“A Child Who’s Not Embraced By The Village Will Burn It Down...” Examples (AskReddit)

[@xtentasticx]

It's sad how parents view their children as incompetent rather than it was the parents own failure from not teaching their children properly.

[@Jose04537]

Unpopular opinion: Some children born lucky, others were just lucky to even born.

[@leonidas0242]

@@Jose04537 begone Ozai.

[@fiyahquacker2835]

Sometimes they don't each bother teaching and only use them as tools to improve their own lives in whatever way possible.

[@olymolly3637]

I know. I & my siblings are living it right now. Our parents have since mellowed out & maybe they've realised their own mistakes, but we're doing our best to survive rn, however slow we are at helping ourselves.

[@TruffleSeeker54]

Once my mom was basically berating my sister for not knowing how to budget money. My sister said "Well nobody taught me how to do that" and my mom responded with "Now you're trying to make me feel bad".

[@davecullins1606]

"Strike down your enemy so hard you need not fear his vengeance." It's a quote from Machiavelli that has helped me SO much in games.

[@mrcthulhu47themad45]

Mercy is for the weak

[@davecullins1606]

@@mrcthulhu47themad45 Exactly, because they're not strong enough to be a threat to you later.

[@mrcthulhu47themad45]

I was going more for the permanent position cant fuck with me if your dead

[@thetoyodacar2264]

@@mrcthulhu47themad45 just wait till you go to hell and you are lvl 1 while he is lvl 50

[@megetrongonzalez4456]

Left 300 like for someone else

[@UncleMikeDrop]

I have absolutely no sympathy for abusive parents who end up being murdered by their children. The way I see it, they had it coming.

[@teemun3979]

Yeah. Too bad the justice system will still treat them as any other murderer. Victims of abuse never receive reduced sentences for finally lashing out.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@@teemun3979 Sad, but true.

[@darkside907]

yeah its like a chaotic good type thing

[@tysondennis1016]

The Menendez Murders is why you don’t treat your kids like shit. The parents got what they deserved from those terrified, defensive boys.

[@theotherghostgirl337]

half unlit chaotic good ftw

[@claiomhsolais3812]

The prevalence of trauma, bullying, social isolation, and child abuse in serial killers' backgrounds is not a coincidence.

[@hunters.s1856]

Yeah but let's blame video games

[@siva4wotblitzhero531]

Some people are messed up in someway from an early stage but 90% of the time its because someone did that to them or it was out of their control

[@alexdietz7362]

@@siva4wotblitzhero531 sometimes it's both

[@Kino_Cartoon]

@@hunters.s1856 Or religion. Messed up people in messed up situations can become someone who does horrible things.

[@ScrewFearMe]

@FuturePants then she should NEVER be elected

[@nyeloliver1008]

HE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT ONE MEME OF THE LITTLE GIRL LOOKING EVILLY AT THE HOUSE.

[@DanTheMan6979]

O.o

[@saragarofano9727]

Doesn't really look at the house but in camera with the house in the back

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

He's not that smart. The channel owner is a robot who only wants to make money.

[@jug1243]

LeafyIsHere2 aka Thanosetalgia Memeories No He’s Toadfilms

[@ChikoMontez]

I've seen that on a few reddit vids already. Even the dog relaxing surrounded by fire one.

[@sanderp9768]

If a child is "incompetent", it's because the parent failed to teach them properly.

[@press_580]

As that was once me I can confirm

[@cor7ger7g43]

An enticing as that idea might be, it’s much more complicated than that. Even in modern practices the process of unraveling one’s psyche is different per each case and is unparalleled in its difficultly. I’ve never found a single teacher, professor or psychiatrist that could ever nail down what made me tick any better than I already could which says a lot about how little we currently know about the human mind even at a professional level. There was only one person I’ve ever met that knew more than the others and to this day I somewhat question if they were a person or the living embodiment of something else but that’s a different story. At its basis blaming neglectful parents for everything is oversimplification, while they are certainly at least in part at fault, simply forgetting everything else that contributed to your problems might actually become what prevents you from moving past them.

[@stuartrobertson4215]

Not all the time though, sometimes you can have great parents but allow yourself to be influenced by friends around you

[@magiv4205]

I can relate. It's so humiliating having to learn basic shit like using the washing machine and normal human interaction as a fucking adult. I eventually had to learn it from another person, who to this day is more of a mother to me than my real one ever was. I haven't talked to my birthgiver in over a year now, her and dad are getting a divorce (fucking finally), and that narcissistic piece of shit can die old and alone for all I care.

[@buhagsigwasan2259]

A child isn't supposed to compete with anyone.

[@vicious3526]

Kind of a weird flex to make fun of somebody for not knowing how to use a washing machine because you were a terrible teacher

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

There are a lot of terrible parents out there that should have not become parents. As draconic as it seems, I'm still of the opinion that you should have to get a licence to breed, and if you're found crapping out kids without a licence, your kids are taken away and adopted out to parents that actually want them. Kids might have an actual chance, that way....maybe.

[@jeremiahfyan]

@@TheMurlocKeeper i disagree. Its those very ideas destroying us. Faux "Progressiveness" which changes nothing but law, not mind or attitude. That just creates criminals, not societal change.

[@nubreed13]

My parents did similar things to me. They would get on my case for not being good at driving. Well I would have been better if they took me driving more often. Sometimes it would be 3 months between driving lessons.

[@jeremiahfyan]

@@StormhawkJuzo nah they dont. They enable it. The individual is responsible for their own victimhood. Tons of people have shitty parents, only ppl that do good are the ones that dont complain

[@jeremiahfyan]

@@StormhawkJuzo and once again. In order to make the parents better, get rid of faux progress ideas that take all power from the parents and give it to the schools/ govt. Parents dont even have control of their kids anymore, be real.

[@jdsmith2670]

I don't know the radio dude seems kinda wholesome. He just wanna teach and talk about his favorite thing

[@Nev1esomnia]

I feel bad for him

[@ChapoChaos]

Yeah dude should have been given a warning and not flat out banned

[@Night-ud4ew]

@@ChapoChaos not even a warning, he did the right thing and gave the right advice. He should have been told either absolutely nothing, or advised to be kinder in his tips.

[@Night-ud4ew]

They didnt let him back in and so he demonstrated WHY they should've listened to him. Good on him, teach them a lesson.

[@hieloluna]

He sounds annoying

[@asmillingchihuahua9858]

The "incompetent child is the result of the incompetent parents" i say, and i stand by this

[@LightofLucifer-m8q]

Yep, I'm living proof.😢

[@ohokay9420]

C’mere Joshua *Gives hugs*

[@benevolentmadman5225]

I can agree however, I'll still take the blame. Mother had it tough and I can understand. Just unfortunate that I had a very wide perspective causing me to be indecisive on things which led to me being incompetent and ignorant now, too many restraints on trying to do something.

