my 15 seconds of extremely localized fame

[The Elfoid_TFS]

More than forgetting age gaps, people forget the passage of time. I started Myth II gaming online (rather than obsessive co-op plug playing on my own) in Jan 2004. I was 14 1/2 years of age, now I'm 17 1/2 but people seem to think I'm probably not 16 yet still. It's damn frustrating, I'm over a year older than P (previously Par, previously Paris, previously Paris in Flames, starting to notice him running out of letters to delete in his name) and people just assume I'm younger. I'll admit my eccentric, excitable nature hardly screams maturity though.

[sillek]

Don't forget that half. How about five sixths ?

[vinylrake]

More than forgetting age gaps, people forget the passage of time. ...

That's because Time doesn't "pass", it just is. Time stays still, it's you who are moving through time, not vice versa. I admit the common 'agreed' upon reality is that everyone experiences time the same way, e.g. as something that moves past us at a constant speed while we stand still (like the proverbial rock in a river) but that doesn't mean that's what's really happening.

Seriously, igoring the difficulty of taking any path other then the one of least resistance (the traditional 'forward/linear' path), let's look at the rate of speed WE MOVE through time at. If you believe that time passes or goes by us, can you say with a straight face that time always seems to pass at the same rate? Does time pass you at the same rate when you are sitting in a class you can't stand or when you are waiting for something you really really want or when you are doing something you love?

I thought not.

[Nkoame]

cool to be able to see your hard work on the big screen. I had a fun event shortly after being accepted in the OøH...I googled "nkoame" just to see what would come up, and voila...I was at the top of the page, on the mighty Google! Fun stuff. Congratulations on your newfound notoriety.

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[Pyro]

Actually when I was younger I would imagine the reason for why in certain boring events time passes much slower than on fun events was basically memory. Think about it... if you wish to leave the boring event as soon as possible you will keep checking the time and think of just about every second that passes how much you wish to leave. But in a fun event you aren't thinking of time and are just trying to enjoy the moment and therefore time passes faster according to your memory.