Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Comics@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoI have to teach my daughter different things than my sonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1895arrow-down1175
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minus-squarelurch (he/him)linkfedilinkarrow-up69arrow-down1·6 months agoThere’s also the “I have suffered it and therefore everyone else must suffer it as well”
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up39·6 months agoDon’t forget “I’ve suffered it and it wasn’t that bad so don’t pretend it is”
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down3·6 months agoWhich actually means “I’ve pretended to suffer it and you are probably too”.
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months ago“I experienced racism. I was called a potato once and seriously, it wasn’t as bad as all the n* pretend it is. Get over it.”
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoSometimes it means “I did a thing in the past and don’t recognise the ways in which it has changed over time to become worse today than it was in my day”.
minus-square(⬤ᴥ⬤)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agothe two faces of an extremely punchable coin
There’s also the “I have suffered it and therefore everyone else must suffer it as well”
Don’t forget “I’ve suffered it and it wasn’t that bad so don’t pretend it is”
Which actually means “I’ve pretended to suffer it and you are probably too”.
“I experienced racism. I was called a potato once and seriously, it wasn’t as bad as all the n* pretend it is. Get over it.”
Sometimes it means “I did a thing in the past and don’t recognise the ways in which it has changed over time to become worse today than it was in my day”.
the two faces of an extremely punchable coin