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Regular People Mature. Celebrities and Politicians Seem to Regress

posted 2 years ago by HarveyManFredSin (4877)
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I was never in trouble with the law, as a kid. I never committed sexual assault, or said racist/homophobic/virulently misogynist stuff, when I was young.

BUT I was definitely more likely to act like a complete dick during my late teens and 20s, than I would now. There was definitely more potential for me to get into a fight, and do or say something stupid and even illegal, as a 'kid', than today.

Despite my occasionally provoactive behaviour on this site, in real life, I'm extremely placid, and much more likely to be the type to calmly break up fights among my contemporaries than start them/engage in them.

And yet, looks at all the celebs and politicians. It seems that people like, say, Mel Gibson, Donald Trump, and Charlie Sheen, to give a few examples off the top of my head, appear to *get worse* the older they become. Like they're so spoiled and enabled, that they end up leaning in to their worst instincts, whilst the rest of us *learn* from our mistakes, and figure not to do stupid things *again*, or risk doing something stupid in the first place.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78604) 2 years ago

Maybe so, I was a lunatic twenty five years ago but I was never famous.
I could go off at the littlest thing and a verbal or physical fight would happen…it was an incredibly stupid way to act and I regret a lot of it.

Now I’m pretty calm and maintain a very peaceful life. Who am I to harm a man or risk trouble in the courts?

Maybe wealth, fame and power makes some fools think they can act rudely?

It’s best to mind your own business unless a Coward Of The County type situation happens…then you start beating people and smashing things.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

No, the rest of us didn't learn because we continue to vote for/patronize human shitballs no matter what they do. Our maturity would be to try to push these people into a harmless position in society but instead we have assholes who are more than willing to defend bad behavior based on position in life or political affiliation. In fact, you personally defended an asshole who was a private citizen that pulled a shotgun on an unarmed citizen. So tell me, do you think you're enabling bad behavior or are you going to have another bullshit excuse as to why you defended that kind of thing?