#653: "It's a secret." - Page 4

Kupo-chan · 01-26-2006, 01:11 AM

I didn't even think of that. Thank you. You are a wise, wise man, Mr. Clevinger.

PhasmaRok · 01-26-2006, 01:12 AM

A lot of 18-y-o's I know have the maturity of children, anyway.

And I'd buy the LW's being maybe 20 at the oldest.
For Thief, it'd be in elf-years of course. And as for why elves mature more slowly.... it's because you touch yourself at night.

Swiftbow · 01-26-2006, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Kupo-chan

Concider this, if our race lived longer, wouldent we also be concidered "childern" for longer, and treated as such?

I wasn't talking about being "treated" as children. It is true that kids were once considered men at around 13 years old (or younger), but that didn't mean they were done growing. Growth has pretty much always ended in the 18-20s range.

But even if elves did extend the "child" consideration longer (and ok, sure, that might make sense), 120ish just seems, well, crazy? But anyway, it doesn't really matter, but I felt compelled to post because everyone seems to be assuming 8-Bit elves age like D&D elves, which may or may not be the case.

Rocketlex · 01-26-2006, 01:43 AM

Does this mean that elfen puberty can last for decades?

BitVyper · 01-26-2006, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Swiftbow

I've never quite gotten why it is that elves are supposed to mature so much more slowly. Sure, they live a long time, but humans don't take 20 years to fully grow because we live longer than a dog. It takes longer because we have more to develop.

Er, no we don't. We're just helpless a lot longer than most animals. Hell, we have -less- to develop than quite a few, and we generally take a good fifteen years longer to get most of our physical growth done.

We do start with less mentally though.

kynikos · 01-26-2006, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Kurosen

It's already happening. We are much more like children at 18 than we were a hundred years ago because the average human lifespan has increased so much since then.

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

I think that the causal inference is dubious. There are too many variables (e.g. child labor laws, mandatory public education, deeper understanding of developmental psychology, etc.) to draw this conclusion. Of course, the increase in human lifespan may have something to do with the changing views on adolescence; however, the evidence only supports a positive correlation, not a causal relationship.

-kynikos

Sam_Drugbringer · 01-26-2006, 02:06 AM

That Statement was a bit Blanket. While one could argue the overall trend is for older people to be considered younger, in many comunitys children end up growing up faster.

That said, there is a big diffrence between the diffrence between living 50 and 100 years, and living 100 and 10,000 years. I can't imagene Thief being considered a day older then 50 in normal years a youth, and even that's pushing it.

Kurosen · 01-26-2006, 02:11 AM

Pardon me for making a brief post in a forum. I was unaware it would count for 25% of my grade.

Sam_Drugbringer · 01-26-2006, 02:15 AM

Oh god. I'm always hoping Kurosen will post more, and now I've ticked him off so he might post less.

kynikos · 01-26-2006, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sam_Drugbringer

Oh god. I'm always hoping Kurosen will post more, and now I've ticked him off so he might post less.

It was probably my fault as much (or more) than yours.

Brian, I meant to disagree but not be disagreeable. I apologize for any offense.

Best regards,
kynikos

01-26-2006, 01:11 AM	#31
Kupo-chan Shyguy Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The fifth sublevel of the Queen Spiders Dungeon. Posts: 152	I didn't even think of that. Thank you. You are a wise, wise man, Mr. Clevinger. __________________ "Is real life really stranger than fiction, or is fiction about real life being stranger than fiction stranger than real life being stranger than fiction?" Ow.

01-26-2006, 01:12 AM	#32
PhasmaRok Megalomaniac Otaku Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Right. Behind. You! Posts: 286	A lot of 18-y-o's I know have the maturity of children, anyway. And I'd buy the LW's being maybe 20 at the oldest. For Thief, it'd be in elf-years of course. And as for why elves mature more slowly.... it's because you touch yourself at night. __________________ "You didn't have to wound that man." "Yeah, I know. It was just funny."

01-26-2006, 01:43 AM	#34
Rocketlex Shyguy Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 150	Does this mean that elfen puberty can last for decades?

01-26-2006, 02:06 AM	#37
Sam_Drugbringer Troopa Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 75	That Statement was a bit Blanket. While one could argue the overall trend is for older people to be considered younger, in many comunitys children end up growing up faster. That said, there is a big diffrence between the diffrence between living 50 and 100 years, and living 100 and 10,000 years. I can't imagene Thief being considered a day older then 50 in normal years a youth, and even that's pushing it.

01-26-2006, 02:15 AM	#39
Sam_Drugbringer Troopa Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 75	Oh god. I'm always hoping Kurosen will post more, and now I've ticked him off so he might post less.