Comment on Opinions are like teeth; we should have two sets of them
klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 1 day agoI once had someone tell me “Ahh, everyone’s political opinions are all based on who they grew up listening to anyway!” and I did just have to ask them “Does that mean you’ve thought about none of your opinions since childhood???”
Like. No. I have a handful of opinions that haven’t changed since childhood/teenhood, and that’s just because I haven’t thought of them. Almost all of the rest of them are very different to when I was a kid.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
I think most people form most of their worldview around the age of 12 to 14 years. I know I did, that is when I first learned about most of the issues I am still most passionate about nowadays. Anything I learned about earlier or later, I am more likely to change my mind about.
klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 1 day ago
Maybe. I could be an edge case, but I don’t even think current me and 14 year old me could have a civilized discussion about anything we care about xD
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Current me and 14-year-old me would certainly agree that Linux (and free software generally) is awesome for example. :D
klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 1 day ago
Oh I’d likely have thought it was neat, I did find Linux a year later (or maybe I was 14, can’t remember exactly, I know I didn’t start using it until I was 15), but I’ve definitely gotten more, and less extreme on it xD