tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post3193430765200319167..comments2023-07-08T06:13:19.344-07:00Comments on biblioblography: Ageism In AmericaKrystalline Apostatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09044558668644447375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-88041037347331185102009-09-02T16:09:45.995-07:002009-09-02T16:09:45.995-07:00Thanks for your comments, Patricia.
The reverse i...Thanks for your comments, Patricia. <br />The reverse is true as well - for some esoteric reason, I'm not allowed select code words. I've heard, for instance, that I'm not supposed to use the word 'dude' because of my age set. <br />It seems that diversity is welcomed in the workplace, but it has to be a young form of diversity.Krystalline Apostatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044558668644447375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-28478795345443147232009-09-02T14:05:17.204-07:002009-09-02T14:05:17.204-07:00Thanks for your essay. I read what you have to say...Thanks for your essay. I read what you have to say with the hint of cynicism that you referred to above. I have to say I agree with your comments here. I also received that list in my google alerts and I was really bothered by it. Not because I don't want to learn new phrases or use them, because I do know them. Not because, quite frankly, I didn't even know all those old phrases. What really bothers me is that we are constantly told that we have to change our ways to fit in and be part of the now or be embarrassed that we ever lived before the year 2000.<br />Why isn't it ok to say surf the web (I did read the explanation) because it makes me sound old and dated.... that's ok. My peers have certain language, my kids and granddaughter have certain language, my parents have theirs too. I know where they fall in and yet I can communicate with them and they with me. If we all walked around saying the latest all too hip words not only would we seem like we are trying too hard, we would be buying into the fact that you have no value if you don't. To me it is like saying that you only listen to the hippest music because otherwise you are passé. Well a well educated listener would know that Radiohead got influence by the Beatles who got influenced by early rock and rollers like Chuck Berry, who was influenced by the blues.... etc. We don't expect them to all sound alike, but rather to bring their interpretation and experiences to the table. <br />It is nonsense to expect us all to talk alike, if we say something like long distance call, yes, that might mean that we were around back in the day, but gosh, is that so bad?patricia sahertianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00277523862412775798noreply@blogger.com