• RBG
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    5 days ago

    You have no idea what constant peer pressure, gas lighting, and unobtainable beauty standards can do to a young person. I do hope your kid will be able to resist that, but chances are once she is a teenager the situation might be different.

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      5 days ago

      You have no idea

      Chances are he’s old enough to have been young and knows all about this. At least I do and I was not that dumb. And if you reply that it’s worse nowadays, let me teach you about what happened since the 60s…

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        5 days ago

        If you’d elaborate on what you are alluding to in the last sentence, I’d be happy to read it because I have no clue what you are referring to. You mean this kind of stuff was worse in the 60s? Sorry, English isn’t my first language and your sentence makes no sense to me.

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      No idea? I was a socially awkward fat kid. I have an idea.

      I can see getting weird piercings and regrettable tattoos, growing a mullet or wearing your pants around your knees to fit in. I understand hiding your true self to blend in, or even bullying others to climb the social ladder.

      As kids, we did some dumb dangerous things, kids always will, but hitting yourself in the face with a hammer with the intention of breaking your own jaw? If you’re dumb enough to think that’s a good idea and try it, then maybe it’s a lesson you need to learn.