Honey, when I was a newbie, we didn’t even have the Internet. We had to pound out our posts with rocks, and listen to the echoes up and down the valleys. You should have heard some of the lame assed things people pounded out in those days.
And some of them are still at it. It’s not how old your are, it’s whether you have anything to say that is worth reading. You don’t seem to have a problem in that regard. Spelling, grammar, and coherency all seem to be present in your posts to date.
Your youth itself is certainly not a detriment. I cannot imagine a more stultifying situation than being limited to discussions with a whole board full of middle aged farts such as I am. Yeck!
You have shown through your post that you are an intelligent and mature person, loneraven . I think you will do fine.
I can tell you one thing though. If you do get flamed, don’t take it to heart. It doesn’t mean that everyone dislikes you. If you learn from your mistakes people here will respect you. It’s never too late to redeem yourself (unless you’re a complete asshat who insults people for no reason, or just because you disagree with their opinion.)
IMO, I like teenagers being a part of this board. Diversity is one of the great things about a message board such as this one.
Wow. I went to bed last night after making that last post. I really wasn’t expecting so many responses.
Thank you to everyone who bid me welcome and happy birthday, and please, put the rope away. No-one’s lynching cjhoworth.
You know, I think I’m going to like it here.
Welcome, loneraven. Nice to see other young adults around. I first started posting… hmm… when I was 18 I think. I still feel kind of young around here, but there are a lot of cool people. Hope to see you around more!
Well lone, I’ll tell you that I’m a relatively old fart around here, and I’m glad to see you. I never care about someones age or post count (I have, many times, said that the post count should be removed from the user info and go back to how it used to be- you had to intentionally click a “profile” button to access it).
Welcome to the SDMB, loneraven. I’m sure you’ll do fine here- you’ve already shown intelligence, thoughtfulness, and a wonderful grasp of the English language. We’re glad to have you aboard.
blushes Awww, Poly, you rock! Well, I’m glad to know that at least some people take me seriously. Thanks.
Anyway, I’m 19 1/2 so I won’t be a teenager for that much longer (phew, I HATE that stereotype and cringe every time someone even calls me a teenager…). I have a theory that most adults won’t respect me as an adult until I’m 30. When I’m a kid, I’m just naturally wrong and nobody listens because I have no real world experience. When I’m a teenager, people assume my hormones are raging and my thoughts still aren’t fully-formed. When I’m a college student, my ideas are supposedly warped by all my liberal teachers. When I’m in my 20s, I’m building up my life and as long as I’m single, virginal, and childless, I’m still supposedly developing. Then when I hit 30, I’ll be a REAL grownup (even though I’ll probably still be single, virginal and childless, knowing me) and almost everyone except my older relatives (I’ll always be a kid to them) will take me seriously.
Guess what? I may be young, but I’m certainly not a stereotypical teenager or college student. I don’t use leet (I may occasinally use “lol” or “brb,” but only during instant messages), my hormones are NOT raging (I have urges like everyone else, but they’re usually dormant), I don’t drink or have sex or anything else college students supposedly do, I’m not angsty, I refuse to listen to the stuff that’s popular for people my age and younger, I couldn’t care less about fashion, etc. I can converse with people of any age group and don’t let just anyone influence me. Yet many adults still talk down to me (or worse, try to be “cool” and use stupid teen slang and pretend they understand me). It happens.
I pity silly teenagers who mark their arrival with something like “H3y, Im nu H3R3, wAsUp?” Frankly I find that writing style annoying, and I usually don’t take people seriously if they write like that. I know I shouldn’t make assumptions, but when I read something like that, it seems like the poster lacks intelligence. But then, I believe that the English language should be used properly in speech and writing (that doesn’t include neglecting the shift key and writing all lowercase, even though I know it annoys some people).
Anyway, hi and welcome. Thank you for posting in conventional English.
I’m at an age where I don’t really care or think much about how old I am, so oftentimes if you ask me I say, “I dunno, what year is it?” And since I know someone will ask, I’ll be 27 soon. I think.
Welcome aboard Loneraven this board needs more teens to alleviate the negative stereotype. Just watch out, some of these older Doper want to be cool again so they’ll go around copying you. Just ignore em, they should go away, eventually, hopefully… Maybe.
Eternal, unless this is the whoosh equivalent of a 747 passing 6 inches above my head, that sort of thing is precisely the reason that, despite my belief that abortion is always wrong, I will always remain pro-choice.
I’m not exactly sure it counts as a “whoosh” because I don’t usually mean for anyone to actually know I’m being facetious. Sometimes I forget that there really are people stupid enough to say things like that with total conviction.
