We're younger than our parents were

[sovay]

I slept approximately an hour last night. It was a bad time. I dreamed a pair of college-age girls on the subway told me I had to be on Twitter to be a feminist. "What's your feminism?" they'd asked me. I was confused by the question. Like, did I consider myself a third-wave feminist? A fourth-wave? No, they said, it was a hashtag. ("My feminism is . . .") I'm not on Twitter, I explained. But then how could I keep up with the conversation? The discourse was moving so quickly. I was already left behind. "How old do you think I am?" I asked them. "Old enough to be dead!" they chorused, laughing. "Everybody's old enough to be dead," I told them, "that's what being alive means."

I'm not sure my brain should be allowed to philosophize unsupervised.

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[kore]

I'm not on Twitter, I explained. But then how could I keep up with the conversation? The discourse was moving so quickly. I was already left behind. "How old do you think I am?" I asked them. "Old enough to be dead!" they chorused, laughing. "Everybody's old enough to be dead," I told them, "that's what being alive means."

I am so sorry you only got an hour, but that's kind of an awesome dream-conversation.

[phi]

Wow. That sounds awful :( *hugs*

It's a great comeback though!

[umadoshi]

"Everybody's old enough to be dead," I told them, "that's what being alive means."

Well played, your dream self!

I hope you got (significantly!) more sleep last night. :/

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Sleep's in short supply all over, these days.

Who's hoarding the sleep?

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

That's a really good snappy comeback, though!! Weirdly, I too dreamed about teenagers last night, though in my case they were living in my condo, eating all my food, making a mess and buying/putting together IKEA furniture. Also constantly on the computer, but that's just normal, I think.

[gwynnega]

That dream seems weirdly plausible. Or maybe I just spend too much time on Twitter.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Your unconscious is clever!

Nine