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Feb. 22nd, 2019 06:48 pmIt's hard to remember to update when no one posts here and I never have anything new to read. But I have a frustration to vent and I figure this is the best place, because it's public enough that I can believe someone is hearing me without being so openly public that the person I'm bitching about gets their feelings hurt... any more than I already hurt them, apparently.
The tl/dr is that I posted to fb that, among other reasons, Bernie Sanders, at 77 years old, is not someone I want running for president. Even if his mind stays sharp, what are the chances of someone who is 77 years old today serving two full, productive terms in the oval office. Less than 1%, right? Get someone in there who is young enough to reasonably be expected to still have all their mental faculties through 2028. And also be alive.
I posted that a week ago, but today one of my bridge friends, who is 70, finds it, and takes issue. She says that I'm being agest [sic]. I reply that while there are many very intelligent octogenarians, I know none of them who are sharper than they were a decade or more ago. She goes ad hominem and says she knows a lot of old people who are way smarter than I will ever be and she knows a ton of millennials who are stupid and lazy. Okay... so, let's not elect those particular millennials to the presidency then.
I cede her point (calling it a point is generous) that of course there are many seniors who are very smart. But I double down that if there are any who are at their best at 80, I've never known them, and I suspect it is incredibly rare.
Then she posts to her own Facebook that "All that ever happens is I get in trouble when I call people on their shit so I'm quitting Facebook. Bye."
Okay, good riddance, then. Thanks for missing the point entirely and refusing to engage respectfully.
Also, she's an anti-vaxxer.
The tl/dr is that I posted to fb that, among other reasons, Bernie Sanders, at 77 years old, is not someone I want running for president. Even if his mind stays sharp, what are the chances of someone who is 77 years old today serving two full, productive terms in the oval office. Less than 1%, right? Get someone in there who is young enough to reasonably be expected to still have all their mental faculties through 2028. And also be alive.
I posted that a week ago, but today one of my bridge friends, who is 70, finds it, and takes issue. She says that I'm being agest [sic]. I reply that while there are many very intelligent octogenarians, I know none of them who are sharper than they were a decade or more ago. She goes ad hominem and says she knows a lot of old people who are way smarter than I will ever be and she knows a ton of millennials who are stupid and lazy. Okay... so, let's not elect those particular millennials to the presidency then.
I cede her point (calling it a point is generous) that of course there are many seniors who are very smart. But I double down that if there are any who are at their best at 80, I've never known them, and I suspect it is incredibly rare.
Then she posts to her own Facebook that "All that ever happens is I get in trouble when I call people on their shit so I'm quitting Facebook. Bye."
Okay, good riddance, then. Thanks for missing the point entirely and refusing to engage respectfully.
Also, she's an anti-vaxxer.
