Comments on: Age differences and political correctness

By: Alan Howard

Alan Howard — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:05:42 +0000

I think it’s also reached a point where we may lose our humanity. We teeter on the brink, and it will go one way or the other.

By: Greg Long

Greg Long — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:34:35 +0000

Good article and one that needs airing. Thanks, Alan.
The world has reached a point where we need to reclaim our humanity.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:18:27 +0000

@Alex
A bunch of my friends adapted the (X/2)+7 law for queers. We decided that age wasn’t as important as making sure that the other person was an equivalent amount of out as yourself, for at least half as much time as you have been out.

Of course, my partner has been out for 7 years, and I have been out for 7 months, and this was immediately brought up… but she says that the rule doesn’t apply to me since when I came out I did it with a world rocking, universe shocking bang.

By: Alan Howard

Alan Howard — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:02:15 +0000

Yeh, I read the same formula just yesterday, but it was described as something like a universal law for minimum age. So for you, you can’t go out with anyone under 20. If you do, you’re violating universal laws. If the Universe Police don’t come and get you and take you away, you’ll at least have your town gossiping about how awful you are….

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:14:37 +0000

I’m 26. I’ve got good friends who are 18, a very good friend who’s 73, and a weird mate in Australia who’s…not sure, but old.

Surely it’s only when there are issues of intimacy, and possibly misuses of power, respect or desire that we should be asking questions.

But then, I saw a formula the other day that made me chuckle. Never date someone younger than your age divided by 2 plus 7. Just a bit of fun…

By: Alan Howard

Alan Howard — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:49:06 +0000

hi gregory, thanks for commenting. Don’t you think that age can help determine whether a comment is perceived as smart or dumb? Someone younger, with less life experience or knowledge than an older person, could be seen as ‘dumb’… I guess that means you’d disregard them as dumb, when in fact they’re just young?

It’s easy to make judgements, but how do we know such judgements are correct?

By: gregory

gregory — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:46:49 +0000

jeez, i am a thousand, smart as heck, and love ideas, doesn’t matter where they come from or how old the person is who communicates them … this is the internet, mind to mind …. no way i am going to friend you on facebook, that is a waste of time, but if i meet you on friendfeed, and you are saying something cool, i am going to jump in with a cheer and continue the thought … and if you are dumb, age won’t help

By: Alan Howard

Alan Howard — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:19:16 +0000

“…perhaps if they were not so judgemental about others, and didn’t gossip so much about other peoples private lives, perhaps they would not live in such a state of paranoia.”

Cause and effect. I believe the cause of their gossiping is their paranoia, rather than their paranoia being a result of their gossiping.

I also believe that if ‘A’ accuses ‘B’ of various crimes, and works hard to prevent those crimes, then ‘A’ is likely guilty of those crimes themselves, and their accusations and work is an attempt to keep attention away from them and directed elsewhere.

They disgust me, along with those who see naked children and think only of sex with those children, and so they work hard to combat child pornography.

The world is a sick place, and getting sicker each year.

I wonder what I’m saying about me with the messages I’m projecting on this blog….

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:25:45 +0000

I have friends who are a wide range of ages, both online and off. We range in age from 18-19, right up to mid to late 30’s. Most of my friends cluster in their late 20’s. (I’m 22)

I don’t think that its odd that a 35 year old may find my ideas interesting, and want to spend time with me. I don’t find it odd that I may find a 17 year old interesting in a non-sexual way. People that are repressed focus on sex way too much.

I think that its kinda disgusting that people automatically assume sexual motives.

On your other point, I do think that people often accuse others of the crimes that they themselves have committed. A notable example at the moment is the story of Kyle Payne.
I commented to a friend of mine once, that perhaps if they were not so judgemental about others, and didn’t gossip so much about other peoples private lives, perhaps they would not live in such a state of paranoia.

I also think that its very important for people of a range of ages to come together for learning, and support. How else do we grow? We are humans… we learn by imitation. I read somewhere that they discovered that children that are reared in large groups of their age mates (like our schools), but with minimal adult contact are often less intellectually, emotionally and socially advanced than children raised in groups that have a range of ages present.
Thats why community groups are so important. Kids need adults around, and they need to see them interacting in an adult way.

Ditto for ‘kids’ my age. I like having people who know stuff around, cos they can go ‘Hey kid, don’t sweat, it’ll be ok’ when ‘disaster’ strikes, and its actually a minor mishap, it just looks freaky cos I have never seen it before.