Beaten to it by T S Eliot in East Coker:
āOld men ought to be explorers
Here or there does not matterā
Also Jon Scalziās āOld Manās Warā series.
Old people taking a lot of drugs and engaging in unprotected sex is different from our reality how?
Get on my lawn, punk!
Itās kind of nice when the comic takes a break from being a horribly sobering look at some contemporary political problem 
(and yes, I realize itās a flipside of sending young folks off to die in wars, but itās not as in-your-face about it as usual)
didnāt i read something about how STDs are now an accepted presence in retirement communities, with outbreaks sometimes flaring up?
i imagine this has to do with the first wave of Boomers and their more libertine sexual attitudes reaching that age, or maybe itās always been that way but society was too prude to report on it?
Yeah, exactly. The STD rates among the elderly has more than doubled in recent years thanks to all that unprotected sex.
Long-time fans know this is in fact a classic Tom the Dancing Bug strip.
Old folks homes provide a lot of opportunity for banging, that many in them have not encountered for decades previously, what with possibly being married or in a less sexy environment. Unfortunately, a lot of people in these homes are used to thinking primarily of birth control and since thatās not an issue, they donāt take precautions against STIs.
My own grandmother, a generation older than the boomers, was somewhat outraged to be propositioned when she moved into a home.
Uh, that just made me realize: when youāre 80 years old, āyouāre young enough to be my sonā doesnāt pack quite the punch it would if you were 40.
Wow, youāre right. Last weekās was #1269, this weekās is #335.
My grandfather, who was a WWII vet and spent the last fifty years of his life with a leg full of shrapnel and a dinger of a case of what we now call PTSD would agree with this. Whenever a story about the latest bout of sabre-rattling broke on the TV heād cast an eye over my way and just swear. He was of the opinion that he should be on the first troop ship headed to wherever. āGet rid of all us old, broken buggers first,ā heād say. āNo point in sending our young blokes over.ā
Iām pretty sure the second ship would have been filled with the politicians starting the wars.
Haha, fuck yeah. Thatāll be me 
It should be the first ship, its safety/rescue gear subjected to a round or three of budget cuts before, and the ship should be scuttled at deep sea. Possibly in the northern waters, where human body loses heat fast and doesnāt last for more than few minutes.
I uhā¦ I donāt have a contingency plan if I happen to live that old. Iām frankly surprised Iāve lived this long anyway. 16 year old high school me was pretty convinced he wouldnāt make it this long, anyway.
But hey if I do end up living into old age you can bet Iāll be taking insane nonsensical risks. Likeā¦ Teasing large predators and eating gas station sushi.
Tell me about itā¦ Iām 41 and I only just got around to going through a box full of fifteen yearsā worth of superannuation correspondence 
Having done shitloads of casual work as a storeman and/or forklift operator, I had dribs and drabs of super all over the place, most of which has evaporated almost entirely in fees. To me, āfinancial servicesā will always be a euphemism for āparasitic motherfuckersā, but anywayā¦ one fund had like $7k in it, so thatās somethingā¦ probably just enough to arrange for some kind of running jump into the unknown.
