Think social media is for the youngsters who are seemingly only interested in celebrities and the newest beauty treatment? Think again, as many 60 and 70-year-old “grandfluencers” take the internet by storm with their wit, wisdom and insight into the world around them.
These men and women are only too willing to share what they have learned through social media, imparting their vast knowledge — sometimes with a good dollop of humor on the side.
Yiayia Nitsa, a Greek grandmother who isn’t shy about sharing her thoughts about the world, has her own Instagram, Facebook page, and YouTube channel. Speaking about her granddaughter’s insistence on using the English language, she asks “WHY?? It’s very, very bad to refuse your blood!” (meaning “culture” in this sense). While sometimes struggling with English, Yiayia Nitsa’s meaning is easily understood by everyone, making her appeal surprisingly universal for someone who is so very traditional.
Usually speaking with her granddaughter, who prompts her with ideas upon which she gladly expands, she speaks with complete abandon and honesty, seemingly not understanding how humorous she is as she expounds on life.
Yiayia Nitsa’s observations on males — many of which are unprintable — are founded on her beliefs that most men today are unworthy mates and only one in a million of them are good enough to marry. “If I born again — No men!” she says with particular emphasis, recalling the days when she had been hit and abused by a former...
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