Has anyone else noticed this really weird infantilization thing going on among young adults lately? You have people in their 20s acting like they’re still 9 years old and it’s weird for anyone 2-4 years older to even speak to them.

Maybe it’s because I’m about to be 30 myself, but why does it seem like people are being trained to assume that adults older than 30 are predators in wait?

  • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    15 days ago

    If everybody got more used to the idea of degrees of interaction/personal involvement and a spectrum of how much of a peer someone is, that would do a lot of good.

    a lot of people probably only have the opportunity for an intimate partner or prospective partners. i’m not sure what “friendship” is, maybe i read about it in a history book from a time when capitalism hadn’t fully destroyed our lives.