WHY? (A semi rant)

[The Last Chase]

I don't understand why everyone has to be on WoW....
I love Gaia because of the costumes and such. I am twenty-two years old and I still love Gaia... is that weird? But I get so sick of the silly little twits that are on here... The stupid fangirls that think it's cool to use japanese words completely out of context, little boys that are too dirty for their age.... etc.... -sighs-
I don't understand why this site has to be so out of our age range. I don't think it's entierly immature to be on here. It's for the creative, the open minded....
This is just one of those times where I feel like leaving gaia altogether... Does anyone else feel this way? eek eek eek  

[ThisEmptySoul]

I think everyone in this guild has felt that way at least once in the time they've spent on Gaia. It's one of the reasons this guild was created... to get away from those kids that make the site not enjoyable and be able to talk with people around your age range {or at least maturity level... some of these Geezers are pretty old. You're pretty much a "youngin" here in comparison} that also like Gaia.  

[The Last Chase]

Thanks guys. And yeah, I just haven't really found a whole lot of people my age, even in ZOMG. Last night I just got so pissed off because there was this silly little twelve year old doing the whole 'insert japanese word here' in her speach.... I've been to Japan, I've taken four years of Japanese and I just can't stand when people destroy such a beautiful language. I'm just having such a terrible time finding people my age and I've been on here since... like junior year of highschool. I dunno, it's kind of annoying because it makes me stay away from things I used to love to do on this site.
Nonetheless, I don't know if I'll leave gaia for a very long time. It's such an addiction.  

[Shinigami Unity]

*raises hand* I'm older than you!

I love Japanese. I butcher it. Therefore, I just speak in English. It's better that way. ^_^  

[The Last Chase]

I know lol. This is one of the few places where I can go that I feel like there are people I can relate to and not feel like a total child for being on this site.  

[ThisEmptySoul]

A friend of mine does the >insert random Japanese word or phrase here< thing every now and then and it rubs off on me sometimes stare I don't particularly find it that annoying, but I do think people that do it are fooling themselves if they think it makes them "cultured" in any way. It just means they watch a lot of anime and picked up on a few things.  

[Eiji]

The Last Chase

I just can't stand when people destroy such a beautiful language.

I feel the same about every language; particularly English, as it's under the most threat.  

[Shinigami Unity]

Eiji

I feel the same about every language; particularly English, as it's under the most threat.

I found that particularly amusing - especially in the way of pronunciation. Like the word "tour" - is it toor or tore? These things irk me. biggrin  

[The Last Chase]

English is made up of sooo many other things. It's a mess. Japanese is so beautiful and has this great sound that makes it that way. I love it.  

[Shinigami Unity]

I love the expressiveness of Japanese. It seems a lot more intense. But that might just be because I've been into Japanese culture for the past 12 years - sort of grew up with it.

... As odd as that sounds coming from a very culturally nondiverse place.  

[Eiji]

I come from an area of England which is known as the Black Country (to the West of England's second city, Birmingham in the Midlands). The Black Country dialect is the closest to true English. It is a beautiful thing.

English is only made a mess when it is used by people on the Internet or in text messages on their mobile telephones.

I guess my personal pet hate is American English. A filthly, bastardised version of a beautiful language. It's not even a pinyin or creole form, it's just English, with goodness removed.

Why drop the 'u' from words such as armour, colour or honour? I mean, seriously, why?!

As you get wound up by people misusing and destroying Japanese, I feel much the same about English.  

[Boudica Celtic Queen]

So what does the one geezer think is old? LOL I'm 47, my daughter is in this guild at the ripe old age of 22. I have a 19 year old son on the site as well. I joined at my daughter's encouragement at it being a generally fun site. I DO have fun here. I've done up my profile, got my house, aquarium, car, get items for my avatar and enjoy being creative with it all.

Back to the main topic, I DO understand the frustration with some of the younger set in the towns seemingly oversexed and underage. And some can be downright nasty. I've seen this from watching the conversations and haven't experienced any direct rudeness of yet, altho I won't rule out running into it in the future.

There are so many thousands of members, that you just have to stick with the friendly ones. I've talked to some very nice kids, picked up a few of them as friends while going through the various parts of town. If they want a mom figure as a friend, it is all good. As with any site, it's what YOU make of it. Ignore the kids, or step in. If I see someone being picked on, I do step in. As for those that butcher the Japanese language, it may be their way of trying to fit in. As they grow and mature, they will get out of the habit of that. In the grand scheme of things, that is minor compared to some of the things we see that go on here.