What is meant when people say an old person "becomes irrelevant"?

[Bestwifeever]

Oh wait, I thought this thread was about becoming irreverent as we get older. Never mind.

 

[Nemo2]

Oh wait, I thought this thread was about becoming irreverent as we get older.

What, like Pastors who retire?

 

[Bir48die]

What, like Pastors who retire?

Huh? Confused about that reply

 

[Nemo2]

Huh? Confused about that reply

OK, it wasn't great...but Pastors who retire could possibly be classified as irreverend.

 

[Gumby]

Now the frog is dead. Bummer.

 

[Nemo2]

Now the frog is dead. Bummer.

Not before its time perhaps.

 

[Turbo29]

Words once in common use now sound archaic. And the
names of the famous dead as well: Camillus, Caeso, Volesus,
Dentatus . . . Scipio and Cato . . . Augustus . . . Hadrian and
Antoninus, and . . .
Everything fades so quickly, turns into legend, and soon oblivion covers it.
...
And before long you’ll be no one, nowhere—like Hadrian,
like Augustus.


--Marcus Aurelius

All of those people were very relevant at one time. Now, not much. Marcus Aurelius, Hadrian, and Augustus were Roman emperors. I don't even really know who the rest were.



Don't worry nancyfrank232, you too will be irrelevant soon than you think. Perhaps you already are.

 

[HFWR]

All of those people were very relevant at one time. Now, not much. Marcus Aurelius, Hadrian, and Augustus were Roman emperors. I don't even really know who the rest were.



Don't worry nancyfrank232, you too will be irrelevant soon than you think. Perhaps you already are.

Wasn’t Cato the Green Hornet’s side kick? [emoji51]

 

[nancyfrank232]

What is meant when people say an old person "becomes irrelevant"?

All of those people were very relevant at one time. Now, not much. Marcus Aurelius, Hadrian, and Augustus were Roman emperors. I don't even really know who the rest were.

Don't worry nancyfrank232, you too will be irrelevant soon than you think. Perhaps you already are.

Of course

The difference is that I’ve accepted my irrelevance, seniors haven’t. Some believe they still are

 

[Out-to-Lunch]

Wasn’t Cato the Green Hornet’s side kick? [emoji51]

Or O.J.'s?

 

[Nemo2]

Wasn’t Cato the Green Hornet’s side kick? [emoji51]

Or O.J.'s?

And Inspector Clouseau's.....but which was 'The Elder'?

 

[Alexi]

Suspect the poster was using "boomer" as a catch-all for "old people."

In the mid-90's, our agency got rid of a lot of "secretarial" positions because personal computers had been on nearly every desk since the late 80's. This caused a number of high-ranking men, born in the 1930's, to retire because, never having learned to "type," they were now irrelevant.

I'm sure there are people, born after 1946 and thus in the "boom" generation, who couldn't deal with the PCs either; but I haven't met any.

This happened to a local big corporation back in the 80s. Desk PCs were introduced and lots of older workers quit/retired. So the corporation had to hire lots of replacements. That is how I was blessed to get my position there which become my life's work. Fortunately, I already had on-the-job PC experience. But now that I am older and retired, I don't keep up with the latest changes in technology. Now I can relate to the culture shock felt by those older employees back in the 80s.

 

[nancyfrank232]

What is meant when people say an old person "becomes irrelevant"?

This happened to a local big corporation back in the 80s. Desk PCs were introduced and lots of older workers quit/retired. So the corporation had to hire lots of replacements. That is how I was blessed to get my position there which become my life's work. Fortunately, I already had on-the-job PC experience. But now that I am older and retired, I don't keep up with the latest changes in technology. Now I can relate to the culture shock felt by those older employees back in the 80s.

The best way make a senior confront their own irrelevance is to introduce new technology or cultural trend

At this point seniors will talk about the culture and technology of the past and how things were better back then

 

[braumeister]

I’ve accepted my irrelevance, seniors haven’t. Some believe they still are

The best way make a senior confront their own irrelevance is to introduce new technology or cultural trend

Sounds like you had a bad experience. Sorry for that, but I hope you realize you're speaking only for yourself. Unwise to use such a broad brush for all "seniors".

 

[nancyfrank232]

Sounds like you had a bad experience. Sorry for that, but I hope you realize you're speaking only for yourself. Unwise to use such a broad brush for all "seniors".

The broad brush of truth [emoji23]

 

[braumeister]

The broad brush of truth [emoji23]

Well, you obviously think so. But after ten similar posts in this thread, don't you think you've make your point already?

 

[Nemo2]

Talk of 'Relevance' reminds me of the punch line in the old Monty Python "Nudge, nudge, wink, wink" skit......."What's it like?"

 

[Bestwifeever]

The broad brush of truth [emoji23]

Ah, baiting plus textbook ageism

Ageism is the stereotyping and discrimination against individuals or groups on the basis of their age; ageism can take many forms, including prejudicial attitudes, discriminatory practices, or institutional policies and practices that perpetuate stereotypical beliefs.

. https://www.who.int/ageing/features/faq-ageism/en/

You have a nice life.

 

[REWahoo]

Ah, baiting plus textbook ageism.

You forgot to list trolling.

 

[Bestwifeever]

You forgot to list trolling.

For sure.

Amethyst deserves an apology for her interesting OP being derailed.

 

[Tiger8693]

So much I want to comment.... but then I would just be called a "Boomer".

 

[Bir48die]

Well, you obviously think so. But after ten similar posts in this thread, don't you think you've make your point already?

+1,000

 

[target2019]

The best way make a senior confront their own irrelevance is to introduce new technology or cultural trend

At this point seniors will talk about the culture and technology of the past and how things were better back then

You're bitter, maybe dissed by a "senior" in the past.
I connected the dots, and find you're repeating the same blather over and over.

 

[Tadpole]

nancyfrank232, my child, I'll have you know I invented the Internet, and, by the way, you are out of the will.

 

[Dawg52]

My dog doesn't feel I'm irrelevant. After all... I feed him everyday.