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It's a treasure to find someone who can have an elder act rudely toward them and reflect, "I also felt like, hey, this is a great moment, sad and interesting an

It's a treasure to find someone who can have an elder act rudely toward them and reflect, "I also felt like, hey, this is a great moment, sad and interesting and funny. This is what old people do. You will do this one day, and you will not know you are doing it." It's easier when, like the writer, you are not around that person all the time, but it's an excellent viewpoint that allows people to enjoy older people who are losing perspective, but still have much to offer.

martinpw 8y ago
Thanks for calling out the deeper aspect of the article rather than the superficial beer-related aspect. > You will do this one day, and you will not know you are doing it. That is a profound statement. I see older people behave in certain ways and think I will never be like that. Then I realize that I will be, and that when I am like that I will not know it. And therefore maybe I already am like that.
- rkuykendall-com 8y ago
  > I see older people behave in certain ways and think I will never be like that. Then I realize that I will be, and that when I am like that I will not know it. And therefore maybe I already am like that. The problem is that this isn't always true, and it's hard to know when, since there's another thing that causes all old people to do something: They all lived at the same time. There are certain ways that older people relate to food that is based not around being old, but having lived through the great depression. The same with the baby boomers, etc. We can already see that people who grew up around 9/11 and the recession will be different in certain aspects. Even hobbies, may have much less to do with being old, and more to do with carrying over hobbies from an earlier age. Think of it like 'old people names'. Those aren't old people names, they're 'teenager names' 65 years later.

martinpw 8y ago

Thanks for calling out the deeper aspect of the article rather than the superficial beer-related aspect. > You will do this one day, and you will not know you are doing it. That is a profound statement. I see older people behave in certain ways and think I will never be like that. Then I realize that I will be, and that when I am like that I will not know it. And therefore maybe I already am like that.

rkuykendall-com 8y ago
> I see older people behave in certain ways and think I will never be like that. Then I realize that I will be, and that when I am like that I will not know it. And therefore maybe I already am like that. The problem is that this isn't always true, and it's hard to know when, since there's another thing that causes all old people to do something: They all lived at the same time. There are certain ways that older people relate to food that is based not around being old, but having lived through the great depression. The same with the baby boomers, etc. We can already see that people who grew up around 9/11 and the recession will be different in certain aspects. Even hobbies, may have much less to do with being old, and more to do with carrying over hobbies from an earlier age. Think of it like 'old people names'. Those aren't old people names, they're 'teenager names' 65 years later.