i think one thing young people do a lot is concern themselves with details and getting them right, because you have to learn the rules before you can learn how to break them. so they're afraid of standing out and they react negatively to anyone their own age who does.
as you mature, the details become less important. or should become less important anyway. some people never get over that stage and remain permanently obsessed with them, and having everything in order becomes their idea of maturity.
@c721880c That's kinda good though. There's lots of areas where "I fucked up a detail" can mean "I exploded someone's eye" or "this guy's bones are in the wrong place."
We live in an increasingly dangerous world - not merely due to societal issues, but because developing technology has a higher chance of accidentally hurting someone. More care needs to be taken with such things, so stricter adherence to rules - especially concerning safety - is valuable.
You know what detail is super important?
Showering.
How’s that going for you?
Several times a week now, or are you still making excuses for being a filthy animal?
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