USA culture is very youth oriented, advice on how to navigate through it as we enter our 40s, 50s

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Anonymous wrote:Take up shuffleboard, OP. Oh and constantly talk about how music was sooooo much better when you were younger.

Older music acts are discriminated against in the USA. In other countries older music artists are recognized but in the USA they are largely forgotten.

You don't follow country music, do you. Ever hear of Emmy Lou Harris, Dolly Parton and the (late, great) John Prine and Charlie Daniels? Revered

^ Country music radio does not exactly have those artist's music on regular rotation anymore.

There are literally hundreds of radio stations dedicated to oldies, classic rock, etc.

Prince is an example of an artist who was praised by 93.9 WKYS and 95.5 WPGC on the day he passed away but neither of those stations had played an entire Prince song from start to finish in YEARS. Yes I said it. YEARS.

Actually, I hear “When Doves Cry” fairly frequently on the radio when I’m driving, so yes, they do play Prince songs regularly.

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In our society, you are invisible after 50. Full stop. All I can say as an older Gen Xer is that you come to accept it though your 40s. It's a gradual shift. You make peace with it, and actually start to see the upside in it after 40. You realize you can relax in the good ways you want to.

I will be intrigued to see how the Millennials handle turning 50, though. They're barely wrapping their minds around age 40. I expect many of them will have a very, very, very hard time with turning 50 and taking a back seat to Gen Z. Should be fascinating to watch.

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Anonymous wrote:In our society, you are invisible after 50. Full stop. All I can say as an older Gen Xer is that you come to accept it though your 40s. It's a gradual shift. You make peace with it, and actually start to see the upside in it after 40. You realize you can relax in the good ways you want to.

I will be intrigued to see how the Millennials handle turning 50, though. They're barely wrapping their minds around age 40. I expect many of them will have a very, very, very hard time with turning 50 and taking a back seat to Gen Z. Should be fascinating to watch.

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I'm a Gen X'er who is 50. I don't feel invisible, but I am more relaxed and no longer really care what people might think of me! No one has to like me and I have nothing to prove. I actually enjoy serving and volunteering and get a lot of joy from that (in my community and at church). People rely on me and I'm not invisible.