• xj9 [they/them, she/her]
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    10 months ago

    DO NOT FUCK WITH ME I WAS NEGLECTED BY MY PARENTS I WAS BEATEN AS A CHILD AND I TURNED OUT FINE

    is everyone in the west raised in an abusive home or what? at least millenials got participation trophies. that's probably the thing that saved them. until they discovered toast..

    • DrCrustacean [any]
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      10 months ago

      is everyone in the west raised in an abusive home or what?

      I don't know how universal it is, but where I'm from people brag about having a rough upbringing like it's a badge of honor. It leads to a really silly culture where people feel a social pressure to exaggerate and mythologize their childhoods as a series of legendary conquests. You'll notice in OPs image that the event that they endured was spending a day playing with a sprinkler and then eating a sandwich at the neighbor's house.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          This was the Gen X equivalent of Normandy Beach

          I think their Normandy was being comfortably bored and unsure what would be a satisfying career that didn't give them ennui. Those careers would still feed and house them, but the ennui was Normandy. REALITY BYTES AMIRITE grillman

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        10 months ago

        Seems that way. A lot of immigrant groups tend to be of a "lower class" as well that unfortunately involve a more abusive upbringing. I was shocked at the amount of US latinos that talk about the "chancla" and being hit by their parents as a regular thing. I never saw that from anyone in my family or my friends, but the kids that had that happen to them were usually raised in the poorer parts of the cities.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      DO NOT FUCK WITH ME I WAS NEGLECTED BY MY PARENTS I WAS BEATEN AS A CHILD AND I TURNED OUT FINE

      upvotes and reddit-logo gold intensify

      • PandaBearGreen [they/them]
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        10 months ago

        The amount of times as a child that a kids dad coming home was a reason to leave was too damn high.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          Adrenaline rush when you hear the garage door opening gang, who up? agony-4horsemen

          • Iraglassceiling [she/her]
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            10 months ago

            I’m so Pavlov’d that when I get anxious I start expecting to hear the garage door.

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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      10 months ago

      Millennials turned into nervous wrecks because we had to deal with our fucked up Boomer and Gen X elders lol ohnoes jk I love my older comrades

      • OgdenTO [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        Seriously. I've been trained to second guess every decision that I make.