Hacker News Reader

> so much so that it makes me question my own maturity / adulthood, but nowhere near enough to suppress that enthusiasm

Part of maturing is realising that a kindred spirit is something to cherish. Trying to maintain a facade of maturity is what becomes immature.

View on HN

FYI, that's not what "kindred spirit" means.

So it isn't!

I had assumed it was evolved from the the germanic word for children, kinder, but it looks like it evolved from the Old English word kinraden, which meant related in lineage more or less.

We still have kin in English

I know what you meant, cheers :)

Reply on news.ycombinator.com