Rikudou_SageWhat's some really unpopular opinion you have?
Teal DragonTeenagers Are Adults
(not sure this is an opinion. it’s biological fact. but peeps get VERY Angry when I write it)
wischiSo a 13 year old person is an adult? I can see how that opinion is unpopular because it’s just wrong.
Many 13 year olds are still pubescent. None are children. Nature turns children into adults. There is lots of individual variation.
What turns a kitten into an adult cat? Puberty. What turns a puppy into an adult dog? Puberty. What turns a child into an adult human? Puberty. This is not difficult.
What turns a kitten into an adult cat? Puberty. What turns a puppy into an adult dog? Puberty. What turns a child into an adult human? Puberty. This is not difficult.
That’s not how any of this works.
That’s exactly how all of this works. It is in fact #BasicBiology
You can do all the #ScienceDenial you like. Won’t change the facts.
R0cket_M00seWhenever people like you go this “its just biology/science!” route they always conveniently forget that the animals you’re comparing us to aren’t sapient and don’t require the time for mental development that humans do. a sixth month old dog might be physically and mentally an adult but human psychological development doesn’t end until about 23-25, our level of intelligence requires a longer incubation time.
You pretend biology is on your side by ignoring psychology entirely.
re: “human psychological development doesn’t end until about 23-25”
This is an urban myth. It has been thoroughly debunked.
re: “our level of intelligence requires a longer incubation time”
Your example was dogs. They reach adulthood in around 1 year. We take longer, yes, about 14 years.
Why do you want 14 yos to be adult so badly?
I want people to respect each other. and unwarranted infantilization is very damaging. Our teens are having a massive mental health crisis right now. They are depressed as hell and killing themselves at rates never before seen. The way we treat them like shit, tell them they’re idiots and will be for 10 more years contributes to this.
We’ve not changed the way we see adolescent development for far longer than mental health and suicide have been rising, meaning your ideas of what’s contributing aren’t even remotely the cause. You wanna know why teenagers are killing themselves in record numbers? Here’s a few quick reasons…
Social media. Influencers have created an entire fake reality that is so impossible for the average person to achieve that they feel disconnected and worthless. The fact that these people make boatloads of money while producing and providing zero value to the economy is also disheartening.
Climate change. It’s clear that it’s happening, and clear that governments and their corporate overlords are willing to destroy the fucking planet while we can’t do anything about it.
Cost of housing. Want to retire? Ever? Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha. Hope your family is wealthy or has a place to pass down to you.
Cost of education. In the last 50 years the cost of a bachelor’s degree has risen 500% above inflation. Somehow this has also happened during a decreased value of education as well (so literally breaking the economics of supply and demand) because every fucking entry level paperclip counting job needs you to have a 60k degree to “prove you have the discipline to get things done.”
But yeah, I’m sure it’s the fact that 13 year olds aren’t considered legal adults (something that’s never been a thing in our society) that’s somehow causing the increased suicide in the last two decades. Cause that makes any fucking sense at all.
Your first sentence is grammatically nonsense, but if I understand what you’re trying to say correctly you are completely wrong.
Your straw man at the end is stupid bad-faith bullshit. The vast majority of teens are no longer 13.
There are other factors, of course, but getting treated like shit, being constantly told you’re a moron, having your sex life criminalized, getting zero respect, and having no legal rights is a major cause of the mental health crisis (which happened simultaneously with the change of paradigm from teens = young adults to teens = large children)
having your sex life criminalized, constantly being told you’ll get groomed and preyed on because you’re an idiot
Damn dude, just admit you want to fuck kids already.
Oooooo. The old “anyone who disagrees with me is a pedo” argument.
Clever.
chemical_cutthroatThat’s cause you are a pedo.
Not anyone, just you in particular.
Pathetic fool loses the argument so he starts hurling vile insults :-D
Sorry Clown. You lost.