Image description: Image is a meme, in the “they don’t know” party format. Mitch McConnell stands in the corner. The image depicts McConnell when he stopped speaking while giving a speech. People dancing say “Is he dying?” and “Is it a stroke?”. Mitch McConnell says “They don’t know I’m shitting myself”.
Your parents are awful. You deserve so much better.
Wow, your family is being really shitty. You deserve better.
I feel like the phrase “sleeping like a baby” was not created by someone who was a primary caretaker for a baby.
oof.
That’s fascinating. Do you have suggestions for any resources that talk about how to do this in a healthy way?
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“Don’t be a quitter” is like saying “Fuck your boundaries. Stay in toxic situations no matter how bad they get.”
Ah yes, the good ol’ “Just get over it” technique that is supposed to work for any mental health condition.
Maybe in some situations in the past owners were better to their workers, but in many cases there is an unbroken line of exploitation going back in the past. The idea that exploitation is an extremely new phenomenon benefits the owning class by concealing the long and bloody history of proletarian struggles.
14 years is a long time. Hope you’re having a better time now.
Oof. A lot of “helpful advice” about jobs is helpful not for the workers, but for the owning class.
If you decide to have kids and choose to have a co-parent, rather being a single parent, choose a co-parent who also wants kids. Having kids with someone who doesn’t want them is cursing the kids to be raised by someone who doesn’t want them, which can have significant emotional consequences.