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Agreed. It's lazy and dismissive advice. I wish it wasn't such a trope in children's entertainment. Most people don't have a fixed sense of self until adulthoo
by supertofu 5y ago
Agreed. It's lazy and dismissive advice. I wish it wasn't such a trope in children's entertainment.
Most people don't have a fixed sense of self until adulthood. And wise adults understand that there's no self at all.
- 8bitsrule 5y ago>wise adults understand that there's no self at all Except, of course, for Carl Jung. And Polonius in Hamlet. But that's all.
- BizarroLand 4y agoI reinterpreted it as "be the you you would be if you could control who you are", but that doesn't exactly roll off the tongue