[@eurickevardone2976]

I disagree. If you're born with an extremely low genetic potential, no amount of good parenting will help you.

[@AmbyrRavyn]

That's an insult to my mother

[@someguycalledcerberus9805]

Well as Machiavelli said: either treat others well or destroy them: for small atrocities they will seek revenge - for big ones they cannot.

[@JonRinzRaccotterz]

Can you elaborate on this statement? I feel like we are missing some context.

[@perpetualfatigue9703]

@@JonRinzRaccotterz Basically if you are going to burn the bridge, or in this case the village you should use as much as you can afford or atleast enough to stop a possible revenge. It overlaps with sayings such as 'never corner a beast' or 'don't leave behind loose ends' because when you cross the bottom line and they are still in a state to dish out damage to you, you can be assured of pain. A great example would be the driveway story where the neighbours burned the bridge by screwing him over but never thought of a possible retaliation or saw it as a small threat. Anyway if they were to continue their efforts you can be assured that the revenge of OP will be harsh and regret amongst the neigbours will be taller than the Himalayas.

[@someguycalledcerberus9805]

@@JonRinzRaccotterz Machiavelli was an Italian renaissance author and a precursor of "realpolitik". In his work "The Prince" he outlined pragmatic and amoral suggestions on how to stay in power as a politician. This specific quotation means exactly what it says: if you can, treat others well and befriend them. If, however, you must antagonise someone, go all the way and destroy them so thoroughly that they cannot retaliate. ( I think the quote is from this work, because these are the kind of things he wrote in it, though of course, I could be wrong). To use an example from fiction: don't kill John Wick's dog. If you must kill it, kill him too, otherwise will hunt you down. Or to refer to this video: don't shun the kid; and if you must, then either kill him or hurt him so bad he cannot burn the village down. Obviously extreme examples, not applicable to everyday life. In everyday life this just means that you should avoid pissing off others, and when you really have to, expect retaliation unless you can somehow take all their power to hurt you.

[@dimasakbar7668]

I thought it was about "injuries" rather than atrocities. Machiavelist never do evil for evil sake

[@Dloin]

Hm, sure? What does destroy mean in this context, because beeings that have nothing to lose are amongst the most dangerous ones out there.

[@jasonturner4435]

Being abused as a child not wanted and then being the one to sign the papers to pull the plug. Karma at its finest

[@DoctorRobertNeville]

Which is why I always tell people to treat your children nice. They are the ones who will put you in a crappy nursing home, and then ignore you while you are there.

[@Davidpostingshid]

DoctorRobertNeville “Shady Oaks, Ma, Shady oaks”(I hope someone gets this reference)

[@Masa6x]

@@DoctorRobertNeville some BoJack horseman vibes huh

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

isn't that...secretly murder tho?

[@anti_fragile]

@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 I don't think so. If they were already making plans to pull you off and they're presenting the papers to do so to your family , chance is you're already on your way out

[@LRichelieu]

This is probably one of the greatest African proverbs.

[@waitthisisnotpornhub3860]

Just because someone is burning down a city doesn't make the proverb African Please don't kill me, I don't mean it

[@itsgaylebitxh]

I really feel for the woman whose husband just.. left. Ten years and he didn't tell her respectfully. I don't know if it's right to date someone while separated, but I think OP was left in the dark.

[@jeremiahfyan]

I feel bad for both, cuz you know that guy probably has a conciousness that eats him alive everyday. Dude needed help but there was no1 to help. Sucks for both of them

[@Duskdog717]

@Kai Evans Agreed, but they were only separated because he ran off with this other woman in the first place. So it wasn't cool the first time.

[@ascoria980]

If she knew all that stuff about him beforehand those are just massive red flags

[@thomasmurrell9832]

Damn...I feel bad for the guy who destroyed his whole family life. Like, I absolutely do not allow what he did because all he wanted was attention...but I can still understand the motive. Kinda like the bad guy in a movie: He's still wrong...but you understand WHY he did it

[@12woodsteps]

I feel worse for the wife.. who tried to be supportive and loving and guiding, just for him to up and leave. Then "I regret everything, I'm going back to side chick" just.... Ouch.

[@DrownedInExile]

@@12woodsteps Same. I don't care how hard his life was, OP didn't deserve the bill for that. He broke her trust, and once that's gone, it's gone forever. The only thing OP can do is cut him out of her life, for good. Leave him to suffer the consequences of his actions.

[@elkhiderbabiker4383]

@@DrownedInExile I mean we in have her side of the story there's prolly a shit ton we don't know, but if he really is that way he's a piece of shit

[@jenningsslayer314]

That is it in a nutshell.

[@nafsi8519]

I have some anger management issue from my time with my parents. I would get verbally abusive to my partner. But when I'm calm i regret everything but I know I will do it again if I get angry.. so I don't talk to my SO when I realize that I'm getting angry or frustrated.

[@JamesiaInc]

Well, there was the time I burned down my village because I got cold...

[@Tw0Dots]

LOAN NGUYEN and I burned down my family because I got hungry

[@moloviorlsv5484]

@@Tw0Dots mmmmm

[@hatman4593]

Sounds reasonable

[@lueysixty-six7300]

But chilly was it?? Lol!

[@cait159]

Hold up-

[@DrownedInExile]

Re: the guy who destroyed his own family. It really sucks that he never got the help he needed. But OP is not his therapist, and what's done is done. He broke OP's trust, and once that's gone it can never be recovered. Leave him to suffer the consequences of his own actions.

[@jeremiahfyan]

Thats such a sad situation. While what the guy did was wrong, I still feel bad for him. Both of them really.

[@gobalbucs]

@Jeremiah Fyan I lost all my sympathy for him the moment he became what he _consciously knew_ screwed him up to begin with. He chose to become his parents _just_ to make someone else share his pain. He’s also now put his child in the exact position he himself was in. If the OP was being entirely truthful in her post, then fuck him; he deserves everything he has coming to him.

[@cathya7045]

the first story just makes me laugh my ass off I have high-functioning autism I have been around people who have high functioning autism for all good portion of my life and this sounds like something we would do just to piss off people and get revenge

[@olymolly3637]

Well, the idiot who kicked him out is a stupid assholes nonetheless. Because they didn't understand him at all, like OP did, which is admirable in itself.

[@girunit1387]

Theres a reason we call it weaponised autism.

[@tristantheoofer2]

also autistic and yeah if someone did something like that then i would fuck with them in that way lol

[@lxverdant1837]

The Joker movie in a nutshell

[@audee575]

No ur mum m8

[@kenopsia05]

bruh I was waiting for this comment ngl 😳😳

[@lolsup9817]

Essentially, I think it’s also about how tabooed and ignored mentally ill people are as well

[@audee575]

@@lolsup9817 nah fam its just gay

[@meidaggerheart9063]

There was this chick in my area, when I was a teenager, who set her family house on fire before she was even 10 years old because her mom used to let her drug dealer molest her. When I would talk to the girl about it, she would always say that the fire's embrace was warmer than her mother's could ever be. She had intended to kill herself in the fire. Nobody died, and this girl thankfully got adopted into a loving family who helped heal the wounds that the hospital couldn't. She is now a fully-functioning adult with a fiancé and a job that pays over $100k/year, which is an amazing turn around, in my eyes.

