05/09: When are we grown up?

[Freakapotimus]

So, when are we really grown up?
University of Chicago survey says adulthood begins at age 26
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago, May 9 - The law may imply that you’re a grown-up when you’re old enough to vote, serve in the military or drink legally. But most Americans really think adulthood begins at age 26, according to a new study from the University of Chicago. The study said most people don’t consider a person grown up until they finish school, get a full-time job and start raising a family.

Full story at http://www.msnbc.com/news/911377.asp

[nitroxide]

some people have been in those situations at a very early age that doesnt neccesarily make them an adult i figure its if the person is mentally prepared for taking on the responsibility of life i am 19 i have lived on my own for 3 years but i felt like an adult before then being able to drink is not what makes you an adult its wether you know how to take care of yourself as your doing it.

[Nirvana13666]

I think you're grown up once it is left up to you to make all your own decisions.

[TheShrike]

Well, if that's what it takes to grow up, we sure do live in a society of Peter Pans...

[bumcheekcity]

At 5/9/03 11:27 AM, Nirvana13666 wrote: I think you're grown up once it is left up to you to make all your own decisions.

I think you're grown

[bumcheekcity]

At 5/9/03 11:27 AM, Nirvana13666 wrote: I think you're grown up once it is left up to you to make all your own decisions.

I think you're grown up once you can make all your own decisions.

[Shih]

Hopefully never. Why the fuck would I want too? I'm proud of being the worlds biggest six year old.

[Nirvana13666]

At 5/9/03 01:50 PM, bumcheekcity wrote:

At 5/9/03 11:27 AM, Nirvana13666 wrote: I think you're grown up once it is left up to you to make all your own decisions.

I think you're grown up once you can make all your own decisions.

Nah, I like the way I said it cause anyone can make their own decisions but I think it counts when it is left up to you to make them.

When I was 6yrs old I could have chosen what I wanted but the result didn't have anything to do with my choice.

[PreacherJ]

At 5/12/03 04:58 PM, nitroxide wrote: There are aspects of life which we call occult or hidden, or we call them esoteric or inner. Many definitions and explanations have been offered to make clear what is meant by the occult. But the occult does not need to be explained as if it was something that we had never encountered and were still seeking; for we have all had the experience of discovering the occult in the simple process of growing up from childhood to adulthood.

The occult is something that is hidden from us, not by some unkind person who will not reveal it to us, but by our own lack of growth and inability to comprehend. The occult is not hidden from us even by the fact that we do not possess various kinds of psychic capacity, such as clairvoyance, and the power to see entities not in physical manifestation, or the non-physical results of thoughts and feelings. Occult vision does not necessarily see more, but it sees differently and more comprehensively.

Grown-up life is occult to us when we are children. By no stretch of our childish imaginations can we come to understand the world of sympathies and functions and relationships which constitute grown-up life. Nor can anybody convey to us a real understanding of them by giving us teachings and explanations about them. The activities of grown-up life are occult and incommunicable to us because we have not yet achieved the growth which would enable us to comprehend them.

As children, we see most of what goes on in the grown-up world; and yet we cannot understand it and interpret it for ourselves in a way that will enable us to appreciate its full grown-up meaning. Even the possession of some form of clairvoyance or psychic capacity would not help us much towards a real understanding of the grown-up point of view.

but the time when all can become clear and nothing is hidden is random and it does depend on how someone grew up some people can see these truths in early ages as 16.

Alright, Nitro, where did you cut and paste this from? This is entirely to lucid to be anything spouted from you. You never even use a simple period or comma, let alone a freakin' semicolon. Not to be a dick or anything, but you don't strike me as the type to use words like "manifestation," "incommunicable," and "comprehensively." I don't mind you cutting and pasting opinions, just mention where you got it from. The only thing I think you actually wrote was the last paragraph. Most of it is just slightly off topic, too. Like you just wrote the last paragraph to try and link it all together.

As for adult ages-

Everybody develops differently. Many people look like adults at younger ages, nowadays, even if they have the mindset of a child. Many children nowadays are being forced at younger and younger ages to make adult decisions they should never have had to make before their full maturity. I myself had my own innocence stripped from me at an early age, because I had to take care of younger siblings, due to, *ahem* let's just say... "parental negligence" to be nice.

Nitro is one of these people who have been sapped of a childhood like I have. He's married and is embedded in society at a very young age. He moved out of the house at 16, I believe. I've been taking care of my brother (In more ways than one... think "protection" from the worst possible source) since I hit double-digits in age.

My point is, is that you can't pin down any one age for adulthood, really. It's becoming increasingly hard to do biologically, even. I just wish that more people at least live thier childhoods out to be 16 or so. Parents, it's a terrible day when the most responsible person in your home is a ten year-old. He or she doesn't deserve that burden. Let him/her go and chase bugs and eat whatever he/she wants from time to time, and kids, don't be in such a fucking rush to grow up. It's not all that much better being an adult, either.

Word.

