If you like old people and liquor, have I got a fundraiser for you. The Wallingford Senior Center is holding a benefit event at the Fremont Mischief Distillery tomorrow, Thursday August 25 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance.
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Comment re the wording of ” if you like old people”. I am wondering if I am the only one who is a bit uneasy re thsi wording?
What’s wrong with liking old people? Are you suggesting only young people should be appreciated?
Maybe she (?) is offended by the idea that one might particularly expect to find a lot of old people at a distillery. That’s my complaint – the whole phrase “if you like liquor and old people …” is perhaps trying to use “like” once, but in two different senses, ,
FYI – I like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain.
Hadn’t thought of it that way. With different punctuation, it could have meant “if, similar to the way old people feel, you enjoy liquor…” or “if you like both old people and liquor…” But no matter which way you interpret it, you should get yourself to the fundraiser.
To me ‘old people’ sounds a little derogatory.” If you enjoy mingling with older people”.. or “Meet some interesting senior citizens”.. sound more positive. BTW there ar emany ‘seniors’ or ‘old people” who are vibrant, vital, still working, going to the gym and working so much they have little time to be at the WSC tho they qualify by age for senior citizen rates, social security, medicare etc etc.. Genes, DNA, exercise, outlook on life, eating super helathy an dother factors contribute to youthful looks & energy.
If old people have so much going on, why does it seem like a derogatory term? I’m not exactly young myself, so it’s pleasing to read all the glowing adjectives, but I worry that your problem with calling old people what they are, really is your problem – you don’t really like old people as much as you wish you did, and you blame that discomfort on the words. I don’t know, I’m just trying to make sense of it.
For me, I don’t mind too much if someone calls me an old person, but I’d be mighty troubled to be called a “senior citizen.” Have you thought about what that would feel like?
It simply sounds bad to me.I offered other wording which sound more apealing and less negative in connotation.
However I am one of the category whom I described. I am too busy working, volunteering, writing etc to go to the WSC. It has taken a lot of activity and care to keep vibrant, busy etc. I get mistaken for being about 10 years younger.
Sometime when you aren’t so busy, think about why “old” seems negative to you.
I consider it an improvement that the offended party is actually a member of the group discussed. What a change.
What a nice way for us seniors to find new love. This is the kind of OFFLINE dating young people need to get back to! Get your nose out of your phones folks!! 🙂