whenever I post or talk to people on an online forum or something like that, they think that I’m a child or “chid-llike” q.q That is fake!! I’m not a child because I am 20 years old ok!! But it’s ok if they think that, I think it’s something disrespectful >.<

    • adrian rodriguezOP
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      but I use proper punctuation oki. Plus I don’t capitalize the first letter because I think it’s a cute choice!! And I like grammar of course.

            • @[email protected]
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              If you look at older posts, they too are written like a 14-year old girl would write.

              I am afraid OP is serious…

              • amio
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                Don’t worry, he’s not. Blatant trolling, because if any of his previous questions were sincere, he’d taken the point by now.

            • @[email protected]
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              This is a troll, or somebody so rude that they would give a passive aggressive answer like that. Either way it is worthy of being ignored.

              • adrian rodriguezOP
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                it’s not passive aggresive, I just said that I like typing like this because it shows happiness and it’s ok for me, so I’m very sorry if it sounded like that, I didn’t mean it to look like that! I apologize to erusuoyera, they are a good person and I hope they have very good holidays.

            • @[email protected]
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              Crying eyes. The period is a nose, and the legs of the n are tear streams while the horizontal line is a closed eye.

              • amio
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                Not crying per se, it’s more like “anime smiling eyes” style. I remember that shit from when I was 13, quite a while ago.

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        I think you’re 12 or 13 and lying about being 20, judging by your writing style and use of emoticons.

      • 𝔇𝔦𝔬
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        The way you type is a bit funny, to me any how, so that likely ties in to why you are perceived as, “a child” But you said it was your age, so … Guess people online are geriatrics.

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    doesn’t capitalize

    q.q

    >.<

    whines about being pigeonholed as a child due to how they communicate on a social network

    “I deserve to be treated like an adult because I am at least 1 year and 1 day past the US age of majority”

    I remember my first time on the internet, too

  • @HamSwagwich
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    Your biological age doesn’t matter on the Internet. Your only currency is how you communicate. If you communicate like a child, as far as the Internet is concerned, you are a child. If you want to be treated like an adult you need to act/communicate like an adult.

  • @[email protected]
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    I’m 22, 23 next month. The reason you’re being labeled as a child is the way you type. The vibes people are getting from your messages/posts do convey a pre-teen person. Tone down the exclamation points and capitalize the beginning of sentences. Emotion Faces should probably be reserved for chats with friends or family as on the internet they are tied to younger people. Here’s a re-written version of your post as an example:

    “Whenever I post or talk to people on an online forum or something, they think that I’m a child or child-like. But I’m not, I am a 20 y/o. It’s fine if they think that, but I think it’s disrespectful.”

  • ShaunaTheDead
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    There’s something about the way you type that comes across as juvenile. I think it’s the lack of capitalization and grammatical errors. Are you not a native English speaker? That would definitely explain it.

      • Dr Cog
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        If you want to appear more mature, start capitalizing your sentences and using less exclamation points. Some are fine, but never more than one to a sentence.

  • @[email protected]
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    97 months ago

    The secret is to not care about what people on the internet think or say. You do you 💜

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    I mean, twenty is just a couple of years short of still being a child, depending on definition. When people tell you that on the internet it’s usally not an actual guess of your age range, they are telling you that you’re acting childish.

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    I’m a teenager and I don’t talk like that.

    Just:

    Capitalize your sentences Stop spamming emoticons, emojis, and exclamation marks Don’t be naive Use common sense

    And you’ll be fine.

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    OP’s posting history.

    Yeah, wonder why that might be. Most people who have been around for a while have seen a lot of trolling that was better executed than yours is.

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      The brain doesn’t finish developing until 25, but society treats people like they’re full adults when they’re 18 (and lets them drive when they’re 16!)

  • @[email protected]
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    67 months ago

    Your typing and mannerisms are very child-like, and your responses show a naivety indicative of immaturity. Not an insult, just an observation, but I did see your post a few days ago, and the statement “Xenia wouldn’t say that,” struck me as… Prepubescent.

    • adrian rodriguezOP
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      if I was naive or child-like, I wouldn’t know about Linux or open source or Python…

      • @[email protected]
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        127 months ago

        Sorry, but that’s a naive perspective itself. Knowledge of advanced topics and maturity don’t necessarily go hand-in-hand. For instance, my first plunge into such topics was in 2007 at age 11.

      • Keith
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        I’m sorry? Many, including me, started using linux & FOSS at ages as young as what you complain you’ve been being called.