Young is a measure of age.
Young is not a measuew of health.
If you’re 75, you’re 75. Nothing can make you younger.
Grow up!
Peace,
mangeorge
Context?
Frame of mind?
Perspective?
Context isn’t relevent. The word, as it applies to us living beings, has only one meaning.
What in the world do those things have to do with how old you are?
At a gymboree:
That child seems young for his age.
At a senior citizen’s home:
You’re as young as you feel.
No difference? :dubious:
I must not be understanding your question. The term young could be seen objectively or subjectively. There isn’t much agreement about the objective part.
Are you asking people’s opinions about what is objectively old?
Doesn’t seem like he’s asking anyone anything. Seems like a journal entry to me. Well, more like MySpace, but you get my drift.
By ‘context’ I mean what caused you to make the statement in the OP?
Because it sounds like something you’ve thought about in response to someone saying they feel young.
That child seems less developed for his age. that doesn’t change her/his age one whit.
And the “young as you feel” thing is just a panacea for getting old, or what people say is bad about getting old.
My main gripe is companies that promise youth for buying their products, and assure us that growing old is a bad thing and a social ill.
Wrong. I’m stating my opinion that our society has attached a stigma to the natural process of aging. I’ve heard people (mostly women) say something like “she needs to take better care of herself”, meaning, and I’ve asked, “she needs to put on some make-up and dye her hair”.
With men it’s about going bald, which is actually a sign of virility. 
IMO ‘Need to take better care of her/himself’ means - Need to eat healthier, drink less alcohol, stop smoking… stuff like that.
What made me think about this is answered in Post #10.
I don’t think one can set youth as a goal. You can set aging as a goal, but that can be achieved only by staying alive.
Ah. I’ve heard it stated as ‘youth-obsessed culture.’ Lots of people agree with you. And there’s evidence for it in many ways. . . especially in the US.
So. . .is there a question in there somewhere? Or you just stating your opinion?
It would seem so, but I asked. Most were talking about lipstick and hair, that kind of thing. Not about health. The worst thing about smoking, I guess, is that it causes wrinkles. :rolleyes:
Is not dyed, permed, and treated hair considered “healthy”?
This is the place for opinion, is it not? I do ignore the “humble” part.
OK, read the opinion.
If someone can get me a definite cite for the author (either full text link or publication and page number), I’d be much obliged. AFAICT it’s not Mark Twain…
Is that post by Unknown you cited somewhere in this thread? It might be easier to find the quote if seen in context of the whole post.
Well, I googled " But when I got to be 21" and all the sources insist it was Twain.