Yes I do wonder if what I'm actually saying is "I liked being in my 20's". I definitely wouldn't have in any way claimed to have been 'refined' then.I also liked the world in 2006. Like you (I think) I was in my 20s and loving life.
Still, I don't think you need to be Germain Greer to find some of the attitudes expressed on this thread a little unrefined.
NSC is a bit more inclusive these days, I'd say.
NSC may be more inclusive in 2024, but I reckon the demographic of posters on it in 2006 was more diverse then than it is now.