meta-jaded?

proposition>> i am becoming an old grouch.

supporting evidence>>
exhibit a: teenagers in movie theatres almost universally annoy me.
exhibit b: i think of undergrads as youngsters.
exhibit c: youngster pretension isn't cute to me.

evidence to the contrary>>
exhibit a: dude, teenagers in movie theatres annoyed you when you *were* a teenager.
exhibit b: you sound like a four-year-old when you see a rabbit. ahem: "bunniiiiies!!!"
exhibit c: you spent several seconds today reflecting on how much you enjoyed the shade
of green used for traffic lights. (dude, it's seriously beautiful!)

while the jury deliberates... lemme tell you what i heard on the bus today. two women ("youngsters," if you will) were chatting at a volume which, while not outright annoying, was high enough to distract me from malone's rants against patriarchy. not that this is a difficult task. (the distracting, not the talking loudly.) among complaints about the cost of textbooks and the bureaucracy that is osap, they began to discuss a mutual acquaintance.

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arts student>> do you know what he says to end a conversation? like, instead of "goodbye"?
science student>> no...
arts>> he says, "have fun!"
science>> really?!
arts>> yeah, it pisses me off!!!
science>> well, i say that, too, if someone's going off to do something interesting. or, sarcastically, if they're going off to do something uninteresting.
arts>> yeah, ok, that's fine. it's about something specific or it's sarcastic, that's fine. but he says it all the time! it just sounds flippy!* like, have fun doing what?
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* i'm not making that up. other parts are kinda paraphrased, but she definitely, definitely used the word "flippy."

i'm so over early-twenties-jadedness. maybe i'm jaded about jadedness. but, dude, joy is so much better than all that trash. and isn't it potentially awesome that your friend wishes that you'd have fun, whatever you may be doing next?

maybe i'm biased, though, because my parents have typically bade me farewell as follows:
mom>> be good!
dad>> have fun!
i really like taking their advice. especially in combination :)