When my elderly in-laws got their shots, the aides asked us to take pictures and post them on social media because the anti-vaccine forces on Facebook and Twitter are so loud. Apparently part of the anti-vaxx narrative is that "nobody is really willing to get the shots." So they wanted us to brag about getting them, basically. Some of what you're seeing may be people trying to fulfill that request.
I think the whole column is a backhanded age-brag, showing off your relative youth (relative to your relatives). Don't you worry. God villing, you'll be 65 soon enough so show a little humility, kid.
No, I’m afraid they’re stuck with nasty, brutish, and short.
When my elderly in-laws got their shots, the aides asked us to take pictures and post them on social media because the anti-vaccine forces on Facebook and Twitter are so loud. Apparently part of the anti-vaxx narrative is that "nobody is really willing to get the shots." So they wanted us to brag about getting them, basically. Some of what you're seeing may be people trying to fulfill that request.
I think the whole column is a backhanded age-brag, showing off your relative youth (relative to your relatives). Don't you worry. God villing, you'll be 65 soon enough so show a little humility, kid.