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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sure but that’s still validation right? “I’m powerful because I can get people to do what I want them to do”.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It's the same phenomenon, but most people age out of it.

To paraphrase Bojack Horseman: you stop maturing emotionally as soon as you no longer feel that you need to depend on other people.

Or, to quote Ron Howard: "It's Arrested Development"