Do you dislike people in your age group?

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Honestly, I think most 18-20 year olds (I'm 19 myself) are ignorant snots who are more concerned with partying, emotional drama and drugs than getting involved in the world around them, and hardly have any right to complain when politicians refuse to take them seriously (even though they generally refuse to vote). Hanging around with people in the late 20's-mid 30's crowd for me is much more enjoyable as these people seem to actually care about the news and planning for the future, to the point where I am purposely trying to go to school with these people just to get away from the younger crowd.

I don't expect this to be a fairly popular opinion, but there might be a few others like me out there. What do you think?
 
Well, I can't stand most 14-16 year olds (almost 15 myself). I just can't stand them, I feel like the only mature one. They're all concerned with their image, and themselves. They just go off and party, leaving out the people they don't like, which are people who are not like them (such as myself). Which explains most of my friends are older than me or not accepted by the "cool" group. The grouping thing annoys me too. Basically if you're not in lets say the "jock" group, you can't go out for sports (that's my problem), because if you do, you get harassed and beat up (see it happen all the time). So, I do not like most people in my age group for those reasons.
 
I get on with most folk tbh, as long as they are not immature to the point it actually annoys me, and Im pretty immature. People my own age that I float around with are folk Ive known years anyway so I dont really see us as a group of 20 somethings anyway, we're the same people, ust been on the planet abit longer than the young 'uns :8F:

I had a couple of really good pals that were abit older than me as well, used to work with them, infact I got on with all my work collegues who were older than me. I dont always think it's the age, so much as just who you can get on with on a personal level... I know I wouldn't like someone who took life to seriously, well, not even that I wouldnt like them, we'd just have nowt in common.... regardless of their age
 
In fairness I think you guys do your respective age groups a massive disservice. :mokken:

Just because they might party alot doesn't make them morons. If a politician doesn't take the youth seriously that politician is just as moronic as he imagines the youth to be.
 
Well, I'm in my mid twenties so I guess my age group is okay. Even though I still know people from high school who are still worried about their image and what people think of them aka "the haters." Which is kind of sad when I see them out in public or posting on Facebook about this shit.

"There's a huge ass oil leak out in the ocean that can't be stopped and you want to talk about what Lindsey Lohan is up to?"

I may act goofy on the forums for fun, but IRL or even here, I'd much rather talk about what's going on in the world than what game is comin' out next week.

 
I'm sort of in between. I think there are bad and good people in every age group. Obviously I've got a group of close friends my own age, but I've also met some people my age I can't stand for whatever reason, whether it be immaturity or something else.

That said, I have a lot of friends older than me. The majority of people I'm close to on here are at least a few years older than me, and I guess I just enjoy the company of people older than myself rather than the people my age.
I don't have any major problems with being 16 though.
 
JesusVsThePolice said:

"There's a huge ass oil leak out in the ocean that can't be stopped and you want to talk about what Lindsey Lohan is up to?"

I may act goofy on the forums for fun, but IRL or even here, I'd much rather talk about what's going on in the world than what game is comin' out next week.
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I reckon there's space for everything. Sure there's an oil leak in the ocean that I've spoken of, now on to how Bruce Lee knocked out Chuck Norris.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory, just because an event with serious global implications has passed doesn't mean that if you don't talk about it you're immature or moronic (which I'm aware is what you haven't said, but the words have indeed implied so), thinking conceptually is a more accurate measure of maturity.
 
I sincerely hate other 16-17 year olds. In my opinion, they are very immature and may even act youger than kids younger than they are. I can't stand being around the guys my age, but the girls I can actually stand. I don't know why (could be an obvious reason). The guys seem to just care about fighting and showing their superiority, whilst the girls seem to be trying to achieve something. Maybe I am just pessimistic :hmmm:
 
I share this opinion too. Maybe it's because we compare them with our ourselves when they're of the same age, I don't know, so if they're too immature/too mature then it's easier to dislike them.

