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The young and the old don't understand each other perfectly, but the old understand the young better than the young understand the old. The old have been young, but the young haven't been old yet.
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I believe this is from Harry Potter.
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But the new young? And the old new would be different to each other?
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this is wrong because the meaning of a word is a function of time
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Factzz
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sunlight then bleach, as they used to say
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> but the old understand the young better than the young understand the old Sometimes it doesn't feel that way. Often it feels like the old straight up forget, after decades of separation from the experience of being young.
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I was going to write this exactly so thanks for the shortcut! Yes, it's something that is learned and that masks the base (child) perspective. Most adults don't even realize it happened.
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The young see opportunities the old don’t see and the old see obstacles the young don’t see.
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Yay! A female perspective. Cuts through the bs. Because what all these tweeps are talking about (nearly all men) is the interaction between young and old MEN. It is men who repeat history. Young men will repeat the mistakes old men once made. No stopping it. The Need to Conquer.
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