On 16 October 2012 18:23, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Demian Brecht <demianbre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > There's a small light somewhere deep down that says maybe this is just > > someone quite misdirected. A brief search shows that he has multiple > > domains, all with the same type of design. I would be hard pressed to > think > > that someone would go to that extent just to troll a list. > > > > Meh, maybe it's my good nature :P > > My theory for a while now has been that Mr. Hutto is probably an > enterprising teenager. His desire to build a web development company > is sincere and should be encouraged, but his lack of experience is > readily apparent, as is his rather crude behavior on list. >
I feel necessity to argue against this point. It is a common thing to stereotype teens in this way - but, being teen myself, I feel one should try to avoid it. It's painful to watch every time someone claims "he can't be a teenager - his spelling/grammar is too good" or any derivation of it, as with the inverse concept that the uneducated are always teenagers. i have techers who type lke this, and I have teachers who type very professionally. I have peers of my age group who meticulously craft their online conversations, n i no BFFs who dun b like that. How someone speaks on the internet seems to me proportional almost entirely to their intelligence*, not to their wisdom. Sure, there is an age where one, no matter how bright, will speak like trash, but this normally coincides with an inability to speak well, too. Most older teenagers have as good a grasp on language as they will ever learn, so it hardly applies to them. * Note that I speak not of IQ or problem-solving ability, but more of a general social intelligence that can be seen in almost any poster on this list.
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