• fishos@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Depends on how old the person saying that. I’m only in my late 30’s and anyone in their early 20’s does feel like a kid. Yes, 22 is an adult, but you’ve barely just scratched the surface of life experiences.

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      I agree. There are also a lot of older people on the flotilla and Greta’s age and mannerism could easily lead someone to refer to her in this framing. There are probably people on those boats who have grandkids her age and absolutely have kids her age or older.

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        11 hours ago

        Exactly! They’re not infantilizing her, they’re just describing her as they see her: as still basically a kid with one foot into adulthood.

        I feel like it’s mostly younger people disagreeing tbh. No one older seriously looks back on their young adulthood and goes “yup, I had everything figured out then! That was totally my peak!”…well, unless your Al Bundy obsessing over high school football games.

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      Thing is, the older people get, the more selfish they seem to get too. The entire world burning down in 10 years doesn’t matter if you’re 98. So more life experience isn’t automatically more credible.

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        11 hours ago

        That’s a bullshit generalization, or “stereotype”. Jane Goodall just died at a ripe old age and she was a saint. You’re not debating, just throwing bullshit assumptions out and acting like you just wrote a thesis paper on experience.

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          10 hours ago

          There’s always exceptions.

          That doesn’t change this:

          And in general, if you look at politicians, the few who actually fight for the future are on the younger side (think AOC, Mamdani, etc). Yes, obviously there are exceptions. Bernie Sanders being a huge one.

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            10 hours ago

            Cool, now let’s talk about the overwhelming majority of today’s youth leaning right. If young people are so much smarter why are so many of them falling into that trap?

            Oh shit, it’s almost like making generalizations leads to you spouting bullshit out of context. I can just as easily paint today’s youth as absolute morons.

            But you’re so ready to be like “old people dumb and evil” that you forget this is all about calling Greta " a child". You know, like your grandma might do to your adult self because, from her perspective, you still are.

            Go touch some grass you fucking loser. We’re talking about someone being abused and you’re nitpicking over the definition of “child”. You’ve missed the mark so far you’re not even in the same stadium.

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              10 hours ago

              I’m talking natural leanings vs all the young people currently being exposed to right wing propaganda which is different.

              There’s a common saying “you’ll grow out of liberalism” among older conservatives.

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                Oh, you have a SAYING?!? Omg, another vague generalization? Holy shit, how have we as a species survived for so long without your wisdom, Plato??? You need to tell the masses!

                Hey everyone, this guy has boiled down all of politics to a few simple sayings! We’ve found the Messiah!

                Fucking dumbass 😑

                Again, this is about someone older referring to a young person as “still a child”. That’s it, you fucking tool. How daft are you?

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                  Look, it’s been statistically documented that people lean farther right as they get older, because they’re more successful and more sheltered from life without social safety nets. It’s natural, it’s called “fuck you, got mine”.

                  You were essentially saying someone in their 20s isn’t worth listening to. YOU are part of the problem. We should be considering the opinions of the people who have to live on this planet for another 50-70 years, not exclusively those who are dying soon and couldn’t give a fuck about the future.

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                    8 hours ago

                    Ok, so you just keep wanting to try and derail this into talking about becoming conservative when you get older.

                    For the last time you retarded mouse:

                    An older person described Greta as “still a child” because from their perspective she is. I never said she wasn’t worth listening to. Not once. Get some reading comprehension.

                    And your daft retarded ass keeps missing that point over and over and over and going on and on about conservativism.

                    You’re retarded or a troll. Have fun being blocked cus I won’t see you anymore. People like you are why they put warning labels on everything. You’ll still die of stupidity, but at least your family won’t be able to sue.

                    Go huff the end of a tailpipe.

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      1 day ago

      I feel that anyone in their 30s is a child.

      You’ve only had 15 years at being an adult what would you know

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        11 hours ago

        Yes, I am still young and there’s much to learn still. Just there’s EVEN MORE OF THAT for younger people. It’s called perspective.