[jeegsy]

> A somber life without enjoyment does not show that you are "being a grownup"

Was there ever really a time when ppl thought this was what growing up meant?

[diffrinse]

It's the "boomer" fantasy of what their parents and grandparents were doing before them. Hence why movies in the 60s/70s began to carry anti-authority "live your life" messages more and more until we're saturated in them at this point generations later.