• @brlemworld
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    98 months ago

    I don’t get senior discounts. They are older and have had a lot longer to reap capital gains. They are most able to pay full price.

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      88 months ago

      In the US, they have much higher medical bills than the younger crowd. Outside of the US it doesn’t make any sense

    • @[email protected]
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      58 months ago

      The purpose is to attract them to businesses. The elderly are least likely to spontaneously decide to go out.

      • @SidewaysHighways
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        28 months ago

        No, they’ve been planning the weekly excursion since last week’s.

    • @Jtotheb
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      18 months ago

      They used to be the poorest age group in the United States. Senior discounts made a lot more sense when something like 30% of seniors lived in poverty in [1960? 70? Can’t recall]