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In reply to the discussion: On DU's population aging, and change to DU... [View all]CousinIT
(9,268 posts)95. I was 41 when I joined...
....many of us aged right here!
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I was 54 when I joined---almost 18 years ago now. Senior citizen discounts, etc....
panader0
Jan 2023
#5
Well, the repugs/republicans have turned off the younger generation in record numbers. We,
SWBTATTReg
Jan 2023
#3
I think one of the issues to address is whether we treat today's youth with the same animosity that
progressoid
Jan 2023
#7
It isn't happening on DU. There are almost no active posters under 30, and even
Celerity
Jan 2023
#87
I know plenty of younger people who think it did. Maybe this is part of the issue? (n/t)
OldBaldy1701E
Jan 2023
#70
My husband and I are a "young" 80, have been daily runners for 40 years - all our friends are
Peregrine Took
Jan 2023
#60
I remember seeing "No more old white men" on a regular basis here on DU in 2016.
jalan48
Jan 2023
#26
Funny, I've never noticed a shortage of Bernie Sanders and AOC supporters
highplainsdem
Jan 2023
#66
Yes, even Kuninich had huge amount of Support on DU . John Edwards and Kucinich had more support
JI7
Jan 2023
#85
Yes, they have things like Tik Tok and a bunch of other social media things they are into
JI7
Jan 2023
#88
Just curious, but where do you go when you are not here hanging out with "conservative cultists"?
Hekate
Jan 2023
#130
Probably a nice place where Democrats are ripped to shreds? You know, freedom.
betsuni
Jan 2023
#133
I never saw any posts calling that politician a "commie" or a "traitor." Maybe your confirmation
emulatorloo
Jan 2023
#138
Good points, all. But about aging Japan-- one of their big problems is their immigration policies...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#120
And into the eighties, like Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "The Message."
betsuni
Jan 2023
#72
Unfortunately/fortunately, I have a hunch that some folks stop in and lurk-
Prairie_Seagull
Jan 2023
#38
Float the idea out there and see who responds. Then check in with EarlG, and see about a group...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#121
That's a thought. Though it's important to note that we do have a fair number of members...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#47
If my kids did not have their mother and myself, they would be in danger of the same...
Moostache
Jan 2023
#53
Absolutely right we don't have another 40 years, especially as a democratic nation...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#67
You've got me by a few years. I hope that I am still plugging away like you when I get more Golden.
Prairie_Seagull
Jan 2023
#149
Heh. One of the things I like best about a pad with touch screen is blowing up the font size...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#51
I was sixty one when I joined. Makes sense I was winding down my business and prepping for.....
usaf-vet
Jan 2023
#61
The DUers/Democrats-are-wealthy-old-centrist/conservative-elites insult is just to make us mad.
betsuni
Jan 2023
#76
Retaining relevance amid generational changes. Aught to be a book...or at least a smallish war.
jaxexpat
Jan 2023
#94
Age is not a factor. Intelligent analysis and readable, interesting, fact-based writing is.
Martin68
Jan 2023
#104
I came on in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq & got tremendous fact-based, well-sourced info...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#114
I hear you, & I keep hearing this from others now that I've raised the age issue...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#117