Thread: Is Ageeism the new Racism?

Is the modern world becoming a fashista, a crude fashionista with no forgiveness or intelorance for ageeing?
Do YOU feel under pressure to comply with the alluding but painful idea of keeping up with a 10 or 12 year old looks?
18 or 20 is apparently too old I hear.

Are we becoming meaningless and expressioneless?
Just a body with face and nothing else.

Beauty is for the young to enjoy , and the old to obsess about.

The only issue I take is when we equate truth with beauty, and social and political dialogue is reduced to a superficial version of days gone by. A message should not derive its strength from the aesthetics of its presentation, but the truthfulness at its core.

I try not to be prejudiced. Some of my best friends are under 60.

Originally Posted by Capulet

Beauty is for the young to enjoy , and the old to obsess about.

The only issue I take is when we equate truth with beauty, and social and political dialogue is reduced to a superficial version of days gone by. A message should not derive its strength from the aesthetics of its presentation, but the truthfulness at its core.

where do you get the idea that old means ugly?

Capulet has a way with words.

Things that are attractive aesthetically are pleasing to us. Nothing wrong with that. Beauty is a good too. However, like Capulet said... everything in beautiful wrappings aren't always truthful, virtuous.

But I like aesthetically pleasant looking things. I was just telling one of my aunts today that I'll have to begin lifting weights again, with seriousness, due to my body being so scared up now. That's once I'm capable to do so. I need muscles and tone to divert eye focus from my less pleasant physical features.

I have a keloid running down the center of my abdomen from the top of my abdomen to the bottom of it. I wonder how many women would find it tasty looking?

(an 18 or 20 year is not old looking by a long shot)

Originally Posted by Capulet

Beauty is for the young to enjoy , and the old to obsess about.

The only issue I take is when we equate truth with beauty, and social and political dialogue is reduced to a superficial version of days gone by. A message should not derive its strength from the aesthetics of its presentation, but the truthfulness at its core.

I don't know anyone who equates truth with beauty, and I know everybody.

Richard Gere... on my...

Sorry, what was the question again?

Originally Posted by Baron

where do you get the idea that old means ugly?

I never even so much as implied that old means ugly. But since you pasted in some examples, how much time do you think those two celebrities spend on maintaining their appearance? Care to hazard how much work they've had done?

Sean Connery aged well.

As a general rule men more often times age better than women.

That old bag Baron put up is plastered with war paint. But but King Richard "The Lion-Hearted" Gere still looks like a handsome bloke.

While it seems less often the case, there are some women that age very well. I'm thinking of that actress that had the main role in the movie Under the Tuscan Sun. Tiger Mom Amy Chua is serious MILF too. What I wouldn't give to be an American 15 year old kid in school today with all these teacher "perks" going on.

We expect our baristas to be young, while our doctors should be older. Also, persons in low status jobs are expected to be unattractive, whereas those in white collar jobs are more pleasing to the eye. They've done studies on this: Tall, good looking people make more money. It's also a fact that this economic malaise has impacted middle aged workers hardest, being one of the least likely groups to find work.

Prejudice. There is still a place for ugly, semi-skilled old people. Waaaaaaaay down the social ladder.

Originally Posted by garza

I try not to be prejudiced. Some of my best friends are under 60.

I try not to notice .
Although when I am asked my age I am not too keen on giving it away.
It never use to bother me. Now it does. Is that something I learned or is it simply natural?

Originally Posted by Capulet

Beauty is for the young to enjoy , and the old to obsess about.

The only issue I take is when we equate truth with beauty, and social and political dialogue is reduced to a superficial version of days gone by. A message should not derive its strength from the aesthetics of its presentation, but the truthfulness at its core.

Easily said than done. I think we are passed that time where we cared more for letters and word and less in gloss and paint.
People are less intuitive on feelings and thoughts but more inquisitive on the latest beauty pageon and the aesthetics of the human form.

Originally Posted by Hawke

Richard Gere... on my...

Sorry, what was the question again?

Actually to be fair Gere is Ok looking not sokeen on his role that is all.

Although when I am asked my age I am not too keen on giving it away.
It never use to bother me. Now it does. Is that something I learned or is it simply natural?

It can't be natural, without learning you couldn't even count the years.

They've done studies on this: Tall, good looking people make more money.

So how come I have been skint all my life? Or would I have spent my life in abject poverty if I had been short and ugly.

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