[@zackdelarosa14]

Fuuuuuk

[@iononcantomascrivo]

Geez. Good for her for turning her life around here at this sounds like the plot of a Lifetime movie.

[@muaythaibachatero393]

Fake

[@elifromdavis]

A cripple was banished from his village. After wandering around for months, homeless, being rejected by his people's gods, another god gave him powers. He went back and killed everyone within seconds.

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

Gul'dan? Sorry if you're thinking of something/someone else, but this is EXACTLY Gul'dan's story of how he came to be evil. The World of Warcraft movie is being spammed on tv lately. I saw a bit of it tonight and was reminded of it.

[@Inshabael.]

That's Gul'dan bruh

[@JonRinzRaccotterz]

A community should help troubled individuals. Not banish them.

[@40mihirkulkarni44]

Homelander is that you?

[@Mysteriosf2ptwink]

Isn't that Gul'dan? Also he didn't get gift from "another god" he got gift from one of the most evil begins in the universe. Kil'jaeden. Then Gul'dan went on to become the most evil Orc in wow's lore.

[@Briskrainbow0]

I am surprised no one brought up the real "Evil Child" story. Basically, there was this little girl who was extremely hostile, manipulative, and even outright tried to kill her step parents and step siblings. The step parents took her to a doctor where she was initially diagnosed with with a personality disorder and deemed a psychopath (exhibiting psychopathic tendencies). She was even interviewed for documentation. Well the parents were on the brink of giving up until she also started acting out sexually aggressive, while still only being six years old. They took her to a therapist where she finally broke down and disclosed that she vividly remembered being molested as a toddler. After that she went through intense therapy and finally got better.

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

J COB Wait, that sounds familiar. Wasn't the documentary called Child of Rage or something like that? I'm glad she got help and improved.

[@juliagoodwin9510]

Jesus christ...

[@coolsceegaming6178]

My moment was during a science project with the kids who wouldn't do a thing right. We had to make bottle rockets, a fuel source for them and explain our design. I was the only one who made the fuel and I was the only one who said we shouldn't spend 2 hours straight designing a car for the rocket, but no one listened. We got an E. However, we got to rate each other you bet your ass I said they were useless. They got bad grades but I got good grades as other groups told the teacher what was what, but the teacher already knew.

[@RazorusR3X777]

That happened with a group project. Me and a friend threw the two others in the group under the bus and secretly worked on our own project cause they were being lazy assholes. We told our teacher what happened right before we turned our stuff in; we both got nearly perfect grades and they both failed.

[@Skyler2k5]

Once in third grade I got a group project but I was the only one trying to do work, everyone else was joking around and laughing. I told the teacher and asked her for help, but she told me "yOu sHoUlD bE aBlE tO mAkE tHeM dO tHeIr wOrK" or something like that, like lady, I'm a third grader. How am I supposed to reign in all these idiots? Needless to say, none of us got good grades. Looking back, I was the "smart kid", so maybe she expected me to do it all by myself, which is stupid for obvious reasons.

[@aladdout9454]

@Shugarkane Matterfraggers threw a chair at you wtf is wrong with ppl

[@animesenpai1163]

That kid who murdered his mother... I'm glad I didn't become like that. Verbal and physical "Discipline" was almost always in the house when I was a kid, you don't escape it even if your a prodigy with high grades. It stopped when I'm in my 2nd year in high school but I still have some trauma over it. And it's so hard to communicate with my parents properly because of it. The thing that kept me going was entertainment like games or anime.

[@boglenight1551]

Daily reminder: aggression always stems from anxiety, always be kind in your interactions

[@NexLegacyAccount]

Those first three went from 0 to 100 so quick I got whiplash. - Guy lecturing jackasses on radio etiquette - Woman spilling all the tea as she leaves her job - Boy brutally murders mother

[@marisleong8725]

tbh i hate people who say to move on with life and that you should never get revenge

[@_sumina]

its because it's not worth the effort, it's better to spend your time bettering yourself and leaving that person behind.

[@hekaterinedragon8776]

Leaving people behind to rot down your feet is the best kind of revenge, you get to laugh at them while they suffer

[@marisleong8725]

@@_sumina yeah but sometimes i'm just not in the mood to be a good person lol it bugs me when someone does something bad and gets away with it

[@_sumina]

@Tertium Non Datur you are not damaged beyond change, you're always able to change. it takes time, and effort and you WANTING to change. if you think you cant change, maybe you wanna stay that way

[@mr.dantastic5073]

Depends on what they did, and their status in society, say they committed an awful crime against someone, and got away with it, statute of limitations/ double jeapordy and such. In that case, vengeance should be expected. Teen suicide rates in Japan is extremely high, even compared to Japan’s already abnormally high suicide rate, and the rate of teen suicide spikes during the school year. Another issue with Japanese youths is rampant classroom bullying. Due to Japan’s culture desiring societal normalcy, anyone too unique or out-of-the-box is likely to experience awful levels of bullying that teachers aren’t trained to try and approach and stop. Often teachers trying to intervene make times outside the teacher’s gaze worse for the victim. In my personal opinion, if someone is bullied to the point of suicide, and I have direct access to knowledge of who those bullies were, they feel no repentance, continue bullying others, and are generally awful, I’d have little qualm beating the snot out of them, regardless of the normal moral choice, as those kinds of people have internalized the belief that they can hurt others without retaliation because the other is simply “weird, odd, out of the blue” Given the fact some people have and will likely always be born with a disability or condition of some sort, either mental of physical, and some people are simply unequiped to deal with bullying (because fuck anyone who says bullying is an okay part of society), those types of people who grow up thinking it’s okay to bully the already ostracized are simply major contributers to suicide, and as education and basic human empathy has failed to stop them, a viscious beating is the next option, as you can’t exactly jail someone for verbal bullying unless their words are deemed harmful or threatening with enough legitimate credence. www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2016-06-13/.103155 thediplomat.com/2019/02/japans-school-bullying-escalates-with-spike-in-youth-suicide/ Sources for anyone interested

[@stephonmanny7555]

Never heard this saying, but I love how true it is.

[@stephonmanny7555]

@@aaron6268 I heard that a lot actually growing up. Which makes it weird that I haven't heard burning the village one since it's the opposite of that the it takes a village one. Maybe its because it more positive poeple say it more.

[@mamoutraore229]

Every Totally Spies Villain backstory. Every. Single. Ones.

[@mitchellalexander9162]

L.A.M.O.S.

