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		quadrangle on Feb 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like t... I wish people wouldn't make all these age-based assumptions. When I was 12, I was already disgusted at the indulgent addictions to superficial social shit that my peers did. I'm sure if I were 20 years younger today, my feelings about this nonsense wouldn't be any different.

rpgmaker on Feb 10, 2016 [–]

But you weren't part of the majority of your peers. The generalization is about the majority.

quadrangle on Feb 13, 2016 | [–]

Right, but I'm not part of the majority now either. The majority of older adults are still into superficial crap.

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