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I don't want to wait in line for 3 minutes while some old guy tries to figure out

Please rewrite, this is borderline discriminatory and quite offensive. Some "old guys" can be as capable to handle such UI as some "young guys".

Disclaimer: half-old guy.

[EDIT] thanks for replacing "old guy" with "technophobe".

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If your talking about my Dad he wouldn't be eating salad anyway.

I actually admire your request and also the new word, that replaced the "old guy". Will try to stick to it.

Not sure why you are being downvoted. Perhaps because ageism is still a borderline ok form of discrimination?

I believe he's being downvoted because some believe that there should be a balance between political correctness and skin thickness rather than just full on PC. (This includes me.)

It's a lot easier to have a thick skin when you're in a demographic nobody discriminates against.

I'm sure it is. I'm not trying to minimize discrimination.

Well, you did talk about "balance" so you are to some extent.

[Edit] Also, you called it "PC" so, yes you are minimizing it.

How dare I?

Well, you do you.

There is no such thing. Every demographic gets discriminated against in some way or another, in ways that are not always directly comparable. Self-victimization, I'm sure, will be of great help.

It could have been that parent graciously took my suggestion and replaced "old guy" with "technophobe" in his/her comment, while mine stayed, implicitly making my comment a rather incorrect interpretation and triggering down votes from others. Downvotes are a small price to pay for clarity :-)

Perhaps people are sick of language policing.

Do you really want a world where people pretend not to discriminate?

Fake it till you make it.

That actually sounds authentic.

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