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Do you assume that everyone on the internet is about your age?
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Definitely not. Facebook makes that fairly evident and I know I'm older than the average on here as well.
This is a problem. I find myself self editing more. Someone that you may think is stupid or trolling may just be a youngling. Good thing to keep in mind.
Yeah I've been surprised at how young or old some people I've talked to for a long time are when I just assumed we were about the same age.
Most people should be around 30 nowadays anyway
Most people should be around 30 nowadays anyway
I started posting on forums in my early/mid teens, when the demographics we're usually in their 20s and 30s. So I always assume I'm significantly younger than most people, which is weird, since it's very possible I'm talking with people that are 10+ years younger than me at this point.
No. When people talk about being nostalgic for cartoons that were airing ten years after I was a kid I know I'm not the same age as many other people on the internet. Love when people talk about being a kid in the mid 2000s.
I generally assume you're early 20s and male. I'm 30 and male. Depends on the community tho. Browsing reddit I assume everyone is 15.
rofl I do this too. I'm at the age where you see a pro athlete my age and think, ehhhh he's probably getting too old now. And I make myself sad.
On this forum, yes. Because these gaming forums evolved from the era when were all teenagers in the late-90s/early-2000s, and then we stuck around. The core of the site is definitely mid-20s to mid-30s.
On Discord, Reddit, etc... I wouldn't assume they're my age.
On Discord, Reddit, etc... I wouldn't assume they're my age.
Why would anyone assume something like that when it's obviously objectively wrong?
Is there something wrong with just going with facts these days?
Is there something wrong with just going with facts these days?
For a while I just assumed everyone was older than me. Then I assumed they were all my age. Now I assume most are younger than me. To paraphrase the great philosopher Wooderson, that's what I love about these Internet commenters, man; I get older, they stay the same age.
I try not to. I'm 25 and I assume most people on the net are 10 years old. Most of them act that age anyways. ;)
Depends on what medium we're talking about.
Here, probably all around my age.
Certain games, I've found that the age disparity is much greater typically, but again, depends on the game.
Here, probably all around my age.
Certain games, I've found that the age disparity is much greater typically, but again, depends on the game.
No. I was on the internet from about 10 so I absolutely know there are plenty of 10 year olds on the internet and my Facebook feed is sufficient proof that there are now plenty of old people on the internet.
I feel like in the late 90s, you could assume everyone talking about gaming was a teenager, and be correct.
Though in general, adult gamers weren't as much of a thing since the medium was so young.
Though in general, adult gamers weren't as much of a thing since the medium was so young.
Breh, being older than college football players now is fucking with me.
Just wait til you're older than the professionals. LeBron James is younger than me. Do you have any idea how crushing that feels?
No, I assume pretty much everyone is in their early 20s. Mainly because I'm 37 and 75% of the shit people say either confuses or annoys me.
25? Lol. Your pre-frontal cortex just finished developing :P
Declaring yourself old is like declaring peak bitcoin.. you have no idea how far it will yet climb.
Honestly...yes, in a couple weeks anyway, but I assume everyone else is just about to start hitting puberty and that's why they're acting all weird.
I tend to assume that most people on general forums and gaming forums are roughly 20-40. In the retrocomputing forums and other real geezer forums it's obvious that a higher proportion of active posters are my age or older.
Age only really becomes important in threads like "Who remembers seeing Star Wars in a cinema on first release?" Since there are so few of us old enough to remember that even as children, most responses seem to be of the form "No but I remember playing with the toys" or "I saw The Phantom Menace, though."
Age only really becomes important in threads like "Who remembers seeing Star Wars in a cinema on first release?" Since there are so few of us old enough to remember that even as children, most responses seem to be of the form "No but I remember playing with the toys" or "I saw The Phantom Menace, though."
I once called Anthony Rizzo one of the elder players on the cubs. He's a year younger than me. That one stung.
Not on the whole internet, but back around 2004-2005 I would assume most people on games and gaming forums were people from late 80's to early 90's kids, and I was usually right. Nowadays there's a whole other generation to account for, the...*shudders*...social media generation.