Adults and mature teens only- no obnoxious, stupid people allowed- Page 7

[Marlene]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:27am

A named moderator would be nice—one with character. (Oh there I go thread jacking, yet again.)

On the other hand, the student board seems for the most part to be very school/academically/audition/let's ask more of the same questions, driven. It is the bulk of what is there. Rarely do I ever see any form of conversation that occurs in OT that going on in the student board. But, if the banal threads created by the aforementioned obnoxious individuals, that aren't of legal age, there just wouldn't be any action...any point. Attention! Attention! Can I have all your eyes and ears to the front of the room...if only for one second, hear what I have to say... (And yes, the emo lyrics was necessary)

Frankly, if there is an 18+ board what exactly is stopping me or any other underaged individual from participating. If I recall correctly, I never register to boards with a real birthdate.

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[Jane2]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:28am

papa, then let's take a vote!

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:29am

I am so freaking sick of this topic. If you are fourteen or sixteen or eighteen, you are a kid to someone who is forty or fifty. That's not a bad thing. It just IS.

This thread just serves to illustrate the phenomenon. If someone who was, say, seventeen was to start a thread that said: Discussion thread for teens...you know what? I would stay out of it. I wouldn't feel compelled to post in it and ask if you really meant for me to stay out, because, after all, I'm a very cool old person so certainly I MUST be an exception. I like kids, I have kids of my own, one of whom is probably older than three quarters of the people who posted in this thread... There is nothing inherently wrong with having a discussion thread designated just for adults. It's not everyone's divine right to post in every blessed thread. For instance, I stay out of the "hot boy" threads, because frankly, I know I don't belong there. I don't whine about it, I don't cry discrimination, I just have the common sense to realize that's not my niche.

Arrrrgh.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:29am

Then, of course, there's the eternal question- how exactly are you going to conduct age verification for an adult board? Someone once proposed credit cards. Ha.

[Marlene]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:32am

^The powers of mommy and daddy's credit card. And well I do have a credit card...and amex/visa/mc gift cards seem to pass through half the time, when online.

All in all, there's a totally valid point posed, concerning the adult thread, but I for one can never see in happening in practice. Give me a couple of years, and maybe I'll see. Updated On: 2/18/06 at 12:32 AM

[liotte]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:33am

I like the idea of a serious topics board.

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:34am

Iflit- this was my post on the previous page. "There's a natural generation gap between teenagers and those posters who may even be as old as in their 60's or more. Older more mature people very often prefer to discuss different topics and in different ways than teenagers. There's nothing to be ashamed about on either side"/

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:34am

What Iflit said goes for me too, only double. On the other hand, if *I* had posted that, theaterbabe would scold me for not being postive enough!

Anyhoo, thank you, Iflit, for explaining it in a way that I hope is understandable even to the most entitled tween whose parents have never set limits for.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:35am

"Serious" can be subjective. Why not have a chatter board? That way you keep off exactly the kind of no-topic nonsense you're all deploring, while keeping the mix of fun and solemn we have here.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:35am

...the problem is: what one person considers serious another might consider banal.

I have to agree with iflit. Post on the threads which are of interest to you, ignore those that aren't and thank the moderators for keeping this place pretty darn problem-free.

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:37am

I thought this *was* a chatter board.

[vbplayer]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:37am

This thread is really bothering me, and I know whatever I try to express here will turn on me tenfold. But think about what you are trying to convey.....before you post it. Some people will get hurt, and for what?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:37am

The minor sand in the ointment with that Addy, is when the OT board is overrun with chatter threads and toe hair topics it's hard to locate the threads that would interest those of us not interested in that sort of thing.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:37am

And my problem with an adult board is most of the adults are just as stupid and ridiculous as the kids.

[Marlene]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:37am

From experience, (I mod on a forum), there tends to be an issue for certain individuals to distinguish from the different boards...and there's always controversy about that. But that may be a totally different story given that I will assume, the demographic of this forum is different.
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[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:38am

Why would people want to sneak onto the Adults thread? If you've actually got anything to contribute that's worth while and you post it on the OT board, people - adults, kids, whomever - will put in the effort to visit the OT board and follow that thread. But why would someone want to sneak onto a board they shouldn't, unless it's to post more drivel?

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:38am

There is no reason for anyone to get hurt because of a generation gap. It's part of NATURE.

[theatrebabe]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:38am

:P I'm all for negativty, ok? Just not in copious amounts.


And it's kinda freaky that SP's posts are almost duplicates of the conversation I just had with Tiff...

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[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:39am

Marlene - Huh?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:39am

True, Namo.

So, maybe instead of people having a meltdown every time a thread is deleted, the culture should be one of support that the board is being well maintained...

[Plum]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:39am

Why would people want to sneak onto the Adults thread?

Because it's the forbidden place where older people hang out? I mean, why not?

[Marlene]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:40am

As stupid as it sounds Tiff, I want what I can't have. Oh and of course the little mental victory dance for when I say "Oh snap, I beat the system son!" is just fantastic, it's Idina Menzel goooood.

What, YWIW?

[edit] Yes, as Colleen wisely stated, it's my way of sticking it to the man!
Updated On: 2/18/06 at 12:40 AM

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:41am

"Why would people want to sneak onto the Adults thread?"

Same reason 14 year olds want to drink, smoke and copulate in copious amounts. They're not supposed to.

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[jasonf]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:41am

iflitifloat -- very well put. I agree with you to a point. I'm a teacher - I work with kids ALL day. Let me rephrase that - I work with MIDDLE SCHOOL kids all day. I love them, and I love my job.
BWW is something I do in my free time. I don't come on here to read about how great Idina/Wicked/Rent are, which is what I hear from the kids I teach who even know what/who those things/people are.
I come onto BWW for three reasons: 1)to learn about theater/keep abreast of what's happening in the theater world, 2)to have INTELLIGENT discussions about topics I enjoy, and 3)to make connections with other people with similar interests. Just like teenagers would mostly rather talk with other teenagers, I originally believed I would PREFER to speak with adults (Though, admittedly, at 28 years old, I may not be considered to be much more than a kid myself to a fifty or sixty year old). However, I've come to see from my students and from some posters on here that many teens have valid points and can successfully maintain an adult conversation. In regards to points one and two above, that's fine - it's in point three that things get tricky with the teens.
Therefore, after all that late-night rambling, the conclusion I've reached is that the "serious topics" board is a good idea, but I do question how to prevent inane topics or posts from appearing to begin with...

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:42am

I do believe The Entitlement Generation has grown up believing that they are the most important beings in the world, that they are brilliant geniuses, and that they have a right to express their opinions whenever and where ever they'd like. Oh, and that the world must come to a screeching halt when they do so.