Oh gods i'm 17

[EvilElitest]

Well, today is my birthday. I'm 17 all, just letting you know........i feel quite old now


Sadly i don't have much more to say, just wanted to put that out there.
from
EE

[Ethrael]

Happy Birthday! 17 isn't bad, and you're not old, just...you know...

How about some cake?

http://coolest-birthday-cakes.shippony.com/images/theme/music/guitars/guitar_cake_17.jpg

[Arioch]

Wow, you're slightly older than me. I'm seventeen in a couple of weeks.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Grats EE!

Have some presents, cookies and lie-proof cake!

[Lord_Asmodeus]

I've been 17 for 6 days (since 08 of September for those who are as bad at math as me)

[Flickerdart]

My 17 was all the way back in June...you people are making me feel old. Quick, someone older come in and make me feel like a kid again. I'll miss those days.

[Destro_Yersul]

I'll be 20 on the Fourteenth of October. Stop making me feel old, it's only 2 decades!

[Krrth]

Heh. Congrats. Enjoy it while it lasts.

[Tengu_temp]

Happy birthday! Here's your mandatory comic:
http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF032-Todays_My_Birthday.gif

Remember, as long as you're younger than me, you'll always be a kid.

[Lord_Asmodeus]

Happy birthday! Here's your mandatory comic:
http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF032-Todays_My_Birthday.gif

Remember, as long as you're younger than me, you'll always be a kid.

Where's that from, its priceless? :smallbiggrin:

[Destro_Yersul]

It's from the Perry Bible Fellowship (http://pbfcomics.com/), and most of the others are equally morbid. And as a warning, some approach NSFW.

It is mandatory to link that particular one in Birthday threads.

[Pocketa]

I stand to disagree!

You have wasted the past 9 months of your 17-year-old-nessness not knowing you were 17! Maybe I just start counting earlier, whatcha! Indeed, you are 17 and 9 months today. How does THAT make you feel?

Sorry, I just watched Family Guy...

EDIT: Ironically, the guy in the comic just turned 16. Each blue bead counts for four, that's his fourth, fxf=s.

[randman22222]

Happy Birthday! :smallbiggrin:

[Dode]

Well, today is my birthday. I'm 17 all, just letting you know........i feel quite old now
That's nothing, I can legally drink alcohol

feel free to ask your wisened elder anything

[Mauve Shirt]

17 is a boring age! Happy birthday though! May your gifts make up for it!

[Dode]

ah hell with it knowing EE it's gonna be some question like "why aren't you straight edge?!?!" im outta here later thread

oh and happy birthday :smallmad::smalltongue:

[MisterSaturnine]

Congratulations--I turned 17 early August.

If you live in the US, you're old enough to join the army, but not old enough to drink. That means that you'll be allowed to go, "Oh, God...I-I can't...I can't feel my legs! I can't feel my legs!" But you're not allowed to go, "WOOO! I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!"

Here's to another year of your posts here on the playground, which I thoroughly enjoy. :smallsmile:

[black dragoon]

Congrats. And you're not old! I'm a year and some months older so don't feel bad!

[Mauve Shirt]

You're not old until you're 30. As soon as people start taking you seriously, you become an old person.
I'll turn 20 in 6 months...geez.

[EvilElitest]

thanks all, I"m suprised how many people are around my age

Oh thanks Tengu
from
EE

[randman22222]

Oh, and 17 isn't as boring as people say it is. :smallsmile:

[Mauve Shirt]

It is! You're not legal in any way! Same with 19!

[Dode]

It is! You're not legal in any way! Same with 19!If EE's gonna cash in his v-card anytime soon it's probably going to be with a girl who's younger then he is, not older.

[alchemyprime]

Oh gee, then I've been old since I was eight...

God, being smart in a town called "The Land of Pizza and Donuts" sucks... but our food is delicious...

Oh, and since you may get a ton of presents, makes sure to give Phra-Sao (http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/south-east_asian-mythology.php?deity=PHRA-SAO) some props.

My gift to you:
Um... A boomerang?
{Language, just to warn you.}

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/further_boomerang_difficulties.png

[Uncle Festy]

Happily birthdilays!
… no I don't know what that means.