[@DraconicDuelist]

Miraculous Ladybug villains too, if to a lesser extent. Glad to find another TS fan, though!

[@randomonlineuser6401]

Dude you just made me trigger memories I've forgot for years dang.

[@Azaleaaah]

One of my best friend a few months ago ran away from home. Her dad send images and when she disappeared to a few groups including our class group. The next day, a few of my classmates found her alone in a shopping mall closeby. So they told her dad and her dad picked her up. The next day, all the teachers found out but there's this one teacher who scolded at her for running away. The teacher asked her why she ran away and my friend didn't say anything. So the teacher just assumed she tried to meet her boyfriend. She was told to go to meet the counselor later. A few days later, we started getting closer. She always tells me stories of her family. She told me she misses being with her mum. Her parents are divorced. She moved in our school last year because her dad took her in. She has a stepmother and she told me how much she hates her because she always insults her and makes her do all the chores, including taking care of her other 4 younger siblings. She only told me this because she's quiet at school which I am too and her parents are divorced which is the same as me. I also hate my stepmother but she doesn't force me to do stuff. She then later told me about that one time she tried drinking bleach because she was so stressed her father did something. I asked her what and she doesn't want to tell me. I was shocked hearing she tried to commit suicide because this is the first time I heared someone close to me try. After school is done for the day, I end up looking for advices on how to help your suicidal friend for the whole night. Her birthday was in a few weeks so I planned to give her a quite expensive shoes that doesn't fit me. Next day we met and I tell her all the encouraging things and seeing her smile makes me happy. Then school closed and we had to quarantine again. A few weeks later, her dad posted the same thing, showing that she's missing. My friend asked her dad on Whatsapp a few times but he had gone quiet. Then one of her best friend which is also my best friend found a post on Instagram about a 16 year old girl who tried to leave her home and go to her mum's but gets caught because we're not allowed to go outside of our state. It doesn't say who but we searched for a few articles to make sure it's her. After searching, all the information we found were the same as what my best friend that went missing told me. We found out she wanted to run and live with her mum because her dad r*ped her every week since February this year in the morning when other family members were sleeping. Her father was cuffed later on. To my best friend, I hope you're doing better now. I hope you get to live with your mum even if it means I won't be able to see you anymore. Please be safe and happy. I'm sorry I can't do anything even after hearing you telling me about trying to commit suicide. And also, your father is a devil. I hope he rots in prison for what he did to you.

[@jeg5438]

I went to a small town school. 17 kids in my class. So I knew about 10 kids that "flunked" a grade and had to take that whole year again. This was through 8th grade. When these kids were taken from their group and placed in the incoming group, they almost immediately started to show social dysfunction. And it only got worse. And their school grades did not vastly improve. Most of them became anti-social bullies. I doubt any of them graduated high school. Surprised only 1 did jail time. Some of those kids were farm kids and preferred farming to school. They were as smart as everybody else, just didn't care for school. Some were real bastards. That was in the 70's. I didn't think it was right then and I still don't.

[@ValentinaAngeloMio]

No one: Absolutely no one: Narrator: fAceBook

[@scottkelley2307]

What an original comment, I wonder if I will ever see it again

[@massivelegend3599]

Haha he said no one absolutely no one

[@ValentinaAngeloMio]

Oh cmon I never claimed to be original

[@jameswellington7745]

Valentina Paoletti But you attempted to be funny

[@jdgfshdjfkakahdkshfhdjdh]

@@jameswellington7745 How dare a person try to be funny isn't that illegal?

[@imkabochan]

I've had problematic neighbors in my previous house. In the 6 years we were there, we watched their little kid transform into a very problematic person. The kid would often try to help around the house, simple stuff like hose the garden, try to clean outside, little stuff that anyone would say "awn he wants to help". Not his mom. She scolded him for *everything*. Absolutely everything. She'd scream at him for "messing up" the garden and getting everything wet, and just be horrible at him for no apparent reason. The relationship between his parents was bad, the first week we moved there, there was a huge fight and it seemed like everything was being thrown out of he house and she kept screaming "do it! Hit me! Everyone will hear it! I dare you!", While the husband kept saying "are you fucking insane? I'm not doing anything!". I'm aware of abusive relationships and domestic violence, but this was really not the case, that woman was horrible and that man was the definition of "absent parent". Anyways The kid grew up being treated like shit and in that hellish environment. So he started to spend most of his days doing god knows what in the streets, he started to become a horrible mix of his parents. He'd turn dismissive and manipulative when questioned what he was doing out all day and explosive when his mom started to nag him about stuff. I heard the mom be an asshole to that kid for years, but the things the kid told her and called her years later were far worse. And the funny thing is, they were religious when stuff were going specially disastrous. Then a bunch of people would come over their house and they'd pray all afternoon. Then after a couple of days of peace, with them throwing barbecue parties and being noisy as fuck, shit would go down again. Last I heard the kid refused to work or study. It seems he was doing drugs and going to parties he wasn't supposed to because he was a minor. These are people who shouldnt have gotten married and definitely shouldn't have had a kid together. Also thank fuck I moved out.

[@MintBerryCrunch19]

"You don't gotta wonder where your god is, because he's right here... and he's fresh out of mercy"

[@DomesticatedGoth]

The brother with the 'needing love' issues who was eventually killed by the police probably had untreated borderline personality disorder - reckless behaviour, alternating between idealising and demonising, and severe abandonment issues are all hallmarks of that. While trauma is the precipitating issue in at least 60% of cases (and I think that's a conservative estimate), there may well be an underlying genetic predisposition that the surviving brother didn't have, or the issues may have been slightly different due to the two siblings being different ages, and there was some traumatic experience, or understanding/lack of understanding of the situation that one of the brothers may have had and the other didn't. Either way, 'survivor's guilt' s a real thing, and the surviving brother might want to talk to a counsellor about the loss of their brother.

[@Jack-kx5rf]

In my office, there was a married couple and the wife was the direct supervisor of the sales team that included her husband. When his sales were low she called him into her office with her superior and fired him on the spot (which was actually against the rules), he tried to talk to her but she wouldn't listen. A few days later he's working for a competitor and lands a multimillion contract that he'd been working on. We found this out when the CEO of the company flew 400 miles to go to her office and fire her for her incompetence in person telling everyone in the office how badly she fucked up. Her husband won three years pay in a wrongful termination lawsuit.

[@DarthDestructusTheSithLord]

Back in my formative years, I attended a catholic school for 1st and 2nd grade. Trouble is, I had undiagnosed mental and neurological conditions that made it looks like I was just an asshole. I was also extremely inquisitive, and would ask questions about things that they didn't like. Because of this, I was harassed daily by teachers, staff, and the student body to the point that I was suicidal. Well, when I left after 2nd grade, the principal was fired and they were forced to become more accepting of people with disabilities. I only know this because I had exactly one friend on the inside who confirmed this to me when I was doing some work on the old house. (Ok, dad was working on the house and I was just there but I brought tools and supplies back and forth!) To seal the deal, I told her to tell the entire school that I died from self inflicted injuries due to what they did to me. Idk what happened after that, but I hope I brought a lot of suffering and guilt from that last act

[@cynthiabrogan9215]

4:08 I would like to clarify that not all kids with mental health problems have bad parents. I had a bad school system that defended bullies and taught me to not bother the adults when I had a problem. I also had undiagnosed autism which made it harder to find friends. I will never forgive any of those bastards.

