On Friday's episode of The View, Lewis Black was on, talking about anything and everything, since the women were lobbing topics at him left and right.
It's amazing that after - what - twelve years that these women haven't figured out a more organized way to interview their guests.
Anyway, among the many things that Black b*tched about was the '___ is the new ___' phenomenon. Apparently, somebody tried to apply it to him upon turning 60. '60 is the new 40'. The conniption Black threw... hilarious. Sadly, women who continue to use this fill in the blank phrase didn't get the joke at all.
Paraphrasing Black, if 60 is 40, then why the hell are the numbers different? Why is there this ongoing movement to reframe choices or actions that are beyond one's controls? A good example is the use of the word 'cougar'. You're a grown @$$ woman - don't 'cute up' the fact that you like looking at, dating, and fcuking younger men. Why waste energy on that when you can be breaking his back?
And that 30-10 concept that Aniston introduced in her recent Vogue interview - that worries me. A LOT. She and her princesses are already adept at making excuses; I would hate for this behavior to become more mainstream.
Let's hope this crap goes the way of Ebonics. Let's embrace 'making the effort' and 'dealing'.
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