[EvilElitest]

If EE's gonna cash in his v-card anytime soon it's probably going to be with a girl who's younger then he is, not older.

um, right. It not legal until 18 through in the states i believe
from
EE

[Destro_Yersul]

It is! You're not legal in any way! Same with 19!

Says the Non-Canadian :smallbiggrin:

I can legally drink, vote and do naughty things, and 19 is what I be. At least for another month.

[Dode]

um, right. It not legal until 18 through in the states i believe
from
EE Well I'm Canadian; legal age was 14 until like a month ago

kind of difficult to put myself in your position

[Lord_Asmodeus]

um, right. It not legal until 18 through in the states i believe
from
EE

Indeed, but unless you're buying porn or something its not exactly enforced.

[Mauve Shirt]

Says the Non-Canadian :smallbiggrin:

I can legally drink, vote and do naughty things, and 19 is what I be. At least for another month.

Yeah, screw you. :smalltongue: I can do naughty things and vote. But at 17 in the US you can't.

[Dode]

oh yeah, in Canada i suppose it'd be illegal to sodomize you EE but my local government is workin' hard to lower that too to 16

[Recaiden]

Happy birthday. And 17 isn't really old, even if i sometimes feel I'm old too. Think about all the people older than you. :smalltongue:

[Cristo Meyers]

Happy birthday. And 17 isn't really old, even if i sometimes feel I'm old too. Think about all the people older than you. :smalltongue:

...

shut up...(is 25) :smalltongue:

you're all making me feel old...

Have a good one EE. I'd try and work a Jade Empire joke in here, but my memory's startin' ta go :smalltongue:

[Poison_Fish]

um, right. It not legal until 18 through in the states i believe
from
EE

Depends on the state. For the US, it varies between 16 to 18.

[EvilElitest]

...

shut up...(is 25) :smalltongue:

you're all making me feel old...

Have a good one EE. I'd try and work a Jade Empire joke in here, but my memory's startin' ta go :smalltongue:

ironically enough, i was playing Jade Empire this morning

Dode, your scaring me, like most Canadians :smallbiggrin:

I think in NY its 18
from
EE

[Flickerdart]

Ontario is 14 for sex. Yes, 14. They're raising it to 16, though, I think.

[Poison_Fish]

ironically enough, i was playing Jade Empire this morning

Dode, your scaring me, like most Canadians :smallbiggrin:

I think in NY its 18
from
EE

In NY it's actually 17.

[Destro_Yersul]

Dode, your scaring me, like most Canadians :smallbiggrin:


Eh, we're not all that scary. Unless we want to be. :smallbiggrin:

[Vizen]

Wahey! Happy 17th birthday. It's good fun being 17 I've found. I expect even more fun when I turn 18 soon.

And hey, over here your legal when your 16. *winks suggestively*

[Krade]

Quick question:

What's it like being born in '90s? I bet it's no where near as awesome as being born in the '80s.

[Zar Peter]

Well... happy birhtday, Mr. EE.

Shall I welcome you to the club of adults or do you want to wait a few years? :smallbiggrin:

[MisterSaturnine]

Quick question:

What's it like being born in '90s? I bet it's no where near as awesome as being born in the '80s.

I recently realized the only thing to ruin our decade was bad music (Britney, Backstreet Boys, etc). Pretty dire, but considering all the good stuff we had--like TV shows--I'm pretty content with growing up in the 90's.

[The Demented One]

My god, EE, we have the same birthday. I'd never have guessed.

[EvilElitest]

In NY it's actually 17.

Really now.......


The Demented One, that is really cool. And you have to say, coolest day ever to have a birthday
from
EE

[Deepblue706]

Feeling old? At 17? Man, you'll feel really depressed by the time you're 30, I'm sure.

Not that I'd know - I'm only 2/3 the way there.

Anyway, Happy Birthday.

[RTGoodman]

Quick question:

What's it like being born in '90s? I bet it's no where near as awesome as being born in the '80s.

Ha, I was gonna say the same thing! We '80s births gotta stick together against the kids of the '90s! (Of course, I'm not QUITE old enough to remember THAT much of the '80s.)