[@thecanadiandane7262]

The way autistic people are treated as a burden by society makes me sick to my stomach. I was diagnosed at a young age and essentially had to learn how to hide it perfectly just so people wouldn’t immediately assume I was inept for it. I read an article recently where a woman murdered her autistic child, and the news article SYMPATHIZED with her. I have a strong stomach, but I had to hold back vomit while reading...

[@ravager0292]

My family always refused to show me how to do anything and I still can't cook or use a washing machine and my sister who got all the attention is now living at home in debt with two kids after a year long court hearing over becoming homeless and full of debt, meanwhile I almost have enough money to buy my own place and may move in soon

[@terrythompson7535]

There is no "village". Everyone is out for themselves now. It is all competition. It would be nice if we collaborated, but someone is going to lose. Some people are going to be more valued than others. Some people are going to be jealous that someone else got the spouse or partner that they wish they had. That's what life is really like.

[@terrythompson7535]

@AnimalGem14 But we're not going to do that. You know why? Because competition. It's easier and more primal to resort to violence than it is to pick up a book, or use a computer to learn how to do things for ourselves. It's easier to use existing currency than it is to create one of our own. I like your optimism, but it lacks understanding of human nature. We're not going to change it until the *individual* understands their nature and can override their biological urges.

[@kingnate9534]

@@terrythompson7535 Thank you! someone finally said it, I feel like this whole proverb has become used to justify people who take their rage out on people because they don't know how to deal with shitty situations in life. For example, I noticed that sometimes people use the proverb to justify school shootings because someone was excluded and bullied. We have to teach our kids on how to deal with situations in the correct approach, and that's what not what I've been seeing. It's sad.

[@Cacowninja]

@@kingnate9534It's not justifying anything, it's saying the negative consequences of being a collective dick to even one individual. For example, if society truly cared about school shooters then they would hold the people that bully them into doing it accountable to. Bullying in and of itself is a immoral punishable offense. Even if the blame is all on the shooter the bullies still attacked them and should at least get punished for that. Why does no one talk about going after the abuser's abusers? After all aren't they abusers too? Why does it take for someone to snap to people to give even somewhat of a damn. Society needs to be fixed.

[@morganrobinson3066]

The one with no contact with the parents and aunt, I get the parents, but I hope they explained why they can't have a relationship with the aunt to her. I feel bad for the aunt. That's a shitty thing to do.

[@aickavon]

Sometimes there are people who aren't inheretently toxic themselves... but they're the gateway too and from toxic people. A youtuber who had a legit narcassistic mother had to cut contact with his elderly father, not because his father was bad or anything, but because his mother would verbally abuse his father whenever they communicated.

[@DemonAngelSakina]

It is bad for the aunt, but the OP did say that the aunt would try to convince them to mend things with the others and, sadly, that would lead to being right back in the same negative situation and things could most likely get much worse than before.

[@stephaniequiroz1564]

DemonAngelSakina I have an aunt who defended me as a child & teen occasionally. But she was not there for me as an adult, when I started waking up to the abuse and toxicity my family had (and still did) shown to me. She would make excuses or try to change the subject. So I’ve had to cut her out of my life. People who are selfish and mean don’t care that they are. They will not be taught. They think they are fine and you “wrong” for are “attacking” who they are. And people who may not be that way but love and support them are only enabling those people to continue being POS. Revenge or “karma” will not teach these horrible people the error of their ways. Introspection is their only hope. But I can understand the satisfaction that those who were once innocent who were “spit upon and kicked” get from those horrible people getting their just desserts. I’m not clever enough to devise retribution for those who hurt me so heedlessly. I just have to live vicariously through those who manage to do it without accidentally throwing themselves in the fire, too.

[@DkKombo]

Abandoning them like they abandoned me, when they want me at events is good enough for me. They didnt want my opinion as a kid, so they're not entitled to my respect now.

[@greenteawithmint4910]

Not as intense as the one whose brother "went nuclear" and died in the car, but as someone who is viewed as the "train wreck" of the family with a super clean younger sister hearing things like "I'll always compare my life to my brothers." & " We went through the same." Hits hard in a way that I can't really explain but makes me feel angry and unclean. I do care about my sister and I want the best for her, I'm proud of her for being smart and staying clean and safe but it still hurts.

[@j.kaimori3848]

Sometimes one child takes the brunt from parents and loves the other sibling enough to give them a childhood they can grow into an adult from. If your sister is sympathetic see if you can get a conversation about whether you should cut out your parents and if she can help you get on your feet.

[@greenteawithmint4910]

@@j.kaimori3848 I don't really feel comfortable asking for help from my little sister but I have been going to therapy and am slowly trying to piece myself back together. I want to speak to my sister but I already know she would say I'm being stupid and selfish which is frustrating because thats a part of what I'm trying to overcome. Sorry if this is coming across ranty and a waste of time to say. I do appreciate your input though, thank you

[@j.kaimori3848]

@@greenteawithmint4910 I don't have more advice. I hope you can do well in your life and take advantage of all the options you have while having respect and love for others.

[@greenteawithmint4910]

@@j.kaimori3848 I appreciate that, thank you for your kind words and I wish you the best in life ❤️

[@varnix1006]

Hatred is a powerful motivator. I used to be a social pariah in school, I don't have anyone that I can call friend. So I used my hate as a motivator, I performed better when I hate someone. Now I'm with better company, I kinda lost that advantage, it's regrettable sometimes, but now I have actual reason to improve as a person.

[@Gumbier_Than]

Why do people say that about their siblings? We had the same upbringing, parents, opportunities, Etc? You're not the same people. Even if you have similar values that doesn't mean you'll make the same choices or react the same to things.

[@QueenOfRap]

I think you missed the point of the story. It highlights the fact that two people in the same situations can have very different reactions

[@ExtravertmE]

@@QueenOfRap I think you missed OP's point. Two *different* people raised in similar circumstances are clearly going to react differently. They have different personalities, ages, genetics etc. Even then, two people raised in the same household can be treated very differently and/or interpret their treatment differently, and extra familial relationships can do a lot to affect life trajectory. It is just very unthoughtful to assume people from the same home will behave the same way.

[@immortalcloud2918]

Well if you live in the same house with the same parents as siblings, you do have the same upbringings and parents. Obviously they're still not the same type of people but they both got the same opportunities for the MOST part. It's just something interesting to think about. Two people who are the same in a lot of ways having very different reactions to things and very different lives etc.

