"But that's not even old.... is it?"

[Hexah]

Some times I can't believe I've been on this site without a huge break since '08. 4 years man 4 years @A@

[wonderfinch]

Vincent Valentine-Jenova

I hope you know, I had to stop and check to see what year I joined, because I DON'T believe I've been on this site that long...

but 2004. Holy s**t.

I guess, 2007 now is old. I can put that in to perspective for you a little bit.
Someone born in 2007 is now entering kindergarten.
So how the year doesn't seem that long ago, (Hell, sometimes I feel like 2002 was like, three years ago.) It really is.

I understand that feeling. My jaw just about hit the floor when I got a PM from the admin with one of those Soul Keys or whatever this summer.

I guess time flies on Gaia when you're having fun~!

[wonderfinch]

Lucidly

I... didn't realize I was so old. Been here since 2004. I'll have been here 9 years early next year.

2007 still seems new to me because it used to be new a few years ago. My concept of time appears to be broken from being here so long. @_@

I feel the same way. Perhaps it's because I come and go and I'm on the site very casually, but it's absolutely mind-boggling to think I've been here over 8 years ;A;

[Karmarsi Kedamoki]

Lazarus Larkin

Earlier today I read someone call 2008 "the early days" of Gaia, which just... blew my mind rofl

I really have a hard time thinking of anything after 2006 as "old"!

mmm... *smacks lips, fixes glasses* Back in my day...No one was old! *shakes cane* I was a new born in '05 and mm... those carnsoundit 03'ers were still just toddlers! *bonks '08er with cane* You...you ssssonny don't know what you be talking about! Darn whippersnapper!

I do see 07 as somewhat old though. Hard to believe that was 5 years ago

[Diamond Dustie]

+.♦.+ Diamond Dust +.♦.+

Been here since 2004,

But in my roleplaying years with my friends, if it's going to be 2013, then it's been at least 10 years since I've known them. xD Of course, that is what we mostly use this site for... to roleplay. 3nodding

We were also in another old site before Gaia called "Neopets." We tend to travel from forum sites to forum sites, trying ways to replace Neopets since the rule of "Character limits." e_e

But then, we accepted Gaia as our home and we haven't leave this site since then. 4laugh heart

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[J 4 C K]

I like to standardize my use of the term "old". Once something has reached the half way mark of life expectancy, or current life length, it's now old. For example. A person's average life expectancy is like.... 78 to 80. So a person can officially be called considered old at about age 40.

For Gaians, the old limit increases every year. If Gaia is nearing 10 years old, then you must have been on for 5 years to be old. So once Gaia dings and levels up again a user that joined in '08 would be considered old to me.

[Lady Ouija]

J 4 C K

I like to standardize my use of the term "old". Once something has reached the half way mark of life expectancy, or current life length, it's now old. For example. A person's average life expectancy is like.... 78 to 80. So a person can officially be called considered old at about age 40.

For Gaians, the old limit increases every year. If Gaia is nearing 10 years old, then you must have been on for 5 years to be old. So once Gaia dings and levels up again a user that joined in '08 would be considered old to me.

I like that logic.

[Sleep Isabella]

07 was five years ago?!
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I still can't wrap my head around 07 being old, but yeah now they can be considered old.

I guess...the cutoff date imo would be 09..

[J 4 C K]

Lady Ouija

J 4 C K

I like to standardize my use of the term "old". Once something has reached the half way mark of life expectancy, or current life length, it's now old. For example. A person's average life expectancy is like.... 78 to 80. So a person can officially be called considered old at about age 40.

For Gaians, the old limit increases every year. If Gaia is nearing 10 years old, then you must have been on for 5 years to be old. So once Gaia dings and levels up again a user that joined in '08 would be considered old to me.

I like that logic.

Being mechanical in your human analysis is terrible for normal interaction, but it works for me.

[wonderfinch]

J 4 C K

I like to standardize my use of the term "old". Once something has reached the half way mark of life expectancy, or current life length, it's now old. For example. A person's average life expectancy is like.... 78 to 80. So a person can officially be called considered old at about age 40.

For Gaians, the old limit increases every year. If Gaia is nearing 10 years old, then you must have been on for 5 years to be old. So once Gaia dings and levels up again a user that joined in '08 would be considered old to me.

That actually... makes a great deal of sense! I've been assuming that '03 accounts are the only truly old accounts since about 2005, I should probably not be thinking like that any more.

[WhipWhip]

I joined at the start of 2008. By the time Gaia turns 10, I'll have been here for half of it's existence.

That spins me out. Especially since to many older users, I'd still be viewed as a newbie in comparison.

[Your Blushing Paladin]

I'm very displaced with time, what was 6 years ago only seemed like it was last week.

So when folks tell me I've been here for a little over 5 years I get majorly shocked! Doesn't seem that long to me xD

[J 4 C K]

wonderfinch

J 4 C K

I like to standardize my use of the term "old". Once something has reached the half way mark of life expectancy, or current life length, it's now old. For example. A person's average life expectancy is like.... 78 to 80. So a person can officially be called considered old at about age 40.

For Gaians, the old limit increases every year. If Gaia is nearing 10 years old, then you must have been on for 5 years to be old. So once Gaia dings and levels up again a user that joined in '08 would be considered old to me.

That actually... makes a great deal of sense! I've been assuming that '03 accounts are the only truly old accounts since about 2005, I should probably not be thinking like that any more.

Well in 2005 my rule applies. Unfortunately people are smart, and we learn. So once you learn what year an account becomes old at, you tend to stick with it. Luckily I'm pretty sociophobic, so I can take an outside look at human behavior, and devise useless explanations of things like this [Inser topic title]

[wonderfinch]

VVhip

I joined at the start of 2008. By the time Gaia turns 10, I'll have been here for half of it's existence.

That spins me out. Especially since to many older users, I'd still be viewed as a newbie in comparison.

Get off my site, you darn whippersnapper!

But really, when you think about it, there's no longer that much time separating the users of 2003 from the users of 2008, relatively speaking- when the site had only been around for 5 years, it was a big difference, but now that its 10th anniversary is coming up quickly, it's not such a large divide (relatively speaking). I'm sure someone will always attempt to assert their age as some sign of power, but in reality any account made pre-2009 is probably "old" to a new user X'D

[wonderfinch]

Your Blushing Paladin

I'm very displaced with time, what was 6 years ago only seemed like it was last week.

So when folks tell me I've been here for a little over 5 years I get majorly shocked! Doesn't seem that long to me xD

I have the same issue, time's passage doesn't seem to work quite the same for me as it does for everyone else... I still have a pretty clear recollection of Gaia in 2006 and 2007 and it seems as though it wasn't that long ago!