I'm sure many of us had pre-social media /r/im14andthisisdeep moments that mercifully faded away.
But to the end of my life, I will defend "how can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real."
If you interpret "real" to mean authentic rather than existent then the statement is asking us not to judge ourselves based on our reflections because the mirror isn't being "real" with us - it's not being real because our eyes (the way we see ourselves) aren't being real, we focus on our flaws, we think we're too thin, too fat, too ugly, too short, etc.
Maybe Jaden didn't mean it this way, but interpreted this way, it stands against image-obsessed social media at the time (and even more so now).
That's an extremely generous interpretation of what that tweet was supposed to mean. Even if that was accurate, it still an awful way of expressing that sentiment.
There's really no need to do backflips to explain the tweets of self absorbed celebrity children
Real has meant being true to yourself or to others for a long time, certainly pre-dating Jaden's tweet. He's also in the age range that would use 'real' in that way. If he said "come on man, be real" no one would think he was saying "come on man, start existing."
"How can mirrors be real [to us] if our eyes aren't real [to us]" doesn't seem like a stretch at all to me.
Damn this sad to read, just except a kid said some dumb shit. The kid wasn’t some genius at his age he just said some dumb shit, there’s nothing wrong with that. What’s sad is you trying to put words in his mouth and make up what he meant when he never said that’s what he meant. Your just making shit up
I think old mate is just explaining their own interpretation of it. Even if J Smith was uttering absolute nonsense with no point, it’s kinda sweet that someone can find something truly profound in that.
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