do I even want to know your age?

[derien]

Is it silly to want to have communities on which nobody bothers to say anything, just so that I can see those communities on other people's profiles? Like, there could be (maybe there are, I don't know) comms for people born in particular decades just so that we could easily be reminded "Oh, right, this person is in my age group."

Or then again maybe not, because mostly I think it's better not to divide people by age. Some people are mature and sensible at a young age and some never become so. Some are born stodgy and others remain vibrantly young acting forever. So often I don't have anything at all in common with people 'my age' that usually I forget my age and am surprised to be reminded of it.

Maybe I'm just feeling old, today. And lonely.

Comments

[derien.livejournal.com]

If you didn't tell me it would be impossible for me to guess your age. I'd put you younger because of the video games, the manga and the band, even though my brother who was born in '70 also plays in a band... but yours is a younger type of band, because you can be ancient and look right doing bluegrass. You need more energy to jump around with punk. And I played video games up until only a couple of years ago, when I finally decided that they contributed nothing to my life. But as far as interactions, you seem remarkably sensible and intelligent.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Frick! I was actually going to change that last line to "one of the most sensible and intelligent people I know," but as I highlighted to remove it I accidently clicked the 'post' button. :P