When I get bored with the conversation/tired of arguing I will simply tersely agree with you and then stop responding. I’m too old for this stuff.

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  • mycodesucks@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world"Unfold" by Parm Kaur
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    22 days ago

    Using uncouth language is itself a rebellion against a world that wants you to behave according to its rules. Those words aren’t a meaningless bit of fluff - they’re the author’s distilled and biting rejection of even entertaining the notion of accepting “their place”. It’s a raw, unfiltered expression of human emotion free from the shackles of expectation, and I applaud the author’s decision not to filter their complaint about one meaningless set of expectations through another set of meaningless expectations.




  • They’re also MUCH more susceptible to misinformation and propaganda than the “in-between” generations. They aren’t as affected by traditional media, sure, but their new media sources are heavily propagandized, with visibility manipulated by the worst people in the world. They might HEAR about the dangers of misinformation or propaganda in the periphery, but with their primary interface being a handful of apps on a mobile device, there’s not much they can do about it without extensive education they aren’t getting.