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Julia_the_Great
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11 Aug 2012, 12:11 pm

People do it all the time and I really hate it. I hate that when I have a meltdown, adults assume that it's just because the damn kids that are so rude and don't consider that a) I have a goddamn disability and b) maybe they were the ones initially acting out of line.

I don't care if a kid in the 1950s that corrected an adult had their fingernails ripped out or whatever they did in those days. That's stupid- if an adult is wrong, they are wrong. The age of the person correcting them does not make their statement any less wrong.

If that's what happened in your day, that's what happened in your day. Times have changed, and customs changed because people saw that maybe this was a better way to do things.


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11 Aug 2012, 2:08 pm

Well, back in that day, kids were allowed to be kids. Also, back in that day adults were more likely to be respectable.



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11 Aug 2012, 2:38 pm

unfortunately, children are meant to be seem and not heard still holds true to this day.



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11 Aug 2012, 4:11 pm

Julia_the_Great wrote:
if an adult is wrong, they are wrong. The age of the person correcting them does not make their statement any less wrong.


While this is true, it's important to remember correcting most people who are wrong is often futile because it falls on deaf ears. They're usually unable or unwilling to realize they're wrong, so correcting them is of no benefit to you or them. They don't know any better and never will, you have to deal with their backlash.



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16 Aug 2012, 3:07 am

People don't listen. Don't bother to correct them. Let them screw up by themselves.

I'm basically saying that most people are pricks... Not all, but some.



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04 Oct 2012, 6:03 pm

Julia_the_Great wrote:
People do it all the time and I really hate it. I hate that when I have a meltdown, adults assume that it's just because the damn kids that are so rude and don't consider that a) I have a goddamn disability and b) maybe they were the ones initially acting out of line.

I don't care if a kid in the 1950s that corrected an adult had their fingernails ripped out or whatever they did in those days. That's stupid- if an adult is wrong, they are wrong. The age of the person correcting them does not make their statement any less wrong.

If that's what happened in your day, that's what happened in your day. Times have changed, and customs changed because people saw that maybe this was a better way to do things.


I completely agree. It's nothing but a power trip, and I don't give a crap about what they did in your day. These people can't take being corrected from anyone, so when they become adults they feel all powerful, and it's even harder for them when someone younger (who they're supposed to be "safe" from) corrects them. It's true. If you're wrong, you're wrong, and you shouldn't be allowed to wrong kids or adults. It's basically like children are inferior or something or some master x slave relationship. It's messed up. Young ones are people too.