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had this convo just yesterday πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

You are equating adults reading YA novels to "fascists, abusers, bigots, the ultra wealthy, etc."

It's time to admit your argument may have gone off the rails at some point.

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  • [+] -6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Not my intention. I used those extreme examples to make the point that shaming is not necessarily bad. Obviously, an adult that has a child's mind, not due to a disability but because they refuse to grow, is more of a grey area where people can disagree if shaming is warranted. I find it pathetic and repellant, some others apparently disagree. Some of those may be well adjusted adults, but some of them may benefit from looking in the mirror I'm holding up

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Reading YA novels does not mean they have a "child's mind". Rest and relaxation are also things to value, people cannot be "on" 100% of the time and having unchallenging fiction as a way to unwind is a better use of time than social media. (Speaking of holding up mirrors...)

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  • [+] -7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    There's a big difference between unchallenging and childish. Don't conflate the two.

    Top chef is unchallenging, Sesame Street (R.I.P) is for children. An adult watching Top Chef can turn their brain off and chill, a non-mentally disabled adult watching Sesame Street (for themselves, not with kids) is childish.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    A non-mentally disabled adult spending this much time judging imagined people on Facebook/Reddit/Lemmy for a single activity they do in their spare time is not someone you should take life advice from.

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  • [+] -6 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Lol, says the person who just can't stop digging and keeps responding.

    Well, I suppose it's a good thing for you that you seem impervious to growth and admitting you're wrong. Straw manning, moving the goal posts, and attacking the source is a good start for a tool box of skills used to resist any self reflection, I'm sure you've got a lot more in there.

    How much time do you think this takes? What you're saying isn't exactly deep and thought provoking. 30 seconds to bang out a response when a little notification interrupts me catching up on the news isn't much. I couldn't have spent more than five minutes on this thread altogether, and 90 seconds on you tops.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Time that would have been better spent watching Sesame Street, you might have learned how to get along with others.

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  • [–] -5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    And why exactly would I be concerned with getting along with a salty child?

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Then you might learn how to get along with adults. A skill you are lacking.

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  • [–] -5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I don't think those skills necessarily translate. I wouldn't expect someone who reads children's books to understand why.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Like I said: judging imaginary people you've made up in order to look down on. Never been a fan of Harry Potter myself, but I don't expect someone lacking in basic social skills to understand why other people would say something.

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