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One of my sister's friends remarked to her that I'm like an old person. As in, "Wow, what is your sister, a senior citizen or something?"

Along those lines.

Now, it's one thing for me to admit that I could get along very well with the elderly because I engage in many of the hobbies that are stereotypically attributed to folks of an older generation, such as knitting and crossword-puzzling and listening to music from the Golden Age of Broadway, and also I do have grandma arms, but it is another thing altogether for someone who barely knows me and is really full of himself anyway and lords over his friends like the king of some vast Japanoporn empire to make remarks like that about me.

If I am a dull person with dull hobbies, that is for me to admit. It isn't for you to say.

Besides, I also sleep with stuffed animals and love Kids in the Hall, and most seniors don't do those things as much. Finally, I am 23, and if I am engaging in dull hobbies as a 23-year-old, that must mean that those are hobbies that a 23-year-old would have.

And lastly of all, if those are only "old people activities", then I am proud to rank myself as an Honourary Old Person. Senior Citizens are great. My dad is a Senior Citizen. Technically. And if you don't think they're great, try this book, which I had to read for a Cultural Anthro class a few years ago. It was wonderful.

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