• dudinax@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    If she’d got him nothing, like he deserved, he’d have gone outside, played some football and been banging cheerleaders by the age of 16.

  • NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I would be disappointed for different reasons if my crush hooked up with a random guy in a bathroom.

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      11 months ago

      One’s opportunities to be socialized do require parents understanding the important of playing with one’s friends. Like, it does help to be one of a four-guy team who plays competitive sports. It helps a hell of a lot for bonding.

      At the age of 11, one doesn’t control one’s own access to opportunity. OP’s mom did him dirty.

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    What I don’t get it. Just hit those old friends up if you want to do what they are, worst they can say is no

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    If being unable to play FIFA is the single biggest problem in your life - your life has pretty much zero problems. It’s not the mom’s decision to buy a computer that screwed you over, bud - it’s your attitude about life in general. Nobody owes you anything, you want a better life go out and earn it.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t think I’ve ever heard the words “nobody owes you anything” from somebody who was a good person. Or understood how a society works. Or cared about their impact on other people at all.

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        11 months ago

        I would agree in the typical contexts of “no welfare for you, nobody owes you anything”, or “no food, education, or parental love for you kid, nobody owes you anything”.

        But we’re not talking about basic rights or the social contact. We’re talking about a fucking PlayStation & PC. No child is owed a fucking PS.

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        11 months ago

        Until today, that is. Now you’ve heard those words from someone who is the best person on earth. So this is really a great day for you! Now clearly I did care about my impact on you, see? This has been a good day.