[@JovanaSanchez000]

@@immortalcloud2918 Because environments are just as influential to people as genetics are. It doesn't help that the poster put out so little to be able to accurately analyze their lives, and they may even be lying about their story.

[@changednamelit]

I think OP was just curious about how massive the difference in choices were. Not that he expected his brother to do the same thing as him.

[@magiv4205]

G did the right thing. Burn that toxic place down I say, many of those awful coworkers don't deserve to keep their job

[@nerothewateruser8030]

Stuff like this makes me feel so fortunate that my parents always offered a firm, sometimes harsh, but ultimately warm and caring hand to guide me through my life

[@aduckwithayoutubechannel]

15:28 One child burnt down the village, while the other survived by running and living on the outskirts.

[@missherrera7018]

My sister definitely burnt the village and I ran and survived. What a crazy sentence

[@sunnyiee_03]

Naruto and Gaara are the perfect example of this.

[@pedrogomes7992]

If you honestly think that, then you didn't understand the message the manga and anime tried to pass

[@eliteayanokoji8637]

@@pedrogomes7992 not really Naruto at the very beginning is a perfect example.

[@theparrot6516]

@@eliteayanokoji8637 i was confused at first, but I realize that naruto was a jerk at the beginning and i hated him.

[@Brievel]

@@lucasheinrich9377 Sasuke was never anything but nasty to Naruto, calling him loser and belitting him.

[@lucasheinrich9377]

@@Brievel Oh, so we're just gonna forget about the time when he used himself as a meat shield to save Naruto from Haku's needles? What about the time when he scolded Sakura for talking shit about Naruto being an orphan? And this was right after Naruto attacked him. Or what about the time when he went to look for him in the forest, after training the night before? To clarify, this was about the same time that Naruto met Haku with his mask off. Or what about the time when he told Naruto to grab Sakura and run away, while he stayed and fought Gaara? Hell, he even broke a guy's arms for hurting Sakura. He may talk shit sometimes, but if you really look closely at their actions in Part 1, Naruto was CLEARLY the bigger asshole. There were even times when he made Sakura seem more rational in comparison.

[@Astropeleki]

Coming back here after learning that lonely people take longer hot showers and baths to compensate for the lack of physical contact in their life. This proverb is so spot on in its allegory: burning something is psychologically associated to rage and aggressiveness. Even sadism, since the way you destroy your target is excruciatingly painful and total. Yet the fact that the child does it to feel any type of warmth coming from the village shows exactly why people who feel abandoned do it: they are lonesome and his mind yearns for any type of acknowledgement from those around him. So if they will not acknowledge him as their kin, they'll acknowledge him as their enemy.

[@AdventureHusky]

Ugh, I hate Parents who don't teach their children important life things such as cleaning, cooking, maintenance and the big 3's like College decisions, money management and how to secure a job then get mad or tease them for asking for help or not knowing how to do something for themself. Like of course I never learned how to take a train, fill out a resume, or drive a car, you were too lazy to ever take the time out of your oh so busy schedule to teach me anything. Like god, some parents are just the opitime of the shocked Pikachu meme.

[@Iamafishandsoareyou]

Lol my parents, I’m 21 but I’m starting to teach myself on my own! It’s hard and I get frustrated at times

[@ThotPatrolSlayerWarrior]

It's not just parents, it's also teachers, schools and societies

[@blackjade469]

Reminds me of my family. They played favourites and always treated me like dirt. So, I cut them out of my life. Now their “favourites” are drug addicts, alcoholics and have 5 different baby daddies and I’m just living my life. They ask my mom why I don’t contact them and she tells them why I refuse to talk to them. I only put up with their fakeness because of my mom. She unfortunately has to put up with those people.

[@lordwhisky8591]

Took a nap one day. Hecc society.

[@tempest3616]

how terrible! I hope you recover 🙏🏽

[@anshumandash6053]

U monster...

[@thenecroticraptor8338]

My god... What a fucking madman...

[@midnightartist43]

Oh damn, ya fuckin killed them dude

[@cassiethewolf1570]

I don’t know someone who was like this. I AM the person who was like this. I never really got anything good from my dad. He always fished out punishments in the form of a spanking, face slap, hand slap, or a pinch if your in the car with him. I was plotting my revenge for a long time and I unintentionally did enough to knock him down a few pegs before I realized that karma had already kicked his ass for everything that he’s done. Now that this quarantine is keeping us all at home he looks almost like an angel compared to my mom and my grandparents who I am living with. Literally not 20 minutes ago my mom was yelling at me over food. FOOD! Yet when I talk privately with my brother about how I feel when I will never tell them my grandmother eavesdrops on is and tells my mom and then I’m the bitch for keeping my true feelings for them away? And that’s just one example of the awful things that I have discovered or experience during the pandemic alone. Let’s just say that when the move out and try the sell the house then I’m either setting it on fire when they are gone or I’m breaking as much crap as I can. It doesn’t matter anyways because the house is so old that it was most likely going to be torn down anyways. And if they sell it before they move out then I’m egging their new house every day for next week. No I am not saying that I’m setting it on fire to kill someone, I’m setting it on fire when they have moved out with all their crap and try to sell the house so nobody is in the house when it burns to the ground.

[@lorsange1107]

Keep us updated.

[@RinkoDinko]

Try not to get arrested.

[@SilveryBlue1010]

More interesting if some of their crap still inside but well.. becareful and good luck!

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

Just because they are "faaammilyy", doesn't mean that you should excuse their abusive behaviour for a hot second. Fuck them right out of your life, and block them HARD! Never allow them back in, no matter how they might beg. You deserve a live of peace and love....not swimming in this toxic shit every day! I've been there. I now don't have ANY contact with any members of my family, and I've lived in peace for almost 5 years now. The day I decided to never speak to my mother again was the BEST moment in my life! It was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I enjoyed that feeling for DAYS! Definitely no regrets! Value yourself. Make a life of your own without them, and make it fantastic! Take care, ok? You have so many people standing behind you, and you are not alone.

[@liastorm795]

You not going hard enough 🤷🏽

[@Swagmaster65]

Remember to always carry a match.

That one where the brother got gunned down.. he turned out that way because of his brother. Because he was avoiding the situation for his own sake, while the poor guy was STEEPED in it. Alone. That is a cry, for somebody- ANYBODY to step in on your behalf. Just once. Just one time, and your lingering faith in humanity is validated. Let someone down _then_ and they'll never recover. Never.

[@joshnabours9102]

This is not true. Even if you extend a helping hand to someone they have to choose to grab it. That story contained no details regarding what attempts the brother made if any. Additionally you have to be in a place where you have at least partially healed your own wounds before you can truly attempt to extend a hand to help someone else.

