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I noticed that there are a lot of old people on this site and very few Millennials. There are also older people on facebook and twitter, but they tend to be religious and/or conservative. I was wondering why are the vast majority of atheists and skeptics here are a lot older than me when I expected them to be Millennials or even younger.

Krystal_H 4 Dec 20
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Good because I am not into millennials but You Must Define To Us..."OLD".

She was talking about me. You youngsters didn't figure into it.

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Actually I have been impressed by the presence of younger age groups here, reflecting growing secularism in younger generations. I totally welcome that. Younger generations are always the hope of the future. I get frustrated when I see so many in my age profile (generally, not here on this site) who are so reactionary conservative and support bigoted politicians and parties and policies. What happened to you people? I often ask myself. People born in the 50s and 60s shouldn't have turned into right wing trogs as they got older. Be like Bernie Sanders.

Well said! Thank you.

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Dang ... mah dentures popped raht outen mah mouf when I read this 'n'. Let me tell ya sumpin 'bout us old folks, kiddo. If you hang out with us you might just learn something that will give you a slight advantage over those other inexperienced, unlearned, unwashed heathen youngsters out there. Might even keep you out of trouble or give you some tips on how to get out of it when you have to. There is nothing like talking to those 'been-there-done-thats' when it comes to getting useful information and avoiding learning things the hard way.

Umm ... you aint badmouthin' heathens, there, are ya? I thought this place was THE place for us heathens.

Tis, but not the unwashed younguns. They's not sophisticamated enough.

That's cuz they're masticating when they should be osculating. They'll learn. Sophisticamation takes time. And determination. And grit.

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What? I'm in the 1980s to 1999 range (1994) So I'm 23 at the moment. There does seem to be a strange age jump in open atheism from lesser than >15 and greater than 30. Though I suspect most of my generation is non-religious. There is the possibility of never coming across the site or figuring they have enough friends already.

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There's a mix here @Krystal_H look around and don't be so fucking judgemental.

OUCH, sassygirl!

I'm sure she wrote the comment quickly, and didn't realize some of the connotations that her words held. She is still pretty young and inexperienced, you know! She'll learn to craft her statements a bit more carefully around us old goats in the future, I'm sure. 😉

Well said sassygirl, I'm all ears.

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Older woman here, and do not discount us old farts...my facebook account has been suspended for profanity.. 🙂

#markSuckerberging

a few times myself.... for speaking the Truth I may add.

As I have pointed out before - you can't GIVE offense. People can only TAKE it. "Profanity" is in the eye of the beholder.

lol

Ha, me too, many times. Twitter too. You go girl!!

good for you! all for the profane

me too

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" ... there are a lot of old people on this site ... "

Umm ... how "old" is old, whippersnapper?

OMG ... laughing so hard ...

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