I was thinking that if I actually manage to stay here until then, will you guys ( especially pancakes3, Smeghead, Shagnasty, Really Not That Bright, mademoiselle) and many others that endured my immaturity) still remember me and my MIT thread and all the immaturity I presented. :D:D
It makes me wonder what it will be like when I turn 35. The majority of the posters on this board right now will be about 60 or 70.
What do you think I will be like 20 years from now?
I won’t even remember what I was like in 20 years.
I can’t speak to 20 years from now, but I certainly remember posters who made an impression 12 years ago when I first joined up. I think I’m more likely to remember “that poster who was desperate to go to MIT” than I am to remember your fairly generic username. Who knows, by then you may have changed it once or twice. I have already referenced that thread to a number of people IRL, and I notice that one of them actually ended up going in and posting, so you’ve definitely stuck in my mind so far.
The most impressive thing to me is when I see a poster grow and change over time. I will keep my eye on you to see where you end up. 
Dead. You will be dead in 20 years. I have a bit of a “gift”. So live well now.
I don’t remember many of the people I went to school with. I suddenly was reminded of one such kid the other day, and I realised it was the first time I’d thought of him in nearly 30 years. And this was someone whose real name I know, who I spoke to multiple times, and I think for a whole year I sat next to him in Tech Drawing class. In fact, I’m blanking on his surname right now.
If reminded, maybe. I can’t say I spend any amount of my meager brainpower thinking about anyone on this (or any other) board, unless I am trying to phrase an appropriately pithy response. Even then I am more likely to be responding to what the poster said instead of who the poster is.
Unless they are a complete arse.
You already left for like, three or four weeks. When you came back, when I saw your name, all I could remember is that I had a vague impression that you were on my mental “people I have a negative impression of” list, but I couldn’t remember why. Nothing on this board really matters to me in real life.
I’ve been posting here for over a decade. I could probably count on one hand the number of poster’s names I remember from the beginning, and I couldn’t tell you why I remember any of them.
I’m sorry, who are you?
Doubt I’ll remember you 20 minutes from now.
People grow and change over time. The next 20 years of your life will probably be a time of dramatic change. It’s impossible to say what you will be like 20 years from now. When I was your age, I was a fundamentalist Christian living in rural Michigan who planned to pursue a career in English education. 15 years later, I am an agnostic Buddhist raising money for a Catholic nonprofit and I live in New Jersey. I was also an overachiever like you, and to a certain extent I got over it and started defining success in different ways. And eventually, you will have to do that too, because there is life after college. As soon as you walk out the door with your degree, you start all over again, from the bottom.
As for whether we’ll remember you, some will, some won’t. If you continue to make certain kinds of posts, you will probably be associated with them and they will not be forgotten. But if you do a handful of dumbass things occasionally, nobody will remember. I’ve been posting here for five years and I’ve said some pretty dumbshit things, but nobody really remembers or cares. I’ve grown a lot though, in part because this place has helped me to think more critically not just academically but about my own life and decisions.
This is my best attempt at an honest answer. Generally I think you should stop worrying about it and quit taking things so personally.
You’re anonymous how am I supposed to remember you?
If you stick around and continue posting fairrly often, people will remember you. I don’t know if they’ll remember your specific threads you created around this time, though.
Dopers have a looong memory. Get a sock while you still can!
Seriously though, if you play well with others til then I’m sure you’ll be fine.
I don’t expect to be still alive in 20 years. If I am, I’ll probably have Alzheimer’s, all the women in my family seem to get it.
How could I forget someone with such an unforgettable username?
So you’re 15 now? No, I won’t remember you, you are a fully formed human yet.
I’ve still got baby brain, I don’t even remember you today.
Only if you give me money
There will be no **Anonymous Users **on the internet in 20 years.
Passwords will be gone and you will sign in using some bio-metric, such as voice or facial recognition or perhaps by touching the interface/keyboard/mouse, whatever is in use then. Your real ID will be known to all.
Sadly, the days of the www (Wild, Wild, Web) will be gone forever. And only little girls will ride horses.
On another board, some posters who were 15-ish in 2003 still spark a memory when I see their user handles.
I don’t normally think about them unless I’m looking at the board and stumble across their names though.
That’s ten years ago now – halfway to your 20 year number.