Guest Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Well, until they start acting childish. ;P Ah and you think "grown-ups" never act childishly?
Sunbird she/her Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Ah and you think "grown-ups" never act childishly? No, I just meant that once you start acting childish, then the rest of us have the right to treat you like a child.
ChickenPlague he/him Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 It is weird to think that you are speaking to a 12 year old or a 82 year old when you cannot see them face to face. Personally I try to avoid all 12 year olds as their generation has.....been screwed over. And I wouldn't exactly go to a random old guy and talk to them. Then I have dodged being screwed over by 1 year. I'm 13.
Clockwork he/him Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Why are 12 year-olds screwed? Though, if they are, I'm glad I'm 13... Wait a moment... Your 13? Such equality between possible Skyrim RP GMs. 1
Guest Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 No, I just meant that once you start acting childish, then the rest of us have the right to treat you like a child. Fair enough, but typically, when a grown-up act childishly, it is because someone has unconsciously hit the wrong trigger button. Simply because you are older does not mean there aren't aspects of life you aren't dealing particularly well with. Most grown-ups are aware of this, but they often haven't grown "old enough" to deal with it better... We spend a lifetime learning. No way does learning stops because, all of a sudden, you are an adult. It keeps on going on and on and on and on and on and it never stops. Why are 12 year-olds screwed? Though, if they are, I'm glad I'm 13... Each older generation had something negative to say about the younger one... The truth is you are likely going to have something negative to say from the generation younger than you. I have an idea why the original poster may have said such thing, but I disagree with him as I dislike putting a negative label on young people who haven't had the chance to prove their worth yet. Each generation thus deserves the right to prove itself and while we may wish things weren't changing, we currently live in a world were things do change, rapidly. I could take at length of what was said of my generation back in the day and now? What are they saying now? That we are very traditional. That after having lived through divorces and insecurities, my generation has tried to focus on more simple things. They also say my generation, because it is stuck in between the X and the Y serves to make the bridge: we understand the X, but we also understand the Y. Our parents were boomers, the older ones. What were they saying back when I was 12? That we were a lost cause, that we were canoodling around at an unseemly young age (oh gee they say that AGAIN of the younger generation.............. go figure), that we were lost in drugs and grunge music was evil Oh and they didn't like our dressing style...... What comes around goes around. Some things never change
Zathoth Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 I think there are a couple things here. 1. The generation gap is bigger than it has been since... post WW2 or something like that. Most of post-millenials were born into a digitalized world more or less, I had to wake up at 9 every saturday to watch pokemon, now if you miss an episode you can just watch it online. 2. Teenagers are, without exception, pretty dumb. I was pretty dumb, everyone I know were pretty dumb, I think I was pretty dumb last year, in a year Im going to look back at myself and feel ashamed at how stupid I was, thats a good thing, means you have grown. Most young people havent done all those mistakes you need to do, you are going to see your younger self in them, and that younger self was pretty dumb. 3. They are going to be into different things. Hopefully the entire yoloswag thing is going to die along with screaming lets players and lolrandom humor, but some of the stuff is going to stick, deal with it. Now someone is going to misinterpret this as me calling all young people stupid, oh well. Thats Wiio's law for you.
Stormgate he/him Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 The day you stop doing anything childish is the day you die. All the time after that is spent as a zombie. Being childish is not just what defines us. It's what keeps us not normal. 3
The Honor Spren she/her Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 Being childish is not just what defines us. It's what keeps us not normal. Yay! Another wall quote!
IndigoAjah he/him Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) I was going to say: what's wrong with childishness? People have a strange habit of mixing up adult and mature, in my opinion, as an adult. I'd rather people didn't use "childish" when "immature" would be more apt. And we all need to be childish and possibly even immature from time to time. I like interacting with people of all ages- different generations and cultures and social classes and different PEOPLE in the end give you a perspective that you might never have reached without them. One may not agree with it, but it always broadens one's experience and we see how differently things from these novels etc can be taken, how life colours art and sometimes we find something profound from the new angles Edited March 28, 2016 by IndigoAjah 2
The Invested Beard Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 I'd say there's a tonal difference between "childish" and "child-like". One denotes immaturity and the other denotes more of the positive aspects.
Ookla the Absent Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 I... am the youngest of all... I also read faster than all of you... CarolaDavar's younger.
Chaos he/him Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 25. I feel practically ancient as I am surrounded by college freshman. (I'm a university professor.)
Master Elodin Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 I... am the youngest of all... I also read faster than all of you... Are you sure about that?
Kaymyth she/her Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 25. I feel practically ancient as I am surrounded by college freshman. (I'm a university professor.) Would it make you feel better if I waved a cane at you and called you a youngling?
Seonid he/him Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 25. I feel practically ancient as I am surrounded by college freshman. (I'm a university professor.) If it makes you feel better, I'm a year older than you, and just about to graduate with a bachelor's degree...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted April 5, 2016 Posted April 5, 2016 Guys! Chasmfiend's post may be a little cocky, and I'm sure you are all fast readers, but that's no reason to downvote it! 1
Chaos he/him Posted April 5, 2016 Posted April 5, 2016 Guys! Chasmfiend's post may be a little cocky, and I'm sure you are all fast readers, but that's no reason to downvote it! Normally I upvote to normalize these things, but sorry Chasmfiend, that was pretty abrasively stated. Ways that are better to state it might be "But I do read fast, this is how fast I read." Instead it comes across as "I am extremely awesome for reading fast, just believe me that I definitely read this fast. I really am awesome." I can absolutely see why this would be downvoted. Regardless, please no more commenting on this and carry on with the thread. 3
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