What did Jack Weinberg mean?
I've thought a bit this week about the adage "don't trust anyone over 30."
The phrase "over 30" is ambiguous. Does it apply to people who are a single day over 30?
Or does it refer to people who are older in whole integers?
(After all, everyone who is 30 is already "over 30." And if 30-year-olds are not to be trusted, than the adage should have been "don't trust anyone over 29.")
8 comments:
Welcome to the club.
I wouldn't trust me either.
Yesterday I trusted you, today I don't. I think that answers your question.
Who's Jack Weinberg?????
Good point!
Since it has been over 30 years since Jack Weinberg advised against trusting anyone over 30, we can't trust anyone around at that time to have recorded that adage correctly.
The saying is not "Do not trust anyone or anything -- including advice -- over 30."
... says you -- a person over 30.
Touche.
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