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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Penguin on March 13, 2011, 02:09:46 PM
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After a few hours of thinking, it dawned on me that if my parents were to ground me for the rest of my life I wouldn't notice it. I'm a 14 year old kid and I haven't left my house (other than to go to school) in months. Afterwards I'm at home on my computer, then I do my homework and go to sleep.
Is this normal?
-Penguin
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not normal...but then i grew up before computers, the retardnet and 300 channels on cable tv...used to play in the dirt...help my dad or my friends fix/build things...never uttered the words "i'm bored" because there was always something to do.
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tv? Thats for lazy americans! Computers all the time? Thats for geeks or people who have nothing to do, back in my day I worked out and helped my dad with whatever he needed me to!
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tv? Thats for lazy americans! Computers all the time? Thats for geeks or people who have nothing to do, back in my day I worked out and helped my dad with whatever he needed me to!
what are you talking about, you're not much older than penguin...
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Back in your day my balls, kid! I remember back when you were just an annoying little grasshopper! (LEGOMAN). Yes, but now my parents are in their mid-forties and early fifties. One has arthritis and the other has a leg broken in five places (with a titanium rod inside). They can't run, jump or swim with me (6 minute mile vs 9+ minute mile). Even with sedentary projects such as a potato cannon or a model airplane, the answer is always "Go study some more". I know they love me and want the best possible future for me, but dang it seems like I won't have a childhood at this rate.
-Penguin
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After a few hours of thinking, it dawned on me that if my parents were to ground me for the rest of my life I wouldn't notice it. I'm a 14 year old kid and I haven't left my house (other than to go to school) in months. Afterwards I'm at home on my computer, then I do my homework and go to sleep.
Is this normal?
At 14, yes I would say that that is pretty normal. Now, when you are a couple years older and have an opportunity to either sit in your room on your computer or have a social life with human interactions, I suggest that you turn the computer off and go out and live a little in the real world.
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At 14, yes I would say that that is pretty normal. Now, when you are a couple years older and have an opportunity to either sit in your room on your computer or have a social life with human interactions, I suggest that you turn the computer off and go out and live a little in the real world.
Or go make sexy time with the wimmenz
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get a girl friend, it will help
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No its not normal. At your age its important to develop your social skills at an early age and you cant do that hiding in your house. You need to get out more for sure, I just got back from a 10 mile bike ride down to the beach with my 8 year old, she loves it and its a good time to spend alone with the little ones with no distractions besides the added benefit of exercise.
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wow what a troll :rofl
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Some part time work is also worth looking at, it helps you develop social contacts outside of school and to rely on others to achieve a common goal.
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wow what a troll :rofl
I'm trying to figure something out, jeez, lay off!
-Penguin
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I spent the first 18-20 years of my life (im 22) hidden at home (most of the time)... I'm just getting started to enjoy the oustide life and I'm starting meet some interesting people (that includes girls). I realized how much I wasted my time playing games instead of getting my brain to develop the appropriate skills for social life (at work, friend's, school, even home) and education/skills.
So, I'd say at 14 you still have time to enjoy your time as a kid and profit from your spare time but not too much so as to be prepared to get into the grown ups world without any cyberdependency or social anxiety leftovers whatsoever.
Like phatzo said, work is a good place to start, as long as you don't screw up, stay open minded to critics and use your brain :salute
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Hmm, sounds like a plan; only that I live in the middle of nowhere. (There's one kid from my school in my area, and my highschool has over one thousand kids). The cyberdependancy and social anxiety hit home, though- I feel like a mole blinded by the sunlight.
-Penguin
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I'm trying to figure something out, jeez, lay off!
-Penguin
sure ya are :aok
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Let me explain, I can only see through my eyes. This lifestyle seems "normal" to me. This, however, may not be the case in the grander scheme of things.
-Penguin
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Yes i am the famous LegoMan :rofl :noid, i'm turning 16 in 5 months, so there's a little age difference. But my parents are in their early 30's
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Hmm, sounds like a plan; only that I live in the middle of nowhere. (There's one kid from my school in my area, and my highschool has over one thousand kids). The cyberdependancy and social anxiety hit home, though- I feel like a mole blinded by the sunlight.
-Penguin
Been there. It forges a very special character though especially since you handle well in AH's community, I'm sure you will realize how middle of nowhere is quite bigger (and also smaller) than you thought.
