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    105 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.

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      85 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

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      65 months ago

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

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      25 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]