:30:10 GMT
I remember in my 20s thinking that people in their 50s were old but then when I got in my 40s, I realized that 50 wasn't really old, perhaps 80 was. My mom is 75 and she doesn't seem old to me.
I like how their perception changed when they realized they could do all the same things.
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Post by marianne on Apr 11, 2016 18:43:46 GMT
it's when you start stopping...that you get old i LOVE that quote gina Agreed!! That got me too. As long as I can, I will...
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 11, 2016 18:52:13 GMT
I loved that guy who didn't have enough core strength to raise his legs. Yeah, he's the old one!
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Post by 5peanutsnana on Apr 11, 2016 19:19:04 GMT
Boom! My mom is 90 and can definitely keep up with most people half her age and shows no signs of slowing down. She lives alone is totally self sufficient. No one can believe her age. She brags that she has all the parts she was born with. I am the oldest of her 8 kids and would love to age just like her!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 11, 2016 19:25:13 GMT
My MIL will be 78 this year. She's ridiculously active. She's working out now getting ready for her trip to the Balkins this summer. Last year was Israel and Jordan. Before that was the Andes, and on and on.
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Post by joblackford on Apr 11, 2016 19:33:51 GMT
Do these children not have grandparents? Do they not have any interaction w people older than themselves? To me, that's far more sad than the fact that young people think I'm old. I agree. A lot of young people don't have much interaction with older people. There's so much focus on age grouping in American schools and life, more and more people move away from their families, and a lot of elders are choosing to segregate themselves in "mature adult" communities even if they're not in "old age homes". There are more recreation options for elders that specifically exclude young people as well - think of all the grumpy grown ups who complain that the hotel pool is overrun with screaming kids. We went on a Holland America cruise that was almost completely people in middle age or older. There were only a handful of families with little kids - and that's why Holland America cruises are so popular with older people. It is sad, when you think about the misunderstandings and prejudices that are encouraged by that lack of contact. I love the (hard to find) day care options for young kids that pair them up with older people - both generations benefit so much!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 11, 2016 22:02:47 GMT
Do these children not have grandparents? Do they not have any interaction w people older than themselves? To me, that's far more sad than the fact that young people think I'm old. I think a lot of them have YOUNG grandparents because they had really young parents, so it makes sense that they think of people in their 40's or 50's as "old." If you have your first kid when you're 16 and they have their first kid when they're 16, that makes you a 32 year old grandma. It's all relative. Now on the other end of that spectrum, my mom had me when she was 40 (my dad was 46!) and she had my brother after me at 42. I didn't have my only kid until I was 43, so my mom was 83 when my kid was born. My mom was the kind who always volunteered to be a parent chaperone on our school field trips roller skating and stuff. She took me to Las Vegas for my 21st birthday (I looked like I was about 15 at the time and got carded every time I turned around) and the woman ran circles around me! I was SO tired when we got home! I honestly didn't think of my mom as "old" until Alzheimer's and arthritis started really slowing her down in her late 70's. I have known other people that age who are in great shape and are definitely not old at all.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 11, 2016 22:35:44 GMT
^^^ I agree with that assessment, too. I'm youngest child in my family and now that I'm 46 my parents are on the older end of that spectrum. My Mom is 75 and my Dad is 86. They've been what those Millennials call old (at least chronologically) for most of my life, lol! My Dad just went through radiation treatment for stage 3 lung cancer and according to his doctors, his physical condition is more like someone in their 60s, which helped him immensely in his treatment.
I definitely agree with the 'stop learning and you get old' sentiment but that has nothing to do with someone's chronological age, only with their mental outlook. In my opinion, someone young who sits and plays video games all day (and doesn't want to learn / do anything to broaden their horizons) is just as much 'old' as the person those 20-somethings described as old.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 12, 2016 0:01:18 GMT
I don't think this is anything new. When I was in my 20's, 40 was too old to me. I had been around old people. It happens with every generation. They guy who was 35 surprised me. I would think by then, you would be more understanding of the aging process. He's only 15 years away from 50 and really close to being 40. ETA: All of my grandparents were in their 70's when I was born except 1 grandfather. He would have been in his early 90's if he hadn't passed away at 69. Most of my first cousins were close to my parents age. I had *old* aunts and uncles.
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Post by anniefb on Apr 12, 2016 1:37:13 GMT
Just got the chance to watch this. I agree that most of us probably went through the stage of thinking people say 20 years older than us were 'old' - but that guy who was 35 surprised me too. I'm sure some of the people I work with think of me as 'old' - I'm 53 and many of them are in their 20s. Ok, time to go and have a nap
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 12, 2016 1:39:19 GMT
I always considered my grandparents, especially on my dad's side, to be old. I have a photo of my nanna with my aunties and my dad. Dad would have been about 3, so my nanna would have been in her late 30's. OMG, the woman looks like she is about 70!! I was shocked when I first saw the photo. Was it common for women back in the 1940's to look much older than they were (compared to women today)? Is it because of the hard life they led (enduring the war, everything having to be done by hand etc)?
My paternal grandparents were not particularly active people. My dad at 72 is much more active than his parents would have been at 40 or 50. I don't consider him to be elderly, although I would have considered my grandparents to be elderly at the same age. I don't think it has anything to do with me being closer to that age myself now. It's more about how active someone is.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 12, 2016 1:46:53 GMT
I was shocked when I first saw the photo. Was it common for women back in the 1940's to look much older than they were (compared to women today)? Is it because of the hard life they led (enduring the war, everything having to be done by hand etc)? I think both! There are photos of my great grandma and she kind of resembles the wicked witch from the East in The Wizard of Oz. It seems like hairstyles remained the same forever. I have photos of my grandma from the 1930's until she died in 2005 and her hair did not change.
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Post by melanell on Apr 12, 2016 1:58:52 GMT
honestly, I wasn't sure I'd watch to the end, once I saw the nonsense those kids were describing-- ............. I agree with this comment from the article: "Actually it is sad. These Millennials remind me of a five year-old that think their parents are old... I agree. My first thought was that their answers and actions had to be fake, because they seemed so ridiculous. I mean, someone in their 30 is still thinking this way? The reactions in the beginning absolutely reminded me of what I might expect from my kindergarten son. Only in his case, where he might say I was old, and would almost certainly call his grandparents old, I doubt he would mimic me or them as being hunched over, barely able to pick something up. He spends time with people in their 90s. He knows they do all of that and much more. In cases where people do have those difficulties, it may have nothing to do with age at all. Disabilities, injuries, illness, etc., are all causes for that kind of thing in people of many ages.
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Post by melanell on Apr 12, 2016 2:07:29 GMT
I was shocked when I first saw the photo. Was it common for women back in the 1940's to look much older than they were (compared to women today)? Is it because of the hard life they led (enduring the war, everything having to be done by hand etc)? I think both! There are photos of my great grandma and she kind of resembles the wicked witch from the East in The Wizard of Oz. It seems like hairstyles remained the same forever. I have photos of my grandma from the 1930's until she died int 2005 and her hair did not change. Their lives were definitely often difficult. Plus, depending on how long ago your ancestors/relatives lived, women weren't coloring their hair. So when they started going gray, they went gray---even if they were only 30 something. And they didn't have an arsenal of make-up, firming lotions, self-tanners, Botox, plastic surgery, etc. to give them a more youthful look. Our society tells woman to do anything humanly possible to stay looking as young as possible for as long as possible. So we're bound to look younger now at any given age than they did 4 or 5 generations ago at the same age.
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