Well my father did all of those things AND hit me
Don’t forget: let unions die off and not protect our generation in favour of grandfathering their inherited rights that their parents fought for.
Honestly this is the he worst way to make a child stop crying. Threats can cause scars.
I think the problem isn’t the “threat” but the implied “I couldn’t possibly care less why you’re crying”
Yes, it’s invalidation of feelings followed by the infliction of physical violence to make the abuser feel better.
“At least I never hit you!” “If I did that at your age I’d get beat.” “I got the belt for talking back”
Yeah I wish I had the validity of physical scars, nobody sees the ones words leave.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but soon the sting will pass
But names can dig so many graves, you won’t know where to stand.
I discovered a song searching your quote! Is that a common expression? I like it.
A millenial “boomer” meme
hey now, some of our parents at least voted against enshitification.
they didn’t do shit like protest or volunteer, but they taught my bro and I empathy quite well.
I like to blame lead, but does lead poisoning correlate with marked low emotional intelligence? I think, rather, there is a fundamental flaw in the original patriarchal system that led men to develop toddler-level emotional intelligence, and the women just went along with it.
Now that we have wisened up, accept more diversity, and given some power to women, the toddler men are freaking out because they had their special blanket taken away. And one consequence is accumulation of all the resources.
but does lead poisoning correlate with marked low emotional intelligence?
Yes, strongly. Lead exposure, especially in childhood, is known to lower IQ and also decrease empathy.
The other things you mentioned are definitely major factors as well, but yeah all that lead fucked the older generations brains.
