Re: The dichotomy: the "Edgy" old guy just looks silly
At 51 I have had one occasion or another to address the "act your age" or "dress your age" issue. At times I may also have a bit less tolerance for bad manners than could properly be called polite. Usually when faced with a person who simply must throw common courtesy to the winds and seek to correct my percieved age inappropriate fashoin choices, I smile politely and make no response. However, I have responded thus on more than one occasion.
<rude stranger> Dont you think you are a little old for that? <or some such thing>
<me> (shocked) Oh my! I had no idea! This was all the rage when I fell asleep! What year is it? Or. (placing finger under ear, voice aghast> Our intel was very wrong! Local dress customs outside sociatal norms! Returning to ship at once!
That usually ends the encounter, not polite I know, but I get a little chuckle from it.
As noted in someone elses signature. "If you arent living on the edge, you are taking up too much room!
God will grant his blessing still, though we call her what we will.
We can name it whatso'ere, a spell is nothing but a prayer.
This one large rudiment, our faith defined by our intent.
Heather Alexander.
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