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dave mamahecking strider ([personal profile] callbacks) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2017-01-13 06:24 pm

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so ive been thinking about this a lot since last year and im nowhere close to having an answer for it so im outsourcing the legwork
consider this an informal survey fellow pokeresidents
(not to be confused with pokecitizens since there doesnt seem to be any naturalization process on the books)

when
would you say people become adults?
because i gotta say ive been an ex minor for a month and a half already and im not noticing any measurable difference
not on the inside anyway
i guess im taller
probably
but i think im still growing
and i heard human brain structures dont stop developing until were twenty five
watching my pokemon grow up doesnt help any because they all mature at different rates and in every case WAY faster than we do
and it makes me wonder like
some of these guys that hatched from eggs
do they see me as a parent???
because thatd be fucked up
but then i have to ask myself why exactly is that fucked up and is it because im a child or because i dont want to be a dad or because im not fuckin parent material or something else?
and since when does adulthood have to go frond in frond with parenthood??
anyway let me know your thoughts or your homeworlds societys hiveminds thoughts its open season on this question i just decided right now
quadrangle: (that. that thing. stop it.)

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[personal profile] quadrangle 2017-01-14 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[obnoxious image goes here]

YOU'RE THINKING "PRONG." "FROND" IS LEG.
AND IT'S USUALLY AROUND 9 OR 10 SWEEPS? SOMETIMES EARLIER. FUCK THE HEMOSPECTRUM, BY THE WAY.
BUT THAT HAS MORE TO DO WITH PHYSICAL MATURITY AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
quadrangle: (but why tho)

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[personal profile] quadrangle 2017-01-14 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
I DON'T KNOW, DAVE! BUT HOW ABOUT YOU TELL ME THE FULL ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD "LEG" WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF A HUMAN DICTIONARY AND MAYBE I'LL TAKE A STAB AT IT.
AND DON'T EVEN PRETEND YOUR LANGUAGE ISN'T FULL OF HILARIOUS MISNOMERS. OR BETTER YET, DO! LIKE, WHY IS IT CALLED A "SOCK" IF YOU DON'T HIT PEOPLE WITH IT?


[... It's the first example to spring to mind, give him a break.]

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bertall: (Booty called 3 guys from my)

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[personal profile] bertall 2017-01-14 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
I'm|

actually, I'm not sure. I wouldn't really say I'm a kid anymore, but I don't know if I'm an adult either and I just turned seventeen. Where I'm from, it's really, uh.

It's weird and from what I've been gathering from other people, not... normal.
bertall: (I was wondering is there any to hook up)

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[personal profile] bertall 2017-01-14 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Is there really a club?

But, er... I've been a soldier since I was twelve and I've seen a lot of things most kids probably shouldn't have to see at that age.

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cyan_maid: (Determinator)

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[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-01-14 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[From some RANDOM BOON OF LUCK AND COINCIDENCE Jane has not noticed the thread between Karkat and Dave going to places that are bound to turn her face redder than a Tamato Berry. And she probably will never notice it.]

Hmmmmm...
I suppose people become adults when they feel they do.
So even if their age goes up and they're doing things like working a full time job and filing their taxes, if they don't feel like an adult, they're not really an adult.
That's what I think, anyway.
cyan_maid: (Polite laughter)

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[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-01-14 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Hoo hoo hoo! :B
We'll all be young forever with no worries other than stray Pokemon making their homes in our attic!
Truly we have the absolute best luck to have found ourselves here.

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torsion: (enzuigiri.)

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[personal profile] torsion 2017-01-14 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Easy answer: whatever the local laws say about it.

Hard answer: it's subjective.

That being said, I'm thirty-five and I have no children and no intent to have them. I'm pretty much widely regarded as an "adult". I don't really think maturity or seriousness plays into it and I guess I'd probably say once "teen" isn't part of your age anymore. Then again, I've known incredibly resilient and capable teenagers.

I cannot really say how they see you, though, or how they feel. I guess it would depend on how you raise them and treat them. Siblings can help take care of each other and never see one another as parental figures and sometimes they can. Friends can, too. I think it would depend on what you teach someone (them?).

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brocrux: (Default)

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[personal profile] brocrux 2017-01-14 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I think you'd be parent material, not that the opinion matters much.
Since you're not an adult and we also have ten-year-old's raising baby pokemon here.
I think you only count as one when someone's first thought is to call you "Sir" or "Mister" in a completely unironic manner.
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[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2017-01-14 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know the answer to this
actually, I haven't really thought about growing up for a long time
even since I became a Haibane, which was a few years ago already.
huh

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[personal profile] motherfucking_ghosttype 2017-01-14 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
idk man adulthoods def a legal thing u dont magicaly feel dif abt things u just get older

like I think u feel more adult when u get more adult stuff 2 do like holy shit suddenly you gotta learn taxes car payments buy a house n nobody to hold ur hand but google

porn and sex are plus sides on the legal front

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[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-01-14 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
there's a major difference between GROWING UP and GROWING OLD you know???

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[personal profile] armoredsoul 2017-01-14 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, of course there's a lot of different answers depending on the definition of adulthood you're going by, but assuming you mean by a maturity standpoint and not legal or biological (you're right about the brain thing, by the way! It's not until around 25 that we start thinking with the rational prefrontal cortex)...well, heck if I know. I had to grow up kind of fast, so my perception is a bit skewed, and I also live with a bunch of teenagers that are way older than me. But I think when you start asking questions like that is probably about when you're at least making the transition.

As for the parenthood thing...uh. Yeah, the two don't have to go together, but it is definitely weird raising Pokemon. They're too smart for me to really think of them as animals, but they're not really human-level intelligence. Most of them, anyway. And then toss in all those re-incarnated human origin Ghost-types and it gets even weirder. Part of me is really glad that some of the older ones are responsible enough to keep an eye on the younger ones, but then I start wondering if I'm a bad 'parent' for leaving even part of that to them, you know?

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[personal profile] thedifferencebetween 2017-01-15 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
When you first look into another man's eyes and take his life. Spill blood, you're a man!

Nah, I'm just messing with yah. A kid that kills a dude is still a kid, just one with a temper problem.

There isn't any magic number, any special event, any weird party that suddenly makes someone a grown up. You just wake up one day and realize 'I guess I'm not a kid anymore'.

And don't compare looking after Pokemon to being an actual parent. It's not anywhere close to the same thing.

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[personal profile] chainbroke 2017-01-16 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't think there was a certain age for that...

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ayyy private threadjack lmao

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