I've not got long before a birthday though - hooray for being 21 in 8 days!

EDIT: Also, being "legal" for different things varies a lot by state and area. I know age of consent in NC is 16, but elsewhere it's 18 (and in some places certain, um, acts are still illegal). In North Carolina you can supposedly have and smoke cigarettes at 16 but have to be 18 to actually buy them. Alcohol, sadly, still requires you to be 21.

[black dragoon]

Yeah, though the laws are a bit more complicated than suggested...Anyways
I enjoyed the Nineties though I'm technically an eighties kid. I was born at the very end and as such do not remember that missing age of rock and awesome. And not all the music was bad at least we got some of the best rock to walk the planet. Seriously how can you say Kurt Cobaine was bad?

[Wraithy]

Its a wee bit late but happy birthday.
I hope you got more presents than I did on my 17th a month ago, all I got was a Toblerone and a Ross Noble DVD.

[Fri]

17th birthday is the saddest of all birthday.

That means that you've lost your chance on becoming the chosen one and saving the world.

[loopy]

Congrats, EE! Hope you scored lots of loot.

What I'd give to be 17 again... Haha, I am only 20, but drinking just isn't as fun when you are legal.

[TSGames]

Well, today is my birthday. I'm 17 all, just letting you know........i feel quite old now


Sadly i don't have much more to say, just wanted to put that out there.
from
EE
Congratulations on surviving 17 years! If I have any advice to give it's this: go to college and don't flunk out. Good luck, and hope you make it another 17 years.

[Vizen]

Its a wee bit late but happy birthday.
I hope you got more presents than I did on my 17th a month ago, all I got was a Toblerone and a Ross Noble DVD.

Whoa, whoa, wait. You got presents? I got nothing on my 17th birthday. In fact, my dad didn't even remember that I turned 17...*sighs*

[Moff Chumley]

You live in NY? I knew there was something easterly about you. Snobby urbanites...:smallyuk::smalltongue:

[black dragoon]

HEy now Moff I'm far from urbanite and still a proud New yorker. I'm just from that huge expanse of a state that everybody forgets about.:smallwink:

[Collin152]

17 is the year of limbo...
I'm not anything!
And everybody thinks I'm 14 anyways.

[ocato]

Regardless of whatever emo highschool garbage you let yourself get caught up in, please remember that these are the best years of your life. Everyone scoffs at that when they hear it, but when they get older, they realize it's pretty much true.

[black dragoon]

It's defiantly one of the easiest. I miss just running around on a tractor to do minor farm work and feed a few cows.:smallfrown:

[Collin152]

Regardless of whatever emo highschool garbage you let yourself get caught up in, please remember that these are the best years of your life. Everyone scoffs at that when they hear it, but when they get older, they realize it's pretty much true.

Oh no, I believe it.
Which is what makes me depressd at times.
:p

[loopy]

Regardless of whatever emo highschool garbage you let yourself get caught up in, please remember that these are the best years of your life. Everyone scoffs at that when they hear it, but when they get older, they realize it's pretty much true.

I will admit that my high school years shaped me into the person I am today, but I believe that my school years were the worst of my life thus far. The three years since I finished have been tops though. :smallbiggrin:

But hey, if you were one of those who had a good high school experience, awesome. :smallsmile:

[Recaiden]

17 is the year of limbo...
I'm not anything!
And everybody thinks I'm 14 anyways.

You mean your NOT?

[Collin152]

You mean your NOT?

Depends...
Does that improve my chances?

[Felixaar]

Dude, what? I thought you were like, 22, minimum.

Hooray, I'm older than you! :smallbiggrin:

[black dragoon]

So confused....

[EndlessWrath]

Congratulation's EE! Happy 17th. being 17 its probably one of the last years before the scary adult world of reality. I suggest you live up your kid years as best you can. Don't let yourself have the chance of any regrets. I'm not saying adult world is bad, there's just a lot less time to do all the things you want so do what you can now and make sure to enjoy it!

once again i congratulate you sir.
~Wrath

[EvilElitest]

You live in NY? I knew there was something easterly about you. Snobby urbanites...:smallyuk::smalltongue:

Well i'm mixed, North Carolinian and New York




Regardless of whatever emo highschool garbage you let yourself get caught up in, please remember that these are the best years of your life. Everyone scoffs at that when they hear it, but when they get older, they realize it's pretty much true.
no the thing is i realize that, and its slipping way from me.


