Ages

[Gil]

Okay whipper snappers:
Youth and skill will NEVER be a match, or substitute for age and experience.

 

[sn00pie]

Originally posted by Gil
Okay whipper snappers:
Youth and skill will NEVER be a match, or substitute for age and experience.

Do you care to back that up with some arguments, 'paps?

 

[Gil]

I forgot to add the ruthlessness born of years of taking s*** from whippersnappers.
Look at all the young 'uns that have STEPPED in to the ring with George Foreman and had to be CARRIED out.

 

[Gil]

Originally posted by rufrgt_sn00pie2001
Do you care to back that up with some arguments, 'paps?

A "young dog" will yip and bite whatever he can get his teeth into.
An "old dog" will wait and circle and go directly for the throat.

 

[sn00pie]

Originally posted by Gil
A "young dog" will yip and bite whatever he can get his teeth into.
An "old dog" will wait and circle and go directly for the throat.

Tsk, tsk, tsk... Always so agressive...

Old people these days!

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by rufrgt_sn00pie2001
Do you care to back that up with some arguments, 'paps?

I don't know if that would clarify anything. I'm 32. When I look back at being 22 I can barely follow a smooth chronology to the present. When I was 22 I could say the same for when I was 12. When I'm 42 I expect to say the same thing about today.

We all know what we need to know for where we're at. It's painfully obvious when people don't; they usually end up in prison or dead.

When I was 18 nobody knew more about the world than me. I am much less "smart" than I used to be.

When I was younger I picked up bits and pieces along the way and arranged them into a perspective through which I interpret things now. It's a work in progress and always will be. Everything is subject to revision without notice or prior approval by me. The process continues. This is in stark contrast to when I was younger and everything was subject to my perfect opinion.

All this slowly reveals itself in little epiphanies that occur over time.

 

[MidusGT]

Originally posted by Gil
A "young dog" will yip and bite whatever he can get his teeth into.
An "old dog" will wait and circle and go directly for the throat.

Hahahahaha...I find this argument to be hilarious...First off, that argument is based on a canine mentality...We all know that the children of each species group react differently during their ages so that argument is invalid...It's not even pertaining to humans, who are the one inhabiting and arguing on this forum. Granted most "young'uns" are irresponsible and careless, rebellious and stubborn, but there are others that question things, adapt, learn, and thus negate experience though education alone...But that does not correspond to all aspects of life, because I know you'll probably bring that up.

 

[MidusGT]

Originally posted by milefile
I don't know if that would clarify anything. I'm 32. When I look back at being 22 I can barely follow a smooth chronology to the present. When I was 22 I could say the same for when I was 12. When I'm 42 I expect to say the same thing about today.

We all know what we need to know for where we're at. It's painfully obvious when people don't; they usually end up in prison or dead.

When I was 18 nobody knew more about the world than me. I am much less "smart" than I used to be.

When I was younger I picked up bits and pieces along the way and arranged them into a perspective through which I interpret things now. It's a work in progress and always will be. Everything is subject to revision without notice or prior approval by me. The process continues. This is in stark contrast to when I was younger and everything was subject to my perfect opinion.

All this slowly reveals itself in little epiphanies that occur over time.

Wow...Very nice. A REAL post clarifying why moving through life is beneficial and how thought processes progress along with with your mental evolution. Much respect, Mile. I have no problem admitting that I know pretty much everything I do now from someone who had experience of some sort...That's the basis of education, no? Learning something that has come before you...But, that does not excuse adult thinking that THEY know eveything that a younger one doesn't, that pretty much in a way coincides with the teenager, "untouchable" mentality...So, with experience comes intelligence, but with that, a younger, unexperienced body can gain the same level experience at a younger age from the teaching of someone who WAS experienced...So, we do deserve a little credit.

 

[MidusGT]

Originally posted by Gil
A "young dog" will yip and bite whatever he can get his teeth into.
An "old dog" will wait and circle and go directly for the throat.

Also do ponder this: The effects of environment.

Take two pitbulls, one born three years before the other. Take pitbull one, first born. He lives out on a farm, the owners not worried about burglary or any crimes like that. Pitbull one had been raised and trained as a family dog, to be loyal, fun loving, and energetic. Now take pitbull 2, now born three years later. From day one that dog has been trained to participate in illegal dog fights...For a solid six months he's been trained in attack, bloodletting, vicious behavior and such. Put these two dogs in front of one another, one barely coming into his own at six months, the other a fun loving house pet. Both leashes are dropped, pit 1 wants to play, pit 2 wants to kill...I guarantee in a matter of second pit 1 would be on the ground in a bloody mess...Where's the older, and more experienced benefit?

