I am 76

[TNNurse]

I worried that this country might be destroyed by wars, space aliens, and evil from another country. I never thought it would be so badly damaged by stupid people. Stupid people who are getting info from evil people from this country.

[lostincalifornia]

1. You are not alone.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. The current domestic schism reminds me of the Luther's 95 Theses

that divided Europe. I guess stupid and evil are not a very good fit, but the resulting widespread cultural friction is hard to find in history.

[a kennedy]

3. I'm 75 and I hear ya.....

and it’s gonna take years to repair and restore EVERYTHING he has screwed. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[rambler_american]

44. I'm 82

I doubt the country will be restored/repaired in my lifetime. I despise trump. He is evil in a human form.

[Borogove]

4. I never imagined a cult of stupidity would seize control of this country but here we are.

[BeneteauBum]

5. 74 and counting

I’m right there with you. I choose to believe things will get better…..a lot of patience plus continuing to call out the MAGA lies.
Peace ☮️

[Augiedog]

6. Me too....76 and horrified at what's happening to our country

[Grim Chieftain]

7. I'm a baby boomer, too

I wake up every day to an unimaginable nightmare. This once great democracy that so many of us loved, fought for and believed in has been massively damaged by an evil, corrupt egomaniac. In one year, he has eroded what it took two hundred fifty years to build.

I loathe Trump and his enablers and hope they suffer the full measure of the pain they have wrought, either in this life or the next.

[Katinfl]

8. I am 78 and I pray I live long enough to see this country return to some sort of normalcy.

[usonian]

9. I am 77 and I am rooting for the space aliens. And I'm firing up a microwave dish to call them.

FOR DINNER!

[Permanut]

16. Nicely done.

[usonian]

18. It's to serve man.

And others desiring a peaceful planet.

[Permanut]

19. One of the all time classics.

[SupportSanity]

21. To Serve Man - that was a great episode!

Thanks for the pic.

[JI7]

10. I think they are more hateful than stupid

[Martin68]

11. The stupid enemy within. Who knew?

[slightlv]

12. Congrats on hanging in there to 76! I salute your fortitude.

I turn 70 in a couple of weeks... and like you, I never thought this country would be so destroyed by its own citizens. I always knew we were too tribally divided, and figured that the lack of follow through with Reconstruction would someday come back to bite us in the butt. But I just never imagined the kind of mess we find ourselves in now. I honestly don't think I'll live long enough to see it sort itself out and get back on the right track. It's all too scary; and my body too fragile to be any good to anyone, except for standing with a sign and yelling with what voice I have yet. I didn't comply in the 70's, and I won't be complying in the future, either.

We're in this together... and worst case scenario, mayhap we "elders" of the country will form our own "tribe" for survival's sake and for companionship with like minds. I do believe we need each other, holding close to family, friends, and our extended family (such as here on DU) in order to keep sane and kicking. I lost it last week... and in fact, I took a few days off from everything that had to do with news, including DU.

I did log on tonight, hoping against hope that Orrex would have a new post up, saying "He's dead!" But alas, it was not to be... (sigh)

[pansypoo53219]

13. but boy the teevee rating are SPECTACULAR!!!! thank the gnewz greedia. WHOOOOOO!

epstien the greedy oompa before he wants something else.

[BidenRocks]

14. Glad to be almost 71, dayum!

1955 was a good year to be born.
Too young for Vietnam, enlisted anyway, and the world changed with us.
Music to tech, we had some good times.
Now they are over. I am ready to take point in the fight for Democracy!
I already took the oath against Chump!
All foes, foreign or DOMESTIC!

[NoMoreRepugs]

15. 76 and absolutely certain no ALIENS, after observing Earth, will ever stop here.

[usonian]

20. Only a brief stop to pick up dinner.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20951859



We are LIVING in the Twilight Zone these days.

[Permanut]

17. 80 here.

Amen.

