#but when you're the fucking CRYPT KEEPER OLD AND that shit is going on like....

[imwritesometimes]

the elephant in the room no one wants to address when it comes to people like Mitch McConnell and Diane Feinstein is that their age isn't the true issue - it's term limits. Them being so very elderly that they shouldn't hold office is a problem specifically because there is nothing stopping them from seeking reelection over and over and over again. But neither party wants to address it because it would mean addressing their own hold on power.

Mitch McConnell specifically has been in politics since the 1970s. This man has held power in this country much, much longer than I've been alive, and I'm in my 30s. This man has been receiving a tax payer funded salary and tax payer funded health care for decades while voting to prevent the same rights to the very people he is supposed to represent.

He is a modern day America Lord or Earl. No one should be able to hold that kind of power until they are literally on their deathbed. It is, foundationally, Un-American that people can cling to actual, substantial, political power for 50+ years.

Every political office should come with firm term limits or this shit will only continue

[moonspower]

im gonna say this cuz i see it so often. yall gotta let this shit about being 30+ an elderly age go. even as a joke. because tumblr audiences cant take a fucking joke and project everything to personality traits. no, being 30+ isnt old. and if you think that, youre gonna spin ur ass into an existential crisis. also ur a victim of capitalism so maybe take care of that.

being 30+ isnt being an oldie and muses in their 30s and older arent crypt keepers. holy shit. and you arent really helping saying that shit when a lot of 30+ typists are the targets of call-out posts because theyre fucking weird. just be normal and accept that aging and being 30 and up is a thing. and dont put any more thought into it.

yall are weird.

im almost 32 and i dont feel like an old person at all. actually im living up to my beauty queen trophies and my wisdom and my spark for life.

cut that social conditioning out and show the younger people that being 30 is perfectly fine.

edit: if you're 30+ be normal and stop being a fucking dipshit thnk you.

[nanlanmoarchived]

So the thing with all this ageism that really gets me is the explicit lack of trust, the implied "weirdness" of us still writing on here, and the fucking cut off being 25??

Maybe it's because I grew up in a time when the internet was new and scary, but you had to immediately understand that you don't share information with someone you personally knew. I grew up terrified that if I even made a comment about somewhere near me, some hacker on the internet was gonna find my location and come kidnap me. So I didn't share. I talked to people about my hobbies, about my feelings, and guess what? No one murdered me. I made friends who, like me, didn't want to think about real life for a second.

That yearning for wanting to not think about real life for a bit?? That doesn't stop after 25. Hell, I'd wager a guess that it doesn't stop until you're 90+. We're not weird for wanting to shut off our head after being at work all day or once we get our kids to sleep or what the fuck ever else. Rp is self care. It's something I do for literally nobody else but myself. I'm allowed that after dealing with people all day.

I remember being like those voices that are saying anyone over 25 is too ~*~mature~*~ to talk to as a friend, but guess what kiddos, all that does is ostracize and distance you from people you actually have a lot in common with. At 27, the only really difference between you and me is the emotional maturity that you gain as you get older. That's it. We like the same things, we watch the same shows, in not the crypt keeper laying in a coffin at night here to steal your youth. I *am* young. Believe me when I say, I consistently need an adultier adult because while I may "have it figured out" there's still shit that confuses or overwhelms me on a daily basis. And guess what? Some of the people I talk to, are the 40-50 year old women I met when I first started rping years ago (and they're still writing, friends). Those of us in our late twenties? We could be a place for advice, but instead you're just shoving us off. Nice.

So, I woke up grumpy, saw some junk on the dash and just thought I'd throw my two cents in the mix. Be nice, we have things going on in our lives that makes this our place to unwind and you're all really harshing the vibes.