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If I said that I was thirteen would anyone care?

 
 
aperson
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2008 05:40 pm
You want honesty?

I wanted to see people's reactions, in particular, I wanted to see whether people were impressed.

Besides if I had waited a few more years it wouldn't have been as dramatic.
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cyphercat
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2008 09:54 pm
aperson wrote:
in particular, I wanted to see whether people were impressed.
*gasp* NO! I would never have guessed. Laughing
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Mon 4 Feb, 2008 06:17 am
Aperson--

Understandable curiosity. Very understandable.
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aperson
 
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Reply Mon 4 Feb, 2008 05:31 pm
I know it's a bit immature, especially when I'm claiming to be adult, but I am proud of my intelligence, and I don't see why I should not be.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Mon 4 Feb, 2008 05:32 pm
So, were people impressed?
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aperson
 
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Reply Mon 4 Feb, 2008 05:36 pm
Then again I try to keep it in perspective - the famous poem by Alexander Pope comes to mind.

Quote:
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
and drinking largely sobers us again.


Unfortunately I couldn't find the full version, but you get the idea.
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aperson
 
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Reply Mon 4 Feb, 2008 05:37 pm
Well no one was amazed, but yes people were impressed.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Tue 5 Feb, 2008 08:39 am
....and in the eye of the beholder?
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Tue 5 Feb, 2008 08:53 am
I suppose this is as good a thread as any to reveal my true age.

I, too, am thirteen.
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dadpad
 
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Reply Tue 5 Feb, 2008 08:59 am
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
I suppose this is as good a thread as any to reveal my true age.

I, too, am thirteen.


Hat size?
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Francis
 
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Reply Tue 5 Feb, 2008 09:09 am
aperson wrote:
Unfortunately I couldn't find the full version, but you get the idea.


Here it is:

Quote:
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:
There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.
Fir'd at first Sight with what the Muse imparts,
In fearless Youth we tempt the Heights of Arts, [220]
While from the bounded Level of our Mind,
Short Views we take, nor see the lengths behind,
But more advanc'd, behold with strange Surprize
New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise!
So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try,
Mount o'er the Vales, and seem to tread the Sky;
Th' Eternal Snows appear already past,
And the first Clouds and Mountains seem the last:
But those attain'd, we tremble to survey
The growing Labours of the lengthen'd Way, [230]
Th' increasing Prospect tires our wandering Eyes,
Hills peep o'er Hills, and Alps on Alps arise!



Essay on Criticism
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Tue 5 Feb, 2008 12:04 pm
Frankly, most A2K posters are focused on themselves rather than on other posters. This is the way the world wags--and the way the world should wag.
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aperson
 
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Reply Fri 8 Feb, 2008 12:11 am
Indeed.
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Amigo
 
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Reply Fri 8 Feb, 2008 12:33 am
Re: If I said that I was thirteen would anyone care?
aperson wrote:
if i sed that im 13 wud ne1 care???

If I told you that I was thirteen years of age would you care?

Would it affect how you'd view me? Think of me? Treat me?

If I told you that I was a very rich businessmen owning several reknown countries, would you care?

If I told you that I dropped out of school at the age of fifteen would you care?
Of coarse I would care if you were thirteen. I would think,view and treat you as a thirteen year old.

If you were a rich businessman I would try to use my acquaintance to you to the best honorable advantage to myself (while maitaining an honest freindship).
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OGIONIK
 
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Reply Fri 8 Feb, 2008 02:33 pm
at 13 i was looking at colleges to become an architect, at 19 i was hoping i would get more then a mcdonalds job with my diploma.

whats wrong with that picture? americas a little backwards, IMHO.
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aperson
 
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Reply Fri 8 Feb, 2008 04:15 pm
Amigo,
Due to your obvious lack of education I would find it more fitting more me to treat you as a thirteen year old.

This is the problem - some people may be older, but less educated, intelligent or mature than me.

"COARSE"?

Don't you mean "COURSE"??

I'm God knows how much younger than you, but at least I can do the basic task of spelling words correctly.
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JPB
 
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Reply Fri 8 Feb, 2008 04:38 pm
whooboy...

listen sweetie, one thing you can still use a lot of work on is the maturity component.
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Amigo
 
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Reply Fri 8 Feb, 2008 05:03 pm
aperson wrote:
Amigo,
Due to your obvious lack of education I would find it more fitting more me to treat you as a thirteen year old.

This is the problem - some people may be older, but less educated, intelligent or mature than me.

"COARSE"?

Don't you mean "COURSE"??

I'm God knows how much younger than you, but at least I can do the basic task of spelling words correctly.
I can't spell good you little fart. Evil or Very Mad
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Eva
 
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Reply Fri 8 Feb, 2008 06:10 pm
aperson wrote:
Amigo,
Due to your obvious lack of education I would find it more fitting more me to treat you as a thirteen year old...


Psst, Amigo. Perhaps you will have to fight fire with fire. Sometimes it's the only thing the tadpoles respect.

(signed)
Mother of a 13-year-old

P.S. to aperson...Have you finished your homework?
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Sat 9 Feb, 2008 09:26 am
Aperson--

Is this a hill you want to die on?
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