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Food for thought
« on: December 21, 2012, 10:19:12 pm »
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I was just reading a book the other day and it had a sentence which has had me thinking for ages. I thought I'd share it with you and see what your responses are.

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An 18 year old is simply three 6 year olds stacked on top of each other.
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2012, 10:56:36 pm »
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Bahahahaha!!!  ;D ;D ;D

What's the context?
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 10:57:42 pm »
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I like that quote. Give e the title of the book, I'm going to read it. Hmmm. This quote is...puzzling.
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2012, 11:01:34 pm »
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The Lot: In Words by Michael Leunig. It challenges a lot of the ideas you have about the world around you. It's one of the texts for Whose Reality?.
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2012, 11:02:56 pm »
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Quote from: Stick on December 21, 2012, 11:01:34 pm
The Lot: In Words by Michael Leunig. It challenges a lot of the ideas you have about the world around you. It's one of the texts for Whose Reality?.
OH YEA. My teacher recommended me that book when I did year 12. But I didn't read it since it would probs confuse me with the different contexts....and the fact that it was expensive on Ebay
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2012, 11:09:31 pm »
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It's a good book if you're into some real thought-provokers. I personally tend to enjoy a simple plot-based novel a lot more, rather than a compilation of many essays.
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2012, 11:20:55 pm »
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An 18 year old is simply three 6 year olds stacked on top of each other.

Does it mean that 18-year-olds are more immature than than 6 year olds?
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2012, 11:23:25 pm »
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I don't know what it means! If I knew, I'd be Michael Leunig. There's a hell of a lot of ideas that run through my mind at the thought. :P
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2012, 11:36:03 pm »
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Tbh, I care more about how you, as a reader, interpret the quote rather than what the writer intended to imply.
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2012, 11:40:58 pm »
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When I first read the quote, my simple mind just thought it meant that an 18 year-old is 3 times taller than a 6 year-old. LOL. *facepalm.

But, I think it has to do with the cycle of life. That we somehow immaturely behave the same way we did when we were 6, except somehow disguised in society. That we have somehow transformed into a toddler version of adulthood, where we experiment with everything, don't want to listen to our parents and nag/insist that we must buy that item.
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2012, 11:45:16 pm »
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Quote from: nisha on December 21, 2012, 11:40:58 pm
That we somehow immaturely behave the same way we did when we were 6, except somehow disguised in society.

That's similar to what I thought at first glance.
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2012, 12:07:15 pm »
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Quote from: nisha on December 21, 2012, 11:40:58 pm
When I first read the quote, my simple mind just thought it meant that an 18 year-old is 3 times taller than a 6 year-old. LOL. *facepalm.

But, I think it has to do with the cycle of life. That we somehow immaturely behave the same way we did when we were 6, except somehow disguised in society. That we have somehow transformed into a toddler version of adulthood, where we experiment with everything, don't want to listen to our parents and nag/insist that we must buy that item.

I had a fairly similar first impression. Although, I also imagined three 6 year olds stacked on top of each other and realised they'd be very unstable, so then I thought of drunk teenagers. :P
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Re: Food for thought
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2012, 04:15:44 pm »
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I thought that it had something to do with 18 year olds being thrice as knowledgeable as a 6-year old
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