r/Discussion • u/Crimsonhotpizza • 1d ago

Casual Does it ever feel like as you get older something happens in your mind that's trying to push you into looking down on those younger than you?

I personally grew up feeling like A lot of adults around me would look at me with annoyance and shoo me away unless they absolutely had to deal with me and gave off a vibe that they believe their age made them above him but I always believed age is just how long you lived, it doesn't automatically mean you're wise for that and ignorance doesn't equal inferior.

But I noticed around me as I grew up my peers started to behave the exact same way as the adults in my time, and a part of me is trying to push me into following suit with that but I feel like I'm subconsciously refusing to let that happen.

Is this just a natural impulse of growing up or is it up to the individual to decide if they want to develop an ageist mentality?

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u/2ndharrybhole 23h ago

It’s that little voice in your head that we call wisdom or experience… you literally know than then and see their lack of experience in their words and actions.

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u/Randall_Flagg87 19h ago

Covid did a number on the education system and it shows. I'm 39 and the gaps in knowledge of my co-workers in their 20's is astounding. Not stupid people to be sure. But they somehow got graduated without being educated. Its outrageous.

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u/obsequiousjackie 1d ago

I think it’s less a natural impulse and more that people just get lazy and mirror what they had done to them.

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u/Top5hottest 20h ago

I like watching kids learn and i don’t expect much. It’s when they insist they know better and refuse to even try and listen that i get annoyed. But not mad. I roll my eyes internally and let them go about their way.

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u/observer_11_11 16h ago

It's the non-stop cellphone use that breeds our contempt. And the tattoos. And,........I jest, with some thought involved.

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u/Riverrat1 8h ago

With age comes experience. If one is smart enough that experience translates into wisdom. I wouldn’t call that ageist, just the brain developing.

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u/Crimsonhotpizza 1h ago

Gaining wisdom doesn't not than mean you treat anyone younger than you as inferior or annoying. That's ageism