Is there anything about you that makes you a lot different from others your age?

[Lotte]

My friends find it weird that even though I dress really girly, I'm into video games, blast gangsta and club music in my car, and can be pretty vulgar. They still love me though, hehe.

But then when they tell their friends about me, their friends don't believe I'm like that at all because of my outer appearance.

 

[SecondSider]

@SecondSider
What do you think of the director Ridley Scott's films? I've watched Blade Runner (One of my favourite films ever), Alien (Another favourite) and Prometheus. He's one of my favourite directors and I adore his films, I was lucky enough to write about him for my Media coursework. It upsets me, though, that most of my friends deny that Ridley Scott directed Alien and claim instead that James Cameron directed it (Along with Aliens)

That's another thing about me that makes me different from most of my friends, I actually appreciate all the work that goes into making a film! It grinds my gears when people illegally download films, as it's not just the actors that lose money, the camera men, the people who made the props and the musicians who created a whole soundtrack for the film all lose money!

Oh, yeah. He's also one of my favourite movie directors, I've seen a lot of his movies, but the four I can name at the moment are Alien, Thelma & Louise, Hannibal, and Gladiator. The first two that I named are two of my all-time favourite movies, while Gladiator, for me, isn't really the best Ridley Scott movie though I did enjoy it, but I thought Hannibal, wasn't really the best installment to the Hannibal Lecter series. Also, I haven't seen Blade Runner at all, but I know it's on my list of movies to watch.

And as well, it's horrible that illegal movie downloading even existed in the first place, because even the richest filmmakers lose money to this...

 

[Puffy]

After hitting up my "friends" at school... Welp.
1: Apparently everyones grown out of disney, cartoons. They prefer reality TV and I'm just like NO CAN U NOT.
2: Noone wants to play Mario Party, Pokemon, Legend of Zelda and noone even wants to learn where my Isabelle plushie is from.
3: I tried watching Bambi with them (my favorite animated movie) and they laughed at me. >:<
4: Everyone was staring at me when I whipped out my 3DS and started playing AnimalCrossing. They said" WHY ARE YOU PLAYING THAT?! GROW UP AND PLAY REAL GAMES!"
5: I was playing with a Tamagotchi and they were like "Is that a phone from a dollar store?"
6: They were swooning over this ugly boy and all I did was draw. Then they slapped me because I wasn't swooning over that guy.
And let me remind you I'm only 10. :/

 

[Envy]

I suppose... Most of my music taste (not all, I must emphasize) would make me out as somebody of the last generation. I listen to a lot of 60s/70s music. I even listen to a radio station that plays exclusively 60s/70s music. I also really like classical music, but I suppose that isn't necessarily 'popular' among any age group but maybe the elderly? lol. I'll even listen to Big Band music, which is more along the lines of before my grandparents, and then I like some Renaissance choral music, which is a very out there taste, apparently. xD

On the flip-side, I still watch cartoons. I've never felt weird about it or anything. It's just in the past I've liked to claim that me still watching cartoons and animation is just me being open-minded and being able to see appeal in anything. But that's false, because I've realized that all I watch is cartoons and animation. There's isn't a single live-action show I watch, regularly or not. I don't mean to be closed-minded about them, I just generally don't like what I've seen of live-action. I'm not into forensics and I rarely find sitcoms to be funny, so it's hard for me to get into any of them.

 

[SecondSider]

After hitting up my "friends" at school... Welp.
1: Apparently everyones grown out of disney, cartoons. They prefer reality TV and I'm just like NO CAN U NOT.
2: Noone wants to play Mario Party, Pokemon, Legend of Zelda and noone even wants to learn where my Isabelle plushie is from.
3: I tried watching Bambi with them (my favorite animated movie) and they laughed at me. >:<
4: Everyone was staring at me when I whipped out my 3DS and started playing AnimalCrossing. They said" WHY ARE YOU PLAYING THAT?! GROW UP AND PLAY REAL GAMES!"
5: I was playing with a Tamagotchi and they were like "Is that a phone from a dollar store?"
6: They were swooning over this ugly boy and all I did was draw. Then they slapped me because I wasn't swooning over that guy.
And let me remind you I'm only 10. :/

That's how people treat me too! I know how you feel...

 

[jmeleigh23]

The fact that I get really intensely into video games set me apart from a lot of people I used to hang out with. That and the fact that I don't like to party anymore. I moved away for school and in the process lost a lot of really good friends (well, apparently not..) that I had for years. I've become pretty anti-social since I moved away and stopped partying but don't really mind it. All that and the fact that I actually give a **** about something (I'm majoring in native studies and the Ojibwe language which I've always been really passionate about) and it seems that most people my age (I'm 20) couldn't care less about anything besides themselves, although I know that isn't the case for everyone. Just most people I know my age.

