• AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    The crazy thing is that my parents raised me to be this way and now that I am it’s like they’re surprised I care and give a damn. It is whack to me that I am now exactly what they taught me to be and now that upsets them.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I feel that so hard. I got called a pinko commie a decade or more ago because I advocated for basic christian morals for people conservatives don’t like.

      Fuck me for actually internalizing the morals I was raised with, right?

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Maybe early onset dementia. One of the symptoms is loss of empathy. The lead, DDT and other pesticides they were exposed to in their youth are now taking effect. In the next few decades we are going to see a pandemic of boomers suffering from dementia.

      • AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 days ago

        100% agree. Only hope is they start dying off before they cause any more damage, but we all know we aren’t that lucky.