the thing is, it's all relative. When I was 11 years old, the 7
   year old kid down the street looked up to me.* I was ancient.* I
   was wise.* I knew things. Older kids called me names having to
   do with being a kid, stuff I couldn't help. I didn't ask to be
   born when I was.* I just was born then. As I've moved up the
   number line, I noticed something: I'm the same person. Young?*
   Old?* Some parts of it matter I suppose, but a lot of that stuff
   falls under the category of "Abuse of Power" and can apply
   regardless of age. Why can't kids have jobs?* They stupid?* No.*
   The adult world wants to keep the money.* It was possible for
   kids to get jobs long ago.* But now, when kids need it the most
   - so much to get - there's no way, and they have to beg, borrow
   or steal to get anything. Old people get discrimination too.*
   Adult children of elderly parents sometimes rush to push them
   into nursing homes, as their OWN kids are like, "No, we'll help
   take care of granny!" but the busy adult children simply want to
   throw "old age" away. I like a lot of culture and I like "new
   things" - I get bored easily.* But I know my age and I don't
   care what it is.* It never bothered me what my age was... I just
   never liked being called "too old" or "too young". Is 30-59
   young?* Maybe to someone who is 60. But to someone who is 11?*
   30-59 seems ancient... if the 11 year old is judgemental and
   ageist. But not everybody is like this.* If you see people for
   who they are, regardless of age, gender, position, race, status,
   anything - then you have a chance to be a real person talking to
   a real person.* Not talking to an age.* A person. Ageism is
   sneaky and society encourages it.* Speaking against it seems
   strange or odd.* But I never saw myself as "part of my peers".*
   I always saw myself as "part of humanity".