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Old 05-22-2012, 12:23 AM
Kaio Kaio is offline
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You put your picture in this thread.
Uh, no I didn't.

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When you originally posted these in the thread they looked familiar to me.
Where are you getting the idea I posted pictures in this thread? I never asked anyone to guess my age, in this thread or the previous one.

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Old 05-22-2012, 12:46 AM
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You did a thread about them asking for opinions and then got quite upset with the responses. I have no desire to get involved in that fiasco...
Neither do I appreciate you grossly mis-characterizing an old thread to... what? smear me? What are you doing? The old thread isn't even on topic here. I have no idea what bee got in your bonnet, but I'd say this is a pretty bizarre reaction. You're making up things out of whole cloth, attributing them to me, then trying to end the conversation to have the last word, and I can't imagine why you're so invested in some stranger on the internet that you'd bother doing that.

The only drama here has been manufactured by you. Along with some photos posted of me, apparently.
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Old 05-22-2012, 01:59 AM
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Neither do I appreciate you grossly mis-characterizing an old thread to... what? smear me? What are you doing? The old thread isn't even on topic here. I have no idea what bee got in your bonnet, but I'd say this is a pretty bizarre reaction. You're making up things out of whole cloth, attributing them to me, then trying to end the conversation to have the last word, and I can't imagine why you're so invested in some stranger on the internet that you'd bother doing that.

The only drama here has been manufactured by you. Along with some photos posted of me, apparently.
Incorrect, but I can see why you'd want to paint it this way.

In this thread many folks posted pictures of themselves inviting others to guess their age to see if they are correct that they look younger/older/their age. You posted your picture along with several assurances that bartenders and casting agents consider you to look so much younger you shock them.

MeanOldLady guesses your age as around 38 in post #108 and simply asks if she is in the ballpark. You come back to that question and give no answer except that as long as people will consider you for a part 12 years younger than your age you'll not put your age in writing. MeanOldLady comes back to your duck/dodge answer and figures that your answer tells her that she came pretty close. You felt you needed to let her know that no, she did not hit the ballpark on your age.

I thought you were being evasive and coy about your age in a thread that is only about that very thing. YOU chose to not only post here but to provide pictures to prove your apparent youthfulness as (by your answers) I daresay you were expecting us to guess you older. This odd behavior to jump in with pictures and then be miffed made me remember where I saw those pictures you posted before as they did seem familiar. Your thread here.

You posted the same pictures and asked leading questions of everyone not sharing why you wanted the answers. Fair enough, absolutely. You got some fair criticism as well as some stupid responses. You seemed to get upset (no, I'm not making up anything, other people in the thread call you on it) by anything that wasn't flattering and pretty much tell us all that since we're not in the industry it doesn't matter what our opinions are. Odd behavior from someone who asked for opinions.

So you can say I'm mis-characterizing or trying to smear you or whatever. I simply thought it was odd that you'd willingly jump into this thread and then act so secretive about revealing the answer. I'm flattered you think it's because I'm *so* invested in you, but it's simply not so. I just happened to notice the behavior here and remember your behavior before. The pictures you posted just made it easier to pinpoint where it came from. That's all, I'm afraid it's no great mystery as disappointing as that may be.

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Old 05-22-2012, 02:08 AM
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Also, apologies to Ambivalid for hijacking. I just thought it was weird to solicit age guesses and then not answer. Ending my portion of the hijacking now.
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Old 05-22-2012, 02:09 AM
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Just for the record, Sleeps With Butterflies, Kaio didn't post her picture in this thread. I'm guessing MeanOldLady looked her up in the SDMB portrait gallery.
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Old 05-22-2012, 02:14 AM
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My bad on that then, for sure. I could have sworn they were linked here but apparently not, thanks for letting me know. Back to ending my portion of the hijacking.
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Old 05-22-2012, 02:18 AM
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I just thought it was weird to solicit age guesses and then not answer.
And I think it's weird that you're insisting that I posted photos in this thread and solicited age guesses when I did not. And then drag up a completely unrelated thread which you apparently haven't read any more closely than this one.

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My bad on that then, for sure. I could have sworn they were linked here but apparently not, thanks for letting me know. Back to ending my portion of the hijacking.
Nice that you're just "ending" it now that you've (finally) accepted/realized your mistake. Would you like to say something to me for your accusations?

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Old 05-22-2012, 08:41 AM
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Just for the record, Sleeps With Butterflies, Kaio didn't post her picture in this thread. I'm guessing MeanOldLady looked her up in the SDMB portrait gallery.
I remember her photos from the thread where she asked for opinions of her headshots. She did get pretty butthurt by some of the criticisms. To be fair to Kaio, though, some of the responses were pretty left-field and unnecessarily harsh.

Anyway, back to the OP, roughly 100% of people (+/- .01%) of people who swear to baby Jesus in the manger that they look sooo young are delusional. This is true. My post is my cite.
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Old 05-22-2012, 09:42 AM
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There's nothing like teaching children to keep you humble. Students are always intensely curious about teachers' ages for some reason.

"How old are you?"
"How old do I look?"
"You look like you're 40!"
"Oh yeah? Well you look like a kid who wants some extra homework!"
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