How do you feel about your 14 year old self?

[sqbr]

I keep seeing discussions about this on tumblr, and have a Theory about how it relates to age. Apologies to people over 55, I realise you are not a monolith :)

Poll #12633

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 48

How embarrassed would you say you are about the person you were at 14?

Very
5 (10.4%)

a little
12 (25.0%)

not at all
30 (62.5%)

I am 13 or under!
0 (0.0%)

other
1 (2.1%)

If you are fairly embarrassed, how old are you?

14
0 (0.0%)

15-19
2 (22.2%)

20-24
1 (11.1%)

25-29
2 (22.2%)

30-34
2 (22.2%)

35-39
1 (11.1%)

40-44
1 (11.1%)

45-49
0 (0.0%)

50-54
0 (0.0%)

55+
0 (0.0%)

If you are NOT particularly embarassed, how old are you?

14
0 (0.0%)

15-19
1 (2.4%)

20-24
5 (12.2%)

25-29
7 (17.1%)

30-34
8 (19.5%)

35-39
7 (17.1%)

40-44
5 (12.2%)

45-49
2 (4.9%)

50-54
2 (4.9%)

55+
4 (9.8%)

Comments

[esmenet]

...now that I think about it again, I am a lot less embarrassed then I thought I was. I don't remember it very well, partly because that was right before I started learning about *isms, and partly because I started learning Japanese at community college when I was fifteen. But I think I was fourteen when I first watched Evangelion, and I am not at all embarrassed about my first-off reactions to that show (namely: it sucks to be Shinji and I have a lot of sympathy for him, Asuka is a really interesting character who badly needs some hugs, Misato is amazing, and the original TV ending is super uplifting). And I think at roughly that age I did tell my friends to say 'hey, stop that,' if I did something they didn't like, so fourteen-year-old me was probably alright.

[sqbr]

And I think at roughly that age I did tell my friends to say 'hey, stop that,' if I did something they didn't like

I'm still getting the hang of this at 33!