Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat makes a behavior "childish"?message-squaremessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWhat makes a behavior "childish"?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·3 months agoMost people’s definition: anything fun and silly because apparently adults aren’t supposed to have fun or something Mine: acting like someone who hasn’t learned basic knowledge or developed empathy
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoI would describe the first one as childlike.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoSame, but a lot of people treat them as the same thing and only in the negative way.
Most people’s definition: anything fun and silly because apparently adults aren’t supposed to have fun or something
Mine: acting like someone who hasn’t learned basic knowledge or developed empathy
I would describe the first one as childlike.
Same, but a lot of people treat them as the same thing and only in the negative way.
They’re wrong.