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Marketers: How to reach Gen-Y consumers

web gangsta — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:00:02 +0000

Millennials, Generation Y. Whatever you call them, we’re still talking about people who were born roughly from 1982 – 2004. And while 80’s music may not be what they consider classic, these are the consumers who would have the most disposable income to spend elsewhere, Dexy’s Midnight Runners be damned. The Gen Y Handbook: Applying […]

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Does the Creepy Dating Rule really work?

web gangsta — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 23:00:43 +0000

We’ve all heard about the CREEPY DATING RULE, where you’re not supposed to date anyone younger than half your age + 7, right? So if you’re 30 years old, you can’t date anyone younger than 22 years old. And flipping that around – if you’re 30, you shouldn’t date anyone older than 46 years old. 22 […]

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Old people get drunk more than young people

web gangsta — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 23:00:44 +0000

Do you think you drink more than your grandparents do, or do you think that your grandparents are a bunch of lushes? Would you believe that old people know how to hold their alcohol? That’s the result of a RECENT SURVEY ABOUT DRINKING AT HOME that reached the following conclusions: 18% of those over 65 years […]

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This website will guess your age

web gangsta — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:00:39 +0000

Have you been to a county fair recently? If not – then rest assured that they still have the old-fashioned carnival barker there, offering to guess anything from your weight, to your zodiac sign, to your age — all for just a few dollars. Don’t worry – if they get it wrong, they hand you […]

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Proof that old people are funnier than young people

web gangsta — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:23 +0000

Young people tend to ignore older folks. Advertisers tend to ignore older folks. Even some older folks ignore each other at times. But you know, sometimes we should take the time to listen to our elders. They say some pretty funny stuff sometimes. Crazy Sh*t Old People Say Take the AARP, for example. First, they […]

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9 Reasons why Old People Smell the Way They Do

web gangsta — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:00:10 +0000

“I smell old people,” says many kids upon their first visit to see Grandma and Grandpa. It’s an unforgetable scent – that of medicinal cremes, ointments, mothballs. And it’s a sensation that many people tend to find memorable, and not in a good way. A New Wrinkle: What I Learned from Older People Who Never […]

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Old people shouldn’t drive with cruise control turned on

web gangsta — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:00:38 +0000

The other day, Web Watch was talking with some older relatives about a recent checkup that they had with their doctor. Health-wise, everything’s fine… but when the doctor asked if they had made any lifestyle changes in the past year, they said that they had made one change: they’ve stopped using their car’s cruise control […]

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