So, like, how old, like, ARE you?

[Seiryu]

21--old enough to drink, but not old enough (I think) to rent a car.

[AnthonyByakko]

21--old enough to drink, but not old enough (I think) to rent a car.

Depends on the rental agency - don't bother with Budget or Dollar, go with Hertz or Avis. You'll have to pay an extra fee (a couple extra dollars) because you're under 25, but you'll be able to rent.

[primevere]

17 but i'll be 18 in August! yay! meaning, come august i can actually drink to my hearts content ya know, if i feel like it. haha.

[Jebus]

Turning 18 was probably the best thing that ever happened to me.

[Jayelle]

Jebus, I kinda think of you as perpetually 16.

[VelvetElvis]

I liked being 16.

[anonshadow]

My 16th year was the worst year of my life. Closely on its heels as the worst year was 8. I do not have high hopes for 24.

[VelvetElvis]

I'll send you cookies when you turn 24. And every month of that year, that way, you will have a nice, cookie filled year.

[anonshadow]

Ooo! That would make it worth it!

I like cookies.

Ali sent me cookies, once. They were really, really yummy.

[VelvetElvis]

Other than chocolate, any allergies?

[anonshadow]

... I think I'm allergic to penicillin. Hopefully you would not be putting that into the cookies.

Lactose intolerant, as well. But otherwise, nope!

[Seiryu]

... I think I'm allergic to penicillin.

But penicillin cookies are the best!

[VelvetElvis]

if the cookies get pennicillin, it's because she didn't eat them fast enough.

[anonshadow]

Pffft. Trying to make me gobble down cookies. Bad for my tummy. Might make me SICK.

[VelvetElvis]

It would not. These are magic cookies.

[anonshadow]

Magic cookies? Oooo.

Did fairies make them?

[Seiryu]

They're special because they have Anthrax in them.

[Gravity Defier]

My 16th year was the worst year of my life. Closely on its heels as the worst year was 8. I do not have high hopes for 24.

My worst years are always odd numbered years. 1993 my parents got divorced. 1995 I started JR High (horrible years). 2001 I had a slight...problem with a friend of my brother. 2003 I simultaneously got kicked out of ROTC for headaches and quit for personal reasons-it was a "You can't kick me out, I quit!" sort of thing. 2005 I had a horrible, extremely painful breakup and was having huge fights with my best friend at the same time I was looking for work -and not being successful- because I just graduated from college. I also don't have high hopes for 24, but mostly because it'll be next March and next year is 2007.

*not a pessimist*

[VelvetElvis]

Magic cookies? Oooo.

Did fairies make them?

No, a SCG made them.




I don't tend to notice a pattern with my life-suckage.

[anonshadow]

Oooh. And when an SCG eats them they're even more magic, I imagine.

[VelvetElvis]

Precisely.

I didn't enjoy being nine.

[fawkes]

I recently turned 20

[lovesonia]

I'm 21 as of October 26. I think I already posted my age, but I don't remember where and it wasn't here.

I'm always taken aback when I read how old/young people are... most of the time, I figure out an age estimate in my head and when I find out how old/young they are, it usually doesn't match up. I also try to figure out age by looking at people/pictures. It's never ever right. That's why it always bugs me when people say 'You look older than...' 'You look younger than...'

The other day I was pinned as being 18. Sometimes people think I'm as much as 24.

[Sibyl]

How old am I? Let's see...

Approximately 12057120 minutes, if my math is correct. I did remember to take leap years into account.

I'm actually a little disappointed that no one has asked what that comes to in years. Either you all have calculators handy or you just don't care... I'm inclined to think it's the latter.

I'm just reading down the thread from the top, and I did use the calculator utility on my computer. A few years ago, before I'd aged out so many brain cells or IQ points, I'd have done it in my head.

and btw, I'm 62, if anybody cares. As far as I've read down so far, that's far and away the upward limit. My home list is almost all boomers (who coopted me from their birth, even though I'm not technically one, just because there were so freakin' _many_ of them) but there are a few older, and _very_ few under thirty.

