Maybe it's not normal for adolescents to be miserable and surly and our culture is just horrible
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing I don't think it's normal. modern "adolescence" is an invention, an ill-conceived one at that. teen miserabilism is symptom1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@sarahdoingthing we keep kids too segregated from the adult world for too long4 replies 1 retweet 4 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@schakalsynthetc completely agree. adolescents are more like pets than like people.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
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@sarahdoingthing@schakalsynthetc alternate theory:https://twitter.com/cwage/statuses/497614796053676033 …Chris Wage added,
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@cwage@sarahdoingthing thing is, I don't see the "universal" adolescent experience as universal at all. it certainly wasn't mine1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@schakalsynthetc@cwage yeah inbreeding is very normal on the sketch side of the hajnal line1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@cwage I can't imagine being in need of *endogenous* incentives to leave home1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@sarahdoingthing@cwage hereditary property is a big and somewhat hidden factor.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@schakalsynthetc@sarahdoingthing i.e. usually per species either the women or men are incentivized to leave one way or another2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@cwage @schakalsynthetc both matrilocality & patrilocality are observed in humans with different cultural correlatespic.twitter.com/53K6HkibuH
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@schakalsynthetc interesting -- what is that from?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cwage
@cwage@schakalsynthetc this http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo8787504.html … so so good! I still hear people make fun of cultural evolution as a concept though :/4 replies 0 retweets 1 like - 4 more replies
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