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		seldo on Jan 14, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ageism is becoming an issue for me Yeah, it's not that people think he's clueless because he's old. People think he's clueless because he's clueless, and has been writing posts that makes no sense with increasing frequency. This feels like an excuse.

wmf on Jan 14, 2010 [–]

It actually seems more polite to say "Dave doesn't grok new tech because he's getting old" than to say "Dave refuses to grok new tech".

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