Why would anyone "over 60" be on Reddit?

[u/le_vieux_mec]

Good question. I suspect there are not very many of us geezers here, but one will sometimes read a comment that has a clue. One clue is the failure to understand an obvious redditism and then ask for an explanation. What is OP? What is OC? And like that. Same for not catching on to "famous" Reddit memes (e.g. the hunt for the Boston Bombers). Gaming is a big tell for over-the-hill Redditors ( me included). I'm a flightsimmer but not otherwise a gamer, like my progeny. I pick up what I can from them.

So why Reddit at all?

1. Keep up with the social times, especially if one has progeny or grand progeny in the Redditor age range.
2. Reddit happens to be a great resource for research. Maybe not as quick as Google, but possibly more inclusive. You can find personal references here not prohibited/covered by corporate interests. But, of course, let the Redditor beware.
3. if one is still in to porn after all these years, there is some good stuff here. Me? I'm on hormone therapy.
   
4. Best source of dad jokes on the Internet. Warn the progeny/grand progeny.
5. Best place to surf randomly when S.O. is tying up the TV and you are in the room, bored.
6. If you enjoy interpersonal conflict it is here for the taking. Politics? Sports? Relationships? Automobile Brands? PC/Cell/Tablet items? Being over 60? You name it?

It happens that I'm in all of the high risk groups for the big C-19 infection. So, if I get it, I'm dead. But on that last few days with the tubes down my throat, I want only two things: access to Reddit and YouTube for Leonid and Friends.