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Nothing Offends me, "Sticks & Stones"..... Oh one thing does, having to be conscious of what I say in case it offends someone. No such problem in Australia and England. (I am English) Most people who live in America have VERY thin skins.
But unkind words can, and do hurt. Often very deeply. As can the kind, loving words that are withheld from others that may be in need of hearing them.
But unkind words can, and do hurt. Often very deeply. As can the kind, loving words that are withheld from others that may be in need of hearing them.
I have just noticed after my 30 years here in the USA that Americans are a lot more sensitive to this kind of thing than others. Australians, English and Most Europeans simply do not really care. There are a lot more important things to get upset about than words. Why look for more?
Hey, you've given me an idea though - next time someone calls me that, I think I will turn around and call THEM that. That should give them pause for thought, right? I mean, that's mutual respect, right? That's what I like. That's what I'm comfortable with.
But isn't that what you are supposed to do anyway?
Instead of trying to change a whole culture why not move to the north, or west where you will rarely hear those honoring words.
I laugh every time I read in the news about an "elderly man" who was rescued (or whatever) and the guys only in his early to mid 60's. To me elderly is past mid-70's.
I had the same reaction when I read about an elderly woman who hit the gas instead of the brakes and went through a local store window. Further down in another paragraph, I read she was 60.
To young reporters, 60 is no different than 80, older and elderly are the same demographic to them.
When I was accepted into a radiology technology program in college, I was told there was a higher incidence of early cataracts working with ionizing radiation. I clearly remember thinking: Right, like I’ll be alive then! I’m having a catract surgery next week at age 64. I look back on my young self and smile. So young and so clueless.
You can call me senior citizen, old, elderly, Miss, ma’am or whatever the current words that are used. Like the progressive change from graveyard to cemetery to memorial gardens: changing the word only makes the connotation more palatable or acceptable. It doesn’t change what something or someone is.
I was relating a story about a man trapped in the woods to my DH. He said "was this a guy in his 30's?", because he'd read a story about a 30-something lost a few weeks earlier. I said "No, it was an old guy, like 65" then I remembered my DH is 63. LOL...I had to fumble around for something to paper over that one real quick!
Haha, I do the same exact thing even though I'm almost 70. The real us inside never ages, and I am always somewhat surprised realizing that I'm one of those old people too. We have to try, and laugh it off I guess, since it happens to the best of us .
I have just noticed after my 30 years here in the USA that Americans are a lot more sensitive to this kind of thing than others. Australians, English and Most Europeans simply do not really care. There are a lot more important things to get upset about than words. Why look for more?
Because words can be used like weapons piercing the heart, and setting things in motion either good, or bad.
Are you so fragile that you can be marginalized by a word?
Who cares what younger people think? Do they think?
Well, you do know many think we're keeping them from their rightful place in the corner office. Well, I'm not because I'm retired, but apparently a smokin' hot intern experience translates into 35 or 40 years of experience.
I was told there was a higher incidence of early cataracts working with ionizing radiation.
OT: Thank you so much for this very important bit of information. In the 70's I worked in a submarine shipyard in Groton, Ct as an Industrial Radiographer for several years using Cobalt, and Iridium on welds to find defects. Mostly I was a sourceman (woman) issued a radioactive source for the shift, or a film runner. As a single mother I did that for several years as the money was good, but worried about what the radioactivity was doing to me. I quit in Aug 79. My vision has become blurrier lately, and I've been wondering about cataracts. Your comment may be the motivation I need to get checked out. Thanks again Jean . I think I remember reading a few years back that Medicare paid for at least part of cataract surgery.
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. I think I remember reading a few years back that Medicare paid for at least part of cataract surgery.
