the new what?

 

the elusive words in the video are 50 is the new 40, which turns up 2,520,000,000 results on google.

is fifty years old really different than it used to be? 

several other similar expressions are widely used and discussed at various sites around the internet.  for example, 50 is the new 30 produces 3,140,000,000 results in the google search engine and 40 is the new 30 another 2,220,000,000.

most popular of all is 30 is the new 20 with 5,690,000,000 results which may be a reflection of the age of people using google.  andre 3000, ice cube and jay-z all use the phrase in this youtube vid of the official remix of  jay’s track thirty something

in every case, the idea is that people today are younger (or at least have a younger attitude) than people in the past.  50 year-olds today are like the 40 year-olds of the past, etc.

old fart on a bike

are you familiar with  the expression old fart?

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