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taffydavidtoday at 1:48 PM2 repliesview on HN

I always thought it ironic that this beautiful speech about life experience was written by 2 20-something "scared shitless kid"s for Robin Williams to deliver.


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arcticfoxtoday at 1:54 PM

I just heard it for the first time but why is that ironic? Isn't the point about feeling and not age?

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pdpitoday at 1:56 PM

It makes perfect sense — what separates Will from Ben and Matt is that they’re willing to acknowledge the difference exists. They’re willing to say “we have this, but we don’t have that”.