
pastellepearlelle
Maturity is finally realizing you shouldn’t be still ruthlessly beating yourself up years down the line for being a cringey, uwu, digitally/socially-illiterate preteen trying to navigate the hell on earth that is the internet and making several mistakes (of ranging severity) along the way just because someone might go out of their way to dig it up and shame you for “not knowing better” or “being overly weird (derogatory)” solely because they can. (Like you think I DON’T already know that I’m absolutely not a perfect paragon in any capacity and have said and done plenty of stupid/concerning things before? Ha, good one.) Because when you actually look back into that time capsule? Literally everyone else surrounding you in that time period was that kind of person too and you weren’t in any way different from them. It’s just something we all grow through. (…Some people better than others, admittedly…)

MatildaChao
@pastellepearlelle Reminds me of the time I just got into the concept of shipping (aka I thought everyone would 100% agree on a pairing) and first discovered the LGBTQ+ community (aka "OOOHHH so if they were boy and girl, then it would be okay"). Never again.
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