• DragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    It’s like this one extension I saw from the everyone is twelve meme. I feel like I have to become a kid again reflexively. Like, what do you mean that my “controversial take” is “it is good to be nice and bad to be mean” and “please clean up after yourself!” And “use your manners”?

    Or in better words by Tzvi Freeman: “The child naively believes that everything should be fair and everyone should be honest, that only good should prevail, that everybody should have what they want and there should be no pain or sadness. The child believes the world should be perfect and is outraged to discover it is not. And the child is right.”

    • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      2 days ago

      Oh shit that’s a good quote. I’m terrified of actually teaching my kid the mechanics of the real world. I’ve already had to explain a lot more about money than I’d like