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Maturity
Topic Started: Jun 3 2007, 09:01 PM (1,158 Views)
Darth Makar
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What do you constitute as "mature"? By what standards do you go? It seems like in society today people like to use the word "mature," when it's hard to actually tell what they are talking about. There are many types of maturity--physical, mental, emotional, sexual, intellectual--but instead of differentiating between the types, people throw them all together. And this is a little confusing because some people may possess one type of maturity but lack all others.

So what say you, my loyal minions?

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Joseppi
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The way I usually tend to view the word "mature" would be a person who doesn't jump to conclusions. Someone who takes the time to sit back and think things out before they say them and listens to everything being said instead of just picking out parts.

There are not really many people who I would consider mature in the world based on my definition. When it comes to this forum, the best example for my view of maturity would be Troopa.

A mature person is someone with a good head on his or her shoulders.
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I'm mature I watch Spongebob, errm just acting older than you actually are or acting your age and "More grown up", being more formal when your speaking too (EDIT) / acting. Acting more appropriately comes to mind straight away as well.
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Darth Makar
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Interesting ideas the both of you.

But I have some questions for you, Fudge. What about someone who can speak respectfully to adults and does well in school and pays attention, but when he or she is around his or her peers, he or she transforms into another person? Such as parties hard or sleeps around or tries to immitate "Jackass"?

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I see mature as being someone who doesn't discriminate people or annoy people or try to be funny for attention, to make themselves feel better, or just for kicks.
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If I find a peice of comedy in a funny video, and it's not immature humor, then I call it mature. I basically judge mature by one's grade level of humor.
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Darth Makar
Jun 3 2007, 10:22 PM
but when he or she is around his or her peers, he or she transforms into another person?  Such as parties hard or sleeps around or tries to immitate "Jackass"?

I totally agree with that, when your being mature you could be a totally different person. I am around my family, well some of my family. My mam thinks I had too much to drink when I fell over my sidegate the other week, nehh I was high as pie. (That was being immature, and maybe being a "Jackass" Roki lol.) I think most people are "Mature" around there family, but depends on how you are and what you'r like. Only my Friends know the real me, actually my mam and dad do, my gran and granda do (without the illegal stuff) and maybe my sister. Thats not all my family there lol so there was a point in mentioning that because I have a pretty LARGICAL (large, just wanted to type it funny :) ) family. Yeah and I think speaking respectfully to adults and other people who are mature is mature lol (I sound stupid there). I dont think that doing well in school makes you mature. People could think you were mature and saw you as a mature person for doing well in school and studying maybe. Also knowing how to act in certain situations like when to be mature and when not to be and let loose. Anyways moving on to being immature just one thing I want to say about it. Cursing always makes you sound immature but I like to do it the words in the dictionary I like to use them to express myself. Whao look how much I wrote. But if you knew when to use words like that and around certain people who are ok with it, that could be being mature about an immature thing lol.

P.S Thing that annoys me when people call people immature just makes them look like they are trying to be bigger than them or trying to be clever and trying to embarres them also using it as an insult, so they are actually being immature there aren't they?
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Naoko
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Physical maturity doesn't mean much. Unless you're really short or something, I guess.

Mental maturity is important. Not making a big deal out of silly things, being able to take care of yourself, etc.

Intellectual maturity... Important if you want someone to take you seriously, lawl.

Emotional is probably the most important, but it goes with mental, I guess. And with sexual, too.

Sexual is the one that ticks me off a bit. Lawl, most people don't seem to be sexually mature until they're like thirty. That, or they're into polyamory or something. Meh.

There's also maturity about the things you do - getting drunk every week or doing things that are illegal are PROBABLY not very mature. Getting drunk, it depends on where/how/what you do/blah blah I suppose.

Doing ANYTHING illegal (drinking underage, smoking marijuana in a country it's illegal, etc.) is immature. It's illegal, dude. It's illegal. Seriously. That's immature. Don't care who you are. It is.
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Jun 3 2007, 11:43 PM
Doing ANYTHING illegal (drinking underage, smoking marijuana in a country it's illegal, etc.) is immature. It's illegal, dude. It's illegal. Seriously. That's immature. Don't care who you are. It is.

wait, does that include looking at porn when you're under 18? hmmmmmmm?
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Jun 4 2007, 02:14 AM
wait, does that include looking at porn when you're under 18? hmmmmmmm?

