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Do people become less of a twat as they age? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Or should I lose hope in humanity completely now?

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[–] Talaraine@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I would sure hope so. If I look at myself (since that's where I have context) I'd say yes. I think a lot of the shittiness in people's personalities stems from trying to meet their needs (some of them unreasonable) and competing with everyone else to get them. That's a very me versus you mentality which leads to aggression and forms bad personality traits.

I'd like to say that everyone begins to understand wants versus needs after a few decades, and settles down into a pattern of contentment rather than resentment.

That's just not true though, is it?