durdenhobbes
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durdenhobbes
6d ago
you sure have to put up with a lot.
Nah, you really don't. Recognize that the juice ain't worth the squeeze, and bring balance back to the force.
durdenhobbes
9d ago
Most of the media hates Israel and tends to uncritically publish anti-Israel propaganda.
What do you base that assertion on? My observational experience has been the polar opposite.
durdenhobbes
26d ago
I think the social expectations surrounding childrearing has more to do with it than the breakdown of any longstanding disinformation campaign. Until basically now, families had 4+ kids, and the oldest would start taking care of the younger ones from age 6 or so (this was my grandmother's responsibility and lived experience, as my great grandmother died in childbirth of the youngest sibling). If you lived on a farm, you'd be pitching in with chores from the time you could walk, and you were much-needed labor. Get out of line? Get the belt. And so on. This was a hard living, but it built children into little adults rather than the coddled tyrants that you describe.
Fast forward to today, and it's no wonder than parenthood is so all-encompassingly exhausting. The "gentle parenting" trend has made children the rulers of the domain and the adults their indentured servants. And parents do it to each other, constantly trying to one-up their peers with lavish birthday parties, 5-figure caches of toys in dedicated playrooms, chauffeur services to endless activities, and general capitulation to absolutely anything Little Johnny and Janie could ever demand. Get out of line? Uhh, "don't do that, I guess?".
The pendulum will swing back, because as a parent currently trying to wage this war, I can confidently say that it is not a sustainable state of affairs.
durdenhobbes
28d ago
but the thing being in Spanish without even subtitles really did feel like a fuck you.
Felt exactly the same way, until I saw some of the translated lyrics on X and quickly realized why they wouldn't be on network television
durdenhobbes
28d ago
The United States has been a vassal state of Israel for the entirety of my existence. How is this suprising news to anyone?
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