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Respect your elders is an ancient adage that made sense in a time when simply surviving to old age was an achievement. Centuries ago, reaching old age meant overcoming constant threats from nature, from other humans, from disease. Today, many older individuals, particularly in privileged generations, have lived cushioned lives—inheriting wealth, avoiding real hardship, and benefiting from systemic advantages. Yet, they still demand deference as if they’ve earned it through struggle. Respect isn’t automatic; it’s something you demonstrate through wisdom, resilience, or integrity not just longevity
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▶ No.157698
Truer words have never been spoken.
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▶ No.157709
Adulthood used to be earned.
It meant you spent your developmental years leaning survival skills. Nowadays, adulthood is handed to people by virtue of age rather than competency.
Most adults, especially men, feel entitled to respect. They brag about how virtuous and resourceful they gotten due to age
Yet all they show is vice and bitterness.
They act like the world owes them something for losing their spark of youth.