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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Going geriatric

At the YMCA they give away a newspaper called fifty plus advocate. Since I will be 50 in less than three years, I have started reading it. I will be geriatric soon. A gerry. I need to know about elderly issues.

A came across a disturbing ad in this newspaper:

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This is just horrible infantilization of the elderly. The “Meet Ginny” reminded me of how animal adoption ads are worded. Here’s an example of a pig up for adoption. Notice how it says “Meet Alfie.”

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