12-13 Year-Olds

[infringement153]

I am 12 years old.

I try to act mature and polite.

And, in fact, (at least in my view of it) I succeed. I use proper grammar, I can form cohesive thought and I believe that I can participate in a logical debate.

However, on the internet, it seems as though that people think very poorly of my age group. I often find myself reading things like, "your probably 12 or 13 or something"--and it's almost exclusively derogatory.

Now, I think I can understand where this comes from. My peers at middle school often act like complete loons, and lack basic grammar and etiquette. In addition, their lack of basic respect and civility is just horrifying (but that's a rant for another day...).

Due to their behavior in the real world, It would seem logical that they would go onto the internet, and behave in the same way--discuss things they don't know about, fail to exercise proper English, and just plain look like idiots. And lots of them do.

But not all of them do.

My plea, and the point of this thread, is that I want everybody to stop automatically assuming 12-13 year olds are immature or dumb, and stop saying people are in that age group as an insult. If there's truly something wrong with a person, apply the adjectives to them--don't just say that they're "probably 12-13 or something." I find it almost insulting. I hope you understand.

Thank you, and have a nice day.

 

[Edward]

Though I agree, I don't think you should get so butthurt over it...
Im in the 13-14 group soo :3.
Inb4 cool story bro

 

[dannyz0r]

I try to act mature and polite.

There's your problem. You ACT mature and polite. If you really were you wouldn't have to act it.

 

[ianini]

Well, maybe the internets standard is higher than your loons at school and we are a whole new level of etiquette for you. Just a thought.

 

[Edward]

I try to act mature and polite.

There's your problem. You ACT mature and polite. If you really were you wouldn't have to act it.

Fake it till you make it?

 

[dannyz0r]

I try to act mature and polite.

There's your problem. You ACT mature and polite. If you really were you wouldn't have to act it.

Fake it till you make it?

Or actually try to change yourself.

 

[infringement153]

I try to act mature and polite.

There's your problem. You ACT mature and polite. If you really were you wouldn't have to act it.

Is there a difference?

 

[dannyz0r]

I try to act mature and polite.

There's your problem. You ACT mature and polite. If you really were you wouldn't have to act it.

Is there a difference?

Try acting retarded and then actually being a retard. There's a difference.

-No offense intended to those that are.

 

[DavidWoner]

There are exceptions to every stereotype. Obviously not EVERY 12-13 year old is going to be stupid and immature. However you must agree that a majority of the dumbasses on this forum are 12-13, and that the majority of the 12-13 year olds on this forum are dumbasses. If you were really as mature as you like to think you are, you would understand this and not be bothered.

 

[infringement153]

I try to act mature and polite.

There's your problem. You ACT mature and polite. If you really were you wouldn't have to act it.

Is there a difference?

Try acting retarded and then actually being a retard. There's a difference.

-No offense intended to those that are.

Back to your original remark, I think you understand what I meant. I also think you're just trying to be witty.

 

[nlCuber22]

im 12 yr old and wat is this

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inb4 lol. you're doing it wrong.
By that I mean you're trying too hard. David is right, if you were really that mature, you wouldn't be bothered enough to make a whole new thread about it.

 

[dannyz0r]

If you take offense to a stereotype then maybe you really fall under that stereotype. If you're one of the many exceptions to stereotypes just ignore it.

 

[infringement153]

There are exceptions to every stereotype. Obviously not EVERY 12-13 year old is going to be stupid and immature. However you must agree that a majority of the dumbasses on this forum are 12-13, and that the majority of the 12-13 year olds on this forum are dumbasses. If you were really as mature as you like to think you are, you would understand this and not be bothered.

Honestly, I feel truly arrogant when I say, "I'm mature." It's not a pleasant feeling.

I understand that there are exceptions to every stereotype. In fact, I've never been called out as "immature" or the like, so this issue really never affects me directly.

I really just wanted to get the thoughts in this thread out, and in the mind of the people. I don't really intend to really take this thread too far.

 

[Deleted member 2864]

[...]a majority of the dumbasses on this forum are 12-13, and that the majority of the 12-13 year olds on this forum are dumbasses. [...]

...In about 1 1/2 years I'll magically become accepted through a special magical force that only 14 year olds and above can harness. :rolleyes:

 

[LewisJ]

Being 12-13 and being an idiot like most of the people that receive such comments as "you're probably 12 or 13 or something" tend to be are not mutually exclusive, they just have a very large overlapping region when represented by a Venn diagram.

 

[iasimp1997]

I'm 12.
I'm not a dumbass, I just have no idea how to debate. I will learn though, as I am taking a Logic class.

 

[Edward]

I'm 12.
I'm not a dumbass, I just have no idea how to debate. I will learn though, as I am taking a Logic class.

Lol I thought good debating was something that came naturally with practice. I don't debate often though .

 

[Deleted member 2864]

I'm 12.
I'm not a dumbass, I just have no idea how to debate. I will learn though, as I am taking a Logic class.

Easy. Ignore the flaws of your own opinions and criticize the flaws of others'.

Also, I hear that you:

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I like to wack

 

[infringement153]

Being 12-13 and being an idiot like most of the people that receive such comments as "you're probably 12 or 13 or something" tend to be are not mutually exclusive, they just have a very large overlapping region when represented by a Venn diagram.

I purposefully didn't capitalize the first letter, add the apostrophe in "you're", and add a period in my quote. I thought people would figure that out, but evidently not. Just saying.

Edit: Oh, and I'm not saying anything about your intelligence. Just defending the grammar in my example.

 

[LewisJ]

I purposefully didn't capitalize the first letter, add the apostrophe in "you're", and add a period in my quote. I thought people would figure that out, but evidently not. Just saying.

Edit: Oh, and I'm not saying anything about your intelligence. Just defending the grammar in my example.

In modern times with the ways quotes are used, neither a capitalization (leaving it out merely indicates that your quote's beginning is not the beginning of a sentence) nor a period were necessary there anyway. Strictly having a period or comma at the end of a quote is a silly rule which only forces one to structure a sentence differently to accommodate the period or comma. It is a case similar to how his/her used to be the proper gender-neutral third person singular possessive pronoun; people realized how ridiculous that was and their became a widely accepted replacement.

anyway, enough on grammar, I just hate seeing the wrong your/you're and their/there/they're used, regardless of circumstances. How about my actual statement?