# Ode to the so-called Young People of the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155 "2001-07-04T01:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/1 "2001-07-04T01:11:39Z")
You know who you are. You’re the ones who are still in high school or college. That’s how I define “young”. But I don’t know who you are, and that’s what makes you all so wonderful. Take a look around you. People are posting on all subjects. The posts here are routinely among the most intelligent I’ve ever seen. There are bona fide experts in their fields posting here about their experiences and their technical knowledge. But what I absolutely do not see are posts that scream immaturity, that are glaring in their stupidity. This means that those of you who are young enough to be my…well, my much younger siblings are just as thoughtful and entertaining as your older fellow posters. I know, you’re probably thinking that of **course** you’re just as thoughtful and entertaining! “We’re people too, dammit!” you scold. But that’s just what I’m saying. You don’t stick out like the proverbial sore thumb, as many young people on other message boards (yes, they exist) do. Or, for that matter, any young people among adults. You are, in my mind, wise beyond your years, and I think that speaks volumes of your character. I don’t know who exactly **is** “young” (okay, I might know a couple offhand). But I do want to let you know how much I appreciate you and your contribution to this message board. dan ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/2 "2001-07-04T01:26:42Z")
Well, gee, **dan**. I’m still in college. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/3 "2001-07-04T01:57:54Z")
Heh. This young’un hasn’t been posting much lately (due to the fact that I found a really fun job for the summer), but thanks for the words **dan**. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/4 "2001-07-04T02:07:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*Well, gee, **dan**. I’m still in college. 😃 > > \*\* Land sakes, child! Well, then. I meant you, too. Now **please** get your ass on AIM, willya? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/5 "2001-07-04T02:07:57Z")
ah-re-gah-to go-zi-e-mas Daniel son. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kerrigan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kerrigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kerrigan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/6 "2001-07-04T02:12:43Z")
Umm…I’ll be a freshman in high school in the fall…do I count as young? 😉 Thanks for noticing, Dan. That was sweet. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/7 "2001-07-04T02:13:45Z")
This high school senior (as of August) thanks you for your kind words. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/8 "2001-07-04T02:19:04Z")
I’m also a young’un, but I’ve noticed and appreciated that also. Thanks for coming out and saying it. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/9 "2001-07-04T02:20:49Z")
Thanks alot dan, though, I can really only remember one or two really good contributions to this board. Either way, gracias. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/10 "2001-07-04T02:29:45Z")
Just to make things clear, my fify-five year old mom is in college. Is she a young person too? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/11 "2001-07-04T02:31:04Z")
If nothing else, it’s my fervent wish that this thread encourages those of you who are “young” to post more often. I know that this place can seem intimidating to anyone new, whether they’re grizzled old fellas like me or fresh out of the womb. But you have a voice! Use it, and use it wisely. People won’t laugh at you for your ideals, and if they do, stick by them and they’ll laugh with you. This is a wonderful place to gain perspective, and I think there are some of us - maybe more than just some - who could learn an awful lot from your postings. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/12 "2001-07-04T02:44:49Z")
**Dantheman** , dude, I’m tearing up. _sniffles_ What brought this unexpected kindness along? Not that you aren’t kind and wonderful in the first place. _grin_ This little high school junior wishes others were as considerate as you are. And what you said about gaining perspective was very true. **Kerrigan**! Yikes! You ARE young! 😛 How did you stumble onto the boards? Just curious…I felt stunningly out-of-place when I found my way here, and I’ve got a couple of years on you! (Not that you aren’t welcome-quite the opposite.) Maybe all of us younguns ought to unite. Oooh! A Dopefest for minors only! Sweeet… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/13 "2001-07-04T02:59:42Z")
I’m forty, but I was smarter when I was eighteen. In those days there was no Internet, and we had to do this sort of communication by Astral Projection. – Uke, who will be Visiting You in the Night ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/14 "2001-07-04T03:05:22Z")
**Uke** , will you be visiting tonight USING your astral projection? And if so, will you teach me? Ah, the old\* teaching the young. It’s beautiful… - You’re not THAT old…just older than me. A lot… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/15 "2001-07-04T03:14:08Z")
**SFT,** are you familiar with the term “incubus” ? {Rubbing hands with glee} {hoping to hell that **SFT** is a chick} ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/16 "2001-07-04T03:15:50Z")
Thank you, **dantheman**! Sometimes I _do_ feel scared to post, maily because I’m nowhere near as smart as everyone on here. I don’t want to make stupid mistakes that make everyone say, “Geez, I thought _everyone_ knew that!” It’s hard to want to contribute when the fear of being wrong and getting ridiculed for it is present. Also, I don’t know if things I say are too “immature” and make my fellow Dopers say, “Grow up and get a life!” \ I guess I’ll always have this fear, but thank you for noticing! Now enough of my whining… For **dan** ’s a mighty good fellow For **dan** ’s a mighty good fellow For **dan** ’s a mighty good fellow Which nobody can deny! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/17 "2001-07-04T03:16:22Z")
Am I ever! _giggling madly_ Yes, **Uke** , I _am_ a chick! ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/18 "2001-07-04T03:19:37Z")
**FireUnderpantsBoobs** , I know exactly what you mean! _high five_ **Uke** , you coming by tonight? _wink_ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/19 "2001-07-04T03:29:41Z")
Just go to sleep, sweetie. I’ll be there. Leave the window open, okay? And you might want to take away the garland of garlic flowers that Van Helsing fucker put up there. ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155/20 "2001-07-04T04:35:35Z")
Thanks Dan, I’m still in college myself! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-so-called-young-people-of-the-sdmb/71155.md?page=2)