Reliving Teenage Years: A Wish for the Young at Heart

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around nostalgia for youth and playful banter regarding post counts within the forum. Participants share humorous exchanges about age, self-worth, and the nature of their contributions to the forum, with a focus on light-hearted teasing and camaraderie.

Discussion Character

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  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to feel young again and requests moderation of "silly" posts.
  • Another participant humorously claims to be close to 5000 posts, suggesting a sense of pride in post count.
  • Several participants engage in playful teasing about post counts and the implications of being a "post whore."
  • There are jokes about the industriousness of Canadian "smurfs" and the perceived value of their post counts compared to others.
  • Participants discuss the concept of "workaholism," with one questioning the originality of the term "workaholism" while acknowledging the existence of "workaholic."
  • There is a humorous suggestion that Canadian post counts are worth less than those from the US, leading to further playful banter about over-compensation.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants engage in light-hearted teasing and banter without reaching any consensus. The discussion remains playful and unresolved regarding the implications of post counts and the nature of their contributions.

Contextual Notes

Participants express varying degrees of self-deprecation and humor, with some referencing personal feelings of accomplishment or lack thereof in relation to post counts.

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wolram
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Please Evo will you scrub out the silly ones so i do not feel so ancient.
i want to be teen age again.
 
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What are you mewling about, youngster; I'm close to 5000.
 
Wolram, you will be forever young to me. :smile:

Your post count only reflects times you've done it. I see Arildno has been doing it a LOT. :bugeye:
 
Done WHAT??
Is that an insinuation of over-indulged self-abuse?
:confused: ()
 
arildno said:
Done WHAT??
Is that an insinuation of over-indulged self-abuse?
:confused: ()
Not to yourself my dear. :smile:
 
Am I too low to be able to abuse myself?

That must be the bottom line, I can't possibly sink any lower...:cry: :cry: :cry:
 
arildno said:
Am I too low to be able to abuse myself?
That must be the bottom line, I can't possibly sink any lower...:cry: :cry: :cry:
There, there, I'm sure you're capable of anything. :smile:
 
Evo said:
There, there, I'm sure you're capable of anything. :smile:
Thanks, I feel better now! :smile:
 
Evo said:
Wolram, you will be forever young to me. :smile:
Your post count only reflects times you've done it. I see Arildno has been doing it a LOT. :bugeye:

:smile: You are still a star in my eyes, i could never keep up with Arildno though,
i wish i had his stamina.
 
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I have more than you Wolram, and I AM a teenager.
 
  • #11
Smurf said:
I have more than you Wolram, and I AM a teenager.
When did you become such a post whore? And you joined after me!

I feel so...unaccomplished...
 
  • #12
Smurf said:
I have more than you Wolram, and I AM a teenager.

Well Smurfs are very industrious in general, Canadian smurfs seem unstopable
:smile:
 
  • #13
arildno said:
What are you mewling about, youngster; I'm close to 5000.

I am sure if you keep takeing the medication and don't stay up to late, you will
get up to at least 5050 :smile:
 
  • #14
wolram said:
Well Smurfs are very industrious in general, Canadian smurfs seem unstopable
:smile:

Fie on that I say.

I blame it it on my workaholism (did I invent a word just now?). Among other things.
 
  • #15
franznietzsche said:
Fie on that I say.
I blame it it on my workaholism (did I invent a word just now?). Among other things.

Workaholic, a rare creature not often seen in the domestic environment, i used
to be one but i am better now.
Sorry franznietzsche, it is as old as the steam hammer :smile:
 
  • #16
wolram said:
Well Smurfs are very industrious in general, Canadian smurfs seem unstopable
:smile:
Also, don't forget that Canadian post counts are worth only 2/3 of US post counts.
 
  • #17
wolram said:
Workaholic, a rare creature not often seen in the domestic environment, i used
to be one but i am better now.
Sorry franznietzsche, it is as old as the steam hammer :smile:

I know workaholic is a word, I was asking about "workaholism" I know full well of being a workaholic.

Chi Meson said:
Also, don't forget that Canadian post counts are worth only 2/3 of US post counts.

So what you're saying is, he's over-compensating for something?
 

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