A person's age on a discussion forum: is it really just a number?

[Shay]

31, two kids, professional career, still watch Naruto.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by aohige

It sometimes crosses your mind.

Like when I see posts of someone young talking about how otaku culture was in a certain era that was completely unfounded and false, obviously not actually lived that era and making assumptions based on no factual information, makes you ponder the person's age.

It's like how Bryan Adams wasn't actually a highschool kid in Summer of 69, rather, he was a ten years old.

Well even some of us don't live through that era in person, in Japan, like you do, there are a few who still prefer muscular manly men calling out their attacks over quiet useless pretty boys.

[ViolentLove]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Well even some of us don't live through that era in person, in Japan, like you do, there are a few who still prefer muscular manly men calling out their attacks over quiet useless pretty boys.

HEY

being pretty is a skill

[aohige]

I've always considered makeups to be rather complex and adept skillset.

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Well even some of us don't live through that era in person, in Japan, like you do, there are a few who still prefer muscular manly men calling out their attacks over quiet useless pretty boys.

Nah, not that.
I'm mostly talking about people make statements like "well back then they didn't have as much ecchi stuff on TV" or "yuri was never popular among girls" and other such nonsense, just talking completely out of ass without any factual backup, when actual facts say the complete opposite. Despite actually not being familiar with the era, they do no actual research before somehow making assumption on something they know nothing about. You know what I'm talking about lol.

[Nightbat®]

Originally Posted by aohige

I'm mostly talking about people make statements like "well back then they didn't have as much ecchi stuff on TV" or "yuri was never popular among girls" and other such nonsense, just talking completely out of ass without any factual backup.

Let's be honest here:
A lot of 'Oldtimers' memories are pretty selective and often too hung up on nostalgia to actually give an unbiased statement on "Back when..."

Especially when "Back when" the offerings available out of Japan were few and far between, hardly giving many western fans a valid opinion of the entire 'scene'

So we have youngsters with an opinion of a time they did not experience
(but perhaps can research)
and we have oldies who should know better, yet base the entire past on their own small scope of viewings

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by aohige

I've always considered makeups to be rather complex and adept skillset.




Nah, not that.
I'm mostly talking about people make statements like "well back then they didn't have as much ecchi stuff on TV" or "yuri was never popular among girls" and other such nonsense, just talking completely out of ass without any factual backup, when actual facts say the complete opposite. Despite actually not being familiar with the era, they do no actual research before somehow making assumption on something they know nothing about. You know what I'm talking about lol.

Come to think of it, it IS difficult to do factual research on the past. I say that people who have lived through the era AND experienced it IN DEPTH would know more about it than those who don't.

[aohige]

Originally Posted by Nightbat®

Let's be honest here:
A lot of 'Oldtimers' memories are pretty selective and often too hung up on nostalgia to actually give an unbiased statement on "Back when..."

Especially when "Back when" the offerings available out of Japan were few and far between, hardly giving many western fans a valid opinion of the entire 'scene'

So we have youngsters with an opinion of a time they did not experience
(but perhaps can research)
and we have oldies who should know better, yet base the entire past on their own small scope of viewings

That's true as well. Either case, you look at the age, and have different reactions based on it.

[FaiEatsRainbows]

Originally Posted by Random32

I don't think judging by how they type is good either.
-Some of us are lazy and don't proofread, like at all. If it has a red line, it gets fixed, if it doesn't oh fucking well. I'm one of them, and judging by how many times people accidentally a word, I would say a significant part of this forum is the same.
-Some people don't speak English well, thus while they probably will produce grammatically correct sentences, won't sound good.
-Some people don't speak English at all, and what we are getting from them is a a shitty Google Translate version.
-Some people have very valid points to make, and make them pretty well, but fail to understand the concept of paragraphs. This is very very very common on the internet.

I think that people who are obviously typing immaturely (e.g. 1337sp34|<, txting, mkaing obviuos speeling mistaeks that will be caught and not fixing them, etc) probably deserve to be judged, but I think that just because someone doesn't spend a lot of time figuring out how they want to phrase themselves/is godly at English, doesn't make them worse than someone else that is good at writing.

I understand when English obviously isn't somebodies first language, and that doesn't bother me. What I'm talking about is when they use what I call Hom3stuk S93Ak or they dO tHiS or there is absolutely no use of punctuation, capitalization, etc. Or When They Overuse Capitalized Letters Like This Oh My God. I'm not asking for them to type as if they're an amazing author or anything, because not everyone is perfect. Heck, I'm not. But when they either PURPOSELY misspell things, add random numbers, or are just SO lazy that they don't even look like they try at all (When I say that, I mean EXTREMELY lazy.) , that bothers me and makes me think they're 12.

I usually will treat everyone equally. However, if they type like they're 5 (with the exception of English not being their first language) then I tend to try to avoid them more because I'm, well, a jerk.

[willx]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Come to think of it, it IS difficult to do factual research on the past. I say that people who have lived through the era AND experienced it IN DEPTH would know more about it than those who don't.

Except then they are subject to personal biases and may be unable to provide an impartial view of the "big picture" ..

[jdennis007]

Originally Posted by Nightbat®

Let's be honest here:
A lot of 'Oldtimers' memories are pretty selective and often too hung up on nostalgia to actually give an unbiased statement on "Back when..."

Especially when "Back when" the offerings available out of Japan were few and far between, hardly giving many western fans a valid opinion of the entire 'scene'

So we have youngsters with an opinion of a time they did not experience
(but perhaps can research)
and we have oldies who should know better, yet base the entire past on their own small scope of viewings

It is known as Reagan's syndrome or selective memory loss.

[Byakou]

Language ability is an important factor. I know people that have good professional careers (eg. engineer) but couldn't spell even if their life was on the line. They'd probably sound like retards if they ventured on internet.

[CasualAnimeFan]

Originally Posted by Byakou

Language ability is an important factor. I know people that have good professional careers (eg. engineer) but couldn't spell even if their life was on the line.

I finished a book not too long ago about the longitude problem from the 17th and 18th centuries. The guy who more or less solved it (created a timepiece which could keep accurate time over months on a sea going vessel) writings' were very difficult to read. The dude was a genius of his time in his area. Communication just wasn't a high priority. Getting things done was.