You are to be commended, Canyon Surfer, for your kindness of spirit. If Uetke had shown a minute speck of kindness in his attitude himself, I think more of us would have tried to be helpful. But clearly, he would not listen to any positive suggestions we had for him. He hasn’t posted since before you did, but I’d bet he’s been lurking and knows about it.
And Canyon Surfer, your parable was right on point.
That said: Some quotes from Uetke, and some responses from a geezer (I’ll be past the age he thinks makes everybody useless in four months):
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In the case of old people, they should absolutely have their resources taken away for better use. What good is it for a society to allow them to live in their huge houses, waiting to die, while the land all around is being used to create better living spaces for society as a whole? At a certain age it should reach a point where they should be isolated, and their resources used for the betterment of the rest of the population.
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Yeah, right! So let’s elect you to allocate resources to the worthy people. Obviously in your 23 years of existence you have become infinitely wise, having eschewed the teaching of any of those elders in favor of your own warped philosophy.
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They should not be allowed to drive AT ALL after age 60. Let them ride public transportation for free, but get them the hell off the roads. Over 60 drivers are a public nuisance.
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Why don’t you wrap your snarly lips around my tailpipe and take a deep drag? I haven’t had a ticket of any kind in almost as long as you’ve been alive. I’m a safe and careful driver, who drives a small car at speeds that neither obstruct anyone nor attract the police.
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So when I suggest that old people are causing problems in this country, I KNOW what I’m talking about. Are they all the same? YES, they are. All of them. Every single goddamn waste of life over 60 years old is exactly the same, and nothing you say or do is going to make me believe otherwise.
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Waste of life, eh, you misbegotten, slug-sucking, pig-felching pubic parasite. My mother died ten years ago at 73, and she should have had additionally at least the 23 years some cosmic incompetent allotted to you so far. Where you get the idea that you are worthy of your next breath is a mystery to me. Your own parents should have drowned you at birth.
And look up the word “sycophant” will ya? Obviously you don’t know what it means…or you haven’t lurked in these boards nearly as much as you claim you have. Whom do you think we are all sucking up to? Each other? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! We may try to be polite (except in the Pit sometimes), but nobody here is servile or seeking favor of anybody else. We just have a hard time suffering fools like you gladly, or even quietly.