Goddamn fucking kids.

[feuervogel]

Yeah, it's TOTALLY fucking mockworthy that people are in their 30s. FUCKING LOLARIOUS.

Note to all and sundry: this is PRECISELY why I quit.

ETA: It's been pointed out that said person has welcomed mockery. My opinion is still the same. I hate the idea that because you've reached an arbitrary number of years lived, which really isn't all that goddamn many tbh, that's worthy of scorn, derision, or mockery.

It's ageist bullshit, and society needs to stop propagating it with bullshit black cakes and balloons and "over the hill" nonsense.

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[yhibiki]

Oh god playing JRPGs always makes me feel old because most of the main characters are 20 at oldest. Characters that are in their thirties end up getting called "old man" fairly often, which is really f-ing annoying all things considered.

... not that Western RPGs are free from blame. There's a 40-ish year old female soldier in the game "Alpha Protocol" who consistently gets called a cougar because she's into the main character (who, though I made him look at least in his thirties, is probably supposed to be just over 20 or something).

[kirin]

Just to point out... you realize the thread is mocking someone who actually suggested in the opening post that people ought to mock him?

[anacoluthon.livejournal.com]

Listserv drama? =(

[thegreyghost.livejournal.com]

I also encourage people taking cracks at my age. By laughing about it, I strangely feel younger at heart. It trivializes my physical age in contrast to how vital I feel.

Mockery doesn't necessarily negate respect, which is what I value more.

[rowena-zane.livejournal.com]

It seems it's the harder part to find the intentions of a person's actions and discern if it is malice or not on which they act. Never attribute to malice what is easier prescribed to ignorance.

It doesn't change that it bothered you, but instead of cutting people off for a mistake (and possibly missing out on an awesome experience like COUP), rather, look at why it bothers you and see if you can communicate that to the people who offended you. Most people, when they find they've been offensive, and are approached like adults, will be apologetic.

I can think of several times that your cutting words have moved me to anger, either for myself or someone else. And I know for a fact I've pissed you off. We make mistakes, either through our preconceived notions or (more likely) from not thinking at all.

Life is TOO FUCKING SHORT to be looking for evil where it isn't.