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primaltheory
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Age gets steriotyped way too much, and now people will show you less respect because of it. I know I get flamed every time I go "I'm 15" but you guys never really look at any of the actuall work I do...just flame me and make gay jokes.
Why not?
[i]Jenny: lol, i'm not changing the whole harddrive directory structure for a mod. Do it proper like other mods please.[/i]
[i]Jenny: lol, i'm not changing the whole harddrive directory structure for a mod. Do it proper like other mods please.[/i]
I never judge somebody based on their age. I was unfortunate enough to have to grow up at a pretty young age, and I used to hate people using my age as a yardstick to judge my maturity.primaltheory wrote:Age gets steriotyped way too much, and now people will show you less respect because of it. I know I get flamed every time I go "I'm 15" but you guys never really look at any of the actuall work I do...just flame me and make gay jokes.
That being said, anytime I hear someone young speaking about the "truths" of life, then yes, I will let them know that they don't know half of what they think they do, and they shouldn't start planning their lives around their new epiphanies. This isn't some kind of discrimination, this is experience talking, from someone who has been the same age - just as it is when most older people give advice (with exceptions, as always).
I also thought I could figure out the answers to everything when I was young, and it took a while to figure out there is more that I don't know than there is I do.
You can be extremely mature for an 18 year old, but still not have been around the block enough times to know what to take away from life's lessons.
I do agree with plained on one thing -- kids these days seem much more mature than they used to be, very generally speaking. But that's still in a pretty limited scope of experience. And if you think someone 10 years older than you who's been through simliar situations can't offer any valuable advice, then you still have a long way to go.
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primaltheory
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Hmm, I know older people offer good advice, but I usually find my stories and stuff not being belived because of my age. I know I'm mature for my age, as I grew up around pretty much all adults, and all my friends are at least 4 years older then me. I know I can't figure out answers to everything, but those answers would be really fucking helpfull sometimes because I think about things way way way too much. (An example of this is an essay I wrote in 30 minutes, I didn't even think about it and it's going to be in the first 20 pages of this book featuring nothing but essays from across the nation)(as opposed to me thinking about it like crazy and doing shitty)
Why not?
[i]Jenny: lol, i'm not changing the whole harddrive directory structure for a mod. Do it proper like other mods please.[/i]
[i]Jenny: lol, i'm not changing the whole harddrive directory structure for a mod. Do it proper like other mods please.[/i]
The fact of the matter is, most people feel the same way on the subject. Most people feel like they are mature for their age, and in many cases they are. I did as well. Life sort of hit me right as a graduated highschool. I realized that all the power I thought I had was bullshit and nothing is reliable. In real life miracles don't happen, ever. You are not a hero and you are not special. That is sort of what I learned and it sucks. It was basically like learning that I would have to do an ungodly amount of work if I ever wanted to be anything because there was always some azn that was willing to do more than me. Even then I am probably fucked. That is the inarguable truth right there. Now I don't know if I am mature or an idiot or some kind of sage or just a misguided fool, completely worthless to society. I don't know if I am any different, unique in any way. I have an absolute insecurity in the secureness of not living in a goal oriented environment. I know if I don't do something then I am going to be a loser forever, just like everyone else. The fact of the matter is, most people are not important. The odds of my life having actual meaning are astronomical. There are these things that your elders tell you your whole life, like work hard and you will go far, like pay attention, like actually focus on something, listen to people. We hear them and we say "Ok, fine, I will do it." Butwe never really do. I just learned about a month ago how to focus. There is no metaphor or deeper meaning there. I realized that I had hardly ever really focused on anything, and that day I learned how and I was better for it. Our elders tell us these things so that we won't have to learn them later on our own, but that never works. It is like trying to describe a plutonic form to someone that doesn't have an intrinsic understanding of it already. You just have to see for yourself. It is like trying to explain what makes something beautiful. It is impossible. We all have examples of beautiful things, but we don't know what pure beauty is. Well, they just try and tell us so we don't have to spend two decades, three lost loves and god knows how many cut classes and failed tests on it.
Sorry to bring up such an old thread...
Sorry to bring up such an old thread...
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paragraphs ffs. and suicide, think about that too.Lenard wrote:The fact of the matter is, most people feel the same way on the subject. Most people feel like they are mature for their age, and in many cases they are. I did as well. Life sort of hit me right as a graduated highschool.
I realized that all the power I thought I had was bullshit and nothing is reliable. In real life miracles don't happen, ever. You are not a hero and you are not special. That is sort of what I learned and it sucks.
It was basically like learning that I would have to do an ungodly amount of work if I ever wanted to be anything because there was always some azn that was willing to do more than me. Even then I am probably fucked. That is the inarguable truth right there.
Now I don't know if I am mature or an idiot or some kind of sage or just a misguided fool, completely worthless to society. I don't know if I am any different, unique in any way. I have an absolute insecurity in the secureness of not living in a goal oriented environment.
I know if I don't do something then I am going to be a loser forever, just like everyone else. The fact of the matter is, most people are not important. The odds of my life having actual meaning are astronomical.
There are these things that your elders tell you your whole life, like work hard and you will go far, like pay attention, like actually focus on something, listen to people. We hear them and we say "Ok, fine, I will do it." Butwe never really do.
I just learned about a month ago how to focus. There is no metaphor or deeper meaning there. I realized that I had hardly ever really focused on anything, and that day I learned how and I was better for it.
Our elders tell us these things so that we won't have to learn them later on our own, but that never works. It is like trying to describe a plutonic form to someone that doesn't have an intrinsic understanding of it already. You just have to see for yourself.
It is like trying to explain what makes something beautiful. It is impossible. We all have examples of beautiful things, but we don't know what pure beauty is.
Well, they just try and tell us so we don't have to spend two decades, three lost loves and god knows how many cut classes and failed tests on it.
Sorry to bring up such an old thread...
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