Random thought

[synabetic]

Whenever I hear or read the phrases "grow up" or "act like an adult" I tend to think the following, no matter who's saying it and why:

Grown ups commit war, theft, genocide, destruction, murder, rape, as well as a litany of other very nasty things. When was the last time you heard of a little kid going mad and chopping people's heads off and having

Comments

[gkr]

Kids do some pretty nasty things to other people. http://www.switched.com/2009/01/13/kid-kills-parent-over-halo-3/

[synabetic]

True... but its rare, and they're just emulating adults, not the other way around. Then again, it could be argued that they're simply human, and humans-- no matter the age-- can be vile.

My point is that the worst things are done by grown-ups. So why is it when somebody acts like a jerk people tell them to grow up? Seems... childish. HAH!

[gkr]

Oh, I get your point. Your point relies on the premise that children are better than grown-ups, which is ludicrous. They look sweet and angelic, but they aren't. It's not even rare. Children are only limited by the fact that they are smaller and don't have a lifetime of knowledge of how to fuck with people.

[synabetic]

Nah, my point relies on the simple fact the vast majority of atrocities are committed by adults and so telling someone to grow up doesn't really solve anything and is an utterly fucking stupid statement. Make sense? Thought it did. :)

[synabetic]

Thanks, man... and indeed! I enjoy being a big kid. I do have my adult moments, though, but I like to think of them as "angsty teen"... heh. I see no awesomeness in being and old bugger.

[dragon_smoke]

I have been celebrating being a grown up lately...all because it gives me license to act as much like a little kid as I want.

[synabetic]

Totally! What do I want to be when I grew-up? A professional kid! :D

[taufactor]

The phrase I hate the most is "wake up!". I mean that in the political sense, not someone rousing me out of slumber so I'm able to get to work on time.

It assumes that they're of superior information and perspective, and that I'm some kind of sleepwalking idiot.

My first response is usually "Wake up to what? Why don't you just shut the fuck up, you arrogant cockshaft!"

[synabetic]

I hear that. Also "shut the fuck up, you arrogant cockshaft" = awesome. Saving that for a rainy day.

"Wake up and smell the coffee" is also lame. I do like to make variations, though (eg "wake up and feel the fistfucking"), but almost always sarcastically.

But yeah, "wake up" is laaaaame. Kinda like "sheeple", too.

Wake up, you sheep! Just grow up and understand that you love the taste of jackboots. Also: Hitler.

Fuck, I just pissed -myself- off.

[chromeangel]

brainworms

[synabetic]

nibblenibble

Them brainworms is hungry!