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What's some really unpopular opinion you have? (lemmings.world)

submitted 2 years ago by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] wischi@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So a 13 year old person is an adult? I can see how that opinion is unpopular because it's just wrong.

[–] TealDragon@lemdit.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Many 13 year olds are still pubescent. None are children. Nature turns children into adults. There is lots of individual variation.
What turns a kitten into an adult cat? Puberty. What turns a puppy into an adult dog? Puberty. What turns a child into an adult human? Puberty. This is not difficult.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not how any of this works.

[–] TealDragon@lemdit.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's exactly how all of this works. It is in fact #BasicBiology

You can do all the #ScienceDenial you like. Won't change the facts.

[–] AnarchoYeasty 1 points 2 years ago

Doesn't matter how many #hashtags you use you are still a #pedophile

[–] TealDragon@lemdit.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wrote "Teenagers Are Adults" and you respond by moving the goalposts to make a strawman. I never wrote "All of the youngest teenagers are always adults" You made that up so you could knock it down.

The vast majority of teenagers are adults. That's just science. The median age of reaching Tanner 5, adulthood, is 14 now. So most of us are fully adult before our 15th birthdays.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So now you are trying to use the Tanner scale to determine if somebody is an adult? There is no strawman here, you are writing those ridiculous comments yourself.

[–] TealDragon@lemdit.com 6 points 2 years ago

The Tanner Scale is the only determinant :-)