Thanks everybody for the compliments
from
EE

[Krrth]

Well i'm mixed, North Carolinian and New York



no the thing is i realize that, and its slipping way from me.


Thanks everybody for the compliments
from
EE
Really? I didn't like my teens nearly as much as my twenties. Thirties are turning out rather well too.

[EvilElitest]

Really? I didn't like my teens nearly as much as my twenties. Thirties are turning out rather well too.

meh, i find teen angst boring and uninteresting, so i tend to avoid it. It makes my life more enjoyable
from
EE

[Krade]

meh, i find teen angst boring and uninteresting, so i tend to avoid it. It makes my life more enjoyable
from
EE

That's because most (not all, I know) don't really have all that much to be angsty about. I vowed to myself a long time ago to never allow myself to be depressed for no reason. However, sometimes I get the feeling that I am clinically depressed (that means chemical imbalance in case you didn't know), I just keep it down through shear force of will.

[Helgraf]

Well, today is my birthday. I'm 17 all, just letting you know........i feel quite old now


Sadly i don't have much more to say, just wanted to put that out there.
from
EE

Congratulations. You are now half my age (almost).

[Helgraf]

You're not old until you're 30. As soon as people start taking you seriously, you become an old person.
I'll turn 20 in 6 months...geez.

So, I've been old for ... about 4 and a half years now. Good to know, I guess.

[Khanderas]

Well, today is my birthday. I'm 17 all, just letting you know........i feel quite old now


Sadly i don't have much more to say, just wanted to put that out there.
from
EE
Just wait til you turn 25, that is when the real age paranoia appears. I felt nothing when I turned 30 though, funnily enough.

And talking about ages, "I'm not old, I was just born early / earlier then you."

[ForzaFiori]

dang. I didn't think EE was that close to my age. I'm 17 in 3 months and 15 days I think...Very end of December.

[Zar Peter]

So, I've been old for ... about 4 and a half years now. Good to know, I guess.

Hey, young man! I'm 1 year longer old than you... I'm more experienced :smallcool:

[Dispozition]

From someone who's been 17 since the end of May...It's really boring...That's all really...

[Threeshades]

Well, today is my birthday. I'm 17 all, just letting you know........i feel quite old now


Sadly i don't have much more to say, just wanted to put that out there.
from
EE

20 is the age when you can officially feel old.

[DigoDragon]

Ha, 17 is nothing. I'm 30.
I'm not old, just more experienced and hence a higher ECL then most. :smallamused:

[DeathQuaker]

I'm 32 and I DON'T feel old, so there. :smalltongue: Damn, my gram's 95 and kicking. I've got a long way to go yet.


You're not old until you're 30.

So I am old?


As soon as people start taking you seriously, you become an old person.

So I'm NOT old then.

Actually, if anyone starts listening to me, let alone takes me seriously, I believe that's actually one of the seven signs of the apocalypse. :smallbiggrin:

One of the other seven is if anyone nice actually ever asked me out.

PS. Happy birthday EE!! :smallsmile:

[Krrth]

I'm 32 and I DON'T feel old, so there. :smalltongue: Damn, my gram's 95 and kicking. I've got a long way to go yet.



So I am old?



So I'm NOT old then.

Actually, if anyone starts listening to me, let alone takes me seriously, I believe that's actually one of the seven signs of the apocalypse. :smallbiggrin:

One of the other seven is if anyone nice actually ever asked me out.

PS. Happy birthday EE!! :smallsmile:

Heh. Old is when people start calling you "Sir" or "Ma'am". Old is also when you make a comment about something that happened in tha past....and you realise the person you are talking to is too young to remember....

[DeathQuaker]

Heh. Old is when people start calling you "Sir" or "Ma'am". Old is also when you make a comment about something that happened in tha past....and you realise the person you are talking to is too young to remember....

