The Twenty-Somethings Club

i are bee twenty three. out of the ghetto and hating life.

jk im just tired of life atm, my anger has ran out of fuel.

i came here to find some people interested in debating philisophical questions while at work at the worst job ive ever had. stuck in r room with security cameras.

i found out that everything in philosophy has already been discovered.

there is nothing.

What stands in the way of college for you? Have you thought about community college. I went to a community college for a while. I loved it.

You seem interested in the world, that's a bigger strength than many acknowledge. It's harder to exploit into getting you somewhere, but I take it as a good barometer that you could if you had a good compass.

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yes i tried very valiantly

and failed. but i chose to move around the obstacle rather than thru it.

im headed out in a few hours to a small school called kaplan for computer support technician or something.. i just want a mediocre job atm.

What's up, ya'll. I can only be in your club for about four months.

Fuckin' 30.

Here is the chain of events that led me to A2K:

When I was about, well, 20, doing summer temp work at some office, I was reading the NY Times online which then featured a forum called Abuzz. There was a question about SUVs. I much enjoyed railing against the fuel ineffecient monstrosities, even back in the day.

I continued to visit Abuzz, toeing the line between troll and mildly humorous observationist. To this day I enjoy trading barbs with the likes of cj and H20 Man, while my interest in making substantive contributions to political debates has waned considerably.

Abuzz bit the dust in 2004 or something like that. I caught the A2K train and saw some familiar names: Slappy, BPB, patiodog, etc. etc.

You probably already know from the "other" thread, but I'm 25. Married, no kids (probably looking at kids in a couple years).

I came to A2K through Robert. After college I moved to San Diego, and took a job where Robert was my boss. Funny story: he was trying to get an idea of how well I knew PHP, and so in the interview asked me something to the effect of "Do you think you are capable of writing your own forum software, similar to phpbb?"

The rest is history, I guess. I've never been a big forum user before, so It's all kinda new to me. Once I recruit some people to debate programming languages, frameworks, and standards, I will probably post alot more

Cue Robert making fun of the completely out of place, just out of college, new to California, "Hire-Me" suit I was wearing in 3...2...1...

Here, I'll issue you an age visa. This will permit you to socialize in this thread without fear of deportation.

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I never noticed it till you mentioned it later, then I couldn't stop laughing every time I thought of it.

I didn't realize you were in SD. That's where my family is from. I love it there. I'm thinking about just running away for a few days to Coronado to get away from DC in the first quarter 09. Perhaps if I go for it, we can get some drinks or eat some hummus.

Great city.

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I'm 28. I'll join this club. I'll post more when I have time.

Sorry, I was is San Diego. Moved there right after college, but have sense moved back near my hometown, in Omaha, NE. If you ever make it to the midwest, I'll take you up on the drinks though

29 and lovin it. Came here for politics discussion and that still accounts for 95% of my posts.

Cycloptichorn

BTW, feel free to address me as my other name.

masubaru.

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Oh wow. Yeah I know Omaha. I'm flying to Kansas City tomorrow. I am from MO, and I have friends and family all the way through IA and MN. I'll keep it in mind.

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When I joined, I was indeed twenty-something. Littlek was my housemate, and she was always on this online forum...kept telling me about people with funny names like Gargamel or Fishin or whatnot. I was buying a new computer and wanted advice. She posted a question for me, and I lurked around, finally I responded and was hooked. 2003 this was, I think.
I am still twenty-something in my heart....and live a life of a teenager combined with a cranky grandmother.

I just hit the 29 mark at the beginning of this month, so I guess I still count . I stumbled across a2k from a google search about something I don't even remember. I trolled around for a bit then dove in. I post mostly in the art - pets - books sections, but have been known to blab on almost all threads. I'm married no kids (I have until the end of my 30th year to decide about them). I'm a retail manager and a full time artist.

i love reading about peoples real life connections, i had no idea littek and dag were friends IRL!!

<3 a2k hahaha

one day, maybe some of you will meet me

I've met Cicerone Impostor on my road trip last year. We had coffee. Cool guy. I want to meet more people. Perhaps, I will try to go to one of the meet ups.

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