1988 (from a thread elsewhere)

[dr4b]

Yeah, I was thinking of posting something like "in 1988 I finished sixth grade and turned eleven, neither of which was all that exciting. However, given a moment to think about it, I can still name at least 20 out of the 30ish people in my sixth grade class. But I have a freakish memory, so that doesn't count.", but I decided not to.

Or maybe I did. Ha!

Now that I think about it, 1988 was also the first year I was a regular caller/poster to BBSes, often convincing people that I was in my early 20's because of my quick typing and precocious command of the english language. Sad, isn't it?

Comments

[seanmcguire.livejournal.com]

I had the same kind of experience - I started using BBSes the summer before 4th grade. Many people thought I was around 17 at the time, and as I grew older, that estimate also grew older.

It was nice not being judged on my height, but rather on my thoughts...

[yitz.livejournal.com]

your current userpic looks like a police-computer-generated grown-up guestimation of dr4b's baby userpic..
coincidence? muahahaha

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[yitz.livejournal.com]

the point was that the police pics never look anything like the actual grown-up pics..

[dr4b]

Yah, but I don't think they'd be extremely different to the point that they'd turn a girl into a guy. Or would they? Maybe someone could train a neural net on baby pictures of transexuals, and then start identifying future transexuals while they're still in nursery school!

[dr4b]

I think if that was actually done it would end up looking more like



(These two pictures, the one of me at 2 years old pouting and the one of me at 22 years old pouting, are next to each other on our mantlepiece full of pictures here.)

[blk]

I was somewhat similar. I got online at about 8th grade, and everybody thought I was in my 20s. Then a few years later I started frequenting BBS gatherings and half the people there still thought I was in my 20s and the rest thought I was still about 12.

The fun of having a really young face for a long time, I guess