Dear Lord. Sam if you make it to 65 you’ll be fine but I’m not so certain we’ll still have woods to leave you in.
True cruelty is that if you make it to the age to get the senior discount and you already have the veteran’s discount you can’t stack them. I don’t even get to look forward to one day getting a whole dollar off…
and as I approach AARP age I do struggle more at the self check out. I have to work my way through each bank card, try the credit card, look for cash. I mean how the hell do you pay for things?
It’s not about the coupons. I’m broke everything is declined but if I look sad and confused with this much grey hair and leave behind some pocket lint and a wrinkled Pizza Hut coupon from the early oughts before I shuffle off in disgrace and abandon my groceries you’ll have more pity.
I’m pseudo old which isn’t quite like living through Normandy, just you know the invasion of Panama and there’s no pension.
I think Apple Pay and a line of credit will solve a lot of your problems. It's basically free money! I felt like I was aging until I finally figured out how to install in on my janky iPhone X.
I just turned 50 and I want someone to take away my phone and leave me in the woods. I have a feeling deep down my teenage sons and their friends feel the same way!
Always funny to read anyone writing about the elderly not knowing how to use basic technology. The technology that was invented and commercialized by the now elderly. The technology that was first used at work and privately by the now elderly. The elderly who created the world you live in.
The elderly shit on the young, and we'll shit on them right back until we're old and then we'll shit on the young and they'll shit on us. It's the circle of life.
I don't know any elderly who shit on the young. In a culture that worships youth, or faux youth, at any cost, it's hardly surprising that the younger regularly shit on the elderly.
I’m 32 so youngish. I’d say avocado toast would be an example, or maybe it’s an American thing. Other examples would be endless articles from boomers calling millennials lazy, vapid, blaming us for killing industries, saying we’re bad workers, etc.
Also, I spend a lot of my newsletter ripping on millennial/Gen Z trends, so my jokes target everyone of all ages.
Avocado toast, bloody hell, that was such a thing here, also, it went on for YEARS.
Generations aren't homogenous, so I've never found it a useful analytic framework.
There are the incompetent and unaware in every generation. There are the economically and socially advantaged and disadvantaged in every generation. Increasing economic disparities affect all generations.
A key and new difference for generations after yours are the numbers who aspire to fame, approval, and wealth, online. They think that's an actual job. It's disturbing. We're always going to need plumbers and brain surgeons, right?
Warning: this note may contain tidbits of sarcasm.
I’m a boomer and I’m here to proudly inform you that I used an e-gift card at a gas station yesterday. I received the card when I cashed in rewards points from my phone company after cancelling my subscription. I had to cancel my subscription so I could get a new phone and lower my monthly bill. I stayed with the same company, but they only offered the free phone and lower price to new customers. Next week a technician is coming to “install” the improved fibre internet and wifi that comes with the plan for new customers. Yes, I already have fibre installed, but because I’m a “new” customer they have to send an installer. I expect we’ll just have a coffee and talk about how technology is making life easier for us seniors.
PS: what supermarket do you shop at that won’t let you scan e-coupons at the self checkout?
screams in digital healthcare: iT's BeCaUsE nObOdY tAkEs ThE tImE tO eXpLaIn TeChNoLoGy To ThE eLdErLy!!
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Dear Lord. Sam if you make it to 65 you’ll be fine but I’m not so certain we’ll still have woods to leave you in.
True cruelty is that if you make it to the age to get the senior discount and you already have the veteran’s discount you can’t stack them. I don’t even get to look forward to one day getting a whole dollar off…
and as I approach AARP age I do struggle more at the self check out. I have to work my way through each bank card, try the credit card, look for cash. I mean how the hell do you pay for things?
It’s not about the coupons. I’m broke everything is declined but if I look sad and confused with this much grey hair and leave behind some pocket lint and a wrinkled Pizza Hut coupon from the early oughts before I shuffle off in disgrace and abandon my groceries you’ll have more pity.
I’m pseudo old which isn’t quite like living through Normandy, just you know the invasion of Panama and there’s no pension.
I think Apple Pay and a line of credit will solve a lot of your problems. It's basically free money! I felt like I was aging until I finally figured out how to install in on my janky iPhone X.
I just turned 50 and I want someone to take away my phone and leave me in the woods. I have a feeling deep down my teenage sons and their friends feel the same way!
Always funny to read anyone writing about the elderly not knowing how to use basic technology. The technology that was invented and commercialized by the now elderly. The technology that was first used at work and privately by the now elderly. The elderly who created the world you live in.
But yeah, the elderly sure are stupid.
The elderly shit on the young, and we'll shit on them right back until we're old and then we'll shit on the young and they'll shit on us. It's the circle of life.
I don't know any elderly who shit on the young. In a culture that worships youth, or faux youth, at any cost, it's hardly surprising that the younger regularly shit on the elderly.
Btw - I didn't think you were young. 🤣🤦♀️
I’m 32 so youngish. I’d say avocado toast would be an example, or maybe it’s an American thing. Other examples would be endless articles from boomers calling millennials lazy, vapid, blaming us for killing industries, saying we’re bad workers, etc.
Also, I spend a lot of my newsletter ripping on millennial/Gen Z trends, so my jokes target everyone of all ages.
Okay, younger than I thought.
Avocado toast, bloody hell, that was such a thing here, also, it went on for YEARS.
Generations aren't homogenous, so I've never found it a useful analytic framework.
There are the incompetent and unaware in every generation. There are the economically and socially advantaged and disadvantaged in every generation. Increasing economic disparities affect all generations.
A key and new difference for generations after yours are the numbers who aspire to fame, approval, and wealth, online. They think that's an actual job. It's disturbing. We're always going to need plumbers and brain surgeons, right?
Warning: this note may contain tidbits of sarcasm.
I’m a boomer and I’m here to proudly inform you that I used an e-gift card at a gas station yesterday. I received the card when I cashed in rewards points from my phone company after cancelling my subscription. I had to cancel my subscription so I could get a new phone and lower my monthly bill. I stayed with the same company, but they only offered the free phone and lower price to new customers. Next week a technician is coming to “install” the improved fibre internet and wifi that comes with the plan for new customers. Yes, I already have fibre installed, but because I’m a “new” customer they have to send an installer. I expect we’ll just have a coffee and talk about how technology is making life easier for us seniors.
PS: what supermarket do you shop at that won’t let you scan e-coupons at the self checkout?
Tbh I haven’t used a coupon in ages so it’s something I’ve never even considered. I’m sure all the kiosks do.