What, she's THAT old?!

[KentaRawr!]

Not their typing skills, but their typing style. Huge difference.

[Flying Mullet]

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

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

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

Odd you should mention riding from his back, as I just had a cowboy conversation where I was going to ask this spiderman if I could ride him

Stranger: heyy
You: howdy partner!
You: I'm a cowboy, what are you?
Stranger: correct
Stranger: im spider man
Stranger: with many limbs
You: awesome
You: we should go on adventures together
Stranger: yep
Stranger: you read my mind

[Cuchulainn]

Not their typing skills, but their typing style. Huge difference.

Even so, it's habit here for people, no matter of age, to type casual & shorthand in texts & real time chats. Saves time. 'u' '2' etc.

Of course with phones nowadays there is no excuse. Auto complete is king.

[KentaRawr!]

Auto complete is the devil! What are you talking about?

And besides, things like u and 2 weren't what I meant by casual.

[Cuchulainn]

Auto complete is the devil! What are you talking about?

And besides, things like u and 2 weren't what I meant by casual.

Auto complete has saved me many many timeses. Once you add things to dioctionary ofc! My ma got a phone & she's still no idea how to change a word to the right one so it's like an anagram quiz sometime tryin to work out just what in smurf she's trying to say.

[Slothy]

How old did you think I was?

I honestly would have guessed at least 20 if anyone had asked me I think. Granted it's not a huge numerical difference from 17, but it could be a huge difference in terms of maturity and life experience.

Not to say there aren't plenty of mature teenagers out there, or that everyone over 20 magically grows up and starts acting like an adult. I've known plenty on both sides of those numbers who don't act their age for better or for worse (my 22 year old sister often being one of the "for worse" cases).

[Zeldy]

Kentarou you're like my age!

[KentaRawr!]

You're slightly older than me, though. By a few months.

[Rantz]

I always expect oldbies in any online community to be older than I am, so it's always a surprise when I find out that someone who's been there far longer than I have is my age or even younger!

[Shlup]

I often forget that Rye is only 19, and Raisin is only 22. They seem at least my age. I was also surprised to hear that Rebellious Eagle is... 15? My sister is 15 so I'm used to her illiterate friends. smurfing hate those kids. RE, on the other hand, has a brain that actually functions.

[Freya]

If someone types with "u" "r" "2" etc then I tend to think they are a stupid teenager who is too lazy to take an extra second and hit the two letters in "to". I tend to lose respect more so if they are an adult and are still typing like that.

I tend to think of a person I meet online as older. I'm always off by a year or so. It's not too much but instead of 22, I think they are 23! I always forget that Jiro is younger than I am. Some EoFFers have surprised me though. Like as mentioned RE and kentarou. Even Zeldy, when I first met her way back when I thought she was older than me.

[Merk]

I am surprised every time. I assume everyone is my age unless they say something to make me think otherwise.

[Sephiroth]

I know that. A lot of people think I am 30-40. And I am not.

[Flying Mullet]

A lot of people think I am 60-70. And I am not.

[KentaRawr!]

A lot of people think I'm 20-27. And I am not.