[@davecullins1606]

The attention one is why every time we meet I spend a lot of time with the middle child of my three cousins on my mother's side. The oldest cousin gets attention for being oldest, autistic, lazy, and not entirely responsible enough to be left alone. The youngest one gets attention for being an undisciplined, unparented little shit. My family expects the middle child will move away from home early because she has to parent her brothers as their parents won't because they see correcting their childrens' bad behaviour as morally "wrong". She also constantly gets A's and B's in school but doesn't get anywhere near as much praise for it as when her older brother gets a D. Their mother even - I shit you not, I wish I was kidding - WRITES many of his assignments for him because he can't be arsed.

[@computernoober7823]

When there was no Blacksmith, I left without burning it

[@batsy_mothkin]

My baby sister got picked on in school by kids for being the smallest child there (looked like she was in kindergarten, was in third grade) and by the end of the year she snapped. Climbed the shelves of the school library and pelted kids with a crayon gun I had helped her design, and because she was this skinny small child she easily hid on the top of the shelves and was never caught. But everyone who got hit knew. And they knew better than to snitch. I gave her the video evidence of them picking on her.

[@skylynnshawgo4574]

I used to have to start literal fires just for my mom to even notice I was there, this was this aftermath of her drinking and abuse (I was physically, verbally and mentally abused from ages 9-12) and eventually she didn't even care about that and literally neglected my existence. She even refused to school me It was until I almost turned 13 when my (prasied, protected and loved older sister, who had never even been slapped and would cause me to get beat if I called her out on it) ran away for her to notice me. Since then she treated me like the rest and I've been great since then, she said she didn't realize how she was acting until that happened, and she would do literally anything to make me and my sisters happy and from leaving She even offered to buy me my own camper for the backyard and get me my own, legal address as long as I didn't leave her life. She's been a great mom tbh, she was so heartbroken and drank to forget the pain (she had left a abusive relationship around the time she started drinking, and she would be told the next day and would feel terrible and the whole morning gave us plenty of money to go shopping at the mall and we'd spend time and get along during the day. I think it was so we wouldn't call the cops and get her arrested but I mean that was some badass sushi and she is so much better now Also her previously abusive boyfriend got his crap together, hadn't been physically abusive in 6 years and hadn't been mentally abusive in 1.5 He's husband material according to literally everyone now lmao

[@geminaethedreamdemon1943]

I'm one of them children lmao, Long story short, whole ass family is abusive and neglectful to both my sis and me; mom has anger issues and then, she falls sick and needs to be hospitalized, so neither me or my sister wanted to go visit her on a long ass trip across the city alone(begin minors mind you). Next day I have to go cuz step dad has to work and she needs some clothes; turns out she got worse and almost died that one day me and my sis decided to not show up and was mad cuz I was "lazy" for not wanting to travel like 2hs on a full buss, then puts a disturbed face when I tell her that I couldn't care less about her. In shock she tries to make me feel guilty cuz I would have nowhere to go and no money if she dies, yet I still don't care nor show any expression. Now every time she gets verbally and physically abusive, I remind myself of how sweet her pain was that none of her children would give a deam about her even if our lives literally depended on her :)

[@ARayV]

Chara after falling to the Underground wanted the entire village of humans dead

[@Eagle_the_18th]

Man I’m lucky to have parents who care for me and my sister (I could just be naive) but I do really feel sorry for those who were pushed to the limit by parents neglecting to take care for them.

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

What you have is actually very rare, especially these days. So, SO many people, even just here in this comment section, have had various types of abusive upbringing (myself included) and it makes it's mark on you. Some people handle it well and grow up to be decent people...others...not so much. If you ever encounter anyone who talks bad about their parents - believe them! So many people don't, or shout them down and say shit like "how can you say that? Your parents love you!" etc, etc, ad nauseum... There's parents out there that should have been a blowjob, if you get my meaning, lol! Not everyone should breed and bring up a kid/s. They're just too mentally messed up and abusive....and then their cycle of abuse that THEY grew up with continues....

[@memeseagull6937]

When you come to a video before it's an hour old *could I be the green ninja?*

[@DinoJules589]

Ninjago reference... Cool

[@donovanmahan2901]

Just dye your hair green and blame everything on stream snipers. Also lose your entire following to a streaming platform dying.

[@logval8019]

In Naruto, orochimaru is a good example, quite literally

[@AlexvonBass]

10:33 HAHAHA "Your school should be teaching you that" I don't know where/when they were raised, but at least in the US, everyone knows that schools don't teach us anything practical.

[@billyguns6975]

My father used that rhetoric with me, when I didn’t do anything properly. Not often, but still used it. Guess parents and the older generation value education a bit more

[@yingli9697]

Plot of nearly every storyline in Naruto

[@soilthestillborn4949]

I just learned about some toxic behaviors in my grandparents (they take care of me) after watching this, my grandparents always complain about me being lazy, but never give me chores and they won't teach me how to do laundry, I only recently learned how to tie my shoes when I actually decided to sit down for several hours (I'm 18) yeah ik it's sad, but like they always complain about how much work they have to do but when I bring up the idea that hey if you teach me how to do that stuff maybe you wouldn't have all that work to do, wanna know what happens they shut up for a month only to complain about that exact same thing over and over again, they won't teach me how to do anything, and they basically make me very reliant on them to do everything for me, I just turned 18 like two days ago and I'm so fucking worried that im not gonna know how to do shit or that I'm not mentally prepared for anything, god damn, at least I've been disciplining myself by working out and taking freezing cold showers, limiting my food intake, only drinking water and just all and all being hard on myself in the attempt to toughen myself up both physically and mentally so that I can at least get through the starting years of my independence with some ease. God I'm so scared that I'm gonna be so dumb.

[@liamobrien3264]

You are aware of what has been happeneing, with you not being taught how to survive on your own, but becuase you *are* actually trying to be proactive about it, I'd guess you arn't as bad as you think you are

[@immortalcloud2918]

If you need help with anything I'm here! I'm spoiled and don't know how to do much, but I've been learning how to cook, wash dishes, etc and all that and maybe together we can learn more things, and be more responsible!

[@ultimateninjaboi]

Reddit, failing to realize a toxic relationship doesnt have to involve malice. Someone can have completely understandable issues that makes them the way they are. And even be seeking help. But that doesnt obligate anyone to stay with them, if theyre still toxic.

[@sirjerkey9347]

My petty and stupid example of this is from when I was in like fifth grade. It's mostly just funny now but that's why I'm telling it. We were not allowed to switch activities for an hour at the boys and girls club after we chose an activity, so being kids with no attention span we got really bored if we picked something bad. So I got my friends and their other friends together and ended up starting like a 10 kid riot because we were bored :/ there were too many of us for them to punish. We were subtle about doing damage, because it was mostly just little things like taking paper, tape, and other art supplies which we later made into signs with messages protesting our lack of choice when it comes to activities we didn't end up liking. I think the craziest thing anyone did during it was unplug a water fountain and step on the plug so it couldn't be plugged back in, not exactly what we initially set out for but what could we do? Pretty sure after that they had more leeway, they would let kids at least go out into the main room whenever. Depending on the staff member monitoring your activity, sometimes you could just walk out and go somewhere else. It was pretty fun actually, nobody got hurt or even tried to get physical, and it genuinely made the experience better... For the kids at least. I kinda regret the part where a water fountain plug was literally destroyed, but it was fixed the next day so we didn't care too much. Just a light-hearted story in the sea of destruction, hope you found it funny or interesting

[@eyesyt7571]

People who have power will be corrupted, the more power the faster the corruption.

