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[โ€“] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 67 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In my experience, old age only amplifies person's traits - if you were nice, you are going to be extra nice because of all the stress leaving your day to day. If you were a cunt, you are going to be extra cunty because now you will be blaming people left and right for all the errors in your life. That's my experience though.

[โ€“] Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

exactly.

plus people surround themselves with similar people, so as people become extra cunty they associate with extra cunt types.

[โ€“] Rambler@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Never a truer word spoken - > you can always tell a person by the company they keep.

Heard that when I was a teenager.

I think people can grow and change. I personally used to be quite cunty. Mostly because I was self conscious and - ironically - sought validation. Now, I'm less that way. Thanks to therapy, self work, and medication. I like to think I'm nice, but I know I can still have an edge from time to time. I like to think I'll continue to improve as time goes on!