Old people. The elderly. The aged. All terms used to describe the older members of our society. Generally, unless they are your relatives, young people hate old people. The scary thought is...WE WILL ALL BE LIKE THEM ONE DAY!
Now don't get me wrong I am by no means an ageist but you'll have to admit, these days a good 50% of over 60's are grumpy, senile, complaining, but fascinating creatures. My theory is - if one half of the aged population is the latter then the other half must be the opposite. This is where the thought of Nan and Grandad enter our minds. These people are the happy pensioners; they live life to the full - always smiling, always joking. Their lives are fruitful, and this is the way to be. They are unlike the previously described old biddies, who seem to somewhat have a chip on their shoulder; they hate youth and all young people, and in their day you would have either got the sack, been kicked out, had a clip round the ears, been locked up or even shot...according to them, anyway.
You see, thanks to the media there is a huge stigma attached to the youth of today. In the eyes of the old, young people stab for fun, kill for pleasure and we brush our teeth with cannabis! We are constantly judged, so we judge them back, and so the downward spiral begins; is there a solution? Will you think like them one day? Of course you won't because you have read this, and now the only solution is to embrace. That's right, embrace the stigma! Be the stereotype! Don your hoodies, grab your kitchen knives, go out in the street, target an old person, charge up to them at full speed and give them a great big...HUG! That's right prove them wrong! Hug them so tight until their pacemakers skip a beat and then relax, step back smile, wave and leave; then find the next one!! Forget 'hug a hoody'; a hoody will now hug you! So get out there and back the new government campaign 'Hug an old person!'. Oh, and do mind the smell.
Now don't get me wrong I am by no means an ageist but you'll have to admit, these days a good 50% of over 60's are grumpy, senile, complaining, but fascinating creatures. My theory is - if one half of the aged population is the latter then the other half must be the opposite. This is where the thought of Nan and Grandad enter our minds. These people are the happy pensioners; they live life to the full - always smiling, always joking. Their lives are fruitful, and this is the way to be. They are unlike the previously described old biddies, who seem to somewhat have a chip on their shoulder; they hate youth and all young people, and in their day you would have either got the sack, been kicked out, had a clip round the ears, been locked up or even shot...according to them, anyway.
You see, thanks to the media there is a huge stigma attached to the youth of today. In the eyes of the old, young people stab for fun, kill for pleasure and we brush our teeth with cannabis! We are constantly judged, so we judge them back, and so the downward spiral begins; is there a solution? Will you think like them one day? Of course you won't because you have read this, and now the only solution is to embrace. That's right, embrace the stigma! Be the stereotype! Don your hoodies, grab your kitchen knives, go out in the street, target an old person, charge up to them at full speed and give them a great big...HUG! That's right prove them wrong! Hug them so tight until their pacemakers skip a beat and then relax, step back smile, wave and leave; then find the next one!! Forget 'hug a hoody'; a hoody will now hug you! So get out there and back the new government campaign 'Hug an old person!'. Oh, and do mind the smell.
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