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The same age that rental car companies have converged on for "enough" judgement to have developed. Personally, I was ridiculously vulnerable to influence by so
by steelframe 8y ago
The same age that rental car companies have converged on for "enough" judgement to have developed.
Personally, I was ridiculously vulnerable to influence by social groups between the ages of 16 and 25. So much so, that I impulsively joined the Mormon church and threw two years away trying to convert other people to Mormonism. I also wrote an anti-Microsoft rant in a newspaper editorial, since I was so caught up in the Free Software hysteria of the time.
Fast forward 8 years, and I'm ashamed to have the name "Brigham Young" on my resume, and I work at Microsoft -- hoping nobody ever runs across the misguided crap I wrote about my employer in that local newspaper.
Several of my colleagues wish some public things wouldn't show up in Google searches for idiotic things they did because of societal pressure before their "adult" brains fully developed. They really are much more reasonable and responsible people now than they were then.
- ggggtez 8y agoHave you ever considered that some people do things when they are 16-25 that they aren't ashamed of?
- Agathos 8y agoSo what? I'm sure Microsoft is happy they could win over a critic like that.
- nradov 8y agoHow sad for you. My judgment at age 18 was perfectly fine, thanks. By point of comparison, at age 23 Horatio Nelson was the captain of a warship and responsible for leading hundreds of men in combat. Nowadays we're way too tolerant of young people who refuse to grow up and accept the consequences of their actions.