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I\u2019ve been writing about ageism<\/em> for decades \u2013 even before I knew there was a term for it.  <\/p>\n

Apparently, I was behind the curve. Ageism was coined in 1969<\/a><\/strong>. Back then yours truly was nineteen. I don\u2019t remember being ageist. Maybe I was. I thought people were wonderful or  idiots for whatever reasons. The reasons weren\u2019t based on age. My heroes and villains were young and old.<\/p>\n

When I was forty-eight or so someone sent me an email (I had a blog about Baby Boomers<\/a><\/strong>). A fellow was in the advertising business and said he was fired because he was fifty. I scoffed.  Surely he was fired because he was an idiot.<\/p>\n

Then I turned fifty.<\/p>\n

That was over twenty years ago.<\/p>\n

Recently I stumbled upon a post on Linked-In<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\"1617754725883\"<\/a>Saeed Zaman
VP, Head of Digital Innovation & Integrated Media<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I have been getting a lot of messages from people implying that #age has anything to do with anything. I am 42 and will be 43 in December – there, I said it. Which #apparently means I am not up to the #fake and beyond #superficial standards of our #industry (and other industries) obsessed with #Youth<\/a> and #PopCulture. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re in your 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s or beyond. Just like I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re in your 20s, 30s or 40s. If you\u2019re #smart, #intelligent and can make sense of your surroundings with a highly #rational and #logical point of view, I\u2019m your biggest fan and you\u2019re most definitely part of my #team. That\u2019s it. Beyond that, I really don\u2019t give a $#%\u20ac!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Golly, gee \u2026 he\u2019s only a baby!<\/p>\n

(Whoops! Am I showing my reverse-ageism?)<\/p>\n

Over forty and you\u2019re through. If this trend holds, by 2030 all ad agencies will be staffed by five-to-eleven-year-olds. <\/p>\n

Because once you\u2019re twelve, you\u2019re through.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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