I don't feel quite comfortable admitting that I am only 18 over the internet. (But I'll do it anyways, obviously.)

Irrational fear of internet predators is irrational >.>

It's hard not to feel a little intimidated by the sheer sanity of what's written here. For a long time I felt like I was obligated to at least get my GenEd done before I could sign up to comment. If I haven't managed to pass society's standard of intelligence yet, how can I expect respect and understanding here, where the standards are so much higher? There's probably quite a few teen lurkers out there, waiting hopefully for some small sign to inform them when they are high enough on the sanity-waterline to converse with gods.

Edit: Oh yes! And I'm a female. Slightly relevant to the original posting :)