NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They would promptly die! Having a purpose, work, and something functional to do is the whole fucking POINT! Loved your piece but I did a faceplant on this one, Tom. What, go home, sit down and die? GAWD. That’s what comfort does. That’s the whole point of your piece, to keep going. Get busy, be useful. Retire?FUCK NO. It’s a death sentence.

Kindly, I’m one of those so-called “elderly people pushing seventy.” with respect, Tom, I would love for you to come on one of my training days, I would love for you to ride horses with me nine hours a day for three weeks straight in extreme conditions, then go skydive, or bungee jump or run stairs.

What you wrote is rank ageism. And for the community I hang out around, you couldn’t be more dead wrong. Oh lord. What a statement. What. A. Statement. Ageism is also a killer of happiness Tom. You might wanna get out more. Just saying.