The frustrations and near depressions resulting from transformed me into a better person (I think :rolleyes:). Just the fact that you are questioning yourself about it is a very good step forward. Don't compare yourself too much to the others though as this will inevitably force your to think lesser of yourself.
Just stay sharp and think positive. You are still very young and you got lots of time left to figure out things about yourself (and no one ever fully does). Focus on what you do best and find related fields that might need the skills when the time comes.
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Been there. It forges a very special character though especially since you handle well in AH's community, I'm sure you will realize how middle of nowhere is quite bigger (and also smaller) than you thought.
The frustrations and near depressions resulting from transformed me into a better person (I think :rolleyes:). Just the fact that you are questioning yourself about it is a very good step forward. Don't compare yourself too much to the others though as this will inevitably force your to think lesser of yourself.
Just stay sharp and think positive. You are still very young and you got lots of time left to figure out things about yourself (and no one ever fully does). Focus on what you do best and find related fields that might need the skills when the time comes.
+1, and stay out of jail. there you are forced into social interactions you might not wanna remember........ :noid
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+1, and stay out of jail. there you are forced into social interactions you might not wanna remember........ :noid
Never bend over to pick up soap in the shower... :noid
-Penguin
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Go play outside.
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That's my problem, with whom? It's all :old: around here!
-Penguin
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Go play outside.
That's easier said than done nowadays
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Go play outside.
thats what 14 year old kids do, but i doubt hes a kid, just sayin
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Good grief. I AM A KID!
-Penguin
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Bike ride? Those keep me busy
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That's my problem, with whom? It's all :old: around here!
-Penguin
Go find a tree and climb it. Yes, I have lots of friends around here, but i LOVE climbing trees. Ive climbed a 75ft tree in my backyard before and i felt so accomplished! Take a try at it, just dont fall. Its a long ways down.
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My parents won't let me climb trees. I'm too old for airsoft/paintball (really, those things are for little kids). A model airplane will only end up decapitating someone, and a potato gun will end up blowing me up. Riding a bike? Isn't that for elementary school kids?
I don't know what I'm in the right age group for anymore :(
-Penguin
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My parents won't let me climb trees. I'm too old for airsoft/paintball (really, those things are for little kids). A model airplane will only end up decapitating someone, and a potato gun will end up blowing me up. Riding a bike? That's what little kids do, again, my parents say I'm too old for it.
-Penguin
Truthfully....parents are their to make sure you dont get in trouble, It is ok to take some chances man! Just find something and go do it! Trial and Error. Thats how i found volleyball, i played it in PE in middle school, and now im getting scholarship offers in high school! You can try anything! You just have to try.
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My parents won't let me climb trees. I'm too old for airsoft/paintball (really, those things are for little kids). A model airplane will only end up decapitating someone, and a potato gun will end up blowing me up. Riding a bike? Isn't that for elementary school kids?
I don't know what I'm in the right age group for anymore :(
-Penguin
Are you dumb kid? In the UK soldiers train using air soft guns, its more of a grown up sport than anything! I used to fly air planes and i still have my head even tho i sucked at piloting, plus model air planes have no moving parts! and Potato guns are fun as hell! And what about all the adults who ride bikes for exercise or to get around or have a nice Sunday evening? SERIOUSLY :furious KID USE YOUR BRAIN!
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Ice speedway will keep you entertained.
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My parents won't let me climb trees. I'm too old for airsoft/paintball (really, those things are for little kids). A model airplane will only end up decapitating someone, and a potato gun will end up blowing me up. Riding a bike? Isn't that for elementary school kids?
I don't know what I'm in the right age group for anymore :(
-Penguin
There are no age groups for the activities you mentioned. The most important thing you need to remember (especially at school) is that the so called manners every kids of your age have concerning the ways you walk, speak, dress, study, or have fun will all change the very moment you finish high school.
There is not pre set limit or restrictions for what kind of things you can or cannot do when it comes to moving your butt out of the house. There is nothing more natural than riding a bike or playing paintball with a bunch of friends. There are phases of learning when you join an RC club and start flying a trainer plane with a trainer for the first time. The goal is to let your parents know that you know what you are doing and slowly letting them trust in your judgment and wisdom. By then, it will be time to leave the house and get an apartment and be a man.
That's just life and it's very simple. The system is what is making it look complex.
