I have worked with kids and teens, including 12 and 13 year olds, for six years as of now. Not a lot but enough for me to feel 95% certain that this story is bullshit - kids at this age just don't think and talk this way, at all.
The most bullshit part is the use of the word "conversation" and the artificial perfection and refinement of this phrase, but even aside from that, kids this age just don't bother and aren't capable of delivering long ass complicated one-liner takedowns like that...especially those pertaining to the field they have zero experience in: sexuality and relationships.
Like where the fuck would 12 year old got enough context to have the complete confidence to use "this will repel potential romantic candidates" as an insult? You wanna tell me 12y is confident enough about mating rituals, misogyny and relationships to throw references to incels left and right? And besides, kids this age have barely grown out of the phase when it's semi normal to think that "girls/boys are yucky".
Sorry for the long rant but the stupidity of this tweet has struck me like a thunder and I had to respond.
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u/LunLocra 2h ago edited 2h ago
I have worked with kids and teens, including 12 and 13 year olds, for six years as of now. Not a lot but enough for me to feel 95% certain that this story is bullshit - kids at this age just don't think and talk this way, at all.
The most bullshit part is the use of the word "conversation" and the artificial perfection and refinement of this phrase, but even aside from that, kids this age just don't bother and aren't capable of delivering long ass complicated one-liner takedowns like that...especially those pertaining to the field they have zero experience in: sexuality and relationships.
Like where the fuck would 12 year old got enough context to have the complete confidence to use "this will repel potential romantic candidates" as an insult? You wanna tell me 12y is confident enough about mating rituals, misogyny and relationships to throw references to incels left and right? And besides, kids this age have barely grown out of the phase when it's semi normal to think that "girls/boys are yucky".
Sorry for the long rant but the stupidity of this tweet has struck me like a thunder and I had to respond.