Then stop looking in the mirror Jtrain. Notice how the younger guys that are not threatened by someone who has a different opinion about things then they do decided not to pick a fight with me? Hmmm, must be that what I said struck a chord of self familiarity within you. Interesting.....
I'll make no secret of this...I don't like you. In fact. I think you are probably the biggest instigator on the board and you spend too much time finding insult in what people say and not enough time listening to them. Being right, is far less important then you think. You have a lot to learn kid. And when you finally realize that your obvious education and intelligence does not mean you always know best you may actually one day have something to say worth listening to. The process of learning about yourself, about life and about others is ongoing and endless. Stop trying so hard to be the "cool witty guy" and you may actually start to really be one.
Good to hear.
EDIT: I should clarify myself. A long time ago, in a land called Kalamazoo, I realized that people don't communicate very well over the internet. I realized that people will read into things too far, or not enough, and have an incredibly hard time trying to figure out what a person is like just by reading some ASCII text on an internet forum.
Then I started meeting some people from the internet, from this forum, and realized that most people were NOTHING like I thought they were. I realized, at that point, to stop judging people before I meet them, and to stop putting them into little boxes and deciding what they were like. I found that when I did this, I was wrong.
Then I realized that it doesn't matter what your experience level is, it won't be good enough for somebody. I realized that when you give an opinion, and then back it up with experience, all some people can do is attack your age or how your experience isn't as good as THEIR experience.
Then I realized, IT'S THE INTERNET, and to not put very much stock in what people that won't uncloak themselves from the online world, and simply lob "witty" comments at others without putting up much substance.
So what can I say, your wit doesn't impress me, your attitude doesn't impress me and your need to do, well, whatever it is you're doing doesn't impress me. But don't worry! If you show up to NJC, I'm not going to say to myself, "OMGZ that's RightSeatGirl from the forums! That XXXXXXXX, I need to hate her!" I'll probably say, "Oh hey, how ya doin', need a beer? I can get you a beer!"
So as I said earlier, ask me at NJC, I've got some stories to tell. You may or may not like them, and you may or may not discount them because of my age, but they're still the stories that make up my rationale for what I believe, and whether you discount them or not will not change me, or my experiences.
Enjoy the rest of your evening.