Thanks for the trenchant take on what it means to become an old fart. Personally, as a septuagenarian (sounds like something to celebrate doesn't it? I assure you it's not), I've found that lit is a great place to be when one’s opinions threaten to calcify, along with various body parts, and the pop culture you once enjoyed seems to be delivered encrypted and from a kingdom to which I don't have the key. But at least my opinions can be spilled out on the page -- or screen -- avoiding verbalization in proximity to any who might take it into their minds to cancel me or (gasp!) label me a "dotard." (IRL! To my face! The horror!) But all is not lost in my world -- I got the majority of your references, which to me means I get to opine in crotchety fashion another day. Win-win!
“old sex = death” … I know I’m quoting out of text, but I like this better. And no, you can’t use that as the title of your memoir.
When I googled ‘X’ I found this:
“‘X’ in Real Life – The True Story of the Ray & Faye Copeland Killings
“Ti West hasn’t cited the couple as a source of inspiration for X’s Pearl and Howard either, but the similarities between the couples were too interesting to bypass.”
As for science curing death, I'm presently reading Brian Greene's UNTIL THE END OF TIME and, well, I have some bad news…
Thanks for the trenchant take on what it means to become an old fart. Personally, as a septuagenarian (sounds like something to celebrate doesn't it? I assure you it's not), I've found that lit is a great place to be when one’s opinions threaten to calcify, along with various body parts, and the pop culture you once enjoyed seems to be delivered encrypted and from a kingdom to which I don't have the key. But at least my opinions can be spilled out on the page -- or screen -- avoiding verbalization in proximity to any who might take it into their minds to cancel me or (gasp!) label me a "dotard." (IRL! To my face! The horror!) But all is not lost in my world -- I got the majority of your references, which to me means I get to opine in crotchety fashion another day. Win-win!
“old sex = death” … I know I’m quoting out of text, but I like this better. And no, you can’t use that as the title of your memoir.
When I googled ‘X’ I found this:
“‘X’ in Real Life – The True Story of the Ray & Faye Copeland Killings
“Ti West hasn’t cited the couple as a source of inspiration for X’s Pearl and Howard either, but the similarities between the couples were too interesting to bypass.”
https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3708097/x-in-real-life-the-true-story-of-the-ray-faye-copeland-killings/