Getting Old Means Watching Norms Cycle for Decades — But Also Falling for Grifts That Feel New
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-31
RexDouglass reflects that getting older lets you watch social norms and outrage cycle back and forth over decades, dissolving the anxiety of social pressure. But he adds a caveat: the very old, having seen decades of cultural meme cycles, can lose track of what they've experienced before — leaving them vulnerable to populism and once-in-a-century grifts that merely feel new.
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