Me as a teenager dumb lib: My dad's a smart man, he's got life figured out.
Me as a 30-something smarter communist: Holy shit my dad literally believes black people have a crime gene in their DNA.
Things my dad thinks are crazy:
- Taxes
- Non-Binary Genders
- Religious Tolerance
- EPA
- Not saluting the American flag
- Not saluting the Confederate flag
- Climate Change, evolution, and gravity
- Democrats (actually correct but for the wrong reasons)
Things my dad thinks are legit:
- Nuking any "enemy" of the USA
- Pouring Diesel anywhere and everywhere
- Divinity Rods
- Anal Probing Aliens (that was actually me :owl-wink: )
- Glenn Beck
Me as a teenager: My dad is a smart man and he just needs to be told of new information.
Me as a 30-year-old: Holy shit my dad refuses to read my book recommendations and gets mad at me for it.
tbf, most academics and leftists aren't great at taking book recommendations because there are just so many damn books to read.
I have folders and folders of pdfs that I just don't have time to read...
that being said, I definitely don't get mad.
my dad isn’t a leftist. He quotes Reagan as if it was scripture.
I read a tweet once that said: most adult stay at the same age they first experienced [bad] trauma and it made go, "fuuuuckkk"
The problem is that humanity is stupid. I'm stupid, you're stupid, everyone is stupid.
You are on the path to the dark side. You need to expose yourself to someone that reminds you that this is not true
We’re really smart in some ways and really shit in others. We’re flawed with lots of potential.
"Sometimes I think grown-ups just pretend they know what they're doing." - Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
Let's not kid ourselves here either. Learning is lifelong (heed Lenin) and no state or private institution's degree automatically makes anyone smart.
When I was young I was angry at the bigger people who didn't listen to me.
When I was growing I was angry at the bigger people who thought me too wild.
When I was grown I was angry at the bigger people who thought me too idealistic.
When I was aged I was angry at myself for everything I could have been
When I was barrelled I was satisfied with becoming
When I was prime I was angry at myself for mistakes.
When I was past-prime I was determining gentle restingplaces.
Working retail has made me realize that it would actually be good if the nukes dropped
