I have an allergic reaction to aspirationalism, no matter the context or source. If someone tells me to "do better" or "become good", ironically or sincerely, my instant reaction is to start thinking of ways to do worse by the standards the person has in mind. Not a beast to feed
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Oddly enough, I was the least rebellious teenager ever. Simple open rejectionism is not actually much fun. Quiet, imaginative subversion of over-evangelized norms, served slightly chilled, is much better. That takes adult sensibilities/agency. Teens can't really pull that off.
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Its very intelligent nature is grounded in subverting the logic of the masterplan, and by subverting it, also not being governed by its subversion.
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teens are good at reacting against something with blind rage,
but bad at understanding what the thing they’re reacting against was reacting against (and so on down the rabbit hole)
can’t continuously deploy into history unless you see the outlines of the narrative beyond you
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