What defines youth ?

Was wondering, according to WATMMers, what makes someone "young", as opposed to "not so young" or "old". As age has no relevance, what makes you think that you are young (or getting older) ?

I would mention frequent back pain to qualify for the "not so young" category.

i still laff at poo jokes

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:11 PM, disparaissant said:

i still laff at poo jokes

Do you laugh at farts too?

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:12 PM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:11 PM, disparaissant said:

i still laff at poo jokes

 

Do you laugh at farts too?

not as much as i used to. im gettin old.

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:13 PM, disparaissant said:

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:12 PM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:11 PM, disparaissant said:

i still laff at poo jokes

 

Do you laugh at farts too?

 

not as much as i used to. im gettin old.

Yep, i guess that's confirmed.

a question appears: Were there any situations in your life, when you simply called yourself a "teenager", or acted like being one and felt good about it?

I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time.

being able to still not give a fuck about anything

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:30 PM, impakt said:

I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time.

As good a way as any i've heard

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:27 PM, Muflontillah said:

a question appears: Were there any situations in your life, when you simply called yourself a "teenager", or acted like being one and felt good about it?

Definitely yes. When I was 15-20, I called myself a teenager and had no problem about it.

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:30 PM, impakt said:

I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time.

This (age) does not account for criteria of youth. One can be young at 50 imo.

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"teenager"

this one is interesting, because I haven´t met a person who would use it while talking about someone in the age 15 and around looooong time ago. Instead, I always hear it when people are described as someone who enjoy going to discos, listening to music, playing computer games, watching MTV and other various stuff. It seems then, that it is some kind of more "official" term for word "hipster"(sorry, I had to type it) that is being used so often nowadays.

The word "teenager" relates to a social norm. It's not that I used to say "let's get stoned, teenagers friends!!!", but if I was asked to what age category I pertained to, I would have answered "teenager". Also, there can be some pride to beinger, a teenager, as opposed to not being a kid anymore.

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:40 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:27 PM, Muflontillah said:

a question appears: Were there any situations in your life, when you simply called yourself a "teenager", or acted like being one and felt good about it?

 

Definitely yes. When I was 15-20, I called myself a teenager and had no problem about it.

 

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:30 PM, impakt said:

I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time.

 

This (age) does not account for criteria of youth. One can be young at 50 imo.

Young at heart perhaps, but not young.

Teen is a definition; teen as in the tens. By logic that would mean 10 to 19, but for some social reasons it's widely accepted as 13 to 19. Strange.

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:42 PM, Muflontillah said:

I always hear it when people are described as someone who enjoy going to discos, listening to music, playing computer games, watching MTV and other various stuff.

To me, teenager describes people who talk very loud in public places, get drunk in parks, play shitty music in public places on their new cellphones, and mostly get a sense of personal identity out of their social group.

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:48 PM, impakt said:

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:40 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:27 PM, Muflontillah said:

a question appears: Were there any situations in your life, when you simply called yourself a "teenager", or acted like being one and felt good about it?

 

Definitely yes. When I was 15-20, I called myself a teenager and had no problem about it.

 

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:30 PM, impakt said:

I say young would count as the first third or so of someone's expected life time.

 

This (age) does not account for criteria of youth. One can be young at 50 imo.

 

Young at heart perhaps, but not young.

ok, agreed.

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:50 PM, impakt said:

Teen is a definition; teen as in the tens. By logic that would mean 10 to 19, but for some social reasons it's widely accepted as 13 to 19. Strange.

i wouldnt say social reasons, more like eleven twelve thirteen.

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:52 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:42 PM, Muflontillah said:

I always hear it when people are described as someone who enjoy going to discos, listening to music, playing computer games, watching MTV and other various stuff.

 

To me, teenager describes people who talk very loud in public places, get drunk in parks, play shitty music in public places on their new cellphones, and mostly get a sense of personal identity out of their social group.

 

 

my brother does all that and he's 23.

enjoy it while you can. people get really boring in their 30s

youth is when you don't wonder about what is youth

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:53 PM, disparaissant said:

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:50 PM, impakt said:

Teen is a definition; teen as in the tens. By logic that would mean 10 to 19, but for some social reasons it's widely accepted as 13 to 19. Strange.

i wouldnt say social reasons, more like eleven twelve thirteen.

Right, that would be it.

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:55 PM, TwiddleBot said:

enjoy it while you can. people get really boring in their 30s

this

  On 5/21/2010 at 4:57 PM, pierlu said:

youth is when you don't wonder about what is youth

..and most definitely this!

youth is when you think you know everything but you clearly do not.

  On 5/21/2010 at 5:07 PM, theSun said:

youth is when you think you know everything but you clearly do not.

a great deal of people never get past this problem well into adulthood

youth is about seeing things in black or white. It's all about dichotomies. When one gets older, opinions ought to become more refined.

aren't they still youths then?

i think so

  On 5/21/2010 at 5:10 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

youth is about seeing things in black or white. It's all about dichotomies. When one gets older, opinions ought to become more refined.

i think there's quite a bit of truth to this. especially in america (and the west)