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Are you dumb kid? In the UK soldiers train using air soft guns, its more of a grown up sport than anything! I used to fly air planes and i still have my head even tho i sucked at piloting, plus model air planes have no moving parts! and Potato guns are fun as hell! And what about all the adults who ride bikes for exercise or to get around or have a nice Sunday evening? SERIOUSLY :furious KID USE YOUR BRAIN!
why do you keep calling him KID? you are a kid. USE YOUR BRAIN and kindly quit posting like a moron. thanks. :aok
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There are no age groups for the activities you mentioned. The most important thing you need to remember (especially at school) is that the so called manners every kids of your age have concerning the ways you walk, speak, dress, study, or have fun will all change the very moment you finish high school.
There is not pre set limit or restrictions for what kind of things you can or cannot do when it comes to moving your butt out of the house. There is nothing more natural than riding a bike or playing paintball with a bunch of friends. There are phases of learning when you join an RC club and start flying a trainer plane with a trainer for the first time. The goal is to let your parents know that you know what you are doing and slowly letting them trust in your judgment and wisdom. By then, it will be time to leave the house and get an apartment and be a man.
That's just life and it's very simple. The system is what is making it look complex.
My parents said that I was too old for it, so now I can't do it. Whenever I'm playing around with my broken airsoft gun, my mom looks at me as if I were wearing a diaper.
My parents will never, ever trust me. No matter what I do, it's immediately shut down. From baking soda and vinegar rockets to using a stove, I know that I'll mess up eventually and hurt somebody.
-Penguin
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sounds like over protective parents to me...you're either the baby of the family or the only child or you were sickly as a baby...
the best way to learn not to get hurt doing something is by doing something...as long as you think it through and it's not more of a risk than you can handle...if your parents object, tell them you're trying to grow up and learn things like the rest of the world so you can fit in when you're their age...
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If only it were that easy... :rofl
-Penguin
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why do you keep calling him KID? you are a kid. USE YOUR BRAIN and kindly quit posting like a moron. thanks. :aok
I'm a red neck, I'm a moron, i'm a country lover, i'm a gun freak with trigger finger syndrome, and i'm proud of it, I honestly don't give a crap what you think sir :aok
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I'm a red neck, I'm a moron, i'm a country lover, i'm a gun freak with trigger finger syndrome, and i'm proud of it, I honestly don't give a crap what you think sir :aok
Being a redneck, or someone who loves their country is a far cry from being retarded, which is how you're acting.
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Can we stop trolling?
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Being a redneck, or someone who loves their country is a far cry from being retarded, which is how you're acting.
lol I could care less about our country, I meant country music
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lol I could care less about our country, I meant country music
:rolleyes:
Better get your flamesuit on.
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I'm a red neck, I'm a moron, i'm a country lover, i'm a gun freak with trigger finger syndrome, and i'm proud of it, I honestly don't give a crap what you think sir :aok
kinda like the way nobody gives a crap what you think? i dont care what kind of redneck gun freak you are. i said you were a kid calling a kid KID. and i said that was retarded. i didn't ask you if you were a watermelon kicking non thinking inbred redneck crap smelling moron. thanks for that though, it pretty much explains everything.
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:rofl i'm almost 16, i'm two years old than him almost
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ANYWAYS
Penguin, just go find something to do. You can find a LOT of stuff to do out in the middle of no where. Take up drawing! The middle of no where can inspire some BEAUTIFUL drawings.
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:rofl i'm almost 16, i'm two years old than him almost
Oh boy, a whole 2 years.
Most of the guys on this board are twice as old as us, yet they dont call us KID or BOY
Don't belittle someone just because your a nameless face behind the intardnet.
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we need a yawn dude on here... ill just use this instead(http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx154/mohaam0nkey/popcorn.gif)
anyone play fantasy foot ball on here?
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Penguin, just go find something to do. You can find a LOT of stuff to do out in the middle of no where. Take up drawing! The middle of no where can inspire some BEAUTIFUL drawings.
:aok
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or paint, when you have some material togeather you can have an exhibition, and walla, social life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnJ0a3nZV2w
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After a few hours of thinking, it dawned on me that if my parents were to ground me for the rest of my life I wouldn't notice it. I'm a 14 year old kid and I haven't left my house (other than to go to school) in months. Afterwards I'm at home on my computer, then I do my homework and go to sleep.
