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[–] [email protected] 80 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well my father did all of those things AND hit me

[–] Something_Complex 20 points 11 months ago

Lucky bastard, no need to go around bragging

[–] [email protected] 51 points 11 months ago

Don't forget: let unions die off and not protect our generation in favour of grandfathering their inherited rights that their parents fought for.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Honestly this is the he worst way to make a child stop crying. Threats can cause scars.

[–] TrickDacy 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think the problem isn't the "threat" but the implied "I couldn't possibly care less why you're crying"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it's invalidation of feelings followed by the infliction of physical violence to make the abuser feel better.

[–] TrickDacy 11 points 11 months ago

I got hit many times. A few times it was physically a little bit bad, but typically I was more upset that my parents had "turned" on me to the point that they would even want to do such a thing. A lot of it is mentally abusive :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I would be traumatised by the threat because during these ages it is hard to take something not literally. But yeah, what you said counts in as well.

[–] EmpathicVagrant 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

“At least I never hit you!” “If I did that at your age I’d get beat.” “I got the belt for talking back”

Yeah I wish I had the validity of physical scars, nobody sees the ones words leave.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but soon the sting will pass

But names can dig so many graves, you won’t know where to stand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I discovered a song searching your quote! Is that a common expression? I like it.

[–] EmpathicVagrant 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was quoting the song! Ludens - Bring Me The Horizon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Ludens

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Does piped work again now?

[–] peopleproblems 21 points 11 months ago (4 children)

hey now, some of our parents at least voted against enshitification.

they didn't do shit like protest or volunteer, but they taught my bro and I empathy quite well.

I like to blame lead, but does lead poisoning correlate with marked low emotional intelligence? I think, rather, there is a fundamental flaw in the original patriarchal system that led men to develop toddler-level emotional intelligence, and the women just went along with it.

Now that we have wisened up, accept more diversity, and given some power to women, the toddler men are freaking out because they had their special blanket taken away. And one consequence is accumulation of all the resources.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

but does lead poisoning correlate with marked low emotional intelligence?

Yes, strongly. Lead exposure, especially in childhood, is known to lower IQ and also decrease empathy.

The other things you mentioned are definitely major factors as well, but yeah all that lead fucked the older generations brains.

[–] EatYouWell 7 points 11 months ago

Sometimes it feels like my mom is the only boomer that isn't a giant pile of shit. But, I guess you don't typically teach special Ed for over 40 years if you're a bad person.

[–] Something_Complex 3 points 11 months ago

Basically Homelander from the boys

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Resource hoarding would be a lot less if we all lived in a land of abundance

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago

A boomer "millenial" comment

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

hey that's unfair! they also brought back child labor

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hopefully these kids at least have good benefits. Poor little guys gotta start out putting their tooth fairy money in an IRA if they hope to be able to retire by the time they’re 85.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

They didn't do shit except get conned.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

they were playing the long game

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

No they're just idiots. Society usually finds a way to punish idiots like that

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[–] Rustmilian 2 points 11 months ago

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