I work with lots of young people who are in the midst of their undergraduate degrees. Once upon a time (not that long ago), I was in their place. They have conversations that you don't really have afterwards; ones about pure theoretic ideas about the world and ideas. Conversations about freedom of speech were this week's favour. It's nice but at the same time I'm upset that I don't have that kind of verve for random academic debates anymore. I still enjoy them but I don't pick fights or give my opinion to everyone I meet. I tend to keep my opinions to myself more and more. Yeah, I rant from time to time about "unimportant" topics like music but that's about it these days. Politics, religion, and economics don't really interest me even when things like are happening*.
I guess this is growing up.
*It does, however, make me mad that people are saying this is undemocratic. It is. Canada is a parliamentary democracy. This is how it works... just not in Canada before. It's awesome.
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