While looking at a magazine while sitting on the throne today, Dolly Parton, who happens to turn 60 soon, is quoted as saying 60 is the new 50. And on another site, someone was saying 40 is the new 30. Where did this crap come from? Hasn’t 60 always been 60? Or was it 55? Maybe we should ad an extra month to each year then everyone can claim to be younger. Come people, no one is getting younger. Dolly, your recent plastic surgery does not make you look younger. Look at Joan Rivers. Pretty soon her eyes are going to be right next to her ears. You want to look like that? Bet if Rivers had a tummy tuck her boobs would end up next to her belly button. There is no new 30, 40, 50 or what ever age you think you want to be. Your old, live with it.
Moving thread from IMHO to The BBQ Pit.
The long term effects of daylight saving time?
I assume you’re not pushing 60, right?
54 is the new 21, if you ask me. 
I am really starting to hate those stupid " ____ is the new _____" phrases. ENOUGH!
(Waits for Dopers to start making “blah is the new blah” comments-don’t disappoint me!)
I thought 60 was the new black.
Them middle-aged people is havin’ too much fun, if’n you ask me.
Babyboomers seem to have issues accepting the fact that they are old.
A couple of years ago, I heard “60 is the new 40,” and I’ve never recovered from the damage. These sayings transcend stupidity.
:rolleyes: Like Voyager said…I’m guessing you’re pretty far from 60, then? If I have to guess, far from 40, the current age that is being redifined from “really really old”?
23 year old women used to be old maids. 35 year old women used to be beyond sexual consideration. 45 year old men used to be old codgers.
Oh yeah, and 60 years olds used to be dead.
Health and longevity have changed what being a particular is going to mean. Of course it has. That’s a good thing.
If you see that particular statement as insipid…it probably is, it’s a Dolly Parton interview firchrisake…maybe you should find better reading material for the crapper before you waste your life and your 30 and old.
And why not? Growing old gracefully is overrated.
Well, I am no defender of these asinine sayings, but I think I understand what they are getting at. It certainly refers to mobility and health of age groups, as well as expectations of those in the ages. The general health and activity levels of those people at the age of 50, are being enjoyed by those at the age of 60 now. Thus " 60 is the new 50."
I have also seen that 30 is the new 21. That is, more people 30 year olds are care-free, socially orientated, party-harty, and childless, as well as increasingly unmarried as 21 year olds used to be. Two similar sayings, one has a negative connotation, the other has a postive one.
Depends are the new thong.
Hmm, I’m 46, play in an alternative band, workout 4 times a week, carry around a 30 lb camera all day, wear hip Italian clothes, people can’t believe I have 20 and 22 yr old kids, am told I look much younger blah blah blah…
And I’m just being me, not trying to “act young”.
I’m sad for those who just wither away. And laugh at those who think I’m supposed to be a certain way. They’ll be blobs in their 40s.
Cool, ten more years 'till I have to grow up
[sub]I find it amusing that the google ads are all for plastic surgery and tummy tucks[/sub].
Ah, Dude! I was just gonna eat dinner! :smack:
Overheard at the Club: “Axl Rose? Who the hell is that fat, old Queen?”
Ignorance is the new stupid.
I can understand why a person in his 20’s or 30’s wouldn’t understand. But if you are in your 60’s, you have actually seen the perception of age change.
Ever watch The Little Rascals? Think about their mothers. Some of them look like they are fifty years old! I see great-grandmothers that don’t look that old now.
When my mother turned 50 in 1963, I cried all day thinking that she was practically dead. That was 42 years ago and the old gal still dresses smart and has a boyfriend.
I don’t know about Dolly Parton’s surgery on her face. I do know that in Nashville she has a reputation for her natural beauty out of wigs and makeup. Maybe that’s what comes from being a decent person because she also has a reputation for being very pleasant and down to earth.
Maybe some Boomers mind being in their fifties and sixties, but I haven’t seen the disadvantages of age yet and I love the sleeping in part.
I do find it mildly annoying that some youngsters make assumptions about people my age, but they also face age discrimination. (You would think that would give them a clue.)
Inside, I’m still a flower child buzzin’ to the Stones and the Band, believing in peace, human rights, and the conservation of natural resources. What’s 25 got to do with it? What’s 62 got to do with it?
Dude, what’s the controversy? Many people live longer, remain active longer, and generally look & feel younger than their equivalents did twenty-five years ago. Like, duh.
See? No 39-year-old woman in 1980 would’ve sounded as immature as I just did!
And speaking of immature, judging from the attitude evinced in the OP, I’m guessing our dear little OP is in his/her early 20s at the most – which, according to the New Law of Ages, makes him/her about 12. Seems about right. :dubious:
No, but 65 is.