Iclearly remember, when I was a teenager, that among my peers there was an unwritten rule that loomed over our heads like a curse.
You needed to have the answer ready to be worth listening to.
As soon as the conversation started, I had to immediately express my opinion before someone else took over from me, and this opinion had to be sharp enough to gain further space, and, possibly, ridicule others’ opinions.
As if the possibility of remaining silent was not even considered.
As if the answer “I have no idea” was not in our vocabulary.