Genuine old timers were easily distinguished by their bright blue badges, and proudest among the greybeards were those who to badges could add medals well won in their country's service.
Also, when you place a greybeard inside what seems a virtual world for adolescents, the danger of spending too much time with fantasy instead of reality becomes an implicit message.
There is everyone fom greybeards ticking off a bucket list event with a $5000 car, to millionaires racing exotica with $500,000 engines (and writing them off).
