[ SECRET POST #6224 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6224 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I will always maintain that there is no such thing as adults, they're just children who have gotten really good at pretending.

[(Anonymous)]

IA the mythologized idea of "The Always Serious and Professional Adult" is a myth.
That doesn't mean I'm the same as a 16 year old, though.
In the same way that a 3 year old child is not the same as a 16 year old child.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I've always maintained that my brain feels exactly the same as it did when I was 11. Like, I know more stuff now but my general thought process is essentially the same.

[(Anonymous)]

Haha... uh, yeah, oh, no. GL

[(Anonymous)]

Though now that I think about it, "I am childish and just pretending, so everyone else must also be childish and just pretending" is exactly how an 11 year old would think, so you might be right about that

[(Anonymous)]

If you honestly don't feel there is a difference, I'd be rather alarmed. The people that stop maturing or developing are people that usually have suffered some type of trauma.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm curious if you've been around 11yos lately. For a long time I thought I was the same person as I was as a teen, then I started working with teenagers and oh hell no I have matured a lot since those days. It just happens so naturally and gradually I think we don't always realize it until faced with the reality of what (most) children are actually like.

[(Anonymous)]

^ this is also why people are so bad at both A) writing realistic kids in fiction and B) recognizing when kids in fiction are, in fact, realistic.

[(Anonymous)]

As a mature student in their 30's on a university course mostly populated by 18-20-year olds: THIS. I thought the shared interest/subject of the course would bridge most of the gap, and I do get on with some of them, but my goodness it would be so much easier if I was the same age. I feel like an alien some days. You really don't see the change in yourself until you see an earlier version of yourself and go, "oh."

[(Anonymous)]

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IDK Man....you have to really think about what you're saying nonny....

Like...as a 10yo kid, there were a lot of magical thinking going on that I didn't learn to break out of until I got older. Also shallow perspectives of the world that I didn't even realize was shaping my worldview until I was a proper adult.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah I want none of that infantilization crap thanks. I haven't let go of my 'childish' interests or hobbies, I still love Pokemon I still play video games, but I am an adult and as such I am more emotionally mature than a 16 year old or when I was 16 myself. We don't have to act like adults are meant to outgrow things we liked as kids or we're 'basically children' in order to justify our continued like of those interests.

Yeah no to that

[(Anonymous)]

I am an adult, full stop. I am very different than children or teens. Do I still enjoy video games and cartoons and fandom and being silly? Absolutely! But I am also an emotionally mature adult. I am not a child and I am not pretending.

Re: Yeah no to that

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly this.

[(Anonymous)]

Looking at the other replies, apparently this isn’t normal, or good, but I’m with you. I’ve tried to grow and change, but I’m still the same damn person I was at 15 - just as petty, just as whiny, just as selfish…just slightly better at shutting up about it when I have to. I’m also more bitter and cynical, but I don’t think that counts.

[(Anonymous)]

Tbf "I feel like the same person I was in high school" is a long way from 11 years old + assuming everyone is also pretending to be adults just because you are.

[(Anonymous)]

This idea makes me mad, although I think part of that is tied to my feelings around Autistic Instagram (where I see similar attitudes). I have toiled for years to ensure I stay gainfully employed and able to live independently; I've been more successful at this than some of my cousins and peers. This is not pretend for me, and saying otherwise makes me feel like I'm getting lumped into a stereotype that is the polar opposite of my experience.