Most folkies nowadays are a bit older - although there is no reason that folkies have to be. To some extent I see the jokes as being aimed at older people hanging on to older values. It does not really bother me at all. My twelve year old son - along with many other young people - can not stand to listen to anything which includes the backward and outdated convention of a tune. It does not bother me at all that other people find us ridiculous. What makes us look even more ridiculous is when we try to be hip. Fred Wedlock used to score a lot of good jokes off people trying to be trendy.