comment: >
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  Rule-breaking posts may result in bans. >
  
  But if you put the older guy next to an old guy, the old guy is older, and the older guy is merely old. >
  
  I need a nap >
  
  Jesus me too >
  
  An older guy [middle-aged] is older than young guys. The comparative brings older guys closer to young guys while still distinguishing them from young guys.
  This can also be used for understatement, to make an actually old person seem younger than they are.