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People are judging how old people are based on their posts. I only judge such a thing when someone posts, "I am X years old" or when their age is apparent by posting something like, "I was X years old when this thing happened."
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
a reply to: Profusion
I have had people guess all sorts of things about me from posts. Some even claimed I was "male" based on some site that supposedly can always tell. Told them it was broken, and they flat out couldn't accept it. Rather funny, in a way.
originally posted by: nonspecific
a reply to: Profusion
For some reason in my mind all conspiracy theorists are white males aged between 30-50 years old until I discover otherwise
originally posted by: Astyanax
a reply to: Profusion
I would doubt that anyone under the age of fifty uses the word ‘admonish’ much.
originally posted by: Astyanax
a reply to: Profusion
Obviously one gets an impression of the character and personality of one’s online interlocutors from their style of writing. The impression includes an idea of their age. The clues are in the sentence structure, the use of particular words and phrases peculiar to the era they grew up in, their political concerns (rather than their political attitudes) and a good deal more.
I was admonished recently by someone on the Internet who claimed I was "almost certainly" younger than them. I can pinpoint that person's age range based on what they've posted, and the funny thing is, I'm almost certainly older than them.
originally posted by: Profusion
I was admonished recently by someone on the Internet who claimed I was "almost certainly" younger than them.
Why would people be trying to determine people's ages based on their posts? Isn't it still good to be young at heart?
originally posted by: Profusion
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
a reply to: Profusion
I have had people guess all sorts of things about me from posts. Some even claimed I was "male" based on some site that supposedly can always tell. Told them it was broken, and they flat out couldn't accept it. Rather funny, in a way.
This is one of the things that's led me not to try to guess age ranges. If I can't even guess the gender, how can I guess anything else?