Ageism.

We don't wallk down the road reading our phones or sharing our conversations with the entire street. Ditto for public transport. I mean, what is wrong with us??

We don't abuse emergency services or hospital staff. We are grateful

What ageist rants are these based on? I don’t think I’ve seen younger generations complain that older people don’t use their phones when walking, or don’t abuse hospital staff enough or are too grateful?

I'd be very worried if I thought my kids were going to put me down for being old!!
For the benefit of those 'young' folk (and I choose not to assume every young person) who may not understand, or wilfully choses not to, that was a joke

Nice try, but no.
It's a tongue-in-cheek response to OP, based on the rants of previous ageist posters and life.
Another to add to the lisy - we don't explain every nuance of written conversation, therefore must be ranting
JfC

Ageism has been rife on here for years.

As you say, there do seem to be idiots (an increasing number of them it seems) who think they will never grow older and never age, unlike us fruit loops who have done just that.

I'm almost 58, so slotting into the age demographic you mention. I know I do seem ancient to my daughters but they don't put me down because of it.

Older doesn't mean stupid or thick.

Isn’t this just a long ageist rant?

Glad to be of help, especially for a 'shiftie'!
I went on a weekend 'taster' cruise. I couldn't get off the ugly monstrosity quick enough!
Go spend your gold-plated, triple-locked, obscenely fat pension as soon as you wake up!
Sleep well

Social media seems to thrive on pitting groups of people against each other. I really hope that people will come to their senses and realise that this just worsens divides. But, yes, ageism is rife and horrible on MN at the moment, and totally unchecked.

@VestibuleVirgin 😂😂😂😂 You've cheered me up after a very long shift.

This in spades. Plus we all have gold plated pensions, retire early (I wish!) and have huge carbon footprints, going on world cruises.

Are*

In times of economic uncertainty there are scapegoats.
Apart from immigrants and Jews, older people ate scapegoated due to ;
Brexit
Triple lock pensions
Having a better lifestyle
Hoarding wealth apparently
No longer working.
Boomers are resented for voting for Tory and Brexit whilst never experiencing true hardship in many eyes whilst both votes have plunged workers into economic hardship.

Fwiw I kbiw under 60s who voted for Tory and Brexit.

Ps. They hate us because apparently;

• We all live in 7-bedroomed houses and won't give them up, therefore contibuting to the housing crisis
• We all read the Faily Dail. And believe everything we read
• We all voted for Brexit
• We don't go to the supermarket in our nightwear
• We didn't validate tantrum-throwing toddler's feelings while in the middle of the supermarket, we told them to just shut up. Which is very traumatising. Apparently
• We take too long at a checkout/bank teller window. God forbid we exchange pleasantries with the person we interact with rather than just continuing the conversation we are having on our mobile telephones and ignoring them
• We don't wallk down the road reading our phones or sharing our conversations with the entire street. Ditto for public transport. I mean, what is wrong with us??
• We don't abuse emergency services or hospital staff. We are grateful
• We can add and subtract in our heads and do long division on paper

Read through any thread and you'll find any number of other reasons they hate us!
But theyare daft enough to think that they won't be like every other old person when they are old!

I suppose it is just bad stereotyping. My mum is in her 60s and I really have to guide her on a lot of things, but I know not all 60 year olds are like that.

We've already a thread on this!
Whilst I agree ageism is rife on here, starting another thread on it will only add fuel to the fire; the ageists on here will think you are losing it and use it as another stick to beat us with!
But those in London will soon shut the fuck up when they get their over 60s oystercard and realise the freedom it gives!