Is this normal?
-Penguin
No wonder your stupidity shines like a dim light during the blackest of nights.
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My parents won't let me climb trees. I'm too old for airsoft/paintball (really, those things are for little kids). A model airplane will only end up decapitating someone, and a potato gun will end up blowing me up. Riding a bike? Isn't that for elementary school kids?
I don't know what I'm in the right age group for anymore :(
-Penguin
This isn't for elementary kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO17rm1aSvQ&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO17rm1aSvQ&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIp1sgV7doo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIp1sgV7doo)
I used to do that in high school, it was awesome.
All you need is your bike and a shovel.
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Penguin, get a hobby of some sort. If your parents won't let you do it at first, then it's your responsibility to convince them to let you. And if you learn enough about it you will be safe (you will make mistakes, but making mistakes is just part of the learning process). Or if a hobby doesn't appeal to you, just do a lot of different things. But at the end of the day, don't worry about it.
No wonder your stupidity shines like a dim light during the blackest of nights.
:headscratch:
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never uttered the words "i'm bored" because there was always something to do.
And god forbid you uttered those words around your parents. In my house it was usually followed by " Oh really....I have something you can do"
I grew up in the middle of nowhere myself, I always found something to keep me busy. (grew up in the late 70s) Hopefully your not to far away from driving age, I know once i started driving, I was gone from dawn to dark.
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This troll isn't above trolling even the Japanese quake news thread.
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And god forbid you uttered those words around your parents. In my house it was usually followed by " Oh really....I have something you can do"
I grew up in the middle of nowhere myself, I always found something to keep me busy. (grew up in the late 70s) Hopefully your not to far away from driving age, I know once i started driving, I was gone from dawn to dark.
I never say im bored anymore because my parents always say that
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After a few hours of thinking, it dawned on me that if my parents were to ground me for the rest of my life I wouldn't notice it. I'm a 14 year old kid and I haven't left my house (other than to go to school) in months. Afterwards I'm at home on my computer, then I do my homework and go to sleep.
Is this normal?
-Penguin
look Im 17 went threw the phase your in, You will see as you get older you tend to drift away from the computer. It all started for me when I was sick of being overweight because of 4 years on intense PC gaming.. So I did something else but the computer for my summer break from school and It my situation changed dramaticly... Now Im not saying I dont game anymore because I do plenty but I no longer love my computer more then my family...
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You will see as you get older you tend to drift away from the computer.
Well said, I was a WoW kid for about 3 years and you couldnt pull me away from the computer with a crowbar.
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Penguin, just go find something to do. You can find a LOT of stuff to do out in the middle of no where. Take up drawing! The middle of no where can inspire some BEAUTIFUL drawings.
I have, and writing too. I mean something that I can do with others. Writing is a bunch of fun, but it seems like my characters are reflective of myself-
One's a leader who doesn't think ahead
One's a geek who doesn't know what he's talking about
One's a loner who has no clue of what's going on
One's always angry over the little stuff and misses the larger picture
Why do people keep calling me a troll? It seems like I need to think ahead more to prevent people from getting peeved. Gah, but how?
Luckily I'm not overweight, but ironically the very thing that was supposed to get me doing things with others (Cross Country, Winter Track, and Spring Track) has been ruined due to an overly tight tendon.
As for driving, I'm not interested driving a screaming metal 1,000 kg deathtrap. Even if I were, where on earth would I go? I get the "here's something to do" response as well, but it's always the same thing (study). Never anything else- I know school is important, but homework eventually is completed.
Here's an interesting question though, whenever I ask to do something like build a potato cannon or make a model airplane, my parents always say that it will hurt my little brother (if I could hit a human target with a glider reliably, I'd have a future in air racing).
-Penguin
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No need to be peeved to call things for what they are.
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We walked barefoot in the snow to school. I also recall it being uphill both ways and 90 degrees.
We had to decide to either eat food or to feed the dogs..... that only being a choice if we found some roadkill on the trip to school. Otherwise we ate the dogs.
Our first car ran good downhill. There was no engine so we later decided to remove the transmission for better ground clearance. We kept the fuel tank to carry the moonshine in.
I had a horse for awhile but we ate it. It only had three legs and one of them was shorter than the other two.
You have it so easy.
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No, it's not normal for it to be so short.
Oh I'm sorry, what was your question again? :neener: