• wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        1 month ago

        Plenty of clever boys at well-funded public schools have an ancap phase. Most of them grow out of it.

        “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

        • andros_rex@lemmy.world
          6·
          1 month ago

          Make Obnoxious Teenage Boys Read J D Salinger Again.

          Better complaining about a bunch of “phonies” then “I’m the smartest and bestest boy and I could totally be on top of everything the government (my mom) didn’t make me have a bed time.”