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[Outcast Orange]

Sorry, I don't think I've made a thread in general before, don't hurt me.

Worrisome thoughts:

What are we all going to do when we are too old to computer do?
What is going to happen when the monitors start looking like bright fuzzy microwaves with cryptic little symbols all over them?
Are there any people who used computers into their very-late life?
Does anyone here consider themselves elderly and take offense?

[Nilocy]

What?

[ToonyMan]

The future!

[Criptfeind]

I, for one, plan on being dead. I am eating a pound of processed meat as I type this so I think my plan is on track.

[Bauglir]

-snip-

[Criptfeind]

No it is not. It is all raw.

And a update on that:

Oh god. Oh god the pain.

[Outcast Orange]

You don't feel the need to preserve yourself?

I have this friend that eats his steaks raw.
Truly an art form.

[smigenboger]

To the OP, drugs and alcohol.
(Yes, alcohol is a drug, don't start that)

[Eugenitor]

(assuming truly incurable degenerative disease)

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[IronyOwl]

When you're too old to use a computer, presumably you won't want to use a computer, because the newfangled thing is too complicated and has all these features you don't want.

When computers become incomprehensible things, you'll either figure out how they work like all new things, or you won't be interested enough to learn, in which case you evidently don't care.

Yes, many people use computers even when very old. They're often not particularly good at them, but then they usually don't want to do much with them. A similar concept can be seen with cars: Very few old people do dangerous stunts or high speed chases in them, but quite a few use them for the things they actually want to do, usually meaning going to the store and back.


As others have pointed out, of course, there's no shortage of (often fun!) ways to end yourself before it becomes an issue. Want some more salt and fat on your drugs?

[Criptfeind]

I just drunk a gallon of a surgery drink they call lemonade.

My plan is going good so far.

[Outcast Orange]

Oh. I like that response.
I mean the one about old people driving.

I just hope I stop using computers because I lost interest, rather than because I am not physically capable of it.

You people fix my problems more often than I get pulled over for driving on the stripy diagonal lines.

[Eagleon]

Old people are using facespace and nookberries and whatnot now. They even play with their Wii! You underestimate them at your peril - they have decades of experience in forming social networks, and they just got their grandnephew "Hacking for Dummies" because they think it's about Warcraft. It's the future!

[Itnetlolor]

My plan for becoming elderly would basically be not much different from what I'm doing already. Pick a comfort zone/timeline, and adapt the newer ages with it, but still keeping a decent blend of the two (plus, being the designated 'fun relative', it's part of my reputation to have the cool stuff and fun ideas, and show that the past was indeed cool, and back it up to show youngsters that they're lazy bums). Now, when technology eventually goes to Jetsons-level-laziness, I'll still be doing most things manually for personal reliability, to be more fit than a majority of the future population and those within my age group (actually getting exercise and not letting my body atrophy), and also you can't beat good old-fashioned manual labor and the quality of results from such.

I mean, when I get old, I aim to not fall into the same pitfalls that would mark me down as an annoying elder; that is, unless someone is calling for it, and I can get away with it somehow (IE- I can get especially annoying behind the wheel, or downright crazy, though still within legal limits; or I can "get down and funky, bro" and be all "LEET" just to see them squirm). I think it would be nice to carry a cane or a staff or something as I become old as well; more/less as a weapon of self-defense and deception (and a way to get free rides up a stairway or cut in lines) but I prefer my wits serving as a better weapon/tool in social situations. Oh, and my cane/staff would have a cup holder on it or something, just for kicks.

All other things aside, I have no need to preserve myself in the future (aside having a decent diet). I prefer to rot in my grave or wherever I'm dropped, and let my body give back to the world, while my spirit terrorizes people that trespass my property. And speaking of rotting, my definition of a retirement home is a relatively nice house fully paid off, and not living with a bunch of jackass curmudgeons worse(-off) than I am. The only jackass curmudgeons I'd rather spend my remaining ages with would be my siblings. I've seen it more/less work out well with the last generation.

[kuro_suna]

I'm hoping that by the time my body starts failing I can become a brain in a jar connected to a computer, I have a desk job anyway and could save a ton on rent by getting a virtual apartment.