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I think it's because a lot of adults cannot empathize with the lack of self-regulation in children and young adults. They imagine themselves being able to rejec
by sho_hn 2y ago
I think it's because a lot of adults cannot empathize with the lack of self-regulation in children and young adults. They imagine themselves being able to reject the social media firehose (whether true or not ...) and have no real model of being in a formative state.
- radicalbyte 2y agoSorry but have you seen "most adults"? They're the worst. It's how we have America ran by a guy who makes Idiocracy's president look amazing.
- sho_hn 2y agoI know. I guess I tend to focus on the adults who I think are in principle trying and reachable, because I think there we can make a difference by popularizing the right information.
- red1reaper 2y agoImpliying those are adults and not oversized children /s
- hermitShell 2y agoI was like this(having a lack of self regulation when young), in NA our philosophy leads us to think we have lots of ‘free will’ but our will is not arbitrarily strong and this should be our model of self. Celebrating individualism is good but taken too far makes us think ‘oh I could quit heroin at any time, it’s just a question of willpower, which is the best virtue’
- charlie90 2y agoThat's a positive view on it. My view is that the "adults" are just as addicted as the kids and are afraid to admit it.
- mrguyorama 2y agoThere is a shocking amount of "Adults" who are just big kids really. It seems lots of people go through middle and high school and don't absorb anything other than "y=mx+b", if even that. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. They were always loudly complaining about being made to read classical literature. "Whats the point" says people who insist they are independent thinkers.