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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You know that you've reached adulthood the moment you realize that being a child was where it was at and all that acting super grown up you did as a child and teen was really, really wasted time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Nah, you're an adult when you realize other people's expectations of adulthood don't apply to you.

For me childhood was miserable, and being a financially independent adult with the freedom to pursue my own hobbies is where it's really at. I could go to a hardware store and build my own friggin lightsaber right now. Or buy a faithful replica online. That's just objectively the same, but better.

[–] RealFknNito 11 points 1 year ago

We acted like adults because too often we were undermined for being children. We mistook being taken seriously and being grown up.

[–] samus12345 3 points 1 year ago

"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."

- C.S. Lewis