that guy sounds like a scab. that is so unutterably narrow-minded of him. not to mention he is making a huge mistake by missing out on a hottie like you.
perhaps it's this guy that is shallow, and that's why he's so defensive? i know that i was raised to respect the aging. i know that the aging rank the preferred times of their lives backwards: their most favorite decade was the most recent, like if they were 70 they said their 60's, and then their 50's, then 40's, 30's and dead last was their 20's.
yes, i do. we certainly fetishize youth, in the same ways in which we fetishize thinnness or other beauty markers. also, there's the prevalence of age discrimination in the workplace, forced retirement, etc.
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Date: 2007-01-25 10:02 pm (UTC)perhaps it's this guy that is shallow, and that's why he's so defensive? i know that i was raised to respect the aging. i know that the aging rank the preferred times of their lives backwards: their most favorite decade was the most recent, like if they were 70 they said their 60's, and then their 50's, then 40's, 30's and dead last was their 20's.
you think as a culture we devalue the aging?
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Date: 2007-01-26 12:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-26 06:01 am (UTC)