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Sosseres · « **Reply #12300 on:** March 11, 2010, 07:05:28 PM »

Quote from: newy on March 11, 2010, 06:56:24 PM

You're a teenager until you reach the twens

You are a teenager until you look at other teenagers and just sigh at how they are acting. (Or some such.)

JoonasTo · « **Reply #12301 on:** March 11, 2010, 07:10:29 PM »

Quote from: Sosseres on March 11, 2010, 07:05:28 PM

Quote from: newy on March 11, 2010, 06:56:24 PM
You're a teenager until you reach the twens

You are a teenager until you look at other teenagers and just sigh at how they are acting. (Or some such.)

That would have made me an adult when i was 10.

Sosseres · « **Reply #12302 on:** March 11, 2010, 08:53:41 PM »

Quote from: JoonasTo on March 11, 2010, 07:10:29 PM

Quote from: Sosseres on March 11, 2010, 07:05:28 PM
You are a teenager until you look at other teenagers and just sigh at how they are acting. (Or some such.)
That would have made me an adult when i was 10.

Seems fine to me?

kurandoinu · « **Reply #12303 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:23:59 PM »

I mean officially I'll no longer be a teenager. Because at nineTEEN I am still in the teen years

Mentality wise I'd hope I reached it a while ago

Enzedder · « **Reply #12304 on:** March 12, 2010, 02:34:16 AM »

Quote from: kurandoinu on March 11, 2010, 10:23:59 PM

I mean officially I'll no longer be a teenager. Because at nineTEEN I am still in the teen years

Mentality wise I'd hope I reached it a while ago

"Nah! Your still a child. You watch still 'cartoons' you big kid! Go out and watch real stuff like crime dramas and reality shows!"

*takes off commoners' hat*

You definitely seem like you are far more mature than a teenager. Personally I would rather stay a child forever but you have to grow up some time.

Ixarku · « **Reply #12305 on:** March 12, 2010, 02:59:46 AM »

Quote from: Enzedder on March 12, 2010, 02:34:16 AM

Personally I would rather stay a child forever

The heck with that!

I prefer the freedom of being a single adult with all that entails over being a child dependent on my parents any day. Sure there's a trade-off (having to work 40+ hrs a week, pay taxes, take care of myself, etc) but the freedom to go where or do what I want on my own terms is unbeatable.

My dad is nearing retirement, sometime in the next 5-10 years, and after a lifetime of hard work, he's got little to show for it... so I offered to allow him to move in with me if at some point he's got no place to go. It was incredibly satisfying to be the one to say, for a change, "Oh yeah, just remember -- my house, my rules!"

mizore · « **Reply #12306 on:** March 12, 2010, 03:42:48 AM »

Freedom? Where do you live? Freedom is childhood. Biggest worry is where your next cookie is coming from... mmmmmmmmm cookies.

Spanks · « **Reply #12307 on:** March 12, 2010, 05:49:03 AM »

Quote from: Sosseres on March 11, 2010, 07:05:28 PM

Quote from: newy on March 11, 2010, 06:56:24 PM
You're a teenager until you reach the twens

You are a teenager until you look at other teenagers and just sigh at how they are acting. (Or some such.)

I would sigh at other teenages actions from about the age of 17.

Reape · « **Reply #12308 on:** March 12, 2010, 05:50:03 AM »

Quote from: Spanks on March 12, 2010, 05:49:03 AM

Quote from: Sosseres on March 11, 2010, 07:05:28 PM
Quote from: newy on March 11, 2010, 06:56:24 PM
You're a teenager until you reach the twens

You are a teenager until you look at other teenagers and just sigh at how they are acting. (Or some such.)
I would sigh at other teenages actions from about the age of 17.

I have done that since I was 12.

kurandoinu · « **Reply #12309 on:** March 12, 2010, 08:46:01 AM »

Yay! Its my birthday!

muesli · « **Reply #12310 on:** March 12, 2010, 09:37:28 AM »

happy b-day kura!

i hope you have a nice celebration!

Ixarku · « **Reply #12311 on:** March 12, 2010, 10:42:46 AM »

Quote from: mizore on March 12, 2010, 03:42:48 AM

Freedom? Where do you live? Freedom is childhood. Biggest worry is where your next cookie is coming from... mmmmmmmmm cookies.

Childhood freedom is an illusion IMO... I don't have anyone telling me to get up to go to school, or to do homework, or to go to bed on time, or what to eat, what friends I can or can't have, what clothes to wear etc. I think people sometimes get nostalgic for childhood without realizing the benefits of being an adult. Sure, there's a cost to every action you take as an adult, but at least you get to be able to make that choice for yourself instead of having someone else make it for you. I choose for myself whether or not to go to work today, or pay my taxes, or eat a ton of junk food before bed, and so forth.