<_<

Hope not. :o
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Jun 4 2007, 02:14 AM
Naoko
Jun 3 2007, 11:43 PM
Doing ANYTHING illegal (drinking underage, smoking marijuana in a country it's illegal, etc.) is immature. It's illegal, dude. It's illegal. Seriously. That's immature. Don't care who you are. It is.

wait, does that include looking at porn when you're under 18? hmmmmmmm?

Is there such a thing as a person who hasn't seen porn under 18? Yeah, that's kind of inevitable.

Oh, and it's kind of in a different league, too. Underage looking at porn vs. underage drinking... YEAH I think the consequences are very different, too.
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Jun 4 2007, 03:14 AM
Naoko
Jun 3 2007, 11:43 PM
Doing ANYTHING illegal (drinking underage, smoking marijuana in a country it's illegal, etc.) is immature. It's illegal, dude. It's illegal. Seriously. That's immature. Don't care who you are. It is.

wait, does that include looking at porn when you're under 18? hmmmmmmm?

If that's the case, I've been very immature since i was 12. Thanks Dad for making your porno mags easily accessible in the garage. I wonder if he ever realized why pages kept coming up missing out of them. You'd be amazed what kids in Junior High will pay for a page from Hustler. Porn payed for may of my videogames.
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Jun 4 2007, 02:43 AM

If that's the case, I've been very immature since i was 12. Thanks Dad for making your porno mags easily accessible in the garage. I wonder if he ever realized why pages kept coming up missing out of them. You'd be amazed what kids in Junior High will pay for a page from Hustler. Porn payed for may of my videogames.

Perhaps I should've clarified. Okay, some things are less of a big deal. Maybe immature anyway, but meh. Something like that isn't a big deal. I haven't heard of people getting in real trouble for looking at porn, except a creepy talk from their parents or something. Something like drinking underage could get you and whoever supplied you in a ton of trouble. Big difference there...
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I knew what you were saying. I just thought I would make some fun with the situation.
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Jun 4 2007, 02:50 AM
I knew what you were saying. I just thought I would make some fun with the situation.

I meant so Spyte couldn't have twisted my words. x_x;
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Jun 4 2007, 02:56 AM
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Jun 4 2007, 02:50 AM
I knew what you were saying. I just thought I would make some fun with the situation.

I meant so Spyte couldn't have twisted my words. x_x;

Like Joe, i was havin a little fun too. I knew what you meant, i just wanted to play the asshat card. ;P
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Jun 3 2007, 11:43 PM
Doing ANYTHING illegal (drinking underage, smoking marijuana in a country it's illegal, etc.) is immature. It's illegal, dude. It's illegal. Seriously. That's immature. Don't care who you are. It is.

In England if you are caught underaged drinking on the streets the Police here are only allowed to pour out the opened ones you have but they always take advantage of there authority and take everything off you. You can drink under age in someones house and on someones property even if its in there drive and the police are right outside the drive.

So you have never drank underaged even with your family or anything. Smoked uderaged? (ciggerettes, not weed) :unsure:

The mojority of the world have broken the law even if its just dropping litter they have.
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Jun 3 2007, 11:43 PM
There's also maturity about the things you do - getting drunk every week or doing things that are illegal are PROBABLY not very mature. Getting drunk, it depends on where/how/what you do/blah blah I suppose.

Doing ANYTHING illegal (drinking underage, smoking marijuana in a country it's illegal, etc.) is immature. It's illegal, dude. It's illegal. Seriously. That's immature. Don't care who you are. It is.

As long as you Know when to stop drinking the beer on a night out then there's nothing immature about drinking beer at all, People who have drinking problems, make them immature imo, just not very bright, since most people who have drinking problems are adults over 20, should know that theres a better way of their problems that don't invlove drinking. But no, i wouldn't say having a drink / getting merry once or twice a week is immature, it's fun, and as long as you know when to stop, then thats fine.

I'm not going to rant to you about smoking weed, because you've never smoked weed, therefore I'm not even gonna pay any attention to your opinion on it.
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Jun 4 2007, 02:07 PM
I'm not going to rant to you about smoking weed, because you've never smoked weed, therefore I'm not even gonna pay any attention to your opinion on it.

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Well, I must be very mature, for as far as I know I have done nothing illegal. Well . . . yeah. Am I mature? Can you tell from the way that I write that I am mature? Hmm probably not. I think my spontinaity (I know I spelled that incorrectly) and crazy postings make people think otherwise. So maybe you guys should rethink your definition of maturity.

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