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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Brunton Over in another thread, a few folks are talking about how the forums will get better when the "immature members" go back to school, or the "one or two immature teens" who will calm down or go away "and then we can get back to trains." Well, I can usually tell within a few posts if someone is not yet legally an adult - although I can't really put my finger on it, something about how their messages are composed gives me a strong clue. They also tend to display a certain "youthful exuberance" that at times can, quite frankly, be a little tiresome. But immature? Some of the adults on this forum are a lot more immature than any of the teens, I think. I'd venture to guess that this forum presents the first opportunity a lot of young folks have to converse with adults as peers, rather than as a child talking to an adult. So lets cut these younger members some slack, and not slap them across the face for that. They're not "immature members" so much as they are simply "life-experience challenged." By definition, that changes as we age. Sometimes I read a few posts and think, "Geez, kid!" Sometimes that even lasts for two or three seconds before I remember that I was a kid once, too. Besides, maybe their newer view of the world will show me something I can't see through all the layers of experience I've accumulated. So, for all you kids who are going back to school soon, don't be strangers - I for one hope you'll remember to drop in here often! [/quote] Okay, I was the one who started the post, but I had no intention of it becoming all about the kids. Most of the immature members are not, I repeat, NOT kids. A lot of them are either upwards of a high-school/college age person, or an adult. There are several people all over the forums on trains.com that act immature on 85% of their posts. They flame, troll, and post for no reason. Most of the ones who are very mature and handle their posts well are kids of 17 and older. I have had almost no problems with that age group. Let's get back to Model Railraoding and trains, and get off the darn subject." uspscsx
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