[luminousnerd]

16.

[Seiryu]

16.

Somehow I pegged you as being 14, but I can see you as being 16.

[luminousnerd]

Somehow I pegged you as being 14, but I can see you as being 16.

14? Not cool. I'm used to people on the Internet thinking I'm over 30. Why did you peg me as 14?

[Rei]

Because your posting style is like someone who is in their early years of learning. Your personality is way too young to be 30, unless you're a very immature 30-year-old with Peter Pan syndrome.

[Seiryu]

Damn, I was going to be a bit more subtle about that, but Rei is absolutely right.

[luminousnerd]

Heh, you don't agree with my opinions and this is what I get? I can take it

[Seiryu]

I never said I didn't agree with your opinions. Actually, opinions are a little moot right now. It's the constant enthusiasm for Card and so forth that leads me to believe what I believe. Yes, OSC is a good author, but it isn't necessary to sing his praises every time you go into a thread about him. Just being here is singing his praises. I don't really think there's anyone here who hates OSC, so it's okay to not be so enthusiastic.

[Rei]

Let's just say we've seen a lot of high-schoolers come through here and you fit the bill just right. All politics and theology aside, your tone and style is remeniscent of a high-schooler's. And that isn't a bad thing always, per se. Give it a while and if you're up to learning, you will find that it changes.

[luminousnerd]

I never said I didn't agree with your opinions. Actually, opinions are a little moot right now. It's the constant enthusiasm for Card and so forth that leads me to believe what I believe. Yes, OSC is a good author, but it isn't necessary to sing his praises every time you go into a thread about him. Just being here is singing his praises. I don't really think there's anyone here who hates OSC, so it's okay to not be so enthusiastic.

Hmm. Would have thought the opposite. Why would you complain about me liking Orson Scott Card in a forum dedicated to his books? You wouldn't, except that you don't seem to like my personality (which is fine) so you're attacking every aspect about me that you can find.

I've dealt with that all my life, and dealt with it poorly on many occasions. Continue to insult anything about me all you want, I'm not going to goad you or let you get me screaming at you or being the immature person you want me to be.

[luminousnerd]

Let's just say we've seen a lot of high-schoolers come through here and you fit the bill just right. All politics and theology aside, your tone and style is remeniscent of a high-schooler's. And that isn't a bad thing always, per se. Give it a while and if you're up to learning, you will find that it changes.

Well yes, obviously I talk like the peers I spend my time with. In these forums I write casually. Why waste my time editing what I write for this forum? If 200 people ever read it, I'll be lucky. I save my efforts for writing things people will be reading.

[Seiryu]

I never said I didn't agree with your opinions. Actually, opinions are a little moot right now. It's the constant enthusiasm for Card and so forth that leads me to believe what I believe. Yes, OSC is a good author, but it isn't necessary to sing his praises every time you go into a thread about him. Just being here is singing his praises. I don't really think there's anyone here who hates OSC, so it's okay to not be so enthusiastic.

Hmm. Would have thought the opposite. Why would you complain about me liking Orson Scott Card in a forum dedicated to his books? You wouldn't, except that you don't seem to like my personality (which is fine) so you're attacking every aspect about me that you can find.

I've dealt with that all my life, and dealt with it poorly on many occasions. Continue to insult anything about me all you want, I'm not going to goad you or let you get me screaming at you or being the immature person you want me to be.

You're missing the point. I said you shouldn't be as enthusiastic about him. I didn't say that you shouldn't like him. The majority (like 99.9%) of the members like him. I like him. I've read more than just the Ender's Game books, but you don't see any of us all giddy over every little thing about OSC. Like one of your first threads, for instance was saying how small this board was for being mentioned in an OSC book. OSC is popular, but I don't see him having that much power. Big deal. Let's move on.

Also, I want you to find one occasion in which I have insulted you. All I said was that you seemed younger than you were. That can be taken several ways. This attitude you're pulling on me for a simple comment and acting like I'm against you all of a sudden is exactly what I'm talking about.