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Researcher 93445 Posted Oct 26, 1999
Hm. When I was 18, I certainly felt there was sort of an indefinable gap between myself and those "adult" type people, the responsible ones with steady jobs and settled lives and all. "Old" about captured it. Obviously I don't want to fit you into my own mold, Irving; if you don't feel that way, good for you. But at the time, 33-year-old people definitely felt old to me.
Come to think of it, though, there's *still* an indefinable gap between myself and adults. I age, I grow old, but I refuse to grow up.
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Irving Washington - Gone Writing Posted Oct 26, 1999
Well, maybe for me it's more a matter of having flet that gap between myself and everyone my own age, as well. I've often found myself playing the role of the "mature" one, even in rooms where I was the youngest. Not that I feel much of a connection to stuffy adults, but I've always felt very comfortable in the company of, say, drama teachers, because they're good at balancing immaturity with maturity.
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saffire Posted Oct 26, 1999
i remember freshman year, i always liked to chill with the upperclassmen at school
now that were seniors, its weird...and i definitely dont like it that much...its not that i dont love my friends, but its so much more fun to hang out with people older than me...go figure
-saffire
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Irving Washington - Gone Writing Posted Oct 26, 1999
My freshman year the Seniors at my High School were the coolest people on earth. I looked up to Mike Sendrow and Justin Burdic like they were some sort of super stars. When I was a senior I never felt half the amount of confidence that Mike, Justin, Maggie and the rest just seemed to exude. They always looked like they knew what they were doing, and I felt like I did. I'm sure that if I saw one of them today, even if I'm taller than them now, I'd still think of them as the towering giants that I percieved them to be my freshman year. Mike! Justo! If you guys are out there, give me a call!
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The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 Posted Oct 28, 1999
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saffire Posted Oct 28, 1999
lets see... i suppose that makes ffffffffffffmike the oldest one here eh? congrats!
-saffire
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Irving Washington - Gone Writing Posted Oct 28, 1999
I wonder whether most people on H2G2 tend to be more towards ffmike's age, or "our" age, or somewhere between, or what?
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saffire Posted Oct 28, 1999
im thinking that age is pretty evenly distributed...
i could however, be completely off
i wonder how old the oldest person on here is?
-saffire
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Irving Washington - Gone Writing Posted Oct 28, 1999
wonder if anyone on here is older than DNA?
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Researcher 93445 Posted Oct 28, 1999
I'm not quite at the age where the only thing less attractive than aging is stopping aging. But I'm getting there.
I'd bet the average age on H2G2 is closer to 20 than 40, though, just because the average age on the Internet in general is down there. Overall, online is still a pretty young demographic.
However, I'm not sure it matters. The Internet tends to level out differences of age, social status, place, time zone...we can all converse as more or less equals here (at least, assuming we can afford the computer equipment in the first place).
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saffire Posted Oct 30, 1999
do you think you can tell if someone is male or female, just from his/her writing?
-saffire
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Researcher 93445 Posted Oct 30, 1999
In general, no, I don't believe that you can distinguish the sexes from their writing. Of course that would be in the ideal world, where children are raised free of stereotypes. In this world there do tend to be some differences, with males tending towards the analytical and females towards the emotional. But I believe that's learned behavior, not intrinsic.
I also believe most people who bother to write at all are perfectly capable of overcoming their programming, reprogramming themselves, and otherwise writing in ways that rise above their biology and history.
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Irving Washington - Gone Writing Posted Oct 31, 1999
Ug. Me man. Me want write. An-a-lize! Ug. Me no gots emot'n. Ug.
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Irving Washington - Gone Writing Posted Oct 31, 1999
I've never quite fit into the stereotypical male frame of mind, but then, I've never completely been the oposite, either. I've always been just outside the norm enough not to be fully accepted by either group. The other day an ex-girlfriend was explaining to me the difference between being cool like a guy and cool like a girl. She said that I was one of the few guys she knew who was "cool like a girl". But then, she's biased...
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