Gawd? Seriously?

I think that maturity is a curve; I was much more mature when I
was a younger, more inexperienced person.

Then I discovered Fark, and well... look at me now.

FTFA: People who are less mature tend to engage in the following habits:

1. Black-and-white thinking with no gray area.

2. Inability to see the world from the perspective of others.

3. Low empathy.

4. Low tolerance for painful emotions.

5. Low tolerance for differences.

6. Lack of insight into themselves and others.


Good God, that means I'm more like, 8 years old then.

What causes this kind of immaturity and how can I deal with it?

Step 1: Stop obsessing over how other people live their lives.

I'll act like a 12 year old if I gawdamn please.

People who are less mature tend to engage in the following habits:

1. Black-and-white thinking with no gray area.

2. Inability to see the world from the perspective of others.

3. Low empathy.

4. Low tolerance for painful emotions.

5. Low tolerance for differences.

6. Lack of insight into themselves and others.

That sounds like a certain wing of a certain political party.

/ambiguity is my forte

I act like I'm 12 on Fark, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

eqtworld: I am willing to go out on a limb here and say the article is making baseless claims; and that maturity is in fact highly correlated with age

Well that's immature.

eqtworld: I am willing to go out on a limb here and say the article is making baseless claims; and that maturity is in fact highly correlated with age

Except in your case, sparkles.

Sometimes it is their maturity level that is the problem, and other times it is your skunk like stench. Have you tried bathing?

jaylectricity: Except in your case, sparkles.

Maybe it's the contrast of the episode of "Intervention" I just watched, but calling someone "sparkles" in a thread about maturity got far more giggles out of me than it probably deserves.

Low Empathy isn't a sign you are immature, it's a sign that you've become jaded.

eqtworld: I am willing to go out on a limb here and say the article is making baseless claims; and that maturity is in fact highly correlated with age

Don't have a cow, man.

eqtworld: I am willing to go out on a limb here and say the article is making baseless claims; and that maturity is in fact highly correlated with age

Shut up poopiehead :(

Of course, I've generally found when a woman says this, it means "You don't act like my daddy" or "I wanted you to do something unpleasant but you told me to deal with it myself".

/"You're so immature!"
//Ignoring the fact you're not part of the conversation, what about my behavior bothers you?
///"You're laughing so hard tears are coming out of your eyes - MY father NEVER laughs like that!"
////Dear, your father is a farking accountant, and has all the personality of a wet paper towel. Go away now, we're having fun.

Really?
You don't have to be 30 to be mature?
I'm shocked.

Does that mean I can hit it if she looks/acts mature?

/Where's that seat?
//Over there.

Dammit, Paula!

/Epic TFD.

I think the submitter is right when they said "penis".

/penis

eqtworld: I am willing to go out on a limb here and say the article is making baseless claims; and that maturity is in fact highly correlated with age

Her answer to the second question isn't helping her case much, either

Jamespoon: FTFA: People who are less mature tend to engage in the following habits:

1. Black-and-white thinking with no gray area.

2. Inability to see the world from the perspective of others.

3. Low empathy.

4. Low tolerance for painful emotions.

5. Low tolerance for differences.

6. Lack of insight into themselves and others.


Good God, that means I'm more like, 8 years old then.

Is that list trying to justify my Non-European culture course requirement? Who needs that stuff anyway!

FuturePastNow: Gawd? Seriously?

The person who wrote this is a poo-poo head.

Having worked in an assisted living facility, near as I can tell most people hit peak maturity between 40 and 60, then head back downhill. Where they stop seems to vary.

/"Kiss my ass and pour me some coffee." - Old lady in assisted living

Ringshadow
"Kiss my ass and pour me some coffee."

Stop visiting my mom!

I had a 42 year old co-worker with the personality of an 8th grader.

I acted mature cause I was insecunre, now I just don't give a fark.

This thread hurts my balls.

I work with a gentleman who has the maturity and attitude of a 15 year old. It's painful to deal with.

