Ageism on MN

[RockingMyFiftiesNot]

Ok so I expect this thread to be deleted because in part it will be a thread about several threads and mainly because MN has been turning a blind eye towards ageist posts.

Today I learned from MN that over 40s are elderly.
I've also learned that over 50s have lived their lives already and need to step aside to allow the younger generation to live.
I hate the daily mail but actually hope one of their journalists pick this up as MN doesn't seem to care

Ahh I remember those days of thinking over 40 was dead old. Them were the days!

You should have seen some of the Covid threads, plenty of talk on how some lives are worth more than others.

Elderly, my arse. I bloody love being in my 40s. I didn't think I would but it's great! Seeing as how we are all living longer, I'd say that a 50yo could have another 40-50 years so no, their life is in no way 'lived'.

Haven't seen the threads you're referring to but I have no idea why you would be upset enough to start a new thread about it.

Yeah many young people in their 20's will see people in their 40's and 50's as old, nothing new there. People's perspective changes as they get older themselves.

@ViciousJackdaw oh I have seen those threads, held my tongue but today I have been left speechless

I have noticed ageism on here. It reflects real life, I suppose. The posts about ending lockdown and leaving the more mature among us to take our chances with Covid19 so that younger people can go out boozing etc were shocking.

Ageing comes to us all and it arrives a whole lot quicker than you think it will!

We should not have to put up with being sidelined, patronised, dismissed etc etc in our daily lives, or on Internet forums, purely because of our age.

@shivawn apparently once you reach40 you are elderly. Once you reach 50, you've already lived your lives so need to step aside. All related to MN threads from the last couple of days

@Clydesider exactly

Don’t get me started on the baby boomer comments.

I'd say I was in my prime in my 40s, that's not just with hindsight, at the time I was aware of feeling more confident and dynamic than in my 20s and 30s. Mid 60s now and starting to feel middle aged.

As I said on another thread.

Clearly at my age I'm screwed...

@Nanny0gg I think we were on the same thread. To be fair, getting screwed at our age, according to some on MN, is nothing short of miraculous

It's rife on MN. I report it every bloody time. Usually the comments are just left on, but several have been deleted in the last few weeks. The more people reporting posts, the more likely they are to get deleted

[quote RockingMyFiftiesNot]@Nanny0gg I think we were on the same thread. To be fair, getting screwed at our age, according to some on MN, is nothing short of miraculous [/quote]

@LetTheCatIn but they don't seem to care about ageist posts. They forget that the older posters are the parents who made them their money in the first place

It isn't just the silly, ignorant, innocent ageism of youth - it's spiteful, and inhumane.

Today I learned from MN that over 40s are elderly.

I think a number of people must have reported that post. It was truly awful.

If elderly is 40+ then the Queen and David Attenborough have been elderly for 54 years, which is a long time to be elderly!

MNHQ are ageist - they created Gransnet for the over 50s. It's grim and fortunately hasn't taken off.

@RampantIvy

Today I learned from MN that over 40s are elderly.

I think a number of people must have reported that post. It was truly awful.

Yet those posts haven't been removed

@Bythemillpond

Don’t get me started on the baby boomer comments.

It's just pure ignorance

I don’t give a flying fuck. If people post such nonsense here on MN, so what, it’s totally irrelevant.

Well I am nearer 60 than 50 am managing ok ..have got appointment for nails and leg wax next week..that is after having grandchild for 24 hrs and then working for three days ...am absolutely fine thank you l

Where are the posts

The only comforting thing about ageism is knowing that those who practise it will come to experience it. You can't shield yourself from growing older. Unless you're shuffled off this mortal coil before old age i.e your 40th birthday.

Well, I do remember working out how old I was going to be in 2000, and thinking "22! I'll be too old to think that's exciting!" 🤣
In my defence I don't think I'd hit double figures at that point.

I agree. And disableism on the covid threads too. If some people had their way it sounded like they thought the old and vulnerable would have been better (and happier) to be gently put to sleep to let everyone else get on with their lives. That probably has their own aged relations as an exception, although probably the aged relations have told them that's what they would like too, so perhaps not excluding them.

Although tbf I also have learnt on the covid threads that too many people are incapable of understanding figures or logic, definitely don't listen to explanations that they don't want to hear because it shows they're wrong and is pretty selfish.