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“Growing up in poverty never did me any harm” insists man psychologically compelled to wish similar financial hardship on others (newsthump.com)

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Rings similar to “My daddy beat me and I turned out fine,” says man who considers it okay to beat children

[–] Alteon 5 points 7 months ago

Woah woah woah. Beating and spanking at two totally different things. Just because I hit my kids...wait. Okay. Uh. Just because I discipline them by slapping their....okay, yeah....I guess they are the same thing. But it's totally fine, because I grew up fine. I think?