What happened to maturity?

[Nmil-ek]

Well, today I was on the bus and a guy that tried to get up tripped as the bus started moving, and the guy in across from me (sideways seating) said "haha f**king nice) and I was kinda irritated by that, (I was helping the guy who tripped back up which will lead to what he said next) so anyway I get back in my seat after I helped the guy, and what do you know the guy across frfom me calls me gay, for helping someone up, what happened to maturity, also a while back a kid who badmouthed others was about to get his ass kicked (by someone clearly much stronger) so I tried and succeeded at breaking up a fight nobody else tried to (there were onlookers that I had seen breaking up fights between other people before and it should be noted I didnt like this badmouthing kid either, but to get his ass kicked in a fight against someone clearly stronger, thats unfair) but people all stared at me with that "what the fuck?" look on their faces, It saddens me, even if you dont like/know someone shouldnt you help them in need? I remember when I was young I was always told to "smarten up" or "act more mature" and now that I am in the point of my life where I should be acting mature, it seems I am shunned for it, even by those who TOLD me to act more mature, I dont get people, what happened to maturity?

Props on doing that even if others act like dicks to you afterward, most people would not shows alot of character. And yeah, people can be twats regardless of age or gender, maturity isnt a trait gained with getting older it's just that life requires more of it. Hell I remember meeting more mature people in primary school as a kid than at college or work but dont stop setting an expample or let people put you down for it otherwise the world would be full of rampant arseholes like me.

 

[LeonLethality]

The sad part about this story is that it happens very often, and all of us are accountable for doing it at one point in time. I did it a couple months ago. I was skiing with my roommate and every time we saw a snowboarder fall down on a jump we would laugh and I would yell out, "Nice trick Shaun White!" I did this for about an hour and then ran into a pothole in the snow, flipped twice, and ended up breaking my left thumb and fracturing my right wrist.

Instant karma I suppose. You can only hope that this guy got what was coming to him as well.

Well I can see some forms being okay like being immature with friends for the sake of being stupid, and like my friends and I jokingly make fun of each other all the time, but we are never serious about it I dont want people to be mature 24/7 no fun in that, but at least somewhat mature, talking things out not kicking someone while they are down sure I am immature often but never to such a degree as what I often witness

 

[Doc.Nick]

Schadenfreude?

 

[LeonLethality]

Sadly disagreed with on the fighting portion, due to me not specifying he was in the middle of the fight not before it started. I neglected to put that in to see the reactions, I agree he should have been scared but those of you who said the whole fight shoulda gone on and I shouldnt have prevented it, I'm kinda dissapointed

 

[Internet Kraken]

You're asking for maturity from an age group that generally isn't very mature. This is nothing new.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Personally, I don't really think maturity has ever existed, with a few notable exceptions.

Of course, I may too young to really know for sure, because I was born in 1990, and grew up around that time that video games and the internet started gaining strength (two media formats that some people attribute to the lack of maturity). But apart from myself, I've only met about 5 people who actually displayed genuine maturity. 5!

 

[Ripshot]

take pride in this: other intelligent, mature people will think higher of you for those actions, don't try to impress the idiots.

 

[Biek]

But someone tripping over on a bus is funny!

Exactly!

 

[Buhhchester_United]

Mature highschoolers? They never did exist.

If you're a highschooler and think you're mature... you aren't. You're just faking it. You haven't had any life experience, your hand is still being held for you, I don't care if you work a part time job.

Buy a house, live out on your own, pay your own bills, buy your own gas, your own games.

Then look back at what life was like before that level of responsibility- and you too will agree with my first statement.

I go to high school and I strongly agree with you.

 

[ffxfriek]

It died out around when they invented the internet

before that in the 1920's was when it started to die and today it is dead.

 

[Biek]

But someone tripping over on a bus is funny!

Exactly! You should see the night busses I take home after a night out, everybody is either drunk, asleep, or vomiting in the back.

 

[KamachoMcSagget]

But someone tripping over on a bus is funny!

yeah~!

 

[LeonLethality]

... so I never have had high hopes to begin with, and really, it saddens me to find that you seem to lose maturity with age...

 

[Moraki]

I didn't have time to read all the comments but i'm going to comment n hope i'm 1st to say it maturity is dieing out in the next years ppl will be more rude even when u treat them with rescpt (sorry 4 the bad spelling )

 

[sky14kemea]

I blame Short atenttion spans.

yeah

whats this thread about again?

OT: ill admit im very immature, but there's immature and there's plain mean, the people you described are mean, there are lots of immature people that will help out (for example) old people struggling with heavy bags, ive done that quite a few times, yet im the most immature person i know XD

 

[RavingPenguin]

You're asking for maturity from an age group that generally isn't very mature. This is nothing new.

The guy on the bus, I believe was stated to be in his mid-30's. Calling someone "gay" and laughing at someone tripping is highly immature for that age group.

 

[Andalusa]

I probably would have laughed a little to myself, but I would've helped him up too. Poor dude.

 

[Internet Kraken]

You're asking for maturity from an age group that generally isn't very mature. This is nothing new.

The guy on the bus, I believe was stated to be in his mid-30's. Calling someone "gay" and laughing at someone tripping is highly immature for that age group.

So wait, where did this happen?

The use of the word kid to describe the person who tripped made me assume this occurred on a school bus. Why would a thirty year old be on a school bus, other than the driver?