I know it’s Piers Morgan and he will say shit just to rile shit up cause it gets him the views. You could probably fit a summary of his actually deeply held convictions on a corner of a postage stamp.

But sometimes it is hilarious when his acceptability to fascists and far right types lulls them into thinking he is on their side, rather than just the side that personally enriches him the most at that moment in time.

He is in the perfect position to sink the knife in right up to the hilt and give it a little twist.

Bit hard of hearing old timer? I said I’M DONE WITH YOU, BYE

Well you got me there chuckles, of course I am Gen X not a baby boomer. Which I already alluded to. But I guess the memory ain’t what it used to be huh? Anyway I’m done with you now. Bye.

Okay Boomer

Cool, remind me again what the plural of anecdote is… Is it data? It has to be data right?

I gotta say you got my Boomer sense tingling.

You seem angry, and confused. That’s a common state of mind as people get on in years. Relax, have a cuppa and if this is the way you feel on a regular basis consider talking to your GP, they can help out with resources and support to help you in this time of transition.

We are also in a period where we can acknowledge that people exist on a spectrum and people change. My youngest son has ADHD, we got him treatment, support and flexible learning arrangements that mean 99.9% of the time he can be a “regular” kid with a “regular” life. When I was his age it was just drug them, pack them into the special class and forget about them. As much as I agree with your sentiment we do live in slightly enlightened times.

We assume elderly people are going to struggle with people taking advantage of them in so many other aspects of life, why do we let the media and politicians get away with it?

To be clear, I am not advocating for stripping anyone’s rights, or giving them a lessened voting weight. I don’t actually have a solution. I just think it’s the sort of thing a mature democracy would be able to discuss in good faith. Instead we get to be told about how much privacy and personal sovereignty we want to sacrifice in the name of “won’t somebody think of the children”.

Stated by someone who obviously has ample quantities of both. I’m not as sharp as I was a decade ago, or two decades ago for that matter. I can see the decline and I am only in my 40s. If you can’t say the same then congratulations.

Oh she has dementia alright, early stages, hence the reference to the Gerontologist. Specifically a doctor who manages conditions with a high association with age. I am not saying that everyone in a certain age bracket has it, just using an example. But let me be clear, someone retaining full capacity of their mental faculties into their twilight years is simply not common enough to be statistically worth talking about. I have worked in industries that intersect with the elderly and know that special provisions have to be made. I also agree that young people are not doing an amazing job of demonstrating competency. But pretending the accumulated wisdom of 70+ years somehow offsets the decline in neuroplasticity is disingenuous at best. I would suggest talking to some people in aged care and asking them how often their clients/patients are the model of rationality and reason.

I have a few people round me that are in the 60-83 age range. I gotta tell you aging is a heart breaking bitch.

My Nan can’t remember what she ate for breakfast, she keeps breaking her TV and then demanding that we buy her a new one to replace it.

So we set it up for her and within a couple of hours she is confused, scared and upset. Demands we take it away and that we get her old TV fixed.

The local repair guys have said they can no longer buy parts for the 720P No name LCD that she actually knows how to use. So next time it breaks we are in for a world of pain.

She is more irrational, scared and confused than at any point in her life before now. Also more opinionated and convinced that she is right (in between the meltdowns when she realises what she has lost).

Her vote counts for everybit as much as mine does. Until we get her gerontologist to complete an AEC exemption application and send it in at least.

You forgot that one of the most public corporate mouth pieces pushed hard for this with funding from advertisers who wanted to avoid increased oversight on online gambling advertising. They knew there was only enough political capital to do these things one at a time and wanted to keep the gravy train running. Not to mention they can now say “Well we assume social media companies are filtering out kids so we can advertise online gambling with a clear conscience.” Wonder how many kids living below the poverty line would have their material circumstances improved by any impediment to gambling?

She has also embraced the slop, so no great loss that I can’t watch it.

Ah you’ve seen Hands On Katie. My wife’s first reaction was “Why is her channel logo a boob?” and ten seconds later: “Right”

Could be worse, some people about a dozen houses down from my childhood home had a Husky and their neighbours got a pet rabbit. Suffice it to say it took all of 3 days to find out a Husky can go through a standard fence, and can go through a standard rabbit hutch. On the plus side the neighbours with the rabbit weren’t home so they didn’t have to watch, just clean up the bits of rabbit before their kids saw.

I’ll never understand people who buy working dogs and shove them in suburbia in lunch box sized back yards.

Yeah I know. Sorry to have stepped on your… Joke isn’t the right word… Social commentary?

I hear what you are saying, but that’s a matter of perspective. I tend to be no more or less scared of Muslims than I am Christians. Talk to a lot of people in South East Asian and they can tell you some tales that don’t make mainstream news about Buddhists. I’m sure there’s a bunch of lore out there covering Hindus as well.

Well… I mean… Who knows what sort of crazy demon he was trying to summon with that spell he was writing?

I’m from Australia, that would scare and confuse a number of the locals here too. We are also pretty damn racist.

Just nowhere near as religious.

And verily he said unto the assembled flock: “I use Arch by the way!” and there was much rolling of eyes and snorts of derision from the unbelievers.

Would be amusing to see the look on her face if a Muslim sat next to her on a plane and started preaching. Or a Hindu. Or a Christian from a different sect.

All these special snowflakes need to fuck right off and let the rational people live their lives in peace.