Ageism.

[WhatsUpNowThen]

It's awful, on Mumsnet. Do these posters think they will never be 60?

I have to admit that I'm not too pleased about it. But turning 60 does not change my views on anything at all. I think the same things as I did when I was 30 Why do the younger generation hate us so much?

I'm on their side.

That is such a lovely positive post!

Tbh, the ageism on MN is more ’older’ people sneering down at ’younger’ people.

And this is exactly what they say about ’younger’ people.

No agism isn't more older people Sneering at younger

It's heavily biased against the older generations especially in recent years

It was more even about 5 years ago but during covid became very one way and hasn't improved much since then

Is that fact or just your opinion?

Well I haven't done a full analysis of the mumsnet corpus if that's what you are asking not having time on my hands

Well sorry but you’re just chatting shit then and literally making things up 😂

You can’t make claims like that when there’s 0 evidence other than your own anecdotal evidence. There’s a lot of causal ageism towards younger people which often gets swept under the rug and it’s seen as more socially acceptable so I would bet it impacts younger generations more. However, I am willing to accept I would notice that more being Gen Z myself.

Well I was just responding to the previous opinion that there was more agism against younger people than older people, and my opinion is no less valid than anyone else's

In fact as neither elderly or younger I would argue my opinion may be less biased than some

There are so many children being brought up with so little contact with grandparents and wider family these days that they never actually get to know any older people.
It's so easy for them to blame strangers for everything that's wrong with their lives

I'm over 60 now, but I can't be bothered to get too worked up about most of the ageism on here. Young people really struggle to imagine they'll ever get older. It was ever thus. I was the same myself in the past, I'm sure 🤣

I'm in my early 30 and one of my good friends is turning 60 this year. She is full of knowledge and like a mum to me. On top of that she is gorgeous and better looking than some women in their 20/30/40

People are weird about age on here in general. Like they round up to a crazy degree-35 is now middle-aged apparently, and if you're 44 they'll probably say you're "pushing 50" meanwhile a 22 year old is practically a child 😆

I've always gravitated towards older people, huge amount of respect for them and their knowledge and experience. Although I'm 36 so I guess officially MN "middle-aged" now not young anymore 😔

I think you need to Google what an opinion is because your post was written as absolutes. Try “in my experience” next time rather than just blanket no it is not, it’s been worse since Covid, it’s heavily biased and then getting shirty because it gets questioned

No body post "
In my experience
At the start of every opinion post

If your reading skills are that limited I apologise as will try to dumb down again

You stated it as fact - perhaps consider that your writing skills are more of the issue here 🫶

’perfectly Normal’, all my family on Mum and Dad side are from working class backgrounds, I don’t know anybody who experienced that

I'm not saying nobody had a bathroom or toilet. But millions didn't and certainly where I grew up in the North East before the slum clearances of the 60s and 70s, it was very common indeed.

FFS, have you done ramming home your point?!

My parents didn’t come from the NE so maybe that is why.

Nah 🤭