Guest the anonymous forumite Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Was wondering, according to WATMMers, what makes someone "young", as opposed to "not so young" or "old". As age has no relevance, what makes you think that you are young (or getting older) ? I would mention frequent back pain to qualify for the "not so young" category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i still laff at poo jokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i still laff at poo jokes Do you laugh at farts too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i still laff at poo jokes Do you laugh at farts too? not as much as i used to. im gettin old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i still laff at poo jokes Do you laugh at farts too? not as much as i used to. im gettin old. Yep, i guess that's confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 a question appears: Were there any situations in your life, when you simply called yourself a "teenager", or acted like being one and felt good about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 being able to still not give a fuck about anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time. As good a way as any i've heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the anonymous forumite Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 a question appears: Were there any situations in your life, when you simply called yourself a "teenager", or acted like being one and felt good about it? Definitely yes. When I was 15-20, I called myself a teenager and had no problem about it. I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time. This (age) does not account for criteria of youth. One can be young at 50 imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 "teenager" this one is interesting, because I haven´t met a person who would use it while talking about someone in the age 15 and around looooong time ago. Instead, I always hear it when people are described as someone who enjoy going to discos, listening to music, playing computer games, watching MTV and other various stuff. It seems then, that it is some kind of more "official" term for word "hipster"(sorry, I had to type it) that is being used so often nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the anonymous forumite Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 The word "teenager" relates to a social norm. It's not that I used to say "let's get stoned, teenagers friends!!!", but if I was asked to what age category I pertained to, I would have answered "teenager". Also, there can be some pride to beinger, a teenager, as opposed to not being a kid anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 a question appears: Were there any situations in your life, when you simply called yourself a "teenager", or acted like being one and felt good about it? Definitely yes. When I was 15-20, I called myself a teenager and had no problem about it. I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time. This (age) does not account for criteria of youth. One can be young at 50 imo. Young at heart perhaps, but not young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h_qVpUTUM4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Teen is a definition; teen as in the tens. By logic that would mean 10 to 19, but for some social reasons it's widely accepted as 13 to 19. Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the anonymous forumite Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I always hear it when people are described as someone who enjoy going to discos, listening to music, playing computer games, watching MTV and other various stuff. To me, teenager describes people who talk very loud in public places, get drunk in parks, play shitty music in public places on their new cellphones, and mostly get a sense of personal identity out of their social group. a question appears: Were there any situations in your life, when you simply called yourself a "teenager", or acted like being one and felt good about it? Definitely yes. When I was 15-20, I called myself a teenager and had no problem about it. I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time. This (age) does not account for criteria of youth. One can be young at 50 imo. Young at heart perhaps, but not young. ok, agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Teen is a definition; teen as in the tens. By logic that would mean 10 to 19, but for some social reasons it's widely accepted as 13 to 19. Strange. i wouldnt say social reasons, more like eleven twelve thirteen. I always hear it when people are described as someone who enjoy going to discos, listening to music, playing computer games, watching MTV and other various stuff. To me, teenager describes people who talk very loud in public places, get drunk in parks, play shitty music in public places on their new cellphones, and mostly get a sense of personal identity out of their social group. my brother does all that and he's 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiddleBot Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 enjoy it while you can. people get really boring in their 30s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierlu Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 youth is when you don't wonder about what is youth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Teen is a definition; teen as in the tens. By logic that would mean 10 to 19, but for some social reasons it's widely accepted as 13 to 19. Strange. i wouldnt say social reasons, more like eleven twelve thirteen. Right, that would be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirch Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 enjoy it while you can. people get really boring in their 30s this youth is when you don't wonder about what is youth ..and most definitely this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 youth is when you think you know everything but you clearly do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiddleBot Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 youth is when you think you know everything but you clearly do not. a great deal of people never get past this problem well into adulthood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the anonymous forumite Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 youth is about seeing things in black or white. It's all about dichotomies. When one gets older, opinions ought to become more refined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 aren't they still youths then? i think so youth is about seeing things in black or white. It's all about dichotomies. When one gets older, opinions ought to become more refined. i think there's quite a bit of truth to this. especially in america (and the west) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.