Obligatory C. S. Lewis: "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
What the olds don't seem to get is that when young people grow up, it becomes their turn to decide for themselves what it means to be a grownup.
If I want to spend a night doing what uptight people deride as "kid's stuff" after I've put in a solid day's work at my day job, that's what I'll do. Likewise, if I want to dress in jeans, band t-shirts, and Doc Martens in my 40s when I'm not in the office then that's what I'll do. There is fuck-all anybody can do to stop me because this is America, bitches.
If Ben Sasse doesn't like it, he can kiss my ass. And he better put some heart and tongue into it.
Obligatory C. S. Lewis: "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
What the olds don't seem to get is that when young people grow up, it becomes their turn to decide for themselves what it means to be a grownup.
If I want to spend a night doing what uptight people deride as "kid's stuff" after I've put in a solid day's work at my day job, that's what I'll do. Likewise, if I want to dress in jeans, band t-shirts, and Doc Martens in my 40s when I'm not in the office then that's what I'll do. There is fuck-all anybody can do to stop me because this is America, bitches.
If Ben Sasse doesn't like it, he can kiss my ass. And he better put some heart and tongue into it.