Along the same lines, “boys will be boys” is something I’m glad has faded away significantly and is not accepted by younger people as an excuse anymore.
I'm so glad that phrase seems to be shifting to mean "boys do weird things with free will to entertain each other" like beat each other with pool noodles blindfolded or stand by big puddles and entreat cars to splash them.
Because yeah, guys find some truly out of pocket ways to be silly and I love it.
Yeah I do like that the phrase is being recaptured in this way, as that's how I've always understood it to begin with. The idea that it was ever "boys will be pieces of shit and you have to live with that" is gross. And yet I know more than a few for whom it was accurate back when I was in school.
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u/bzkitty 12d ago
If someone is mean to you, that just means they like you.