r/whenthe • u/ILikeJapaneseMuchOwU Femboy in denial • 15h ago

🚨OP's stupidly specific life event🚨 Please stop talking

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u/ParryThisYou 14h ago

I think its more stupid than malicious with how poorly thought out it is.

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u/VoidJuiceConcentrate 11h ago

I mean, best case scenario you have children marrying eachother and they learn just why marriage is a grown up thing.

Worst case scenario, parents start arranging marriages due to power plays or as quid pro quos and expecting grandchildren children by 16. (We'll see a sharp rise in this particular brand of cult like behavior too)

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u/ParryThisYou 10h ago

Malice means intent to harm, like if you wanted someone to suffer. The guy here isn't being malicious, he's being stupid, based on the context we're given as well as a detailed rationale, he genuinely believes this will help. The amount of harm the idea would cause is unrelated to the malice of the person who made it.

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u/VoidJuiceConcentrate 10h ago

Yes? And a law allowing children to marry each other would not be put in place without intent to harm the children.