Do you think you're middle aged?
Twitter users erupted into a fiery debate over the true meaning of ‘middle aged.’
It all began with a viral tweet from one user that read: “Middle aged twitter (22-25) is so interesting.”
middle aged twitter (22-25) is so interesting
— .jbed? (@fujacc) March 28, 2022
Offensive.
The original poster didn’t care to elaborate on the logic behind such a bold statement, but it got users to respond.
People who considered themselves to belong to Gen Z – born between 1997 and 2012, making them aged 10 to 25 – took great offence.
One person wrote: “Middle aged??? How long do you think the average life expectancy is??”
Another said: “Only on twitter will you see 22 year olds being called middle aged.”
“This tweet is kinda like a glimpse into what Twitter woulda been like in 1900 when 25 was actually middle aged,” noted a third person.
A dictionary definition says that middle aged is:
“The period of your life, usually considered to be from about 45 to 60 years old, when you are no longer young, but are not yet old.”
And there’s more evidence to show why the term middle aged certainly does not correlate to ages 22-25.
Those aged between 30 and 47 enter ‘a no-man's land age group, an age range that the English language doesn’t seem to have a term for’.
And by the age of 48, you are finally considered middle-aged, a far cry from the previously suggested 22-25.