You make me think of the old Mary Tyler Moore episode "Today I am a ma'am..."

What? That actually aired before I was born. But the DVD generation is upon us, all great pop culture should be known to the masses! :smalltongue:

[Krrth]

You make me think of the old Mary Tyler Moore episode "Today I am a ma'am..."

What? That actually aired before I was born. But the DVD generation is upon us, all great pop culture should be known to the masses! :smalltongue:

you'd think that true, but I'm finding out it's not. A lot of the kids today seem to want flashy special effects. If it doesn't have it, they are not interested. That's not true across the board, but that's the way it seems.

[DeathQuaker]

you'd think that true, but I'm finding out it's not. A lot of the kids today seem to want flashy special effects. If it doesn't have it, they are not interested. That's not true across the board, but that's the way it seems.

You know, if you say, "A lot of the kids today..." isn't THAT a sign that you're old? :smallwink:

I actually HOPE people aren't watching DVDs of every show ever invented, and actually getting outside a bit.

Not sure if everyone wants flashy special effects, nor if that's limited to the "kids today" (after all, popular media include things like reality shows which have no SFX). But surely, they want what's new rather than what's old. Except when they don't.

But at least if you embarrassingly make a reference to something some young'un has never heard of, at least you can point them to a clip of it on Youtube.

[Krrth]

You know, if you say, "A lot of the kids today..." isn't THAT a sign that you're old? :smallwink:

I actually HOPE people aren't watching DVDs of every show ever invented, and actually getting outside a bit.

Not sure if everyone wants flashy special effects, nor if that's limited to the "kids today" (after all, popular media include things like reality shows which have no SFX). But surely, they want what's new rather than what's old. Except when they don't.

But at least if you embarrassingly make a reference to something some young'un has never heard of, at least you can point them to a clip of it on Youtube.

Well, considering I just graduated (yesterday!) with people 12 years younger than me, and my hair is starting to noticably go grey, I'm feeling old today!

As for the rest, I think you may be right.

[DeathQuaker]

Well, considering I just graduated (yesterday!) with people 12 years younger than me, and my hair is starting to noticably go grey, I'm feeling old today!

Well, it's time to celebrate that graduation by drinking those whippersnappers under the table. :smallwink:

Or, you know, taking a nap. Whatever. :smallamused:

But in seriousness, congrats on the graduation!

[Krrth]

Well, it's time to celebrate that graduation by drinking those whippersnappers under the table. :smallwink:

Or, you know, taking a nap. Whatever. :smallamused:

But in seriousness, congrats on the graduation!
....considering some of them can't legally drink yet....
Thanks! it only took me 16 years to do so!

[DeathQuaker]

....considering some of them can't legally drink yet....

See? You have an obvious advantage.


Thanks! it only took me 16 years to do so!

Faster than some! I know some folks my age thinking of going back to school now.

[Krrth]

See? You have an obvious advantage.



Faster than some! I know some folks my age thinking of going back to school now.

.....I AM your age......in fact, slightly older. :smalleek:

[DeathQuaker]

.....I AM your age......in fact, slightly older. :smalleek:

I realize that. What I was saying was that you have finished what others OUR age (there; clarified that) are only thinking of starting.

[Krrth]

I realize that. What I was saying was that you have finished what others OUR age (there; clarified that) are only thinking of starting.

Heh, That didn't come out quite the way I intended. But yes, I understand what you are saying. To be fair, there were people graduating with me who were twice *our* age. I do find it kinda funny that I had more in common with them than those actually closer to me.

[Dallas-Dakota]

I have grey hairs.

Seriously. Natural grey hair. They just started turning gray.(it´s really weird because A I´m 15 B It´s only in my left eyebrow)

[DeathQuaker]

I have grey hairs.

Seriously. Natural grey hair. They just started turning gray.(it´s really weird because A I´m 15 B It´s only in my left eyebrow)

Don't feel bad; my gram started going grey at 13. My dad at 17, and seriously so.

[Krrth]

I have grey hairs.

Seriously. Natural grey hair. They just started turning gray.(it´s really weird because A I´m 15 B It´s only in my left eyebrow)
That happened to one of my uncles. He was completely grey by the time he turned 18.

