Current Events > "I'm not a kid! I'm 17!"

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I randomly heard someone say that yesterday while I was out.

I lol'd irl >_>
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I mean, I wouldn't call a 17 year old a 'kid' but he's not a legal adult either.

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Error1355 posted...

I wouldn't call a 17 year old a 'kid'

Found the 17yo kid
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Something we all said at that age, lol.

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17 is a legal adult in places. Like Michigan for example

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17 can play M rated games

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NeonOctopus posted...

I lol'd irl >_>

I would too tbh lol

17 is legally adult in over half the US...
But certainly less mature than mid 20s people, but that's neither here nor there.

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Tsuyoi3 posted...

17 is legally adult in over half the US...
But certainly less mature than mid 20s people, but that's neither here nor there.

People stop being a "kid" when they're 25 imo
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Less than half my age. I'd laugh too.

I call people up to age 24 kids a lot of the time.

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Depends on how it was said to him.

"shut up you're just a kid", I understand his response

"this year at christmas dinner you're gonna be at the kids table", eh, still understand, but such an adverse reaction isn't necessary

also, some older people just call anyone younger than them "kid". watch any sport broadcast and the older announcers always say something like "you know this KID is gonna be something special" about 23 or 24 year olds...in that context, getting upset like that about being called a kid at 27 would be stupid.

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ClunkerSlim posted...

I lol when I hear people say 19 year olds aren't kids.

Me too lol
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Error1355 posted...

I mean, I wouldn't call a 17 year old a 'kid' but he's not a legal adult either.

I'm almost 26 and people refer to me as 'kid' or something like that practically every day. Some old lady the other day referred to me as 'young boy' and another guy who was no bigger than I am called me 'lil man' a few times

Kid is <30 now

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18-20 are kids unless they fuck up or are needed for war purposes than they become the equivalent of a 40 year old adult in society basically.

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NeonOctopus posted...

I randomly heard someone say that yesterday while I was out.

I lol'd irl >_>

How's that funny? I was working full-time and had a kid when I was 17.
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a-c-a-b posted...

How's that funny? I was working full-time and had a kid when I was 17.

Because 17 year olds are kids

ok zoomer
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LepartialJury posted...

People who infantilize tend to be extremely immature themselves.

things teenagers say because they think they are sooo mature

LepartialJury posted...

Exhibit A

Exhibit T for Teen

LepartialJury posted...

People who infantilize tend to be extremely immature themselves.

Are you the 17 year old TC was talking about?

ChewedMint posted...

Are you the 17 year old TC was talking about?

You show him by proving his point!

KeeperOfShadows posted...

You show him by proving his point!

doesn't prove his point, it just goes along with his ASSERTION which is not proven. however the term "infantilization" is a strawman because no one is calling teens babbys. Also to add to that, whether or not one person is mature doesn't change the fact that teenagers feel a lot more mature than they are and are rightfully in most cases considered less mature than fully functioning mature adults.

LepartialJury posted...

infantilize
/infantilz/
verb
treat (someone) as a child or in a way which denies their maturity in age or experience.

So youre also uneducated although I dont expect anything less from someone who spams and posts like they have a mental age of 8.

you're being obtuse. a mature 17 year old would not shout aloud "I'm 17! I'm an adult!" Mature adults don't need to rant and rave about being adults. The teen isn't being denied his actual maturity level unfairly

OrdonGoatCheese posted...

Something we all said at that age, lol.

Yeah. That's around that age where most of us had something to prove and craved adult independence.

A decade later most us realize how much easier things were, but I don't blame a late teen for wanting to be considered an adult.

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LepartialJury posted...

infantilize
/infantilz/
verb
treat (someone) as a child or in a way which denies their maturity in age or experience.

So youre also uneducated although I dont expect anything less from someone who spams and posts like they have a mental age of 8.

you can be a mature kid. it doesn't mean you can't be considered a kid. there are 13 year olds who act more mature than 22 year olds. they're still considered kids in a sense. Older people will typically view most younger people, especially people still in their teens "kids"...it doesn't mean they think you're a baby and act like an immature 3 year old...its not something to get so offended over, dude...but past all that if your response to being called a "kid" is "NO IM NOT IM A MATURE ADULT"....you might not be as mature as you think you are.

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Aren't you infantilizing people who consider most teenagers to be less mature than older adults in general though? Seems hypocritical.

No one considers themselves a "kid" at that age(Even though they are), so it's not unreasonable for someone to be at least annoyed by being called one. Especially if used in a way to dismiss them or their opinion.

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"I'm a man! I'm 40!"

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a-c-a-b posted...

How's that funny? I was working full-time and had a kid when I was 17.

Found the 17yo kid
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LepartialJury posted...

People who infantilize tend to be extremely immature themselves.

Found the 17yo kid
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More often than not it's angst. However I do believe a lot of older folks discount younger generations unfairly at times. We were all teens at one point. No need to have a false sense of superiority towards valuable individuals.

I'm not offended. Also I am 13 years old.

NeonOctopus posted...

Found the 17yo kid

That's funny coming from someone whose behavior on here usually resembles that of a middle-schooler.
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Everyone's a kid until they have a kid basically.

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Now this is an amusing topic. Wish I'd have made some popcorn.

LepartialJury posted...

I mean, likewise. If youre so offended at the observation that people who infantile tend to be very immature for their age themselves and go THATS SOMETHING ONLY A KID WOULD SAY youre showing your own lack of self-awareness and proving me right.

I'm not offended by anything you said. I just don't think anyone ITT is "infantilizing" you or any other 17 year old. they're just explaining to you that maturity has nothing to do with it. Again, calling a 17 year old a kid doesn't mean you instantly view them as a baby or an infant. They're a kid. a teenage kid. That much is just a fact. You can be a very mature kid. You can be a kid who is vastly more mature than a 35 year old who calls you a kid...it doesn't change the fact that you're still, for the moment, a kid by definition. Since you like to use dictionary definitions...

Definition of kid (Entry 1 of 4)
1
: a young person
kids in high school
especially : CHILD
a married couple with two kids
often used as a generalized reference to one especially younger or less experienced
the kid on the pro golf tour
you poor kid

Its not a big deal, man.

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Woah Vipas post just turned me 5 years older now I'm 18

malenz posted...

Woah Vipas post just turned me 5 years older now I'm 18

...what?

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a-c-a-b posted...

That's funny coming from someone whose behavior on here usually resembles that of a middle-schooler.

Ok kid lol
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NeonOctopus posted...

People stop being a "kid" when they're 25 imo

Some of us can correct 2X-y.o. by starting with "Look, kid..."
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Again, i can understand getting upset about it in certain contexts, like if you are a smart teen, giving a good argument, or debate, or idea, and someone says "you're just a KID what do you know?"...that's condescending and in that context its not about being called a kid, its about not being heard because you're younger...you're still a kid, though. The same adult could have said "you know, you got some good ideas, kid, lets roll with that one"....They still called you a kid but in that context they're not automatically dismissing you because of the fact that you're a kid.

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