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Old Mar 16, 2021, 06:12 PM
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Generally, speaking, jokes and comics and cards poking fun at older people don't bother me, but some of them do play into stereotypes. What do you think?

I saw a tee shirt with abbreviation's meanings to be used by older people in e-mail and texts.. Here 's what it said:

BFF =Best Friend Fell

TTYL = Talk To You Louder

BYOT = Bring Your Own Teeth

LMDO = Laughing My Dentures Out

IMHAO = Is My Hearing Aid On?

ROFLACGU =Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Can't Get Up

I don't like any of these. After all, we can have "best friends forever," and talk to people later. Not as many older people have dentures any more. I do have a hearing aid, but I can tell if it's working, and as I get older, laughing about falling and not being able to get up is not nearly so funny. What do you all think? Can you come up with some more appropriate texting abbreviations for older people, that are funny even? How about:

TTTMPOP = Time To Take My Pharmacy of Pills, followed by TTYLL (Talk To You Lots Later) ?
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