Comments on: See obstacles as opportunities https://www.isegoria.net/2019/09/see-obstacles-as-opportunities/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Graham https://www.isegoria.net/2019/09/see-obstacles-as-opportunities/comment-page-1/#comment-2975609 Graham Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:21:00 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45595#comment-2975609 Faze:

OK, that makes sense to me. So much of life is about shaping the reactions of oneself and others to ideas, I may have started to not notice.

Perhaps industry has come to that realization relatively recently, as well, causing what I have perceived as a sudden radical downward shift in the age level being identified. Maybe only in the last decade or two of marketing.

I notice they also advertise adult diapers using actors who, barring injury or specific disease, really don’t look old enough to use them. It’s quite disconcerting.

Christopher: Solid, and striking summation.

]]> By: Christopher https://www.isegoria.net/2019/09/see-obstacles-as-opportunities/comment-page-1/#comment-2975518 Christopher Wed, 18 Sep 2019 01:07:09 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45595#comment-2975518 There’s also benefit in a whole-body exercise heavy on balance, and the mental acuity exercised in parkour or a sport. Parkour in particular means becoming an expert on getting from here to there, or recovering from a bad move, when it could mean life or death.

]]> By: Faze https://www.isegoria.net/2019/09/see-obstacles-as-opportunities/comment-page-1/#comment-2975507 Faze Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:47:33 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45595#comment-2975507 Graham, companies and organizations that serve old people deliberately set the lower bound at 50, not because they think 50 year olds need what they offer, but to establish a mental buffer for the 65-and-ups who actually do need those services, so they won’t feel so abruptly “old” when the time comes, and be less likely to take them up.

Parkour for oldies is shown in this video to have a positive effect – but any damn exercise is going to improve your life at that age. All the little parkour challenges probably make it more interesting for the participants. God bless ‘em.

]]> By: Graham https://www.isegoria.net/2019/09/see-obstacles-as-opportunities/comment-page-1/#comment-2975444 Graham Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:00:45 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45595#comment-2975444 Not for the first time, I’m alarmed by the trend toward referring to the elderly/seniors as the “over fifty”.

On one hand, never too early to start preparing for anything, that’s fair and I agree.

On the other, a surprising amount of programming and television advertising, and admission policies of seniors homes, start the clock at 50 now. I am in my late 40s with some issues, but I had never thought of 50 as the start of needing special interventions for basic stuff.

Perhaps I need to rethink.

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