Why is this news to people?
This seemed obvious since 1985.Meanwhile, the oldest of the baby boomers turn 63 this year. Armed with their heart-rate monitors and flax-seed smoothies, they think they’re never going to die. And everyone else is starting to worry they’re right.
By refusing to expire after a reasonable number of years, the boomers are threatening the social order. Unconcerned about the consequences, they are poised to make us a Nation of Geezers. Oh, they’ll be well-preserved geezers, sure. Taut, limber, and relatively wrinkle-free. Their brain gyms (Sudoko, anyone?) will keep them driving long after the age at which their grandparents quit. They’ll be starting new businesses, “reinventing” themselves, jumping out of airplanes on their birthdays.
4 comments:
This is kind of mean. Do you want your parents to die?
The writer at Boston.com is using the Prince Charles analogy that was left in a comment on an article in the Dallas Morning News. I wonder if that qualifies at plagiarism. Maybe she was the original commenter, as the commenter was anonymous. Do you remember?
Kath- it depends how annoying they become in their later years. Actually, let me rephrase that; it depends how much more annoying they become.
Jen- wouldn't surprise me since the author is a boomer. Boomers made it far ripping off the hard work of others (their parents), so they're not above a little plag.
Once you put them in the home, you mean?
From someone who doesn't have parents, I can joke (some).
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