Twenty Somethings

[Munachi]

I'd imagine that it can be quite strenuous at really high elevations though. One could become a member in the mile high club. The flight height for most passenger planes is 11.000 meters (~33.000 feet) that's probably the highest you can get easily, allthough that wouldn' be outside. But there's another kind of thrill to it.

well, yes but outside (i.e. on a mountain) doesn't count for high mile, i was told...

as for strenuous, i guess it depends on height... the andes have valleys too... though of course, careful for the first few days. hm, the "highest" sex i had was at about 3800 metres, and i was fine there. but of course that was in a city in a hotel and i had been at that hight for a while already. and it isn't very high at all.

 

[cow_parts85]

I'm 20 something...I forget

 

[BXGemini20]

Wow! This topic is going all over the place. Had a long day. Coming back from my sister's high school graduation. Very long day. Need do photo work for my mom before I hit the hay.

 

[Munachi]

what type of photo work?

 

[BXGemini20]

what type of photo work?

Just editing shots and fixing them up. You know like get rid of red eye. SImple tasks.

 

[Munachi]

ah okay...

 

[BXGemini20]

Looks like this topic slowed down. LOL. One day till birthday...

 

[HybridCrow]

Sorry, I was out of town for the weekend. Got back home Monday night and I've been mostly lurking around.

I went to Kentucky for the weekend not only to attend an anime convention in Paducah, KY, but also to meet this girl I have been talking to for the last several months.

I didn't go to the convention because the girl said it wasn't worth the $50 admission, considering it was nothing great and a small convention even. So, we spent the whole weekend watching movies, anime, playing video games, and shopping.

Also, I am proud to say that I am no longer a "boy". Instead of details, I will just say that I had sex twice over the weekend and yes, with the same girl. I really wasn't expecting this to happen. I simply went down there to meet her and to have a fun time, but we both just happened to "click" and we had sex. It just felt like that "special time" as it's often referred to as. I mean she and I were comfortable with each other and enjoyed each other's company. Whether or not we will have a full relationship, depends on what happens. We simply left it at the fact that it was an adult thing and it just felt like that kind of moment.

Maybe you guys have said this after your first time, but I am ALSO proud to say that I do NOT regret it. Like I said, it felt right. I enjoyed it and I have to admit, I kind of see what everyone else has told me when they said that sex was not all it was hyped up to be, but I really did enjoy it. Also, whoever the hell said the first time was going to end quickly was full of shit. Even I surprised myself the first time. I lasted WAY longer than I had expected. I was only microscopic nervous at first, but as soon as it was happening, I felt really comfortable.

I have to say though, it seems like my family has NO morals. Well, except my step-dad. He told my mom to leave me alone, and well she was drunk when she asked me, "Did you get laid?" Then the next night when I saw my brother for the first time, he "jokingly" asked if I got laid. I simply told them both no because it was none of their business.

I felt telling you guys because I just wanted to let you guys know you won't hear me complaining about not getting laid anymore. LOL

Anyways, I'm back home from my fun-filled weekend. I'm heading to bed. I just got off work.

 

[My Own Way]

Congrats HC...I'm wicked happy for you!

 

[BXGemini20]

Wow! Must have been destiny, HC. Congrats. Co-sign with you saying its nobody business that you got laid.


Now if only I can get laid for my birthday. Maybe I'll get lucky one day, probaly not today.

 

[Munachi]

yay hc!

 

[Magic_Dick]

being 20 is the worst. That long and lonely stretch when most of your friends are of bar-going age, and you're still a few months off.

I hate not getting respect from older people at work, especially when I am put in charge of them. Just because you're older than me, doesn't mean you do your job better than me, or know more about your job than I do. Fuck! There's a reason I'm your supervisor and not the other way around! Being around for 10-15 years more than me doesn't make you any smarter, etc. Anyway..

Car insurance SUCKS right now too. I have a 2000 Eclipse, so I pay out the ass for my insurance. Under 25 and male- I've got the worst demographic for shopping for car insurance.

Also, your early 20s is when most psychological disorders will really begin showing themselves and taking precedence in your personality. When I turned 19, I got horribly depressed, went to the doctor, went to the psych, etc. Got diagnosed, put on meds, and now I'm fucking awesome. It might be that it's largely a transitional period, between being dependent on your parents and growing into "real" adulthood.

Hrmm, anyway, I love being 20. I don't wanna grow up...

my $0.02

It gets better. All you need to do is find something to keep you busy and the whole friggin' decade will fly by. As for not getting respect from older people at work? THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE! But don't worry, most of them will retire in the next 5 years, and then who cares what they think? I'll be 29 in a few months, and I still don't get any respect from those spoiled, aging Baby Boomers. And here's a tip you can use: You only have to be 19 in Canada to drink, and in some places 18. If you can't wait a year to join your friends, take a trip up north.

