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Comment on You can bluntly comment on someone being fat or short in China and it's chill, but people get offended the moment you imply they're old...

Paragone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

That’s funny-as-hell: whatever culture my soul/continuum’s previous human-category-life was in, being called young was an insult.

I’ve never understood why anybody would want to be “young” instead of “old”, because when you’re old, you’ve outgrown foolish-nonunderstanding/ignorance…

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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Schrodinger’s age: It can be both a complement and insult until you observe their intentions.

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- samburwell96@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah I suppose thats my question, is it like in the U.S. it can be a little minefield implying someones wizened or experienced without being old? Like the trap of of you know so much because you’ve been around, than just calling someone old?
  
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rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
“old” also means less healthy. No one wants to have backpain and the like.

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