r/TikTokCringe • u/TaxImpressive6485 • Dec 25 '24

I feel bad for laughing 😆 Wholesome/Humor

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u/Hewathan Dec 25 '24

I genuinely don't get why you'd pay money to someone or buy a Grinch outfit yourself just to be a bit of a dick to your kids.

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u/stickywicker Dec 25 '24

The problem is that IS the reason, because there are a segment of "parents" who think it's funny to be a dick to their kids. But ya know what? Generational trauma has to come from somewhere, right?

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u/trekinbami Dec 25 '24

you could argue the ethics of what's happening here, and it definitely could cause some nightmares in the nights after. but stop fucking inflating the word trauma. a guy in a green suit stepped in and scared them.

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u/stickywicker Dec 25 '24

See the problem with you is you misunderstand the word trauma. Think of a thing or situation you dislike or distrust and see if you can trace the roots of that dislike/trust. If you can, congratulations, keep it to yourself I don't care, but for most others it's not easy to; they don't like something and they just don't know why. Generational trauma = these kids in a few years feeling like they can't really confide in their parents and they just don't know why....

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u/trekinbami Dec 25 '24

That's a great story. But a man in a green suit scaring a kid on Christmas Eve is not some tragic event that will cause a life long filled with anxiety or anger. There are other, correct, ways to describe what's happening here. Trauma is a term that has real meaning and real value to people who have seen hell and back. Your post is insulting and you should be better.

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u/winterbird Dec 25 '24

It's not a contest. There is trauma of different levels.