• dingus@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Humans are messed up in general so it’s probably common enough tbh. My childhood was a bit different though. The arguing was never mutual. It was always my dad screaming at my mom while she sits there and takes it. I remember realizing that was abnormal by watching media growing up… realizing that couples are supposed to love each other and that fights are generally a mutual experience, not just one person belittling the other.

    Anyway sorry that was oversharing lol

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      1 day ago

      Hey same childhood! My dad would yell at the top of his lungs at my mom and call her a stupid bitch and she would sit there and take it and then silently cry in the kitchen and then ground me when I tried to hug her 🙂

      Learned the shit out of computers. They’re the only things in my life that don’t yell at me (if we ignore error messages).

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        20 hours ago

        Aww I’m sorry that both of your parents were like that. Luckily my mom is a very sweet person.

        And hey! I’m a fellow computer dork too! I’m nowhere near the level of knowledge of many Lemmy users, but I’ve always been a casual tech/gadget fan since I was a kid. But somehow I never fully built my own PC until just the other day. Was actually a pretty simple process and things today are so much better at plug and play as opposed to long ago. Hope you’re still enjoying being a tech nerd haha!

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          18 hours ago

          Ya building computers is trivial :) just expensive Lego really. Built my first gaming pc when I moved out and have built a couple more since then. My original gaming pc is now my home server :) lots to learn!

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      1 day ago

      So relatable. Aight lemme overshare a little too (TW: sadness).

      My oldest memory is my dad yelling at my mom while 3yo me runs to my room crying, and looking for my teddy bear so I can get a little comfort. Fuck I’m crying again.

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        20 hours ago

        I’m assuming since you’re older now, you’re out of that environment, yeah? It’s one silver lining in things I guess. If your teddy bear were sentient I’m sure it would have hugged you back and told you everything was gonna be ok.

        Honestly, for me it’s a bit weird. I’ve actually forgotten a lot of the specifics of my childhood. I know my dad would do it, but I don’t really remember any specific moments in time or what my responses were. Memory is a weird thing like that. I guess because it was so long ago or something. Dunno.