What I didn't say to a 20-something or younger today who said, "I'm old school... "

[UTUSN]

I'm thinking something like, My sweet ignorant twit, you can't even fathom how Un Old School you are.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Oh Hell, don't you remember when you were 20 and knew everything?

I sure do.

[UTUSN]

2. Unfortunately, I do, which is why I resent that youth is wasted on the young (to coin a phrase). n/t

[OffWithTheirHeads]

4. I don't know how old you are but at 61, I can tell you

that it does not get better.

[UTUSN]

5. That's what my problem IS, you whippersnapper!1

Which makes me recall (endlessly) an incident with a now-replaced doctor. This was back when I was 50. There had been a spate of minor problems and I said, "What's going on, Doctor? I've always been healthy?" He had my chart in front of him so any identifying information was readily available, but he asked, "How old are you?" I said, "Fifty." He screwed up his eyes hatefully and said, "That's what fifty IS LIKE!1"

I have told this story many times (a sign of something in itself). When it was to my 90-something yr old aunt, she said, "Sweetheart, he might have been rude to you, but he was TELLING YOU THE TRUTH!1" And at the VFW somebody said, "Wait till you're SIXTY!1" And seventy. And eighty.

But when that doctor racked up another couple of incidents, I moved on to another doctor without a confrontation or scene, just requested a complete copy of my chart and never went back to him.

[Tobin S.]

3. Oh, young people can be old school

Just ask the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

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Grammy winners and all!

[UTUSN]

6. Yip, those in your example are conscious/studied beings, who are not likely to misuse the phrase. n/

[Tom_Foolery]

7. In another 20 years, he'll (or she'll) be "old school" to some kid who isn't even born yet...

Life gets us all sooner or later.

[baldguy]

8. Reminds me of when John Scalzi showed an LP to his 13-yr old daughter.