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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Watching Tangled with my small human and everytime I hear this song I laugh because I actually grew up with the idea that your elders know what’s best always. Do you think your parents and elders always know best? Are there some things they probably will always best people to go to over someone else or trusting yourself? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I don't think these things are meant to be taken literally.
Elders knowing better is essentially a concept to get kids to respect adults and do what they're told. Which I broadly agree with.
It's not meant to mean that I know better than you just because I'm older, Steve.
I mean obviously I do, but that's got nothing to do with my age. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I don't think these things are meant to be taken literally.
Elders knowing better is essentially a concept to get kids to respect adults and do what they're told. Which I broadly agree with.
It's not meant to mean that I know better than you just because I'm older, Steve.
I mean obviously I do, but that's got nothing to do with my age."
Is this a serious post? Wtf   |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't think these things are meant to be taken literally.
Elders knowing better is essentially a concept to get kids to respect adults and do what they're told. Which I broadly agree with.
It's not meant to mean that I know better than you just because I'm older, Steve.
I mean obviously I do, but that's got nothing to do with my age.
Is this a serious post? Wtf "
I throw one in every now and then to keep people on their toes. |
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"I don't think these things are meant to be taken literally.
Elders knowing better is essentially a concept to get kids to respect adults and do what they're told. Which I broadly agree with.
It's not meant to mean that I know better than you just because I'm older, Steve.
I mean obviously I do, but that's got nothing to do with my age."
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Would I go to my mother for advice on how to recover documents from my computer? Heck no I mean she can barely use a computer.
Elders opinions on things they've lived through can be a treasure chest of wisdom.
I generally respect everyone unless they give me reason not to |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I don't think these things are meant to be taken literally.
Elders knowing better is essentially a concept to get kids to respect adults and do what they're told. Which I broadly agree with.
It's not meant to mean that I know better than you just because I'm older, Steve.
I mean obviously I do, but that's got nothing to do with my age.
Is this a serious post? Wtf
I throw one in every now and then to keep people on their toes."
You look like Usain Bolt in your pfp. Has anyone ever told you that? |
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"Watching Tangled with my small human and everytime I hear this song I laugh because I actually grew up with the idea that your elders know what’s best always. Do you think your parents and elders always know best? Are there some things they probably will always best people to go to over someone else or trusting yourself? "
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Would I go to my mother for advice on how to recover documents from my computer? Heck no I mean she can barely use a computer.
Elders opinions on things they've lived through can be a treasure chest of wisdom.
I generally respect everyone unless they give me reason not to "
Sending unsolicited pic to test this theory |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Watching Tangled with my small human and everytime I hear this song I laugh because I actually grew up with the idea that your elders know what’s best always. Do you think your parents and elders always know best? Are there some things they probably will always best people to go to over someone else or trusting yourself?
No "
Lmao this is your best answer in a while |
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"Watching Tangled with my small human and everytime I hear this song I laugh because I actually grew up with the idea that your elders know what’s best always. Do you think your parents and elders always know best? Are there some things they probably will always best people to go to over someone else or trusting yourself?
No
Lmao this is your best answer in a while "
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"Would I go to my mother for advice on how to recover documents from my computer? Heck no I mean she can barely use a computer.
Elders opinions on things they've lived through can be a treasure chest of wisdom.
I generally respect everyone unless they give me reason not to
Sending unsolicited pic to test this theory "
Least I'm expecting it, does that then not make it unsolicited though?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't think these things are meant to be taken literally.
Elders knowing better is essentially a concept to get kids to respect adults and do what they're told. Which I broadly agree with.
It's not meant to mean that I know better than you just because I'm older, Steve.
I mean obviously I do, but that's got nothing to do with my age.
Is this a serious post? Wtf
I throw one in every now and then to keep people on their toes.
You look like Usain Bolt in your pfp. Has anyone ever told you that?"
I shoot my Bolt in under ten seconds too. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I go to my dad for advice and do the complete opposite to whatever he suggests. Very rarely fails. "
I would try this but it would involve talking to my dad and that’s ew |
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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago
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In different cultures the Elders are revered and respected. In the western world elders are often disrespected by the kids of today as they don’t want to follow our rules and think they know best.
That’s when they tend to have accidents or do things that get them into trouble. Just at the weekend two teenagers in separate incidents trespassed into the railway and were electrocuted with life changing injuries. They thought they knew better than to follow the rules!
