What, she's THAT old?!

Have you guys ever been surprised at your internet friend's age when it was finally revealed to you? Quite a few people used to be surprised at my age when I played FFXI and PSO (when I was 10-12, not the more recent 16-17) because of my typing style. No one really gets surprised by my typing style anymore. Anyway, one person who was surprised by my age gave me the impression that she was in her early 20's. However, as it turns out, she was only two years older than me! How surprising is that?

And more recently, I came across someone who seemed a lot like a teenager in his attitude. He was naming favorite bands, video games, and television shows. Also, his typing style was really casual. Think like Meat Puppet's Old Manus' typing style. But then, suddenly he said something about his ex-wife, and the jig was up! He's no teenager! He's an old fart!

So, back to the topic. Have you guys been surprised by your internet friends' ages?

A little! They're usually younger than I expected, but sometimes older.

People used to be surprised by my age because I joined here when I was 12. Now people are surprised sometimes because I'm turning 20 very soon, and people still think I'm 16 or something! :greenie:

It surprises me more when they're closer to my age, because I'm so used to being the young'in of the internet group.

I like going on Omecle and figuring out people's ages. I am also a serial killer.

Due to the fact that I live in Opposite Land, I'm usually a lot nicer and respectful of social boundaries when on the Internet. In real life, my friends are convinced that I'm a horrible old bastard who would make a joke about his own nan dying if the silly cow would hurry up and do it with a super awesome secret anti-aging cream. Both those sentences were going to lead to something about deceptive personalities, but then I forgot where I was going with it.

So...uh, yeah. I was surprised a few years ago when I found out Rye was old. And the fact that sk is only a few months older than me still makes me :eek:, considering what a fogey her old man is. ;)

You guys all seem like you should be acting more mature :colbert:

I've stopped being surprised. Being on here with older people acting like 2 year olds, you get used to it.

Although finding out that qwerty is an older was a shock...as was Jiro being younger than me.

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Originally Posted by Kentarou

So, back to the topic. Have you guys been surprised by your internet friends' ages?

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Right now when I found out you were 17. I'm sure I've looked at your profile before, and probably saw it without thinking about it too much, but you do come off as being older online I think.

I was surprised when I found out Rebellious Eagle was 14 too. Maybe it's because I'm on the long decent into old fart land myself, but I guess my default assumption is that people on forums are around my age, which is probably the dumbest assumption I could make on the internet really.

I'm usually pretty good about figuring out what age groups people belong in based on their attitudes and "speech"/typing patterns as well as their concerns and values. Some people still throw me for a loop, though.

In real life, I have a very hard time determining age just by looking at someone, though I can usually make it within 10 years or so. This is reversed on my quite often as well. My boss told me when she first interviewed me, she thought I was in my mid to late teens.

I was 23.

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Originally Posted by Kentarou

So, back to the topic. Have you guys been surprised by your internet friends' ages?

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Right now when I found out you were 17. I'm sure I've looked at your profile before, and probably saw it without thinking about it too much, but you do come off as being older online I think.

I was surprised when I found out Rebellious Eagle was 14 too. Maybe it's because I'm on the long decent into old fart land myself, but I guess my default assumption is that people on forums are around my age, which is probably the dumbest assumption I could make on the internet really.

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How old did you think I was? :p

People online have continually expressed surprise over the years at how young I am, even fairly recently, and I'm now 22. But considering how often I'm made fun of for being an old grouchy geezer, I'll probably have to be 40+ for that to stop.

im actually 14 lol

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Originally Posted by Mace Quindu

I like going on Omecle and figuring out people's ages. I am also a serial killer.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one who is reminded of Omecle whenever Omegle is brought up.

I was quite surprised when this lady mentioned her grandchildren.

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Originally Posted by Levian

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Originally Posted by Mace Quindu

I like going on Omecle and figuring out people's ages. I am also a serial killer.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one who is reminded of Omecle whenever Omegle is brought up.

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I meant I ride Omecle around town examining people from his back. :shifty:

To judge someone's age by their typing skills is idiotic. It's like judging their age by whether or not they can tie a cherry stem with their tongue. Especially considering the older generation did not generally get computer lessons at school (I never and I left school in 1996).

I'm sometimes guilty of typing on MSN the way I texted people before autocomplete saved us all. That's only to save time & typing as I'm a lazy bastard. If I'm doing an official letter to the magestrate to try and get my retraining order on Scarlett Johansson lifted, I'll type properly, short of that I'll type just enough to make sense as it does not really smurfing matter in the grand scheme of things really does it.