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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by croon on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:44AM (#50422836)
> kid humans are a perfect miniaturization of adult humans, lacking the corruption of society.

Kids are a product of their surroundings, corrupt or not. Have you never encountered kids with extremely rigid opinions of things they could impossibly have reached on their own?

> are you saying that the perfect representation of humanity is incorrect in some way ?

Incorrect presupposition.

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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by thin_carapace on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:07AM (#50423985)
perfect relative to what is achievable outside of a rigid experimental context, and with the caveat of a decaying effect as society and family imprint over time. I encountered kids of all ages willing to question their presuppositions in ways that adults never would.
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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by croon on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:58AM (#50424390)
> I encountered kids of all ages willing to question their presuppositions in ways that adults never would.

At what age? The context is kids at the age they start reading. If your experience is anything close to mine, you're describing teens.

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