I get that it’s an edgy shitty joke, but man, do I get a rise of messing with people who act all uppity when kids and dogs refuse to behave like 50 year old middle managers.
I’m talking James Gunn levels of “this thing will do damage to your eyeballs and I’ll cheer about it”. I’m talking Gremlins “we’ll shoot an old lady out of a mobility aid like it’s a rocket launcher and I’ll cheer about it”. I’ve never been in a fight in my life but the one time I squared up with a guy it was for aggressively talking shit to a mom about a loud child in public transportation and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
Whether you perceive a difference or not doesn’t change that it’s not happening to you. It’s happening to the kid, first of all. If anything it’s happening to whatever parents or relatives are with the kid.
You’re getting super stuck on that part, which comes after “never been in a fight in my life”. Feeling insecure about your masculinity when mouthing off to parents in public or something?
For the record, nope. Turned around to face the guy, who immediately stopped shouting at the lady. I don’t think anybody noticed. Never done something like that before, I expect to never have to do it again.
He was being a dick about it, though. So… there’s that.
I agree, that a meme is not the best option, because it’s a nuanced thing, but no, you got it wrong or at least you found the worst kind of interpretation for this:
As a child I was heavily beaten for a lot of things like (loud) crying, insisting on stuff or like not agreeing with my father in general. So when I’m out today and I see a child behaving like this (which is, occasionally, typical child behavior and important for their development) I subconsciously already expect something painful to happen. So this is the first negative feeling this triggers in me.
Then the other learned behavior chimes in: anger. How you react to a situation like that is often behavior you learned from your parents. So my father showed me that in this kind of situation it’s not only justified but normal to get angry. So my first subconscious reaction is anger, I can’t help it.
Then the consciousness and therapy kicks in. I remember it’s a child and it needs to be allowed to process things, even this way, no matter if they make me uncomfortable (within boundaries obvs). No one’s going to get hurt now and it’s not that bad.
The image with the text made me laugh a bit because I think it pretty well depicts the emotional rollercoaster and the energy drain. I still love my niblings to bits and I’m happy, they don’t have to feel the same as me now, when they are older.
Thanks for the eloquent reply. I deliberately worded it like that to possibly help people that would otherwise thoughtlessly spank a child think about it in a different light.
So we are bashing children now are we?
Yes, but mostly their shitty pathetic parents
Always have been. 🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀
Yep
Kids are dumb and annoying and their owners should keep them under better control
I get that it’s an edgy shitty joke, but man, do I get a rise of messing with people who act all uppity when kids and dogs refuse to behave like 50 year old middle managers.
I’m talking James Gunn levels of “this thing will do damage to your eyeballs and I’ll cheer about it”. I’m talking Gremlins “we’ll shoot an old lady out of a mobility aid like it’s a rocket launcher and I’ll cheer about it”. I’ve never been in a fight in my life but the one time I squared up with a guy it was for aggressively talking shit to a mom about a loud child in public transportation and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
Sure, hero
There’s a difference between a kid being a kid, and an uncontrolled little shit
You keep puffing that excuse for a chest out though
Whether you perceive a difference or not doesn’t change that it’s not happening to you. It’s happening to the kid, first of all. If anything it’s happening to whatever parents or relatives are with the kid.
You’re just there, being a dick about it.
So, when you squared up, did everyone clap?
You’re getting super stuck on that part, which comes after “never been in a fight in my life”. Feeling insecure about your masculinity when mouthing off to parents in public or something?
For the record, nope. Turned around to face the guy, who immediately stopped shouting at the lady. I don’t think anybody noticed. Never done something like that before, I expect to never have to do it again.
He was being a dick about it, though. So… there’s that.
or use condoms.
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I agree, that a meme is not the best option, because it’s a nuanced thing, but no, you got it wrong or at least you found the worst kind of interpretation for this:
As a child I was heavily beaten for a lot of things like (loud) crying, insisting on stuff or like not agreeing with my father in general. So when I’m out today and I see a child behaving like this (which is, occasionally, typical child behavior and important for their development) I subconsciously already expect something painful to happen. So this is the first negative feeling this triggers in me.
Then the other learned behavior chimes in: anger. How you react to a situation like that is often behavior you learned from your parents. So my father showed me that in this kind of situation it’s not only justified but normal to get angry. So my first subconscious reaction is anger, I can’t help it.
Then the consciousness and therapy kicks in. I remember it’s a child and it needs to be allowed to process things, even this way, no matter if they make me uncomfortable (within boundaries obvs). No one’s going to get hurt now and it’s not that bad.
The image with the text made me laugh a bit because I think it pretty well depicts the emotional rollercoaster and the energy drain. I still love my niblings to bits and I’m happy, they don’t have to feel the same as me now, when they are older.
Thanks for the eloquent reply. I deliberately worded it like that to possibly help people that would otherwise thoughtlessly spank a child think about it in a different light.
What are you talking about, I was spanked as a child and I turned out mostly almost ok after years of therapy.
Amen to that!
Always were 👨🚀🔫👨🚀 kids are idiots and do dumb shit, there’s no debate