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11-30-2001, 09:07 AM
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Though a demographic study of SYMers hasn’t been formally conducted (wouldn’t that be interesting?), it seems obvious that this, and other on-line communities are the purview of younger adults. Why is this? I would guess that there are only a handful of posters here that are 40 and above. Is there something weird about an old guy hanging out with you bunch? Or is SYM a melting pot of generations as well as nationalities and I should just stop worrying?
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11-30-2001, 09:12 AM
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<STRONG>Though a demographic study of SYMers hasn’t been formally conducted (wouldn’t that be interesting?), it seems obvious that this, and other on-line communities are the purview of younger adults. Why is this? I would guess that there are only a handful of posters here that are 40 and above. Is there something weird about an old guy hanging out with you bunch? Or is SYM a melting pot of generations as well as nationalities and I should just stop worrying?</STRONG>
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That depends  What is your 'friendly posting' vs 'lecherous thoughts' ratio? 
(I wouldn't want you to go, so 'melting pot')
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11-30-2001, 09:20 AM
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No 
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11-30-2001, 09:24 AM
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11-30-2001, 09:28 AM
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I think the over 40 crowd is inspiration to us in the mid 30 crowd. 
As long as you are around, I won't question whether I am too old to be lurking here 
So I guess I should thank you!
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11-30-2001, 09:33 AM
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Being the teenage area myself, I feel neither highs nor lows towards this sort of thing. As long as it involves beer, and sex I'm fine. | | |
11-30-2001, 10:08 AM
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'Depends on how you look at it. Personally, I think that lurking and posting in SYM is the "grown-up" thing to do, and the company you keep likeminded in their serio-comic view of the world, while posting on the BG2 and ToB forums is meant more for the teenagers and teenagers-at-heart among us. Most of us probably started posting there, but over time have migrated to SYM because we found it to be a relatively more mature place to be.
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11-30-2001, 10:31 AM
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Actually, he can do that here, in the In My Day thread.....
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11-30-2001, 11:02 AM
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Oh well, I don't think that there's anything wrong with being 40 anywhere - the GB community thankfully offers mature and juvenile discussions for all ages. Besides, these days older people are getting younger all the time
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11-30-2001, 11:14 AM
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Ah yes... turning forty. I remember it well -- the angst, the endless questioning, the overwhelming desire to buy a red ferrari... Not to worry, Gwally. By the time you reach sixty, it all fades away when you discover what is really important in life: an eggcrate mattress and large daily doses of fiber.
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11-30-2001, 01:17 PM
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Hmm, I wonder what will happen to me when I turn 40? I've always loved fast cars and "music"
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