• xj9 [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    11 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]@hexbear.net
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      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.

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        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.

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

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