#if you weren't posting it publicly on the internet and contributing to the zeitgeist

[sonickitty]

is it that "people aren't learning critical thinking anymore" and "no one knows how to think critically anymore," or is it that people who have had time to develop those skills are coming into contact with people who have not, and it's happening all day all the time on every major online platform?

I'm just saying, when I was learning critical thinking skills, no one was there to hear my half-baked takes but my Dad and English teacher. Now people in their teens and early 20s have the whole internet at their disposal with almost zero anonymity. They're visible and vocal in a way Millennials couldn't really be at that age. So, like, of course? There's gonna be some issues in critical thinking? Fuck, it took me decades to learn that shit. I know Kids These Days are at risk from TERFs and Incels and alt-right jagoffs, but we also need to cut them some fucking slack and not demand more maturity than they have the time or energy to give. Do you know how much sleep people in that demographic need? So much. So much sleep.

#critical thinking #i'm tired and i just like. feel bad #i also want people to learn critical thinking but i'm not gonna be like hey yeah you 18-yr-old person #when i was your age i dated a boy for a year and a half just to see what it was like and then dumped him #and he posted mean things about me on his xanga #which is no longer traceable to me by any meaningful methodology #so i'm sorry you have a whole peanut gallery of adults watching and commenting on your ability to process the world #when you're still like. idk. studying for tests and figuring out how much alcohol makes you puke #that last one is really important too #you've got to figure out what that sweet spot is and then respect it #unless you're having just a really weird halloween and your friends are around if you get sloppy #like fuck i don't care if you have bad takes #they're not bad takes they're your takes right now in this moment from the person you are right now in this moment #and that's ephemeral #or it should be #and it would be #if you weren't posting it publicly on the internet and contributing to the zeitgeist #but the good news is that 100 years from now #the zeitgeist is all anyone will remember #and no one will find your cringe purity culture tweets #they will never be able to trace that shit to our headstones #i. fuckin. hope. #can you imagine #you die and instead of flowers people print out your worst takes and leave them at your grave #ok we should do this for politicians actually they deserve it