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06-27-2023, 12:30 PM
Yeah, I just don't think they should be allowed.
I think their access to the internet should depend on whether they can pass a test proving they are up to speed on the latest scams and other fraud tactics going around.
Besides, the internet makes time go by too fast to use it when you're old. If you use the internet as an elderly person, you'll just die super fast.
It's for the best that they're not allowed online.
They shouldn't be allowed to drive either, but I guess that's another matter.
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What else should old people not be allowed to do?
Hmmm.
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I think if they can pass that test, then they CAN be allowed on the internet, sure. But they should probably have devices for old people that are kinda like the parental protection apps or the cell phones for super old people, the ones with the really big buttons so you can't go wrong.
It should basically be the internet in newspaper format with no ads or anything. They probably shouldn't be allowed to watch videos either... wastes their elderly time too much.
I think they should be kept outside most of the time, gardening and such. They should probably live in a nice air conditioned room off the side of a green house and tend to the plants with their every waking hour.
Makes sense to me.
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I'm all about banks keeping an eye out for obvious fraud on old people's accounts.
I mean, clearly it's necessary.
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I don't agree with the not being allowed part. But I think there should be platforms that cater to old people. That is actually an insanely good idea. I guess Facebook has already cornered that market. LOL. But for real, that is a good idea. I safe platform that caters to old people and prevents scamming, maybe offers some type of IRL community garden network.
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Let 'em stay on Facebook and Twitter. I'm not gonna let 'em fag up my site.
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Dev make your site an online senior care home.
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Their best bet is to act normal and don't let me find out they're a Boomer.
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(06-27-2023, 01:05 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: The ultimate test for fitness and to see if you're gonna live much longer?
Get down on the ground (or the floor) and see how fast you can get back up without any help, no grabbing hold of anything, etc.
If you can't get up within a couple seconds max using your body alone, you're fucked and you're gonna die in ~5 years.
(06-27-2023, 01:07 PM)Chatwoman Wrote:
The harder it is for you to get up off the floor without using any help, and especially the older you are, the sooner your ass is gonna die.
Old people should be made to get on the floor or the ground and get up multiple times per day until they can do it no problem.
If you can't do it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84ttestupa
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That would be elder abuse though?
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If you're old but you're not literally disabled (like paralyzed or missing limbs or whatever), you have no excuse not to be able to get up.
Even if you're missing a limb or two, it's no excuse not to be able to lift your own body weight or stay in shape.
Plenty of people missing arms and legs have tackled impressive feats of movement and fitness by sheer determination.
I'm just saying...
This society is full of lazy people who think they need a motorized wheelchair to get around WalMart just cuz they're fat...
Like honey no, you need to go on a starvation diet.
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(06-27-2023, 01:10 PM)user328 Wrote: That would be elder abuse though?
What, making sure an old person is capable of doing the full range of motion?
Seems like just letting them atrophy to death is abusive to me.
But if they wanna call it abusive then that's fine...
Let the old people just atrophy away and make sure no one comes in to save the day and take care of them when they've let themselves go to the point of not being able to wash their own crack.
I guess that's fair.
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Boomers have been telling us to fuck off and pull ourselves up by our bootstraps for decades. So let them tend to the question of whether or not they can get up off the floor on their own. 
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(06-27-2023, 01:17 PM)user328 Wrote: Boomers have been telling us to fuck off and pull ourselves up by our bootstraps for decades. So let them tend to the question of whether or not they can get up off the floor on their own.
Fucking exactly.
Tough love...
It is what it is.
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Now if you're like 75+ then I think obviously... you're just screwed, there's no expecting you to get off the floor/ground without some kind of assistance. Or maybe I'm being too lenient. But I do think there's a cutoff point with age.
If you're like 55-75, you're not disabled, and you can't get up off the floor/ground... you're lazy.
And don't even get me started on if you're WAY younger than that and you can't get up off the ground cuz you're 500 lbs. or something, lol.
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It's not even tough love. I just don't have any more sympathy for Boomers than they ever had for me.
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Again, if someone's legitimately disabled (and no, JUST being OBESE doesn't count honey) then I don't expect that much out of you.
But if there's no reason that you shouldn't be able bodied, other than that you've just given up on life and let yourself go...
Then you are just heaping all kinds of problems on your own head and you can't expect anybody to pick up the slack when you're not even willing to do it yourself.
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You really ought to be nice to young people if you expect them to take care of you in your old age. It ain't my fault the bastards waited until they were old and decrepit to grow up.
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Yeah and another thing is...
You gotta get started on the body work when you're at least still under 40.
If you wait til like 50 years old to have a change of heart and start trying to be physically healthy...
There's gonna be a lot of damage already done to your body from years of not taking care of it, and your ability to get into top form is probably gonna be impeded.
We should all assume we're gonna be old someday even if it's more likely that we're gonna die...
Start now, START NOWWWWWWW.
It's a fucking EMERGENCCYYYYYYYYY.
I'm sure nobody who reads this is even overweight, but I'm just saying.
Just in case, like...
You're gonna fucking die a way worse death if you die fat.
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