 

[HybridCrow]

I just realized something... doesn't it even occur to anybody that the reason older people don't give younger people any respect, especially when it comes to the job because the younger generation is always being a pansy-assed, know-it-all generation? Not to mention there are those who are spoiled because mommy and daddy have money and got them a sports car for graduation, etc.

Personally, if I was somebody who worked at a job for a long time and they decided to bring in somebody younger than me as a manager, I too would be pissed off. It seems nowadays that most jobs don't go by experience and years worked AT the job when it comes to promotional work.

For instance, I had been at my first job for two years straight. I was always working, I worked other people's hours when they didn't come in, and I even closed the store a few times. You'd think after two years, I was getting a raise or possibly got training to be an assistant manager? No. All my hard work went to a dead-end only to let some spoiled brat who hadn't worked long getting the better opportunities than me.

 

[Munachi]

depends. age and experience aren't the only things that come into it. sometimes one person is just better than something than another person, even though they have less experience...

and i don't think the younger generation is necessarily more spoilt... look at me, i am young and not spoilt at all!

 

[BXGemini20]

SO true, Muna. So true...

 

[Munachi]

especially the part about how i am not spoilt. i am very nice, very intelligent, and above all, very modest.

 

[1stClassNiceGuy]

especially the part about how i am not spoilt. i am very nice, very intelligent, and above all, very modest.

Very....modest? :grin: Yeah, modest!

 

[Munachi]

yes. exactly. ask anyone that knows me.

 

[HybridCrow]

depends. age and experience aren't the only things that come into it. sometimes one person is just better than something than another person, even though they have less experience...

and i don't think the younger generation is necessarily more spoilt... look at me, i am young and not spoilt at all!

I was referring to the general younger population that tends to be spoiled.

And I'm simply stating that most companies have a so-called policy about promotion and there are people who miss out on the opportunity simply because the company doesn't let them know of an opening or they right out hire somebody from under... especially if it's somebody younger and fresh out of school (high school, college, etc) and there are several people who've worked at the job for a long time and could be well qualified to handle the job.

 

[HybridCrow]

yes. exactly. ask anyone that knows me.

I think modesty is to know when to NOT bare it all.

 

[BXGemini20]

I think modesty is to know when to NOT bare it all.

Interesting... *thinks about it*

 

[Munachi]

I think modesty is to know when to NOT bare it all.

huh? i don't understand.

 

[Munachi]

I was referring to the general younger population that tends to be spoiled.

And I'm simply stating that most companies have a so-called policy about promotion and there are people who miss out on the opportunity simply because the company doesn't let them know of an opening or they right out hire somebody from under... especially if it's somebody younger and fresh out of school (high school, college, etc) and there are several people who've worked at the job for a long time and could be well qualified to handle the job.

well... i don't think either that the general younger population is more spoiled - every generation was the younger population once. and in our case, who is younger, really? you are 22 if i remember right? anyone working is part of your generation, really. like, even a 16 year old is only six years younger, which seems quite a bit now, but already at my age (26) isn't really, i have friends that are six years yougner than me, and i don't consider them a different generation. so are people that are just a few years younger than you really more spoiled? that'd strike me as weird, why'd have the way kids are raised changed so suddenly?

 

[Magic_Dick]

I was referring to the general younger population that tends to be spoiled.

And I'm simply stating that most companies have a so-called policy about promotion and there are people who miss out on the opportunity simply because the company doesn't let them know of an opening or they right out hire somebody from under... especially if it's somebody younger and fresh out of school (high school, college, etc) and there are several people who've worked at the job for a long time and could be well qualified to handle the job.

In today's job market, it's no longer a good idea to make yourself indispensible. If your boss feels that nobody could ever do your job as well as you can, he'll never promote you, because he wants you to stay where you are.

 

[Magic_Dick]

well... i don't think either that the general younger population is more spoiled - every generation was the younger population once. and in our case, who is younger, really? you are 22 if i remember right? anyone working is part of your generation, really. like, even a 16 year old is only six years younger, which seems quite a bit now, but already at my age (26) isn't really, i have friends that are six years yougner than me, and i don't consider them a different generation. so are people that are just a few years younger than you really more spoiled? that'd strike me as weird, why'd have the way kids are raised changed so suddenly?

I'm 28, and sometimes I can't believe how different people in their early 20's are from people my own age. I don't know how a few years can make such a difference. The first time I heard myself refer to some 22 yr olds as "kids", I think I went through an early mid-life crisis. I do think that people who have graduated in the last few years have an unprecedented sense of entiltlement, and that could be interpreted as being spoiled. But just because they think they should have everything handed to them doesn't mean that they will. In the end, they'll have to work for it just like the rest of us chumps.