We can still learn from the youth of today as well. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I go to my dad for advice and do the complete opposite to whatever he suggests. Very rarely fails.
I would try this but it would involve talking to my dad and that’s ew "
I get it. I feel the same about the rest of my family |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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"I mean obviously I do, but that's got nothing to do with my age."
... This sentence here is the perfect summation of you.
No, I don't think they do Pickle.
Sometimes my mum is brilliant and does know best, like the other day she was able to help out a friend because of her knowledge on something. Or when she tells me to never date an Italian man. Actually scratch that one, I'll never really listen to it. Hear it, yeah sure. Listen? Nah, fuck that.
The other times? Far from it. I can still respect and listen to her opinion, find it interesting when I discover what's shaped her views on the world.
It doesn't mean I have to take it as gospel.
The older I'm getting the more I'm enjoying learning about and from my "elders".
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I mean obviously I do, but that's got nothing to do with my age.
... This sentence here is the perfect summation of you.
No, I don't think they do Pickle.
Sometimes my mum is brilliant and does know best, like the other day she was able to help out a friend because of her knowledge on something. Or when she tells me to never date an Italian man. Actually scratch that one, I'll never really listen to it. Hear it, yeah sure. Listen? Nah, fuck that.
The other times? Far from it. I can still respect and listen to her opinion, find it interesting when I discover what's shaped her views on the world.
It doesn't mean I have to take it as gospel.
The older I'm getting the more I'm enjoying learning about and from my "elders".
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I nearly always ask my mum for advice. Probably friendships and relationships are the only thing I don’t. I’m still only 26 but I always like her perspective. And definitely never date an Italian man. I watched Davide on Love Island  |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"mother knows best" is more about wisdom than actual knowledge for me.
Times have changed and intelligence only goes so far, anything to do with modernisation my mother generally comes to me.
For wisdom, my mum is my go to everytime now.
My mum was not, and is not manipulative in her telling me and my brother what to do. She never used it as a tool of authority but guidance. So I have a different experience to most I guess.
Based upon her experiences, she was right, and it has helped me. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"And definitely never date an Italian man. I watched Davide on Love Island
I thought he was sanest contestant they'd ever had."
They’re all sane according to the itv mh specialists |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
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You can learn from your own experience at ??? cost,or learn from someone else's at no cost.The experiences of older people have earnt me a lot of money and saved me probably more in mistakes. |
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If I got the same piece of advice from a 20 year old and a 60 year old, I'd probably weigh the latter more seriously, but apart from that, no.
I think there's a toxic deference towards age/ wisdom sometimes, at the expense of diversity, creativity, and the potential for meaningful change. Something we need to counteract.
Even if it is true that mummy knows best when kiddo thinks peas are icky, or that the headstrong teenager might do better to listen to the boomer who's been there and got the scars for it - it's not a blanket rule. There are some wise teenagers and some moronic pensioners. (And everything in between) |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"I'm at the stage of life where the parent/child role is reversed and in almost everything I know better than my father. "
Ah the whole role reversal, it is happening to us now with our grown up kids, it was really bad when the pandemic hit, we used to rebel and go where they told us not to  |
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"I'm at the stage of life where the parent/child role is reversed and in almost everything I know better than my father.
Ah the whole role reversal, it is happening to us now with our grown up kids, it was really bad when the pandemic hit, we used to rebel and go where they told us not to "
I remember telling you this at the time - my parents and I grounded each other. It was a bit of lightheadedness between us |
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"Watching Tangled with my small human and everytime I hear this song I laugh because I actually grew up with the idea that your elders know what’s best always. Do you think your parents and elders always know best? Are there some things they probably will always best people to go to over someone else or trusting yourself? "
No.
Don't think they know what's best all the time but I'm sure their advice comes from a good, loving place and their real hopes for you not to make as many mistakes as them.
For sure they have been around the block a few times and have been in many situations that will be new to their kids.
Sadly, many have seen things they would never want their kids to witness.
But, mum and dad, nan and grandad and all other elders generally are only trying to help.
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"I'm at the stage of life where the parent/child role is reversed and in almost everything I know better than my father.
Ah the whole role reversal, it is happening to us now with our grown up kids, it was really bad when the pandemic hit, we used to rebel and go where they told us not to "
You little rebels.
Our daughter has started telling me to be careful on steps  |
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