Am I getting old? I just don't understand teenagers

[ACBlinky]

Well, my birthday is coming around again so I'm thinking about how old I'm getting (I'll be 33) - not very old in the grand scheme of things, but I think I'm starting to act like one of those adults I couldn't stand when I was a kid.

Here's an example. I keep seeing forum posts written by young folks that are basically long run-on sentences without any punctuation or capitalization, and they contain an obscene number of abbreviations and terms I don't recognize. These posts make me feel incredibly frustrated - I just don't understand how people can read and understand things written this way! I find myself cursing the text message generation while trying to decipher some meaning from their posts - it seems like there's such a huge gap between their world and the way things were when I was their age 15-20 years ago.

Am I just getting old? When on earth did I turn into my parents? Heck, I'm not even a mom yet (not for lack of trying) - how did I turn into an out-of-touch adult when I wasn't looking?

[drauka99]

next thing you know you'll be talking about - the good old days :D

[batguano]

AC, it happens, ya no? Just don't get all up in their grill about it, because that would be whack. You need to have mad text messaging skills, that's all. jmho.

[Hobster]

well first of all you are not old and just think back to when you were that age and how you spoke of course when i was that age we did not have commputers we did not even have calculators we had slide rules and those ababacccaasss things.

Second of all, look at where you are posting your query. Do you expect a rational. sane answer here?????:lol:

Face it, you're a nerd:D

[pnosko]

You probably qualify for AARP membership now.

[FloatingFish]

You got old when you started to have sex to have a baby and not just for the fun of it.:)

[Paul B]

I got socks older than most of you guys and amphipods older than the rest of you, and ACblinky, my tank is 4 years older than you. I had a fish for over half your age.
:lol:
Computers! TV was invented a year before I was born :eek1:

I walked uphill to school both ways in the snow :smokin:

[jpfelix]

as long as nina's around, you'll never be old.

[TheBimbo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11466936#post11466936 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jpfelix
as long as nina's around, you'll never be old.



:eek1: yerrr gonna die :lol: < had to say it Nina, had to say it...


oh and you are not old bc I am not old...


Christy...:lol:

[Nina51]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11466936#post11466936 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jpfelix
as long as nina's around, you'll never be old.

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jpfelix]

yeeeesssssh

[Misled]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11466814#post11466814 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Paul B
I walked uphill to school both ways in the snow :smokin:




:lol:

[drauka99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11466936#post11466936 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jpfelix
as long as nina's around, you'll never be old.


look at it this way Nina - Your #1 :D

[chasingmytail]

I am with Paul B.
Have dirty socks older than you

[Cubman777]

as long as you dont wear you cell phone on your belt, you are not old. :D

[der_wille_zur_macht]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11465886#post11465886 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by batguano
AC, it happens, ya no? Just don't get all up in their grill about it, because that would be whack. You need to have mad text messaging skills, that's all. jmho.

duuude ur atempt wud be funi but it isnt bad enuf i mean u used liek periods n stuff liek that an we all kno thats not rite if ur tryin to make fun uf the peeps dat she was talkin bout up above n the orignl post n stuff

[Sk8r]

Lol! I taught highschool for 10 years, and I can assure you with some confidence that other teenagers don't understand teenagers, or I wouldn't have spent all those hours trying to explain teen behavior to other teens, either irate or sobbing at the time. Add in texting without emoticons and the possibilities for angst become mind-boggling.

[batguano]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11471115#post11471115 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by der_wille_zur_macht
duuude ur atempt wud be funi but it isnt bad enuf i mean u used liek periods n stuff liek that an we all kno thats not rite if ur tryin to make fun uf the peeps dat she was talkin bout up above n the orignl post n stuff

Duuuuuuuuude, thats harsh!

[crp]

Oh the drama... :rolleyes:

[batguano]

I like drama

[Toddrtrex]

I just turned 37 not too long ago, and I don't consider myself old at all. Hell, I still eat PB&Js all the time. ;) I even know how to text and know some of the abbreviations. However, AC, I have to agree with you completely. Some of those posts I can't understand for the life of me. Most of the time I won't reply to them, because it is way too much effort to figure out what they are trying to say/ask.

[batguano]

BFF's! :)

[dkh0331]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11471570#post11471570 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by batguano
BFF's! :)

oopps can't do it...... not UA friendly

:lol:

[dkh0331]

After spending several years here on RC, one would think that I should know the difference between "edit" and "quote"



:lol:

[Toddrtrex]

Good lord. :)

[dkh0331]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/20173gore.gif

[Toddrtrex]

Took ya long enough. ;)

And I like how you put an "X" there to save your spot while you got your picture ready. Very sneaky. :)

[dkh0331]

Danke Schoen Todd!

I'm not as fast as these yutes of today.

[TheBimbo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11471633#post11471633 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dkh0331
Danke Schoen Todd!

I'm not as fast as these yutes of today.



:lol: are ya sayin' yerrr a fudddy dudddy already???




Christy...:lol:

[dkh0331]

I do not fudd
nor am I a dudd

Bring me a sammich
along with a Bud.

[TheBimbo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11472367#post11472367 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dkh0331
I do not fudd
nor am I a dudd

Bring me a sammich
along with a Bud.



:lol: get yerrr own darn stinki' sammich... heck you brought me a nasty loooookin' sammich remember???


Christy...:p

[dkh0331]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11481680#post11481680 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TheBimbo
:lol: get yerrr own darn stinki' sammich... heck you brought me a nasty loooookin' sammich remember???


Christy...:p


I brought you a nice braunschweiger sammich. I then caved in and brought you the BLT.

:D

[TheBimbo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11482819#post11482819 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dkh0331
I brought you a nice braunschweiger sammich. I then caved in and brought you the BLT.

:D


:( i'm sowwwy I must have missed that :( I'll get right on that sammich and a bud Light- b/c the sammich will be fattening and we need you to stick around for them grand-babies ;)



Christy...