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Yeah we all go through a stage where we haven't mentally matured yet and have this tween-like rebellion reaction to any idea about changing for the better. Some grow out of it at a younger age, some at a normal age, and some not at all. I remember a bunch of examples I've seen happen through the decades;
"You say i shouldn't eat meat, well i say nuh uh! Now I'm gonna eat twice as much!"
"You say i shouldn't smoke cigarettes, well i say nuh uh! Now I'm gonna smoke cigars too!"
"You say i shouldn't be racist, well i say nuh uh! Now I'm gonna be even more outrageously racist!"
It's just a non-thinking reactionary response to the idea that you aren't perfect.
I think it's funny that there have been a bunch of stories about how genZ is smoking again because it's some kind of nihilist counterculture and I'm just like... Yeah I didn't quit smoking because the priest gave me a very stern lecture. I quit because I got tired of hacking up half a lung every morning.
I quit smoking because I actually want to live beyond 55 - I still remember my neighbour-woman smoking a ciggy, while standing outside with her chemo-drip... Absolutely haunting.