Edit - I guess people get nostalgic for the lack of responsibility in childhood... but that's only half the equation! Less responsibility + fewer choices < more responsibility + more choices.

vuzedome · « **Reply #12312 on:** March 12, 2010, 11:27:09 AM »

Hmm... the only thing I remember when I was 12 was getting whacked on the head by a mop.
Then I turned all Gangsta and started picking fights.

kurandoinu · « **Reply #12313 on:** March 12, 2010, 01:15:14 PM »

Quote from: muesli on March 12, 2010, 09:37:28 AM

happy b-day kura! i hope you have a nice celebration!

Thank youuuu. My sister is coming around later to share some wine and then we're off to town with some friends. I have bright red Doc Martens and a new coat and socks and money so far ^_^

Enzedder · « **Reply #12314 on:** March 12, 2010, 02:00:53 PM »

Happy b-day. Don't feel too bad for leaving the teens.

kurandoinu · « **Reply #12315 on:** March 12, 2010, 02:17:42 PM »

Ha ha. I dont feel bad for it

JoonasTo · « **Reply #12316 on:** March 12, 2010, 04:44:58 PM »

I was going to say what are you doing here if it's your birthday but good you have plans.

Yeah, freedom is awesome. It gets you to do stuff. That littel everyday stuff people usually avoid when they are living home. I feel the need to clean and I'm a 20 year old man!

...maybe I should consider therapy...

PS.
We wish you a happy birthday,
We wish you a happy birthday,
We wish you a happy birthday, Andu,
happy birthday to you!

PPS. Did I get it right?

mizore · « **Reply #12317 on:** March 12, 2010, 09:03:47 PM »

Quote from: Ixarku on March 12, 2010, 10:42:46 AM

Quote from: mizore on March 12, 2010, 03:42:48 AM
Freedom? Where do you live? Freedom is childhood. Biggest worry is where your next cookie is coming from... mmmmmmmmm cookies.

Childhood freedom is an illusion IMO... I don't have anyone telling me to get up to go to school, or to do homework, or to go to bed on time, or what to eat, what friends I can or can't have, what clothes to wear etc. I think people sometimes get nostalgic for childhood without realizing the benefits of being an adult. Sure, there's a cost to every action you take as an adult, but at least you get to be able to make that choice for yourself instead of having someone else make it for you. I choose for myself whether or not to go to work today, or pay my taxes, or eat a ton of junk food before bed, and so forth.

Edit - I guess people get nostalgic for the lack of responsibility in childhood... but that's only half the equation! Less responsibility + fewer choices < more responsibility + more choices.

Newpz. Nothing to do with responsibility from my perspective. Only, possibly, in the fact that you don't have any idea what responsibility is... but not really. The thing so wonderful about childhood is that everything is new! You have no idea about the world, and every experience is part of your genesis. I really wish I could feel as I felt as a child, because I don't think anyone can really remember it due to neurological development. I can imagine though, and it must have been incredible!

As you grow older, you learn of the world and its impurities/corruption/whatevs. The freedom I refer to is the carefree mentality that is no longer an option as you grow up. I suppose responsibility does play a factor in that, but it isn't the entirety of the picture. The world is incredible as a child, and it sucks as an adult. People suck, societal standards suck, morality has been sucked dry... and this generally equates to life sucking. Unless you choose to "just live your life," intentionally blinding yourself to all that is wrong. Surely, many people live "happily" in an extrinsic sense, but noone is oblivious to the superficiality of such "happiness." At least, I can't imagine anyone being that daft.

Shunrai · « **Reply #12318 on:** March 12, 2010, 09:58:55 PM »

oh yeah i want be a kid again no worries every thing is new it be awesome =3

ps mizore O.o you stole my mizore is mine give her back mizore is mine <_<;

Ixarku · « **Reply #12319 on:** March 12, 2010, 10:25:23 PM »

Quote from: mizore on March 12, 2010, 09:03:47 PM

Newpz. Nothing to do with responsibility from my perspective. Only, possibly, in the fact that you don't have any idea what responsibility is... but not really. The thing so wonderful about childhood is that everything is new! You have no idea about the world, and every experience is part of your genesis. I really wish I could feel as I felt as a child, because I don't think anyone can really remember it due to neurological development. I can imagine though, and it must have been incredible!

As you grow older, you learn of the world and its impurities/corruption/whatevs. The freedom I refer to is the carefree mentality that is no longer an option as you grow up. I suppose responsibility does play a factor in that, but it isn't the entirety of the picture.

Ah, yeah, the whole journey from wide-eyed innocence to world-weary cynicism. I can’t disagree, there’s a lot to be said for having that sense of wonder. As adults, we can never recapture that completely, but we can always reach for new experiences!