ClaireH
Diamond Member
No one is useless due to age. Even people living with major disabilities and require family assistance (if they're lucky enough to have that) are never a burden to society. Anyone who thinks so should be given a nice wake up call and have those circumstances happen to them later in life.Bet you change your mind when you get old.
Actually, being old myself I have first hand knowledge how useless we are ... my mother's final advice to me was "being 80-something sucks" ... I believe her ...
People who are useless choose to be that way. It's a shame, and there is no reason for it given improved education, that the US is behind others (Japan for one) when it comes to honoring people who are beyond retirement age.
I used to be an ageist when I was around 18 or so. At that age I honestly thought there was no way anyone was having any fun after age 35 or so lol even though I had very active parents who frequently enjoyed the fruits of their labor. As an average 18 year old, I didn't see much beyond my own face. That short-sighted perception still makes me laugh. Those who are ageists need glasses, thankfully I learned soon enough.
Everything being relative, I've told my teenage daughter, who happens to love calling me an "old fossil" every so often and I tell her in jest that she needs to respect her queen, to just wait until she's older and how that perception changes big time.