 

[milefile]

It's very cyclical.

 

[Duke]

Wow. This sure has gotten deep from a couple of off-hand jests, hasn't it? Perhaps it can be said that Youth takes different things more seriously than Age does.

I try to base my condescension on the attitude of the other person, not the age (unless that's relevant). I don't tolerate cockiness very well, especially not cockiness that is coupled with an obvious lack of knowledge [cough]AE86Driver[cough]. Look at the way I respond to, say, duo17 or youth_cycler, compared to the way I respond to Robin (MFKAD as slip2rock refers to him; the guy with the invisible username), who is at least physically an adult.

 

[crb]

49 today.

 

[Gil]

Okay, to clear a few things up. Mostly, I was jesting in the posts above. That "humor first" gene.
In the real world, and as one who spend an inordinate amount of time with older people, I believe that if you don't take the time to learn from folks who have been where you're going, you increase, exponentially, the risks of making the same mistakes.
I know way more now, at 39, than I did at 29 or 19. I may not be as fast, or as strong as I was then. But I have tried to learn how to "work smarter, not harder".
Even though I am older and, presumably, weaker, I can accomplish more most days now, than I could 10 or 15 years ago. Mostly, due to being more organized, calm, and focused.
I'm not saying that younger folks aren't wise or sly. I am saying that when you get older, and have a bit more insight, wisdom, and wariness, you will find yourself to be more formidable, than you are presently.

 

[sn00pie]

Originally posted by crb
49 today.

Congratulations!

 

[risingson77]

Originally posted by neon_duke
Gotta love the immediate defensiveness that always seems present in younger people... not to mention the tendency to generalize mightily and the inability to notice humorous sarcasm when it's offered.

 

[DGB454]

Well I am 34. I guarantee I am stronger and wiser than I was when I was 24 or anytime earlier. I bench 150lbs more than I did at 24 and I have 10 more years of life experience than I did then.
Ahhh youth....I won't miss it...At least not till I'm around 70 (I hope)

 

[Concept]

I am 11 years old.

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by Concept
I am 11 years old.

Well I'm eleven and a half!

 

[DGB454]

So is my son... That's a fun age for me to be with him.
He is very cool to be around right now.

 

[Concept]

Actually, I'm not 11. I'm 15 and will turn 16 March 21. I'm looking forward to being 16.

 

[KosmikFool]

I'm 13 and a Leo...I thought there were some younger people here...guess I'm one of the youngest, then...

SHIBBY! 👍

 

[halfracedrift]

hmmmm
cept for meme-f1man
i think no one actually has a single sage digit here..
probably cuz of those corny AOL commericals
"ask you parents for permission before going online"

 

[Sage]

Originally posted by halfracedrift
i think no one actually has a single sage digit here..

Ha ha, you're wrong... I'm a Sage! (Seriously!)

Originally posted by crb
49 today.

Congrats!

And, while you're at it, speak up some more! Sheesh...

 

[Talentless]

Originally posted by PunkRock
made in holland, Talentless and I share the same age.

And near a month apart.

 

[Talentless]

I'm a Leo, and I don't like long walks on the beach or even being at beaches in general, I get a rash in heat, or I seem to.

 

[Concept]

Originally posted by Talentless
I'm a Leo, and I don't like long walks on the beach or even being at beaches in general, I get a rash in heat, or I seem to.

I have never had a sunburn before. I want one, just to know why people complain about them so much. Are these rashes the same thing?

 

[Gran Turismo7058]

Im 14. Im GTP's Idiot Im Not. Im NORMAL like everyone else.

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by Concept
I have never had a sunburn before. I want one, just to know why people complain about them so much.

Stay out in the sun, without a shirt on, all day for 3 or 4 days straight with no sun protection whatsoever. Do this near a lake or ocean on a bright ass sunny weekend or somehing. Make sure it burns the back of your neck real real good, the kind where you can't turn your head if your freakin' life depends on it.


Oh yeah, make sure your skin peals and blisters really badly. If it doesn't, go lay in the sun some more.


Bad sunburns hurt like nothing else!

 

[Ryan2]

Originally posted by KosmikFool
I'm 13 and a Leo...I thought there were some younger people here...guess I'm one of the youngest, then...

SHIBBY! 👍

One of.

12, Aries.

 

[Concept]

I grew up in Texas. I lived there for the majority of my life. In a way, I grew immune to the sun. Staying in the sun for hours without sunblock wouldn't do a thing to me. Now that I live in Georgia, the temperature is not nearly as hot. I laugh when people complain about the temperature getting up to 90. It'd be that high around 11 AM in Texas. Georgia wimps.