I grew up with people older than me. My brother was 13 years older and so was his entire group of friends, so I was 6 years old and hanging out with 19 year olds, haha. I never could get along with people exactly my age. I was either too behind or too far ahead in everything to relate to them (and I was always pretty much fad-resistant, so I really had nothing in common with anyone in my age group).
As it is right now I have friends whose age ranges from 16 to 40+ (I used to know a bunch of quite intelligent 13 year olds, but they all grew up by now as it was about five years ago).
As for the drunkduck forums themselves…. they're pretty cool (even if the system used for the forum itself is somewhat awkward or lacking at time) and so are most people posting here :D
No, I don't wanna give the wrong impression. I actually really enjoy interactin' with younger folk- it keeps me from turning into even more of an insufferable, old-timey grump. ;)I'm always shocked when people don't get a Monty Python quote that I just used. Meanwhile people my age or younger than me (and some older too) are shocked by my reluctance to get a cellphone.
It's a point of view thing for me- kids who grew up in the aughts (that's them 00 years, for you non-old-timey folk) have a different perspective from those of us who grew up in the 80's or 90's; I mean, they never didn't have the internet, or spell check, or cell phones, you know? I guess it's just frustrating to feel like you don't have the same shared experiences or points of reference as anyone around you; almost like speaking a different cultural language. I'm sure younger folk have the same dissonance when dealin' with their seniors, eh?
Not that there isn't common ground- I think way too many of my peers are kinda stuck in this rut where they stop paying attention to what's going on- pop culture, new music, tech stuff- as soon as they graduate from college and enter into the "real world".Yeah, I'm afraid to fall into that. I've always been tuned to the past but I kept on trying to explore new stuff, but recently I slowed down quite a lot. I hate cellphones, stopped following new VK bands, stopped grabbing new albums from bands that I liked in the 90s and most of the music I listen to these days appears to be inspired by the 80s (which is funny as I despised most of 80s stuff when I was a kid).
But I guess I don't have to worry about that too much. I like things that are different, and the only way to get something different is to look for something old and forgotten or totally new, so I'm still expanding :D