At what age do you expect to die?

[danny elfboy]

In these past few replies, show me the precise place where I attacked you. Then I can explain it. If there is further debate, we can start a poll to decide whether or not I was attacking you, or you are just overreacting. That would explain it. Now is a time when your hormones are going haywire. And for the record, I am not a man smoking a pipe, but an just a simple, young college student. I think you are closer to the old man smoking the pipe. You get rattled to easily, then try to turn it back on me.

And if you have a problem telling me something in English, tell me in Italian (I think that is what you speak). I can speak that language too.

OKay, dopotutto l'inglese non è la mia lingua madre e voglio proprio vedere se anche tu non sembri un minimo pedante mentre cerchi di esprimere frasi di senso compiuto in una lingua che non è la tua. Detto questo, non capisco come puoi affermare che dire "His posts are making me want pianistimo back" non è un insulto. Poi vediamo c'è questo
"he was a rather hostile and verbose character" e poi la stronzata peggiore che potevi cacciare fuori "he was a rather hostile and verbose character" che non è soltanto un'idiozia ma è anche un insulto e una discriminazione non solo per me ma per tante altre persone. Proprio curioso di vedere con quali brillanti risposte te ne verrai fuori.

[thalberg]

ROFL
No way 

Verb 1. tantalize - harass with persistent criticism or carping

In English, we only used the definition I mentioned.  The definition you mentioned is in the dictionary, but we never use it--I have never seen it used.  So....you are hostile because you want something delicious, I guess.

You were diligent to look it up, though!   

[retrouvailles]

OK, I admit those remarks were a bit rude but they were nowhere near as hurtful as the ones you said, namely "those who thought you were a painful idiot. I just think you're a boring and sad individual, with nothing original to express and say ... in words or music. It's pathetic of you to criticize someone for trying to be above average mediocrity and unsensitivity and to expect people to fit some kind of artificial category rather than praising individual self affirmation". I consider that to be far worse (and I think many would agree). I even consider the remark "he was a rather hostile and verbose character" to be more of a criticism than a hurtful remark. I think you are just overreacting.

E non preferisco parlare l'italiano perché adesso sto imparando tuttavia. Puoì parlare l'inglese molto bene, io ammetto.

[danny elfboy]

So....you are hostile because you want something delicious, I guess.

I'm hypoglycemic. If my blood sugars get too low I become an irritable monster

[retrouvailles]

Do you want to pick up this argument after you've had a box of chocolates? Maybe then there will be some closure.

[danny elfboy]

OK, I admit those remarks were a bit rude but they were nowhere near as hurtful as the ones you said

Okay, I was just very hard by your remark about me acting like a 35 years old.
I'm actually proud of the fact I don't conform to the status-quo and don't think the only things that matter in life are parties, sex and brand clothes.
I know there are other people like me and I don't think we should be insulted for wanting to be different, I guess we should be praised for being true to ourselves and remain individualists.

E non preferisco parlare l'italiano perché adesso sto imparando tuttavia. Puoì parlare l'inglese molto bene, io ammetto.

Grazie, anche tu te la cavi
Amici? Pace?

[ahinton]

You made me hate humanity, you made me.

If someone you've never met and about whom you know nothing beyond what you have read of the contributions he has made to an internet forum has actually done so drastic a thing as that, it might suggest far more about the utterly weak-kneed nature of your character than it does about him.

As to those subjects, though - I don't personally have any particular problem about at least some (I don't say all) of them being discussed in the Anything but Piano section of this forum if sufficient members wish to do so, provided that the discussion is sensible and considered rather than gratuitous.

Best,

Alistair

[retrouvailles]

Okay, I was just very hard by your remark about me acting like a 35 years old.
I'm actually proud of the fact I don't conform to the status-quo and don't think the only things that matter in life are parties, sex and brand clothes.
I know there are other people like me and I don't think we should be insulted for wanting to be different, I guess we should be praised for being true to ourselves and remain individualists.

Grazie, anche tu te la cavi
Amici? Pace?

It was partially meant to be a joke. I am a very playful person by nature, and sometimes I like to lighten the mood with a joke or two. It might just be your more serious nature that allows you to be hurt by such comments. Or it might be my lack of sensitivity for others in some cases. In tutti casi, chiedo scusa. Voglio che continuiamo come amici, piuttosto come nemici. Fermiamo questo discutere inutili e parliamo nella pace.

