Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat makes a behavior "childish"?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat makes a behavior "childish"?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squaresnooggums@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoMost people’s definition: anything fun and silly because apparently adults aren’t supposed to have fun or something Mine: acting like someone who hasn’t learned basic knowledge or developed empathy
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoI would describe the first one as childlike.
minus-squaresnooggums@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoSame, but a lot of people treat them as the same thing and only in the negative way.
Most people’s definition: anything fun and silly because apparently adults aren’t supposed to have fun or something
Mine: acting like someone who hasn’t learned basic knowledge or developed empathy
I would describe the first one as childlike.
Same, but a lot of people treat them as the same thing and only in the negative way.
They’re wrong.