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13 year old me was soooo damn proud of not being like other girls because I wasn’t “‘‘‘‘‘boy crazy’‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ hooty hoo dumbass there’s a reason for that

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Anyone else terrified that they are toxic and manipulative and just can’t see it? Or is that just me?

esoteric-merit

A lot of people who’ve been abused think this. It’s very common for abusers to try to convince their victims that they, in some small part, deserve the abuse. And a common way of doing that is to frame the defensive tactics of the victim as bad, manipulative things.

auris-foxen

i hate when ppl do the whole “ur partner is bi/pan??? aren’t you afraid they’re going to leave you for a (insert gender here)?” like, debra, i’m afraid they’re going to leave me in general, never mind the goddamn gender

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Coraline is a masterfully made film, an amazing piece of art that i would never ever ever show to a child oh my god are you kidding me

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Nothing wrong with a good dose of sheer terror at a young age

whatthecurtains

“It was a story, I learned when people began to read it, that children experienced as an adventure, but which gave adults nightmares. It’s the strangest book I’ve written”

-Neil Gaiman on Coraline

greenbryn

@nightlovechild

lierdumoa

This is a legit psychology phenomenon tho like there’s a stop motion version of Alice and Wonderland that adults find viscerally horrifying, but children think is nbd. It’s like in that ‘toy story’ period of development kids are all kind of high key convinced that their stuffed animals lead secret lives when they’re not looking and that they’re sleeping on top of a child-eating monster every night so they see a movie like Coraline and are just like “Ah, yes. A validation of my normal everyday worldview. Same thing happened to me last Tuesday night. I told mommy and she just smiled and nodded.”

wahbegan

Stephen King had this whole spiel i found really interesting about this phenomenon about how kids have like their own culture and their own literally a different way of viewing and interpreting the world with its own rules that’s like secret and removed from adult culture and that you just kinda forget ever existed as you grow up it’s apparently why he writes about kids so much

12drakon

An open-ended puzzle often gives parents math anxiety while their kids just happily play with it, explore, and learn. I’ve seen it so many times in math circles. We warn folks about it.

gokuma

Neil Gaiman also said that the difference in reactions stems from the fact in “Coraline” adults see a child in danger - while children see themselves facing danger and winning

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Sorry to add but I read soooo many “dark” kid stories growing up. Need to revisit A Series of Unfortunate Events. As an adult you get context and you realize some things aren’t supposed to be normal, but as a kid it’s just your life. Also you start learning how to communicate with adults and eventually they start shaming you out of habits and stims because you’re supposed to be mature.

Like you revisit these things and think, “man I can relate to this kid and this is super fucked up. Where are the adults? What are they doing? How can they not see this” But as a kid that’s just normal. Everything about you is just a kid. You see these kids doing these things and the message always is, “I’ll do the right things because no one else will.” And I think that’s a really important message to impart to children.

spudsexuall

My boyfriend talks in his sleep and because he’s bilingual, he says some hilarious/weird/sometimes creepy shit. I ask him every morning if he remembers saying this stuff and he has no idea about any of it.

Here are some of my favorites:

-”Babe, can you please turn down the brightness of your skin” -After stealing all of the blankets: “This is my right as a human” -After I take the blankets back: “I don’t want your freedom, America. Just blanket” -Sometimes he just says “Hello?” as if he’s answering a phone call -One night he just said “Cabbage” which is weird because he doesn’t know the english word for that when he’s awake. -After spooning me: “You have a nice butt” -”Who is that in the corner?” (terrifying) -”Watch out for the red lady” (even more terrifying) -Sometimes he will say things in German and it sounds like he’s speaking Parseltongue -One time I actually think he said something in Parseltongue -One time he talked about buying a ticket to “everywhere” and then just said “hello?” after two minutes of silence -And my all time favorite: ”This is MY yogurt, Satan”

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cachorritx

get reck’t sister Gertrude

feijoaaas

it really bothers me when me and a friend have arranged in advance to hang out on a day, today being that day in this case, but i have no idea when we’re actually meeting, even though i’ve asked when. i’m sometimes really uncomfortable with unplanned events, like i need to know when so i know when to get ready and that also gives me a chance to plan and structure the rest of my day instead of just waiting for a last minute reply where when will be now and then i gotta rush and run around and i’m not Mentally Prepared™ which then incidentally if i’m really not having a good day, will result in a growing anxiety because then it all happens too fast which will make me almost opposed to meeting up because the stress has become too much