Lmao, you talking about that :
Don’t be that man, not understanding what he said : Oda wanted old people to keep being strong and relevant and he indeed did it. Garp / WB / Ray are still monsters and young people cannot look down at them or them would get spa led hard. That doesn’t man AT ALL that they didn’t get weaker. They are getting weaker and old, just being old doesn’t mean being weak. Oda wrote his old guys to still be respected that’s all
while in the real manga :