Is acting like a child inappropriate at work? starged up

Low empathy: In other, words, he won't do exactly what you want:'(

Jamespoon: FTFA: People who are less mature tend to engage in the following habits:

1. Black-and-white thinking with no gray area.

2. Inability to see the world from the perspective of others.

3. Low empathy.

4. Low tolerance for painful emotions.

5. Low tolerance for differences.

6. Lack of insight into themselves and others.


Good God, that means I'm more like, 8 years old then.

From that definition, it really sounds like maturity is a bad thing. Those same attributes tend to apply to engineers and scientists. The author of this article is just trying to fight an inferiority complex by calling other people immature.

3 Seattle links on page 1! Yae for rainy town!

The vacuum cleaner's my cock!

/You don't think that's funny? You gotta chill oot, man.

Jamespoon: FTFA: People who are less mature tend to engage in the following habits:

1. Black-and-white thinking with no gray area.

2. Inability to see the world from the perspective of others.

3. Low empathy.

4. Low tolerance for painful emotions.

5. Low tolerance for differences.

6. Lack of insight into themselves and others.


Good God, that means I'm more like, 8 years old then.

It would also mean you're a Republican.

For the most part I have seen maturity correlated with life experience which can or can not be correlated with how many years a person has been living; it really boils down to the person. En masse, I do agree that older age correlates with more maturity but does not necessarily cause it; similar to other things, see Freakonomics. A problem is many people fail to see past this and assume older age necessitates more maturity. How it works in practice: Crow T. Robot would like to befriend and/or date more mature women. Now it's very hard to find a mature woman who doesn't believe in the possibility for a mature person at a young age.


/Late 20's to cougars
//Not mine
///No basement quarters, I rent a house

Q: I find people's emotional reactions hard to understand. Any tricks for reading people better?

A: Yes, get to know yourself deeply and everyone else will be crystal clear.

Dear god, who pays this woman to write such crap advice? "understanding yourself" isn't going to help you deal with irrational people who let their emotions affect them in weird ways.

There is black, and there is white, there is no room in between.
Let me show you my card.

call me immature if you wish - suffer the justice of Mr. A

FTA:

Q: I find people's emotional reactions hard to understand. Any tricks for reading people better?

A: Yes, get to know yourself deeply and everyone else will be crystal clear.

WTF?

That's about the worst piece of advice I've ever seen. The older I get and the more deeply I understand myself the more baffling the behavior and reactions of almost everyone else seems to be.

If you're a weirdo, getting to know your weirdo-self better isn't going to help you with understanding the more normal-ish people.

No basement quarters, I rent a house THis
Gawd, like, why is my coworker so immature? and that. ratatatatat my mum is not fat.

I think the most important line in the article was this:

"most adults never reach the more advanced stages of human development."

serial_crusher: Dear god, who pays this woman to write such crap advice? "understanding yourself" isn't going to help you deal with irrational people who let their emotions affect them in weird ways.

Some people are genuinely unaware of their own emotions.

FTA:
Q: I find people's emotional reactions hard to understand. Any tricks for reading people better?

A: Yes, get to know yourself deeply and everyone else will be crystal clear.

Yes, because narcissists are know for their empathy.

Ahhh, Wounded Woman! i can smell the fresh scratches, they get screatched everday, by almost anything:

"The same strategy works for immature co-workers. Next time your 2-year-old co-worker wants to have a power struggle, forget about changing his oppositional nature. Instead, give him two choices:

1. He can continue arguing and not get anything. :(
2. He can work together with you or others and get what he wants. :)*

// I would act like a 2 year old if she was gonna be my 'counselor'
then she would have the prestige of 'fixing' a 2 yo cat,
and i'd get what i want..
overtime @ her place

why do i pay for children who aren't even mine?

Ya know, I'm a chick. But I will never understand why chicks think they know everything.

dicksthinklikethat: why do i pay for children who aren't even mine?

Gary Glitter is thinking the same thing right now.

I thought some people tryed to know every thing, but if they couldn't then they just accepted it, but still tried to know. thas rong

dicksthinklikethat: why do i pay for children who aren't even mine?

Gary Glitter is thinking the same thing right now.

is he stuck in a relationship with women who don't want to breed with him too?

I hear he was a pedophile, but if he really liked them he wouldn't do that stuff, why do people mis use words?