• TheFonz@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    For me personally the first tell is when they are morally loading every statement in an argument and are unable to engage with a topic directly. Adults should be able to discuss or debate certain topics on the value of the arguments alone without feeling pressured to include a declarative virtue signal in every clause.

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    6 months ago

    When someone asks what’s a dead give away someone is a kid, it tells me they’re not old enough to remember the ASL days.

  • Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    Extreme/insane positions on everything. Not just one or two insane positions, not just political extremism; when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING. No nuance allowed. And it has to be fully sincere, otherwise you are dealing with a Jreg.

    There are milder versions of this, but I have rarely met a child that didn’t have a strongly held insane belief formed from their limited experiences. My favorite was a kid who told me that eating pasta supports fascism because it comes from Italy, so loving Italian products means you support Mussolini. Pizza is fine, though, because that’s American.

  • mlg@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’m actually gonna give the benefit of the doubt and assume this is actually a grown idiot lol

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    6 months ago

    Short of a birth year in their username, I’m not sure there is one. Almost everything in this thread is something millennials inflict on me daily.

  • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    I honestly can’t tell. Whenever I see a dumb outrage for video games, I tell my self that it’s a kid, but deep down I I really don’t know