a_gee_dizzle
@a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca
I evolved from a monkey.
- Comment on Would it be possible to have a successful career as a lawyer and never lie? 12 hours ago:
Knowingly saying something false. I wouldn’t consider omitting information to be lying. Maybe in some contexts it is but for a lawyer that seems too stringent
- Comment on Would it be possible to have a successful career as a lawyer and never lie? 12 hours ago:
Law school’s like that eh?
- Comment on Is there any reason we were taught in school that blood is blue in the body until it reaches oxygen and then it turns red other than our veins look blue? 13 hours ago:
I remember my second grade teacher saying that stars aren’t actually suns, they are just specs of light in the sky, and they don’t get much bigger once you get close up to them. In hindsight I’m baffled that someone with such a simplistic worldview actually managed to meet the educational requirements for being a teacher.
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- Comment on Why are people like my grandpa so against seeing the whole world and learning a different language? 1 day ago:
Not only this, as much as I love him due to him being family, I don’t love his views.
First off, I want to tell you that this is OK, even if it’s hard. I know plenty of people who hold similar views to your dad. Some of them I love very much even though I strongly disagree with their politics.
I think it’s important to emphasize this. People on the internet can be quick to demonize others. But OP is 15. What good is there in trying to create a divide between a 15 year old and his grandpa? There is none, not in this situation, anyway.
Besides, if we’re being honest, most of our grandparents have questionable views. There’s a massive generational gap there, and a lot of social progress has occurred since our grandparents were young. And in old age, people often just don’t have the cognitive flexibility required to adapt to these changes. And there comes a point when it might not even be worth trying to change them because they might literally just not be capable.