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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can't have kids entering adulthood with any ideas about changing or helping the world. Much better for business if they give up all those hopes and just get a job.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They'd better get a job, caring for a walrus isn't cheap.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The smiles are priceless, but the wall repair bill for tusk marks is higher than you’d expect.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if they did have ideas, there's a good chance they'd still get pushed into a confined and dehumanizing existence.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still better to try than not imo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but I can kind of get why some fiction might want to frame adulthood more in the direction of tapering expectations with a "sordid lament over losing the parts of yourself you like" since that's totally realistic