You do realize that this "older person" you're defending yourself against is all of *15*, don't you?
Afa taking teens seriously, I can't speak for the other Dinos but it seems to me that most of the grumps here take the sprogs a lot more seriously than is done in some other places. The main reason for this is that in terms of their work here they're technically capable of work which is just as good as that of far older people.
Seen another way, in terms of their utterance, taste, moods, & gen psych... well, we do, & we don't. We all remember what it was like then so that should temper our judgment. However it's just a deplorable fact of life (like mortality for instance) that teens aren't supposed to be taken seriously across the board. About some things, yes, absolutely, about others? Eh... no.
Ask anyone here, someone older, oh, like say all of 18 -- ask them if they can stand behind everything they said & thought & did when they were 14 or if they'd take all that seriously themselves. Most of them, the overwhelming majority, are so embarrassed by it all that they would sooner discorporate than return to that time & place.
This isn't like other places, if most of the adults here aren't "taking you seriously" then it's because you're not supposed to be taken seriously, I think we take the young ones seriously where it counts -- this whole thread is an examp of that.
Posted on Jan 31, 2002, 6:57 PM from IP address 4.43.225.147