@Kory @asklemmy I’m 38. To me people older than that are objectively older people. I can’t think of anyone younger than 45 with whom I’ve had this problem.

@jlow @asklemmy https://jorts.horse/@fathermcgruder/112536047583834481

@enbyecho @asklemmy Well, geriatric pregnancies start at age 35, so it’s really a flexible adjective. If you took it incorrectly, that’s on you.

Based on the mixed responses I’m getting, it is not an established stereotype that older people write emails and text messages poorly. If I knew it was then I wouldn’t have asked if others had similar experiences to mine in the first place.

@enbyecho @asklemmy I’m well aware that I’m somebody else’s elder. I meant it matter-of-factly, like “geriatric pregnancy”.

@MissJinx @asklemmy I wasn’t sure of the right word to use. Geriatric seemed correct enough. To be clear, I don’t think there’s anything especially wrong or bad about my elders. I just think there might be some kind of technological and cultural collision happening that makes me feel like I’m crazy sometimes.

@NABDad @asklemmy okay maybe I’m being a little hyperbolic.

@bloopernova I don’t remember what people were annoyed with him about, but I do remember that it was a BOFA joke that was the last straw for him. Anyway, he’s the only high-profile Mastodon user that even comes to mind.