 

[BeanLlama]

I know many people say things like this, but I am very mature for my age. I also am able to see right through people... Both the good and the bad. Likewise, I am good with dealing with emotions; which is probably why I'm often asked for advice. Nonetheless, my flaws make me who I am, too. Unfortunately, I'm very insecure-- not about what other people say, I am just pretty hard on myself. For instance, when I make a mistake and get called out on, I beat myself up over it. Anyways, I really am just amazed with the ACNL community and how we are all here for each other! ^)^
*sorry for the crazy rambling*

 

[SecondSider]

I know many people say things like this, but I am very mature for my age. I also am able to see right through people... Both the good and the bad. Likewise, I am good with dealing with emotions; which is probably why I'm often asked for advice. Nonetheless, my flaws make me who I am, too. Unfortunately, I'm very insecure-- not about what other people say, I am just pretty hard on myself. For instance, when I make a mistake and get called out on, I beat myself up over it. Anyways, I really am just amazed with the ACNL community and how we are all here for each other! ^)^
*sorry for the crazy rambling*

I'm kinda like that as well...

 

[BellGreen]

Not a lot of people like Studio Ghibli my age. They think it's boring or they never watched it

 

[Lurrdoc]

I hang out with people generally a lot younger than me. A good amount of people in my same age group usually irritate me.

 

[beebs]

Just asking.

For me, it's just the autism, and the intense love for movies. The other kids bully me only because I like the classic ones, such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and because I don't really like the films that catch the interest of people my age, such as Scary MoVie, and I prefer the more mature and artful ones like... Well, I think I already mentioned it.

So, is there anything about you that makes you different from the people you hang out with?

High school is such a short period of time where the majority of your peers are a**holes to be honest. I don't have autism, but I was very similar in high school with my choice of movies and music. I was spending tons of money on Criterion edition films while other girls my age were pouring their money into god awful clothing and make-up.

 

[DJStarstryker]

I'm almost 30 years old and I play video games and watch anime. I don't have kids and have no interest in kids. That makes me completely different from most people in my age group.

It's kinda hilarious when you have people younger than you treat you like they think you're only like 18 years old due to those things, and then when they finally hear that you are older than them, the shocked look is completely priceless. Of course, I also look about 10 years younger than I actually am so, it's not just stuff I'm into.

 

[SecondSider]

High school is such a short period of time where the majority of your peers are a**holes to be honest. I don't have autism, but I was very similar in high school with my choice of movies and music. I was spending tons of money on Criterion edition films while other girls my age were pouring their money into god awful clothing and make-up.

Well, I'm glad that's one thing we can both agree on about high school. Many of the people acted friendly at first, and then close to the end of the year, they were just a**holes. And just like you, I love watching Criterion edition films. But for me, instead of buying them, I just get them from my local library.

Most people my age went to movies for explosions and because it's new, because of how much action movies they keep watching. For me, the only action movie that ever really impressed me was The Fugitive. And that's because of how I've studied films for a long time. And as well, when I bring in a movie to discuss with the teachers (believe me, a lot of them were also movie fans), there was one kid who would always look at my movies and go "This movie looks so stupid!" every day. He does it to literally EVERY movie I bring in for the teachers (Rashomon, The Usual Suspects, Brokeback Mountain, etc.).

 

[BellGreen]

I hang out with people generally a lot younger than me. A good amount of people in my same age group usually irritate me.

I think I find this true. My cousin tends to babble on and tries to be funny but he's just being weird ._.

 

[beffa]

apparently i'm much more reserved and mature, with a very developed view on the world for my age. everyone else my age is kinda just interested in whatever they can see ahead of them.

 

[Toraneko]

I don't listen to current pop (it's all mostly junk) only trance and house. I'm also not what you'd call a "traditional" girl, I prefer wearing men's clothes to women's, most of the time I wear t-shirts, hoodies and jeans.

My sphere of interests is a fair bit larger than anyone I know, I like a wide range of movies, tv shows and games that vary in genre from western, historical, Roman, medieval, to fantasy and sci-fi. I also play more games than most girls I know, I've played plenty of MMOs and FPSes.

I also currently live with my bf of 6 years (we're not married yet), apparently this is quite outside the norm.

 

[Volvagia]

My music taste I guess? Everyone else in my class just listens to pop and viral music (eg. Gangnam Style), with the exception of two people who listen to k-pop. I prefer pop punk and alternative.

 

[SecondSider]

I don't call people stupid for having different opinions.

 

[Mosshead]

I think more maturely and the people around my age group in my school tends to annoy me too much so I'm more of a loner although I still have quite a few friends.
I don't mind people having different opinions either since I know some people go bashing on others if they don't share the same opinion as them and I find that really immature. :/

 

[jmeleigh23]

apparently i'm much more reserved and mature, with a very developed view on the world for my age. everyone else my age is kinda just interested in whatever they can see ahead of them.

I'm really glad I read this as well as all the other similar posts on this thread like this one. I have 2 younger sisters (both 18) and a younger brother (17) so I always knew their friends growing up. Even though they're not a lot younger than me (I'm 20) I always sort of judged them and developed the impression that everyone younger than me was annoying and immature and just sort of assumed I wouldn't like them. I feel pretty stupid about that now because I know when I was younger, I would've wanted people to see me as mature too. Shame on me for stereotyping by age, though!