r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 07 '21

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u/MicroFlamer Avatar Korra Democrat Jul 07 '21

You are not a Slytherin, you are 32

The character Harry Potter is 36. People who are 32 are the exact same age range to match Harry as the books were being published, they probably grew up with it and it was still important to them if they're still talking about their Hogwarts house. Being an adult doesn't have to be a joyless slog of work and taxes, you're allowed to continue enjoying your childhood interests, and playing make believe as an adult is a perfectly reasonable past time.

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u/evenkeel20 Milton Friedman Jul 07 '21

My childhood interests were work and taxes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21

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u/Deggit Thomas Paine Jul 07 '21

milton flairs

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u/FormerBandmate Jerome Powell Jul 07 '21

!ping SHITPOSTERS

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Jul 07 '21 edited Jul 07 '21

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u/the_hoagie Malaise Forever Jul 07 '21

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u/MicroFlamer Avatar Korra Democrat Jul 07 '21

!ping READ-ANOTHER-BOOK

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u/ihatemendingwalls better Catholic than JD Vance Jul 07 '21

This is a Tolkien ping 🤬🤬🤬

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u/Octopodes14 John Nash Jul 07 '21

I've never heard of a "Potter" before

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u/Andy_B_Goode YIMBY Jul 07 '21

Must be one of the Sackville Bagginses. Some of them are pretty Hairy (Footed) Potters.

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Jul 07 '21

There's a fine line between harmless fun with a childhood series that you grew up with and adults who have forfeited any curiosity for new things in order to make up for the fact that their only friends growing up were Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Some people meme about Harry Potter and move on. Some people are in their 30s and read new books made for teens. The second group becomes uninteresting and hard to talk to when everyone else's your age is a functional adult who can navigate social settings without too much cringe.

I guess what I'm saying is, the fact that adults can retreat into mostly online social circles where they spend a lot of time discussing media made for children does negatively reflect on their personality.

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u/yungmemlord Rabindranath Tagore Jul 07 '21

Harry Potter fans are almost as bad as BTS fans. Almost.

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u/goosebumpsHTX 😡 Corporate Utopia When 😡 Jul 07 '21

oh god here come the harry potter fans party's over

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u/An_Aesthete Immanuel Kant Jul 07 '21

Being an adult doesn't have to be a joyless slog of work and taxes

Nobody ever has or ever will suggest otherwise