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blamebrampton) wrote2014-01-03 07:45 pm
blamebrampton) wrote2014-01-03 07:45 pm
I AM being a grown up …
I'm trying to read and comment more on LJ in a bid to support everyone's mission to keep the LJ-based fandom going. I just had a quick skim through a commentary on part of Deathly Hallows and despite the writer raising loads of interesting and a few excellent points, I am now obsessed with one line, and I paraphrase: 'Rowling minimises our experience of the torture of this old man.'
The writer was talking about Xenophilius Lovegood. HE IS MY AGE OR A LITTLE OLDER OR POSSIBLY EVEN YOUNGER!!
I am so filled with righteous indignation! I ride hundreds of kilometres a month! I could do that a week if I didn't have to go to work! I have all my own teeth! In a fight with Snatchers I would probably go down because they are Wizards, but I would go down biting and they would seriously regret their life choices!
Bloody young people today! Where's someone Gen Y or younger so I can patronise them? I bet you can't do long division without electronic assistance! There! That'll show you! Bah!
Excuse me, I require a cup of tea and a good lie down.
*Exits, muttering.*
The writer was talking about Xenophilius Lovegood. HE IS MY AGE OR A LITTLE OLDER OR POSSIBLY EVEN YOUNGER!!
I am so filled with righteous indignation! I ride hundreds of kilometres a month! I could do that a week if I didn't have to go to work! I have all my own teeth! In a fight with Snatchers I would probably go down because they are Wizards, but I would go down biting and they would seriously regret their life choices!
Bloody young people today! Where's someone Gen Y or younger so I can patronise them? I bet you can't do long division without electronic assistance! There! That'll show you! Bah!
Excuse me, I require a cup of tea and a good lie down.
*Exits, muttering.*
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But take it onto the internet and suddenly it's all 'OMG! People in their 40s having sex! EW!!! In their 50s? EEEEEWWWWW!!! Older than that? No way!'
I did have a junior once who was all 'There is no way people my mum and dad's age still have sex!' and since the age group on the mag ranged from 40-55 we did a quick check of her parents' ages and then laughed and laughed and laughed.
As we gently pointed out, once we had calmed down enough to speak, the alternative would be a sex life that lasted a maximum of about 20-25 years, and while she might currently think that was plenty, in a few years, she would definitely change her mind!