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minus-squareIdiosyncraticIdiotlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·edit-29 months agoChildhood: Adults know what they are doing Adulthood: No one knows what they are doing Usually around early 30s for sure
minus-squareAllonzeeLV@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·edit-29 months ago Adulthood: No one knows what they are doing A lot of people miss the implicit reality of this wisdom: basically everyone pretending to know what they’re doing is trying to scam you, sell you something, or both.
minus-squarecmbabul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoActual smart people don’t have to sell it
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 months agosmart people don’t know what they’re doing even more. They’re just smart enough to pretend well
minus-squaremerclinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoTeenhood: Adults don’t know what they’re doing.
Childhood: Adults know what they are doing
Adulthood: No one knows what they are doing
Usually around early 30s for sure
A lot of people miss the implicit reality of this wisdom: basically everyone pretending to know what they’re doing is trying to scam you, sell you something, or both.
Actual smart people don’t have to sell it
smart people don’t know what they’re doing even more. They’re just smart enough to pretend well
And/or y’know themselves.
100%
Teenhood: Adults don’t know what they’re doing.