[LilElf70]

22. His actions lately

are insane. He needs to be tested immediately, then impeached AND removed from office. It will take the GOP to do this. Until they get off their lazy asses and actually do something creative, it will never happen.

[dweller]

23. Happy to be the 76th rec

Yeh im counting …
Going on 72 here and it’s going to take a massive uprising to create the anxiety level for those sick fucks that they have leveled against us all …
Pitchforks and torches , huge economic boycotts that hits on the bottom lines of the rich and powerful , damn someone is going to have to take one for the team and eat 1 billionaire 😖
just to show we mean business , i guess

Otherwise it will take a massive turnout at the polls to eradicate the repug party once and for all …

just spitballing here
🫤



✌🏻

[multigraincracker]

24. 76 Nd don't feel a day over 73.

🤪

[young_at_heart]

25. 86 and getting very nervous!

After all these years..... I am truly in a state of shock!

[flashman13]

26. That means you were only 31 when we started down this road.

[KPN]

28. Plus 1!

[flashman13]

29. Got it.

[KPN]

27. Same here. Well, only 75.

[Randomthought]

30. Me too.

Raised in east TN. Feared a nuclear attack on. Oak Ridge. Never dreamed that a madman backed by a gang of Nazi enablers would destroy the country.

[murielm99]

31. 77 here.

I believe we will get rid of him and begin fixing things. It will take time. It will not be finished in my lifetime.

[HAB911]

32. funny how we are the same age, old friend

stupid people indeed, rot from within

[TNNurse]

36. Who would have thought that two kids who met in elementary school

would reconnect on here after many decades???

[HAB911]

39. LOL! we should play the lottery!

[PJMcK]

33. Thomas Jefferson said it best

"If the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, education is to be the chief instrument in effecting it."

The biggest problem with stupid people is that they think they’re smart.

They are not.

Truly intelligent people know there is more to learn.

Stupid people can’t be bothered to continue learning. They are stupid.

[OldBaldy1701E]

34. I hear you.

I am just over a decade younger than you, and I have watched as stupid people have destroyed pretty much everything because they cannot stop being stupid for my entire life. It started locally, but as I travelled I saw it everywhere les as well. Plus, a number of them do not want to stop being stupid. What shocked me was that people generally don't seem willing to act to stop the tidal wave of stupid from rolling down the street.

I think the issue is that we keep wanting to act like these toddlers can be reasoned with. When a toddler is about to knock over an expensive vase, you don't start telling them that maybe they need to try and find other, more constructive things to do with their time and that they should consider the others in the room and blah blah. You grab the toddler and stop them from knocking over the vase.

We need to do more of that, I feel.

[RetiredParatrooper]

35. Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote:

[Maeve]

37. Hubby and I are 70 and say something like this almost every day eom

[waterwatcher123]

38. You are right about stupidity informed by evil people (we are living through a perfect example).

This is an interesting article on the difficulty of dealing with mass stupidity: (https://lifehacker.com/why-stupidity-is-more-dangerous-than-evil-1850111074).

[AllaN01Bear]

40. my late mom said amerrica wont be destryed from without but within.

i have faith in the usa.

[bluestateboomer]

41. I'm Two weeks Older Than T******p

He has made me very ashamed of what my generation has done to and has failed to do for our country. I fear I will never live to see the country healed from the damage.

[California Kid]

42. I'm a 49'er also.....

[Aussie105]

43. This forum is full of OLD PEOPLE!

And at 77 in 2 days, I feel quite at home!
(Self bought birthday cake coming up, all are invited!)

Trump is the oldest serving POTUS in the history of the country.

The problem with old people is that ARMD (age related mental decay) in themselves is never recognised from within.

They haven't changed, so it must be other people, right? /sarcasm

Lower age limit for the POTUS job is 35, but why no upper age limit?
Time to adapt or change the rules!

Trump never had a working brain, and he is just getting worse.

Dangerously sad and upsetting times.