At what age does someone go from not knowing better to being a lolcow? -

[Girugamesh]

Like, at what point can you stop saying "This kid doesn't know any better. They'll realize what they're doing is wrong when they're older." and it goes to, "There's a snowball's chance in hell that this person will grow out of these shitty behaviors."

This came to me after I read some Jessi Slaughter threads, since she was particularly young when she came into the spotlight. I think we all did cringy shit as kids, but at what age should you know better?

 

[Marco Fucko]

Late teens/early 20s or legal adulthood. At that point you've lived long enough to contextually learn behavior pretty well. I think our brains are done "growing up" at 25 or something but you can definitely run into proper "young adults" who mostly have their shit together before then. Conversely, if someone is in that age range and has the same kind of dysfunctional, narcissistic personality we see on cows then it's fair to go at them.

 

[XE 600]

I would say around the age of 18. 18 year olds still do the same dumb shit they have done throughout the rest of their teenage years but they should know better when they reach 18. A 16 year old is not going to know that the dumb shit they do is dumb. A 18 year old knows that the dumb shit they do is dumb but do it anyway.

 

[I Love Beef]

In terms of age, probably before 18; if not, by 22; if they haven't gotten their shit together by 27-28, tough luck. If you want to get technical, it all comes back to social upbringing and being self conscious, rather than being self aware. Like, if you know you're into some cringey shit or have some kinks that are in more gray area of acceptability, it's all how you come to handle it. For example, if you have fetishes, it's best to not openly ooze on about them live on the internet. Note for some, I didn't say socially unacceptable stuff, like diaper fetishes and pedophilia.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

I don't know. We all do and say stupid things from time time, but I think lols were just born that way. They can't change it. It won't getter with age.

 

[Girugamesh]

I agree with first few comments.

I think the older you get the harder it is to snap out of the behaviors, and that you're less likely to understand why/how something is wrong the younger you are. At eighteen, if you don't have a good concept of what's right or wrong, then maybe you're out of luck. It's easy to do stupid shit when you're young and easy to influence.

 

[MediocreMilt]

When you're 18, you're out the door!

 

[Exorbital Columnations]

Spoiler: From the man himself

 

[Pickle Inspector]

I’d say normally early 20s but if they’re autistic maybe give it another 5 years.

 

[TerribleIdeas™]

I’d say normally early 20s but if they’re autistic maybe give it another 5 years.

What if their a SJW tumblrite, though? I'm positive that's an currently unrecognized form of pernicious autism.

 

[Lemmingwise]

Oh it's just as much possible for teens to be lolcows

It's not an age where you become one. It's a mindset.

Though I suppose it's the pattern of behaviour that counts.

 

[mr.moon1488]

0-13: Who the fuck are you even talking to online you fucking pedo?
13-16: Automatic lolcow exemption because they don't know shit like everyone at that age.
16-18: Nigger, you should at least know the difference between "your, and you're."
18-25: They might grow out of it.
25+: They've either made a career out of it, or are famous beyond the realms of the internet.

 

[Kenya Jones]

Spoiler: From the man himself

View attachment 871308

i like this one better

 

[Woke Blue Muttlema]

Anyone older than me.
Its hard with young people, specially on this age cuz you can get money by pretending to be a sperg.

 

[Purin Chan]

I really think it depends on what they're doing exactly, so I'd say the line is somewhere between 16 to 18

 

[LyapunovCriterion]

"Past a certain age, a man without a family can be a bad thing. "

 

[soft kitty]

I don't really think there is an age limit. All ages have the capacity for lolcow behavior IMO.

I mean..onision is in his what, 30s now? And he has kids. Yeah.

Some people just REFUSE to mature.

"Past a certain age, a man without a family can be a bad thing. "

Not everyone is cut out for family life though.

 

[Judge Holden]

My gut instinct tells me around about the age of 15

By that point a nigger generally knows what shit is and is not cringy autism, and thus is actively choosing/innately drawn to engage in such behavior on their own volition which would qualify them in my book

What I would like to know however, is what age does one stop being a lolcow and start being a senile old person whose eccentric/obnoxious/obscene behavior is considered natural and unavoidable?

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

Oh it's just as much possible for teens to be lolcows

It's not an age where you become one. It's a mindset.

Though I suppose it's the pattern of behaviour that counts.

The milk that show produces...

 

[WhoBusTank69]

25 is generally when people have a firm grasp of what life is and how it works, so I'd say that's the cutoff point.
Teenagers are just fucking idiots and your early 20s is just a few years of elevator music as you get your head out of the clouds.