[black dragoon]

I've gray hairs since I was Five. They only show up once in a great while so I never worry much. Though My uncle has gone completely gray and is thirty-ish.

[EvilElitest]

Just wait til you turn 25, that is when the real age paranoia appears. I felt nothing when I turned 30 though, funnily enough.

And talking about ages, "I'm not old, I was just born early / earlier then you."

I'm looking forward to it, particrually when i get to run around going "I need to do all the things i've dreamed of"


That's because most (not all, I know) don't really have all that much to be angsty about. I vowed to myself a long time ago to never allow myself to be depressed for no reason. However, sometimes I get the feeling that I am clinically depressed (that means chemical imbalance in case you didn't know), I just keep it down through shear force of will.
the clinicall depression isn't really anyone's fault, but it is worth noting that everybody gets to feeling sad once and a while. However, one unlike most American teens, i am actually quite content in my current position in life in terms of whining. I'm annoyed most of the time, but never depressed
from
EE

[hamishspence]

My grey hairs started in early twenties, began to increase in mid twenties, and now in late twenties they are few, but visible.

[Helgraf]

Hey, young man! I'm 1 year longer old than you... I'm more experienced :smallcool:

Heh. Nice to see we still have some coots around this tenement.

[Inhuman Bot]

That happened to one of my uncles. He was completely grey by the time he turned 18.

On that topic: my dad was 16-ish when his hair turned white.

On feelig kinda bad at 17: Hey, it means you can see the world more easily, then. Try that at 12 :smallannoyed:

[Copacetic]

On that topic: my dad was 16-ish when his hair turned white.

On feelig kinda bad at 17: Hey, it means you can see the world more easily, then. Try that at 12 :smallannoyed:

HA! You might be the only playgrounder I'm older than! Yes!

[pendell]

Well, today is my birthday. I'm 17 all, just letting you know........i feel quite old now


Sadly i don't have much more to say, just wanted to put that out there.
from
EE


Congratulations, Evil Elitest.

I'm 37 for another 8 months or so. So if you're old, I'm as ancient in the hills. I used to have eight-track tapes. I can remember the time before personal computers, the time when all telephones were analog and had a nice big dial. I lived through the Disco era. I remember when Star Wars first came out and before the Prequel trilogy did. I waited multiple years after Empire Strikes Back to find out if Han got out of carbonite. I saw (on TV) the Challenger explode. I saw the wall come down. I remember the gas crisis and the Iranian Hostage crisis.

I remember when TV consisted of 13 channels, of which only about 4 were color -- ABC, CBS, NBC and a local affiliate.

No real point. Can't remember any point. Any case, welcome to the old fogies club.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[DigoDragon]

My grey hairs started in early twenties, began to increase in mid twenties, and now in late twenties they are few, but visible.

Same here. Only a small handful of grey hairs. I'm quite happy that I still have a full head of hair. My dad was thinning out on top by age 28.

[EvilElitest]

Congratulations, Evil Elitest.

I'm 37 for another 8 months or so. So if you're old, I'm as ancient in the hills. I used to have eight-track tapes. I can remember the time before personal computers, the time when all telephones were analog and had a nice big dial. I lived through the Disco era. I remember when Star Wars first came out and before the Prequel trilogy did. I waited multiple years after Empire Strikes Back to find out if Han got out of carbonite. I saw (on TV) the Challenger explode. I saw the wall come down. I remember the gas crisis and the Iranian Hostage crisis.

I remember when TV consisted of 13 channels, of which only about 4 were color -- ABC, CBS, NBC and a local affiliate.

No real point. Can't remember any point. Any case, welcome to the old fogies club.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

thanks a lot
from
EE

[Muz]

Aww, Pendell beat me as the oldest person responding to this thread. (Just turned 34, myself, though I choose to believe I'm 25.)

Happy birthday! And don't worry, you're not getting old, NOR are these the best years of your life. :smallsmile:

Now pull up your pants and turn that baseball cap around! *shakes cane* :smallwink:

"What's the matter? Does my wrinkled face remind you of the grim specter of Deeeeeeeeeeaaath?" -Grampa Simpson