Comments on: Greyness is apparently not a factor

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:40:51 +0000

Whether I’m old or not depends on how attractive the Senior Citizen’s discount is.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:34:49 +0000

I’ll consider myself old when I hear someone with grayer hair than me call me old. They’re the only people with the wisdom to make that judgment.

By: CT

CT — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:17 +0000

Throw this out there: Birds, who as a group tend to tweet all their lives, have a wide range of lifespans, although for 90% of the species, are lucky to see their 10th birthdays. Factor in Thanksgiving, McNuggetization, and jet-engine suckage (among many many others), and I’d say most feathered friends don’t have enough time to contemplate the onset of middle/old age. :)

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:53:00 +0000

I must be an old fogey too. No twitter. No interest in joining twitter.

And for that other thing…well, that means that all of the viamagra and cialamalis (to Homer-ize the words) commercials are related to a frantic desire to stave off “old age.”

Makes a lot more sense now. Actually, seeing a lot of the commercials aimed at that particular demographic in that light makes them make a lot more sense.

To think when I was a kid, I figured out how old I’d be in the year 2000…and finding that I was going to be 31 was horrified to think I would ever be that old. It is all perception.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:31:31 +0000

So does that mean we can all twitter (or tweet or whatever) to stay young? (I guess not being entirely comfortable with the terminology would be a sign of old age too.)

By: Lisa Paul

Lisa Paul — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:02:39 +0000

Jackie Gleason used to say that 50 was only the beginning of middle age. If you were going to live to be 100. So I’m with The Great One.

By: Joseph Hertzlinger

Joseph Hertzlinger — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:36:41 +0000

If you look at in terms of the maximum lifespan of areound 120, clearly youth is up to 40, and old age starts at 80.

By: sya

sya — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:22:32 +0000

Yay! I’m an irrelevant old fogey since I don’t have a Twitter account. Does this mean I can get senior citizen and student discounts?

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:14:18 +0000

Well, I’m 49, but I’ve got a Twitter account. We won’t discuss how well Mr.Winky comes to attention these days. So I’m looking right at old age. I suppose I’d better get that power chair on order and get it paid for. I want it black with flames, too.