[tokai]

What an insulting non sequitur.

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

[wrycoder]

I don’t think it was meant that way, at all.

I read the posts in order, and the conversation seemed natural and civil.

[tokai]

I have no idea how you can see it as civil. Joseph puts up a false dichotomy where not working as an elderly is to "disappear and die". Then some general notion of people wanting old people to disappeared is tilled at. Non of that has anything to do with Crimp's post, and is grossly missing the point of their comment.