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Kuciwalker
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of Schmooism
Feb 2001
time: 00:34
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On one hand, I'm a kid. I get excited about things kids get excited about, I worry about things that kids worry about, I don't have the experience that many adults do. My beliefs are still quite malleable - in fact, Apolyton has proven that true. I'm a very different person from the skywalker that posted a little speech he was very proud of in every single forum on 9/11.
OTOH, I'm an adult. For the most part, I converse with adults at or above their level. I'm far superior to the average adolescent when it comes to things like critical thinking, and better than many adults (though the adults here are in general above average). I have for the most part a much better perspective on life than people my age - I see things the way an adult would, not a kid. I'm unaffected by peer pressure, I can see the long term, and I understand generally how important something really is and really will be twenty years from now. In some ways I'm much more mature than them, though in others less (I'm ADHD, so I'm also prone to impulsive behavior). Basically, I don't see immediate gratification as the ultimate goal.
I like Apolyton because I feel I can fit here - not by having my views agreed with by everyone, but because I can talk with you on my own level. I can talk with a lot of my friends this way, too, because of the school I go to and the friend I have, but there aren't enough of them really interested in things like politics to have a good discussions.
What I realize, though, is that I also like Apolyton is that there are people here who I can talk with, but who are definately NOT my peers in any sense - they know more, are far more experienced, and just generally make me want to emulate them. Apolyton hasn't just provided a group of friends, but role models. My dad, I can talk with - in fact, in some ways I'm better at math than he is. But it's similar with him - I look up to him, I don't just see him at my level.
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mrmitchell
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Skywalker, your ego is large enough to disturb the orbit of the planets.
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mrmitchell
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However, I think I'm more competent to judge this than someone whose only connection with me is over the web. Most of what I'm saying is from experience. |
Are you kidding? Your entire first post was masturbation for the ego.
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mrmitchell
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Originally posted by Kucinich
On one hand, I'm a kid. I get excited about things kids get excited about, I worry about things that kids worry about, I don't have the experience that many adults do. My beliefs are still quite malleable - in fact, Apolyton has proven that true. I'm a very different person from the skywalker that posted a little speech he was very proud of in every single forum on 9/11.
OTOH, I'm an adult. For the most part, I converse with adults at or above their level. I'm far superior to the average adolescent when it comes to things like critical thinking, and better than many adults (though the adults here are in general above average). I have for the most part a much better perspective on life than people my age - I see things the way an adult would, not a kid. I'm unaffected by peer pressure, I can see the long term, and I understand generally how important something really is and really will be twenty years from now. In some ways I'm much more mature than them, though in others less (I'm ADHD, so I'm also prone to impulsive behavior). Basically, I don't see immediate gratification as the ultimate goal.
I like Apolyton because I feel I can fit here - not by having my views agreed with by everyone, but because I can talk with you on my own level. I can talk with a lot of my friends this way, too, because of the school I go to and the friend SEE MRMITCHELL'S NOTE I have, but there aren't enough of them really interested in things like politics to have a good discussions.
What I realize, though, is that I also like Apolyton is that there are people here who I can talk with, but who are definately NOT my peers in any sense - they know more, are far more experienced, and just generally make me want to emulate them. Apolyton hasn't just provided a group of friends, but role models. My dad, I can talk with - in fact, in some ways I'm better at math than he is. But it's similar with him - I look up to him, I don't just see him at my level. |
I conveniently bolded all of the most obvious egobation in your post, skywalker. That's something like a 40% ratio or something, your ego needs its own zip code.
MRMITCHELL'S NOTE: Don't worry about correcting "friend". For skywalker, it is correct in the singular form.
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Drogue
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Omnipresent conscience
Oct 2002
time: 05:34
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Modesty, while nice in a friend, is also dishonesty in many cases. Sky is obviously bright, very bright, especially for his age. He doesn't need to be told that, he'll know from conversing with peopel (both awe and frustration), from school, from tests, etc. He's probably pretty true with what he says.
It seems there are some very gifted students here. Enigma, JW, Sky and many others who regularly post here who are young and years ahead of their peers.
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asleepathewheel
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listening too long to one song
Mar 2002
time: 00:34
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I'm pretty sure that most Apolytoners felt similarly at your age. You'll get over it eventually.
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Comrade Tassadar
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Originally posted by Kucinich
On one hand, I'm a kid. I get excited about things kids get excited about, I worry about things that kids worry about, I don't have the experience that many adults do. My beliefs are still quite malleable - in fact, Apolyton has proven that true. I'm a very different person from the skywalker that posted a little speech he was very proud of in every single forum on 9/11.
OTOH, I'm an adult. For the most part, I converse with adults at or above their level. I'm far superior to the average adolescent when it comes to things like critical thinking, and better than many adults (though the adults here are in general above average). I have for the most part a much better perspective on life than people my age - I see things the way an adult would, not a kid. I'm unaffected by peer pressure, I can see the long term, and I understand generally how important something really is and really will be twenty years from now. In some ways I'm much more mature than them, though in others less (I'm ADHD, so I'm also prone to impulsive behavior). Basically, I don't see immediate gratification as the ultimate goal.
I like Apolyton because I feel I can fit here - not by having my views agreed with by everyone, but because I can talk with you on my own level. I can talk with a lot of my friends this way, too, because of the school I go to and the friend I have, but there aren't enough of them really interested in things like politics to have a good discussions.
What I realize, though, is that I also like Apolyton is that there are people here who I can talk with, but who are definately NOT my peers in any sense - they know more, are far more experienced, and just generally make me want to emulate them. Apolyton hasn't just provided a group of friends, but role models. My dad, I can talk with - in fact, in some ways I'm better at math than he is. But it's similar with him - I look up to him, I don't just see him at my level. |
Clearly your wrong.
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civman2000
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of the Martian Empire
Jun 2001
time: 23:34
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Personally, I really don't think age has any significance at all. I don't think it's at all unusual to converse at the same level with adults when you are agewise a kid. In fact, I think it's a mistake for adults to assume that kids must be mentally different, if not strictly inferior. That said, the vast majority of people near my age that I have any sort of acquaintance with are, to put it nicely, not especially bright. Nor, for that matter, are the majority of adults. OK, now I'm just rambling on and probably being elitist, but I really do think that the vast majority of at least Americans and I would assume everyone in the world is really not very intelligent.
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Comrade Tassadar
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Americans are stupid, throw rocks at them!
Children are stupid, throw rocks at them!
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mrmitchell
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The point of this was that I feel that I can talk at the same level as intelligent adults, who happen to make up the vast majority of this site. If you instead think I'm below you, that's nice. Goodbye. |
See? Now you're ignoring my posting record and saying I think of people as "below me".
I was asserting that the point was for you to feed your ego. You have not done anything to change my mind.
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mrmitchell
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OK, now I'm just rambling on and probably being elitist, |
Don't worry. You are.
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19-03-2004 07:28
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I never realized you were younger than skywalker and I.
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