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Last I checked if you're over 60 then you're an Adult and can do adult things. You have long since stopped growing into your body by then. Children are not fini
by EasyMark 2y ago
Last I checked if you're over 60 then you're an Adult and can do adult things. You have long since stopped growing into your body by then. Children are not finished yet, and continue to have their brains mature and grow into the early 20s
- tyre 2y agoand in advanced age there is cognitive decline the median seventy-five year old’s brain is not in the same condition as the median thirty year old’s
- belfalas 2y ago75 and 60 are vastly different.
- foxglacier 2y agoIt doesn't matter because the 35 year old isn't using his brain to vote anyway. He's just going by what social media, the news, and peer pressure leads him to. If anything, an older person has better established understanding of the world even if they're not better at working things out.
- tyre 2y agoAnecdotally the elderly in my life vote far more off of vibes than my immediate social circle does. You could say it’s a bubble or bias, but it’s the difference between coherent programs and policy decisions vs “anti-freedom” or “socialism”
- foxglacier 2y agoYou actually know people who vote because of the programs and policies the candidates are expected to implement? I know people often pretend to but from what I've seen, it's always just the ones that the media has told them to think about and only used to justify favoring whoever they've already chosen anyway. I don't think it's even reasonable to expect voters to pay attention to such details because there are too many for everyone to be an expert on but if they vote based on broad philosophies like freedom or socialism, they can expect the politicians will make the many small decisions that more-or-less align with that.
- alfiedotwtf 2y agoIf at “over 60 you can do adult things”, why do we take their drivers licenses away from and make them sit a drivers test every year unlike adults under 60?
- kortilla 2y agoThey don’t take their license away, they just test more frequently to watch for deterioration of vision, etc. Also, people under 60 still need to test and qualify for a license. So I’m not sure why you went down this comparison route.
- sangnoir 2y agoBecause it's in society's best interest not to have impaired people driving; whether it's due to substances taken, illness or age.
- isodev 2y agoBanning <16 year olds from social media is for their protection. Banning >60 from social media (and I’d add voting) is for everyone else’s protection.
- cyanwave 2y agoDamn ageism. There’s some amazing 60yo assembly devs out there.
- BLKNSLVR 2y agoAnd society wants them dev'ing amazingly in assembly, not doomscrolling!
- cjbgkagh 2y agoI could say that for all ages. Having known the world pre-social media I really do wish we could go back.
- NavinF 2y agoThere's nothing keeping you here on a social media website. Dunno why you wanna control what others do with their time
- DavidPiper 2y agoSeems like a strawman, I can think of plenty of reasons people want to control others' time. It's the literal job of every CEO for starters.
- pests 2y agoWhat happened to Liberty? The CEO is not controlling their time, he's buying it and they're selling it. What other reasons do you have?
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- JasonBorne 2y agoBanning those over 60 is a funny jab against an older generation who are susceptible to conspiracy theories and who are not media smart. They have lots of trouble differentiating sound and noise. I doubt this person was serious. Nevertheless, it was funny.
- rwyinuse 2y agoThe young are also susceptible to conspiracy theories. You don't get "media smart" by browsing Tiktok and Instagram, which is all they know how to do.