I prefer being around mid-20's and 30's at my part-time job than fellow 20/21's. I really get fed up when people of my age say things like 'let's get sooooo drunk yeahhh' and stuff like that, and the way they're obsessed with alcohol and night-clubbing. I'm not a fan of clubbing so it's hard for me to appreciate their sort of fun.
 
The theory of the self-serving bias suggests that people tend to believe they are better than everyone else and I think there is some truth to it here.

It's stupid to make generalizations about any group of people. Not everyone who is in a certain age group is the same, popular stereotypes may suggest they are but that doesn't mean that is the case.

Also you can't make judgments on an entire age group on the basis that you believe they all partake in a particular activity like clubbing etc.. Just because someone enjoys going out, it doesn't mean they are superficial, hedonistic retards. You can't define someone by one thing that they enjoy doing in their spare time, humans are more than that.
 
Adamant said:
Honestly, I think most 18-20 year olds (I'm 19 myself) are ignorant snots who are more concerned with partying, emotional drama and drugs than getting involved in the world around them, and hardly have any right to complain when politicians refuse to take them seriously (even though they generally refuse to vote). Hanging around with people in the late 20's-mid 30's crowd for me is much more enjoyable as these people seem to actually care about the news and planning for the future, to the point where I am purposely trying to go to school with these people just to get away from the younger crowd.

I don't expect this to be a fairly popular opinion, but there might be a few others like me out there. What do you think?
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Aye, same feelings here man. -__-

In fact, I can't stand this time in general. People are either party-holics or complete emo-twats, leaving only a few selective group of people who prefer to enjoy more intellectual conversations rather than discussing which shoe/shirt color they are wearing next. Oh and airheads, I just can't stand airheads. And younger people who think Myspace is the shit just because everybody around their age is using it, so the fake out their age and get a Pimp-My-myspace thingy and spent countless hours on making it look bad-ass when in fact it is a complete useless junk. Also, should we mention the group of teenagers who think they can disrespect their elders and give you that badass-wannabe stare? Well yes we should. Those badass-wannabes give a whole new definition to the words "stupid" and "retard". -__-

In general, I prefer to be among older and logical people because yeah there are older people who also behave like complete asshats. :jimberry:

/end of rant

Also, why they hell can't I rep Adamant? :rage:

Remind me I owe you Rep Adamant -__-
 
I tend to dislike people no matter what their age is, but yes, I do find most early/mid 20 some's annoying as hell. They're not quite old enough to have that 'adult' wisdom. Many just act as though they're still in their teens. Then there's the ones who are a bit more mature, but those are kind of hard to find.
 
TBH I don't really feel like I can pass judgement on any particular age group :hmmm: I've met both wise people and morons from literally every age group between 9 and 90, and I have always believed that any kind of age discrimination in general is shit because no one can help what year they were born into.
 
it matters not whether people are in my age group or not, people are people plain and simple, so I don't have problems with them [people my age group I mean] everyone's different, you meet people all the time, some you like some you don't, sure you can say that younger teens tend to do/say stupid things and old people tend to be cranky/forgetful but it's a normal part of life, I think personality is more important, I don't care about age, if you have a good personality that's all I care about.
 
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I don't personally have a problem with people in my age group. Yeah there are some immature people, but I'm sure that is in every age group. My, just got out of college, age group is actually very interesting. Many of them are very stressed because they can not find a decent job and are stuck with a minimum wage job even though they spent the last 4-5 years at a university. Also, those that can't find a job have moved home with their parents.

I don't think it's a bad thing if someone doesn't want to talk about what is going on in the world all the time. My boyfriend and his friends talk about it quite frequently and though it is interesting at first, I do get tired of it. Yeah there is an oil spill, but what can we do about it? And some people do have other things to worry about. I know lots of people my age that are far into debt.
 
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Well I'm outside the university gap, and also outside the high school gap so the folks I hang with are either always watching TV, or just chill folks. The folks who always watch TV make me giggle, when they start asking me about episodes of this that and the other, and try to make me feel bad for not watching it. I just tell them, nope I don't need television. I have netflix, in which I stream through my wife's xbox. I can watch whatever tv episodes are on there, but to pay for television these days for awful garbage is a sin to me.

