Age limits in this forum

[dakota]

seeing as I was the one westcoaster mentioned about the car as an issue.
.It being the " mature mans" forum I did not think I had to spell out everything, since people should be able to think on their own. Apparently that is not always the case.

I have attached a link

that does a deccent, though not nearly good enough job on the issue. The impact of cars issue predates the internet so it is hard to find articles online. It is a concept I came across at least 15 years ago.

highlight sentences in the link include:

"One of the first social changes cars brought about was in mating habits."

"The feminists' movement, which had been dragging its feet ever since the 1820s, had a rapid growth from the automobile"


This is the same issue that westcoaster called a "stupid premise" in regards to my initial post.. thinking I must be a youngster

For the reccord, besides being 38, I am a high school teacher of all things science and math with additional graduate work in meteorology and history.

have a nice day

 

[BrotherAP]

I'd conjecture that the reason that the mature man forum gets flooded with people who don't meet the age requirement is because, quite frankly, the other forums have little offer somebody who has risen above the maturity level of a high schooler.

There seems to be a misunderstanding here that if a man isn't 25 years old then he's an arrogant know-it-all teenager who has nothing to contribute to the oh so wise mature men.

Part of maturing is coming firsthand to the realization that there is more to know than can ever be known, and many issues are so complex that you may never arrive at a final conclusion or judgement about it. What you were for in your teens, you might be against in your twenties and for again in your thirties.

The fact is, though, this board is a place "to discuss problems, situations, and techniques UNIQUE to older and more mature men." Just because you are 25 does not mean your topic belongs in this forum. Some problems are more relevant to older posters - such as divorce, women with kids, balding, career issues - but even these topics may be encountered by a man in his early 20's.

The main discussion forum is a great place to hang out when one is feeling altruistic and wants to answer some questions, but intellectually it is more or less devoid of anything compelling to discuss. Yes, younger men can read threads in this forum, but if the topic is relevant to younger men as well, should they not be able to discuss it with the older posters? Age alone does not determine the quality of a perspective.

If a topic isn't UNIQUE to older men, shouldn't it be moved to the Don Juan Discussion?

 

[Paradox]

BrotherAP, I couldn't have said it better myself.


I agree with everything that you said except for the last line.

I don't believe that a topic should be moved because it is not unique to older men. There are so many issues that can crop up in peoples lives.

Great post though. Very well written.

 

[Wyldfire]

Why having an age limit makes no sense...

First of all...the age a person is has no real bearing on how mature they are or are not. I've seen plenty of older guys who write like they are about 12 years old and plenty of 19 or 20 year olds who write like they are over 30.

First and foremost...people can very easily LIE about their age in their profile, thereby allowing them to post in this section. They could be 14 for all anyone knows and list their age as 40.

Post content does NOT lie. If a person is mature it's going to show clearly in what they write.

So...rather than look at what age a profile says, perhaps it would be a better idea to look at what a poster writes to determine whether or not they should be allowed to post here.

What does everyone else think?

 

[speedo_meme]

I think tit-guy should be a mod...

lol jk...basically though age is the only way to judge maturity over the internet I would think? I'm 26 and I act anywhere from 13 to 47...

 

[frivolousz21]

lol jk...basically though age is the only way to judge maturity over the internet I would think? I'm 26 and I act anywhere from 13 to 47...

if I make a new account I would be 26 as well

 

[al77]

Re: Why having an age limit makes no sense...

Originally posted by Wyldfire
First of all...the age a person is has no real bearing on how mature they are or are not. I've seen plenty of older guys who write like they are about 12 years old and plenty of 19 or 20 year olds who write like they are over 30.

What does everyone else think?

I think you are screwed if you write like you are 10 years younger. Or as if you are 10 years older.
If you don't write and act as a person of your own age... you don't have less chances.

 

[Wyldfire]

Re: Re: Why having an age limit makes no sense...

Originally posted by al77
I think you are screwed if you write like you are 10 years younger. Or as if you are 10 years older.
If you don't write and act as a person of your own age... you don't have less chances.

Maturity level shows in a person's posts. Take frivolous for example, who is 23 year old. His post was that of an adult. Titboy, on the other hand, is in his 30's and posts like a child. The age a person lists in their profile is, sadly, not a very good indicator of their maturity level.

 

[speedo_meme]

Wyldfire, I usually like to consider your point of view, but you know good and well that you think friv is mature because his opinions are closer to yours than tit guy's are. It has nothing to do with the maturity of either...

 

[speedo_meme]

that wasn't a hit on you friv, it was the principle of the matter...

troll or not, tit-guy is definitely not AFC, if at all he practices what he preaches...

 

[frivolousz21]

original post deleted due to user being under 25.

Cesare Cardinali

 

[Wyldfire]

Originally posted by speedo_meme
Wyldfire, I usually like to consider your point of view, but you know good and well that you think friv is mature because his opinions are closer to yours than tit guy's are. It has nothing to do with the maturity of either...

Actually, opinions have absolutely nothing to do with how mature I consider a person to be. Behavior on the forum is what determines a person's maturity. Frivolous posts on topic and attempts to offer serious input. Titboy flames, insults, attacks and rarely offers any input about the topic at all. That is the very clear and rational logic behind my previous claim that frivolous is more mature than Titboy is.

There are other older guys on here who I find to be extremely immature and there are other younger guys I find to be more mature. I certainly don't base whether or not someone should post here on whether or not they agree with me. I base it on HOW they agree or disagree. I disagree with Rollo frequently but he belongs on this forum. I disagree with Francisco a lot, too...and I think he belongs on this forum. Your assumption is not only entirely off the mark, it's based entirely on emotion and NOT on logic.

 

[Wyldfire]

Originally posted by speedo_meme
that wasn't a hit on you friv, it was the principle of the matter...

troll or not, tit-guy is definitely not AFC, if at all he practices what he preaches...

Actually, jerks ARE AFCs...and are even worse off than their sappy "needy" AFC counterparts. Jerks end up alone when they lose their looks because their personalities and treatment of others sucks ass. At least the sappy guys end up with a family that loves them...even if they didn't get all the low self esteem girls when they were younger. When the "AFC" you all picture dies...he is missed. When the AFC jerk dies...no one notices or even cares.

 

[Cesare Cardinali]

This thread is part Anything Else and part immature banter. One thing is for sure that it is not relevant to mature man discussions.

Conclusion: PM the mods when there is an underage poster and we will wipe out the posts.

Closed.

Cesare Cardinali