Yup, interesting aspect, that.
Then again, maybe it's just that we're not noticing how much of everyday off-line discussion *could* be "age-neutral" -- but just *isn't*, presumably because IRL, you'd _see_ each other's wrinkles or pimples, and then for some reason the discussion never gets started.
Sometimes, like when there just doesn't happen to be anyone of a more "appropriate" age around, it does happen anyway; ever had one of those long conversations, about pretty much anything, with a stranger on a train?
(Yeah, wonder why Rob, of all people, took delight in that... :-)
Christian R. Conrad
Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764|Andrew Grygus]