Folks are either dramatic or not that's how I categorize most. My age group, most folks already have a kid, and for me, that's not my thing yet. Personally raising a kid in this economy at this moment isn't to feasible on relationships/marriage. I don't mind hanging around my buds, but no offense to them, their children must stay at home. If I wanted to hear crying ever 10 seconds, I would have a kid myself. Also pictures of your kids folks.. whether you show them to me or not, I'm not paying attention to it. Seems other parents care, but non parents don't give a damn.

I think most are finally wising up about what it takes to have some individuality around here. It used to be where I would have to dig to fine some real down to earth folks, that weren't all about impressing the ladies or over working out just to fit in. An occasional brew on a weekend, or cookout amongst friends is how I roll. So if you get to know me at my cookout I host, then you most definitely are a friend otherwise you wouldn't been invited in the first place. There are still a large number of deuchebags, but being my age you can finally associate yourself with folks of your own, instead of owning up to a status.

People will always be people, there will always be high school-ish turmoil though. So that's that.
 
I can pretty much get along with people of all ages, but I guess my opinion is a little biased. I enjoy the company of people my age, being in my late 20's. People my age have matured, so they don't give me problems. Especially those of you on this forum who are my age, you're very splendid to talk to. :ryan:

In my years, I seem to have seen the same, or at least very similar progression as people age. Being one who's always understood what the important things in life were, seeing the other age groups never surprises me. I won't get into the breakdown of it, but the same trends would take place back when I was young. People are always thinking the younger generations are far worse than they were when they were of the same age, but I highly disagree with this. Life's progression will always be fairly similar to how it was in generations past.
 
Harlequin said:
In fairness I think you guys do your respective age groups a massive disservice. :mokken:

Just because they might party alot doesn't make them morons. If a politician doesn't take the youth seriously that politician is just as moronic as he imagines the youth to be.
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That's true, I don't see why partying and having fun are negative either. :hmmm:

My group would be around 18-21. There will always be people that are annoying or act so immature that it's hilarious, but in general I like the people in my age group. I think it's nice to know that you're not growing up alone and to have people to talk to who are in, more or less, the same stage in life that you're in. Also, it's nice to laugh at the jokes that everyone gets because it's in our time. :8F:
 
I tend to dislike the people in my age group. Regardless of what people like to think, I believe the college age crowd has gotten worse, but on the whole, I think our whole society has become alot more decadent.

People are alot less caring towards others in general, the party atmosphere is WAY more than in times past (if not the actual occurrence then the extreme nature of it), and also, people tend not to care what others think of their actions. Im all for being your own person, but it's pretty bad when people talk openly on the way to classes about what drugs they did or talking in such a way that you have to translate because they swear so much.

I just feel like the younger generations (my age group as well as those younger than me) are becoming more impersonal and care more about what they are going to wear the next day then anything else.

There are good and bad people in each age group like many have said though.
 
It's natural to dislike people who act immature in your age group. If all they do is party, and don't think about the future, then I don't consider it a disservice to dislike them (and how can you; it's just your opinion) or call them shallow. It's only if you call someone who both parties every now and then while still being able to think about the future, shallow then you might be insulting them.

I think it's typical though; I thought most of my peers were morons too in high school because they did only play around and never considered their futures (and let me just say I found it embarassing that they picked the design for their grad accessories which contained a spelling error in it, which ironically enough, occurred in the name of the school they'd been attending for the entire five years. Embarassing indeed.). But now, I might think differently of them because they've been forced to think about their futures because now they don't have their parents supporting them anymore; they have to start thinking about where they're going to get money for their food and living. And as a result, they've had to grow up. So I think it's perfectly natural to dislike your peers for being immature spoiled brats when they're under 18; above that, and maybe they'll change. If they haven't, it's probably not too many people that stay that way.
 
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