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[–] roofuskit 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Forming an uneducated opinion on something based on an anecdotal experience, and then refusing to back down from it no matter how much time has passed or new informationtion is provided, is a boomer way of life.

[–] InternetCitizen2 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fundamentalist mindset. It will make more sense when you realise that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You can tell a fundamentalist mindset when they start with the conclusions and the backwards logic doesn’t make sense

[–] ook_the_librarian 1 points 10 months ago

The idea that the argument "it's adam and eve, not adam and steve" is as logically valid as "he who smelt it, dealt it" really fucked with boomer's minds. It makes me wonder how serious they were about the smelt it/dealt it rule.