How old are current affairs/imho users

MegamanBoo

I'm just interested to get a general idea of what age people here are.

Not to be ageist but I've a feeling it's mostly older users here.

MegamanBoo

And so far I'm wrong, most common age group so far is 25-34...

What does that say for the future of the country! 😭

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121018388#Comment_121018388

I'm 30 I suspect they'd be more over 30 than 25/26 year olds.

SEPT 23 1989

Nice try copper

odyssey06

Wait...how old am I???

I used to know this stuff without having to think about it.

Purple Mountain

Do you want my mother's maiden name too? 😋

Goldengirl

21 ..to you😁

nolivesmatter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058310493/how-old-are-current-affairs-imho-users

"Not to be ageist but I've a feeling it's mostly older users here."

What gives you that feeling?

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121019292#Comment_121019292

There's a lot of climate denial and right wing views here, which are associated with older demographics.

Also I've been told by younger people this is viewed as a site for older groups.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121019638#Comment_121019638

Well, you're certainly being ageist with that first sentence.

There are threads filled with left wing and Liberal views too. Plenty of posters urging sustainability too. You're looking in the wrong threads.

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121019713#Comment_121019713

I don't think it's ageist, it's looks to me like accepted wisdom in political discourse that older demographics tend towards being more right-wing and more accepting of beliefs that are against climate action.

That's not to say there aren't plenty of older people who don't view the world this way, only that's it's borne out that the majority do.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121019820#Comment_121019820

We'll have to disagree on that. Your perception is not mine. And you may not think it was ageist but it most certainly was.

looksee

There are conservative and liberal attitudes in every age group. Most of the people I know in the older group tend to be fairly easy-going in their attitudes, though I would absolutely accept that there are conservatives too. I suspect that many of the very aggressive 'conservatives' that post on this forum are younger people doing devils advocate (as they see it) just to entertain themselves.

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121019843#Comment_121019843

I don't think it's a case of my perception. It seems to be accepted wisdom.

Just this morning I was reading an article in The Guardian of all places, and they talked about Republican candidates being unappealing to young voters because of climate denial.

I see this kind of statement regularly and I'm pretty sure it's based on polling and not some unsubstantiated generalisation.

looksee

they talked about Republican candidates being unappealing to young voters because of climate denial.

Is this a discussion about the conservatism or otherwise of Americans, or of people on this forum?

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121019897#Comment_121019897

That was just one example. I see and hear similar references in relation to Irish and UK politics all the time.

I'm shocked if that's surprising to anyone.

The question then is whether these statements are true, and secondly whether boards.ie leans more to right-wing, climate denial.

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121018388#Comment_121018388

This is what it says.

Don't ever forget that he who pays the piper calls the tune. This Country is wealthy, but people don't like the piss to be taken with the considerable taxes that they do pay.

And by the way, I wouldn't be too despairing, we were all idealistic socialists in our younger days too, until we realised the way the World actually works! And a distaste for waste and fecklessness makes you somewhat more conservative and so we finished up in the centre. Some bits centre left, some bits centre right. But centrist all the same and thats what Ireland has always really been since independence.

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121019939#Comment_121019939

For me I guess I've become more aware of waste and fecklessness as I've aged but it looks to me like this is only getting worse in this country. Might be an argument for another thread though.

My tears were more for the climate denial though, whether that's denying climate change exists or that anything can be done about it, I see a lot of it here.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121018814#Comment_121018814

Probably what Joe Biden says to himself every morning.

Deebles McBeebles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121019638#Comment_121019638

That's very unfair. There are stupid pricks in every age group.

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121020019#Comment_121020019

Anthropomorphic climate change exists.

My own belief is that the proposed mitigation measures are as uneconomic as they will be ineffective. Centuries of natural rebalancing cannot be accelerated by arrogant humanity, especially when it will be an incomplete effort.

And so I suggest the individual consequences be tackled as they arise rather than this bottomless pit of wishful thinking and cash. It will surely cost less in the long run.

Meanwhile, think of the future wine vintages from Waterford!

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121020718#Comment_121020718

And there's your mk2 climate denial right there.

Yes it exists but denying we can or should do anything about it.

And the comment about wine from Wexford, quite sickening imho, given people are already dying as a result of this.

Larbre34

Waterford.

And relax; people die every day, many not from the weather.

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121020522#Comment_121020522

Absolutely, but I do think it's pretty well accepted that older voters as a group will lean more to the right and against climate action.

That's not to say for a minute that all will, or that some younger people won't.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121021939#Comment_121021939

Where are you getting this notion that it's well accepted that older voters are anti climate action? And perhaps define Older.

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121022153#Comment_121022153

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=do+older+voters+vote+right+wing

Leg End Reject

I'm 12 and a half.

Beasty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121022265#Comment_121022265

That's too young for this site. Minimum age 13 - siteban incoming....

I must say though, I'm quite offended there is no 13-17 option

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121022220#Comment_121022220

Very amusing!

I'm not disputing that people can become more Conservative with age. But you are conflating US right wing and anti Climate action tendencies (which don't have an age factor) with elsewhere. Being more Conservative in outlook does not equate with being anti climate action. Many older people were raised in a much more sustainable world than many younger people and lead much more sustainable lifestyles.

I'm still interested in what you consider 'older'.

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121022220#Comment_121022220

Whether or not older voters support right-wing policies has very little to do with the question of climate change, which is much more closely related to environmentalism. Environmentalism was never a popular issue for any demographic, never mind those who grew up in the 70s and 80s on a steady diet of being warned about the hole in the ozone layer, the dangers of extinction of numerous plant and animal species, or the effects of global warming. It was precisely because of political pressure during that period that policymakers introduced numerous measures to reduce the impact of industrialisation and man-made effects on climate.

The reason older people aren’t as visible regarding action on climate is because they aren’t interested in validation on social media. It just wasn’t a thing when they were young upstart environmentalists. It doesn’t mean they care any less about the environment as they aged, many of them are still actively campaigning and contributing to the cause, trying to educate people about their impact on the environment and so on. It’s just that the elderly aren’t normally surveyed for their opinions on how they have been impacted or affected by climate change.

You’re looking to have your biases confirmed really rather than doing any serious research on older people’s opinions on climate change and the environment or how they feel it affects them and future generations of their children and grandchildren. In my experience at least (and this is me basing my opinion on my own biases), people generally aren’t keen to leave the world in a worse condition for their children than they came into it.

BaywatchHQ

Most users on boards.ie are in 40s or 50s hence why I have never been shown much sympathy when talking about my experiences as a millennial incel. Incels have always existed to an extent but were less common in the 1980s and 1990s when you grew up because of the lack of power the internet had in society. I think I was banned from After Hours for sharing my life stories.