[nitroxide]

preacher on the real your being an ass to me. i dont care what your concerns are with me as i have already told you i do work and i am able to speak properly when i want to if i am in a rush and i mispell shit from time to time that gives you reason to take my words and dismiss them i have read your post with much interest and have responded back appropriately all you see is that i do drugs i thought the pc forum wasnt about attacking people...whatever i see im just wasting my time with you.

[FUNKbrs]

At 5/14/03 01:01 AM, nitroxide wrote: preacher on the real your being an ass to me. i dont care what your concerns are with me as i have already told you i do work and i am able to speak properly when i want to if i am in a rush and i mispell shit from time to time that gives you reason to take my words and dismiss them i have read your post with much interest and have responded back appropriately all you see is that i do drugs i thought the pc forum wasnt about attacking people...whatever i see im just wasting my time with you.

No way man, I thought the exact same thing when I read your post, I just didnt want to say anything because plagiarism is a fucked up accusation. Seriously guy, why else does the post go on and on about "occult knowledge"? That is some seriously off topic shit to be going on in a post about adulthood, and none of that stuff is written the way you normally write. I wont say you didnt write it, but I will question why you dont normally write that way.

logos

[nitroxide]

At 5/14/03 01:10 AM, FUNKbrs wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:01 AM, nitroxide wrote: preacher on the real your being an ass to me. i dont care what your concerns are with me as i have already told you i do work and i am able to speak properly when i want to if i am in a rush and i mispell shit from time to time that gives you reason to take my words and dismiss them i have read your post with much interest and have responded back appropriately all you see is that i do drugs i thought the pc forum wasnt about attacking people...whatever i see im just wasting my time with you.

No way man, I thought the exact same thing when I read your post, I just didnt want to say anything because plagiarism is a fucked up accusation. Seriously guy, why else does the post go on and on about "occult knowledge"? That is some seriously off topic shit to be going on in a post about adulthood, and none of that stuff is written the way you normally write. I wont say you didnt write it, but I will question why you dont normally write that way.

I guess you havent seen other post i wrote.I write how i feel and at the moment i was pissed about preacher generalizing me as a pothead that cant speak his mind intellegently i never came in the forum ratting and posting crappy anti-goverment pics like some dudes.i speak out and i do right properly sometimes im just tired alot of this is written between 1am and 4am.

[Jimsween]

At 5/14/03 01:01 AM, nitroxide wrote: Misspelled jumble of words

I think you just proved his point further.

[nitroxide]

At 5/14/03 01:16 AM, jimsween wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:01 AM, nitroxide wrote: Misspelled jumble of words

I think you just proved his point further.

really...could you tell me wich word i misspelled.

[Jimsween]

At 5/14/03 01:22 AM, nitroxide wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:16 AM, jimsween wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:01 AM, nitroxide wrote: Misspelled jumble of words

I think you just proved his point further.

really...could you tell me wich word i misspelled.

Government and Intelligently, and tahts not counting Punctuation, Capitalization, and spaces after the periods.

[nitroxide]

At 5/14/03 01:26 AM, jimsween wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:22 AM, nitroxide wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:16 AM, jimsween wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:01 AM, nitroxide wrote: Misspelled jumble of words

I think you just proved his point further.

really...could you tell me wich word i misspelled.

hey jim i know im the one that does drugs,but man your flying what the hell are you seeing.look at my post i dint misspell any of those words.

intellegently i never came in the forum ratting and posting crappy anti-goverment pics like some dudes.

[nitroxide]

At 5/14/03 01:56 AM, nitroxide wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:26 AM, jimsween wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:22 AM, nitroxide wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:16 AM, jimsween wrote:

At 5/14/03 01:01 AM, nitroxide wrote: Misspelled jumble of words

I think you just proved his point further.

its the way i choose to write at the moment fuck it you understood me.

[Ted-Easton]

At 5/14/03 01:15 AM, nitroxide wrote: I guess you havent seen other post i wrote.I write how i feel and at the moment i was pissed about preacher generalizing me as a pothead that cant speak his mind intellegently i never came in the forum ratting and posting crappy anti-goverment pics like some dudes.i speak out and i do right properly sometimes im just tired alot of this is written

between 1am and 4am.

I'm not trying to insult you, but you denied misspelling words, so I feel compelled to point out your errors.

cant = can't
intellegently = intelligently
goverment = government
alot = a lot

I don't mean to insult you, but admit when you've made mistakes. It makes life a lot easier.

And because your two writing styles are drastically different, between most posts and your alleged "pasted" post, that gives people reason for suspicion.

[Freakapotimus]

Most of his post was directly copied from an essay by Hugh Shearman called "The Nature of the Occult." He shall be banned for plagarism.

[MindThrasher]

I feel that each person grows up at different times. When I hear "grown up" I think of maturity. NOT if you finished school, can get drunk, smoke, or become a dead soldier. It depends how mature you are and your attitude about the world. Some people, obviously, in these standards will never grow up!