boards.ie - angry old men? (re underagers thread)

While it is indeed related to the enormous underagers thread, i felt this was a slightly different slant on the issue that deserved its own thread

So here you have it- are most boards members a bunch of 96 year old Taliban members trapped in 20 year old bodys?

What struck me was that unless you were some sort of quiet anti social outcast, as a teenager you were doing and wanting to do what the girl in that thread posted. In all fairness, most of us probably had dads who would buy us a pint when we were 15 or 16 down the pub. Ive been goin to nightclubs since I was 16, as has pretty much anyone who lived a little as a youngster. Im 18 now, and as long as they arent **** I have no problem seein 17 or 16 year olds in the same spot as me. You may say "gwan to the youth discos" but the fact is few 16 year olds want to go to them. They were heaven on earth 13-16 but by then they are tired of them, theyre embarrased to be still going to them.

Fair enough, if theyre fallin about after 3 ****in smirnoff ices then yeah, theyre actin the fool, maybe drinkin isnt meant for them, at least not yet, but in all honesty are most of them causin anyone any hassle? If you dont like seein underagers go to clubs where its very hard for them to gain access- face it, places that are fairly relaxed on the underagers are normally cheesefests anyway, manned by wanky DJs playing Girls Aloud and the Scissor Sisters all night long. The type that would give you a "ya wha?" look if you asked them to stick on the Biggie Smalls Lean Back remix.

So, basically my question is do you think yiv turned into an oul hypocrite? Ill certainly be a hypocrite with my own kids (especially daughters- i wouldnt want them turning out like a great deal of the birds ive been with tbh), running a do as i say, not what i did policy when I hear the "but dad i was talkin to your mates, you were gettin pissed and doin drugs when you were younger than me. And granny told me that when she was in England for a week you completely wrecked the house in a party" excuse. But thats just me- a flawed, complex individual

Then again, i was an old man when i was underage. Referring to one nightclub i said "nah fcuk it, its full of kids" and me 17 (in fairness, id seen a pile of 14 and 15 year olds i knew in it, i was like fcuk this!)
But still, at least im not as extreme as those in that thread. If you are around 16 and can make it in and you are not going to cause me trouble, fair play tbh


Personally i find drunken fat birds in their 40s out on a work do puttin the handbags in the middle of the dancefloor, singin Amarillo and grabbin me arse as I pass more of a problem......BAN THE OVER 30S FROM OUR CLUBS! Ya dont want the place your in to be a youth disco, but not Jurassic ****in Park either