[danny elfboy]

It might just be your more serious nature that allows you to be hurt by such comments.

For sure I'm susceptible and touchy

Or it might be my lack of sensitivity for others in some cases. In tutti casi, chiedo scusa. Voglio che continuiamo come amici, piuttosto come nemici. Fermiamo questo discutere inutili e parliamo nella pace.

Benissimo 

[danny elfboy]

As to those subjects, though - I don't personally have any particular problem about at least some (I don't say all) of them being discussed in the Anything but Piano section of this forum if sufficient members wish to do so, provided that the discussion is sensible and considered rather than gratuitous.

I still think it's a shame that in a piano forum the most active board (by stats) is the "anything but piano" section. I find it a shame that the majority of members have their main and highest post activity in the "anything but piano" section. I find it a shame that in a piano forum the top 10 posts are not about music, technique, interpretation, pianism but about meaningless things that have nothing to do with the reason this forum exists.
I find it a shame that the highest number of un-replied post is in the "student corner" section while no post got 0 replies in the "anything but piano" section. I find it a shame that the majority of topic started are not about piano or music. I'm on of the few here who has his highest post activity in the "student corner" section and I consider it the most important section, since beginners and people who genuinely need our help and would allow us to spent our time on this forum constructively mostly post there.

[ahinton]

I still think it's a shame that in a piano forum the most active board (by stats) is the "anything but piano" section. I find it a shame that the majority of members have their main and highest post activity in the "anything but piano" section. I find it a shame that in a piano forum the top 10 posts are not about music, technique, interpretation, pianism but about meaningless things that have nothing to do with the reason this forum exists.
I find it a shame that the highest number of un-replied post is in the "student corner" section while no post got 0 replies in the "anything but piano" section. I find it a shame that the majority of topic started are not about piano or music. I'm on of the few here who has his highest post activity in the "student corner" section and I consider it the most important section, since beginners and people who genuinely need our help and would allow us to spent our time on this forum constructively mostly post there.

That's all a quite different issue, or series of related issues, to that of whether particular subjects may or may not be suitable for inclusion in this forum's Anything but Piano section; I cannot and do not seek to disagree with you that the sheer volume of material in this section might well seem dismayingly disproportionate in quantity to the specifically piano-oriented material which is the principal purpose of this forum's continued existence, but that is surely down not only to those members who initiate threads in this section (which you seem not to do) but also to those who respond to them (which you do). What do you suppose should be done to adjust this situation? Whatever it is (if anything) you'd have to recommend it to Nils in any case.

Best,

Alistair

[ahinton]

I note with interest that no members have yet sought to reveal their past expectations by changing the "do" of the thread title to "did" in order to quote an age less than they are now; I wonder if that's because no member expected to die before now or whether none has yet thought of it...

Best,

Alistair

[bob3.1415926]

When I was younger I thought I'd die at 27. I'm now 25, and sure hoping that I was wrong.....

According to www.deathclock.com I'm gonna go in September 2055, when I'll be the grand old age of 73. Hmmm

[pianistimo]

you're 25 again?  wow, bob.  how did you do it.  next time i'm gone, i'll try what you did.  say - do you use circular reasoning, too.  just wondering from the numbers.

[thalbergmad]

I think Dunny Elftwat needs to get a calculator.

If you add up all the piano related boards, the total is far higher than this one.

Thal

[rc]

Too much drama - back OT:

A few years ago I figured I would die young, I thought that anything past 30 is getting over the hill so why bother with all that lameness?

Now I think if I find myself over the hill at any age that would mean I haven't set the bar high enough and it would be time to find a bigger hill.  I don't ever want to reach the top.

So I plan on living for a long time. 92ish.

[pianochick93]

Back on topic

I will probably die in my 80s or 90s. Females in my family havea history of living a long time through sheer willpower, and I hope it'll work for me as well.

[leonidas]

Hormones like testosterone lead to a slightly shorter yet more happy life.

Women live longer, but it can be bad if they're hollow and alone.

[pianochick93]

The women I know that have lived to an old age were not hollow and alone. They were happy, social, and though most of them had husbands that died earlier than them, they got over it and lived happily in their old folks villages. Self sustained as well. My great grandma even helps cook and clean for the other little old ladies in her "village"