[@benjaminokonski9186]

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@song7529]

i like to hope that the child turns out either amazingly, learning from their parents mistakes or become exactly like their parents.

[@kaptinkanoodle5039]

I burn down villages because the villagers have bad trades

[@DoctorRobertNeville]

Just tear off the doors then they have no where to hunker down at night.

[@popeyethepirate5473]

I was waiting for this comment

[@astararrialt2017]

Why do I always get recommended these videos when I’m in crisis for similar reasons? Smh

[@kimillionaire]

Damn story number two is some nuclear revenge right there 😂

[@mionfel1350]

My grandmother and grandfather treated my mother, her sister plus my brother and I and my aunts 4 kids too like something even lower than shit all our lives and did their best to try and cut us away from our extended family. But now they're nearing the end of their lives, they have the gall to contact us through facebook to "bury the hatchet" as they put it and put us all through so much emotional grief by thinking we'd just forgive and forget what they did to us. When they do die (and I know this will be frowned upon) not only will I go to the funeral just to tell the people crying what they did and why they aren't worth the tears, I will personally take a fat shit on their graves.

[@perfectpitch2506]

Yo bro ,just comment over here when this happens and plz tell me the full story.

[@mionfel1350]

@@perfectpitch2506 Will do, my grandfather is still relatively healthy and could go another 5-10 years but my grandmother has multiple health problems so expect a follow up by the end of the year. Fingers crossed.

[@perfectpitch2506]

@@mionfel1350 i'll be waiting for your story, just dont forget.

[@Ashley-ir7vr]

I feel like I’m heading toward this I have been for years the emotional support for each one of my family members also on occasion financial support now my daughter has a speech and language delay with sensory processing issues she may be on the spectrum everyone treats her like a disciple issue I swear to god if they don’t treat her right the next time we all get together I’m done with all of them I will burn every relationship I have down for my daughters happiness no one matters like her

[@AnthonySforza]

It's weird to hear the "Negative attention is still attention" perspective, though I did see it with my cousins. It just didn't seem considerable to me growing up because I got negative attention for breathing wrong or just existing, so more of that didn't appeal to me. The positive attention alluded me, though, so no matter how good I was how how great I did things, it never mattered.

[@makotoyuki345]

That murder is the definition of that “grey” area

[@AmbyrRavyn]

What about the necrophilia that grey two?

[@makotoyuki345]

AmbyrRavyn necro-what! Um could you give the time stamp cuz I might’ve missed it

[@DoctorRobertNeville]

You don't have to burn the village down if your parents treat you like crap. Just put them in a really terrible nursing home when they get old, and then ignore them. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

[@snow6094]

The guy who ruined his family life (ex wife was the poster) relates a lot to me and I’m sure other people in this comment section. Here’s a toast to hoping we don’t come out like that..

[@jacksparrowismydaddy]

to the woman who's spouse was abused as a child and burned down their marriage... you weren't wrong, you tried. he just just doesn't know what he wants and you deserve better.

[@roadsidepeekneek7259]

Tfw I did something similar to cutting ties with my manipulative dad and I actually did end up homeless for a bit. Grampa helped me out (dads dad) because of some Korean notion of first born grandson is like a king but that kind of fucked me up in the long run in terms of learning about consequences. Its cool though because I pretty much immediately had a mental break and lost my job due to being in the mental hospital for two weeks. I couldn't afford college and also couldn't get any scholarships bc grades. My grampa then died and then I was just fucked up. Got put on more psych meds that ended up making things worse. Things are better now, but that was a shit time

[@The-San-Francisco-Treat]

I feel bad for the radio dude. i know how it feels to be kicked out of groups and bullied for my special interest. i don't blame him for getting back at those people😂

[@moonprincess500]

A friend and cousins had to cut off the older generation of her mom’s side of her family because of all the abuse they committed against them as kids and now they’re plotting against them. My friend changed her last name and soon her cousins will too. There’s literally no one younger than 55 in the older generation and they’re trying to harass the shit out of her and them and even trying to extort them so at they can take care of them. Well fuck no! They’re all going to a nursing home or rehab facility when the time is right! My friend is taking her uncle’s property (her parents are dead and he adopted her even though he’s a pedophile) soon since he’s now in prison for life. Her cousins are taking their parents’ properties by declaring them unfit due to being addicts and seizing their properties.

[@bIahaj]

one time I heard about someone who was super nice and became a mafia boss all of a sudden. He lived in a rural area and his step-father was a priest, they were living a normal life until his father found a woman's semi-rotten body under his garage, he killed his dad and literally burned the town down.

[@yolandaponkers1581]

The husband of one of my friends (they’re a gay couple) set his dad’s car on fire when he was disowned, so.

[@rantladyt4442]

With all the chaos in the US right now, a lot of people are close to the breaking point of patience and compassion, myself included.

[@mayamendez9250]

That one Vocaloid song called: “A tale of six trillion years and a night”

[@alvarofigueiredo6450]

It kinda scared me how similar 6:15 looked like my situation somehow, I can at the least tell that my parents haven't forgotten me, but ot's hard not to see that they don't know me as well as they used to

[@NighDarke]

Gul'dan and the Flower Picker Clan. Might be just a game story but it sure rings true to the real world an awful lot.

[@hungryburger1170]

I remember my grandpa talking about burning a village once. He served in Vietnam

[@wolfendenracing2826]

When the village has no blacksmith

[@Mr_Kiwi_the_Wizard]

I've done this type of thing a few times in my life. An interesting one was a no harm no foul thing compared to others but was quite memorable. Once I was playing on a discord rp server which took place on a boat. It was a prelude to establish characters for a Minecraft role playing server. I was rp'ing a thief who snuck abourd as a Merc after the guild was violently disbanded. The shit show of edgy teens gave me anxiety. A slave girl with a suicide complex, some powegamer who was permitted a knife spitting giant golem, a girl who believes rapiers can stab through anything. And I constantly got what on for having a Crossbow. (You could make an anime out of that line up) a dreadfully long story short. Me and two randoms managed to comandeer the ship and sail off to become pirates. We ruined their rp so much they threw the whole thing out and scrapped the discord thread. I would have chosen the time I got my manager fired for running me like a chain gang prisoner but that's a story for another time.

[@leedoughty3148]

That story should not be for another time, I’m interested

[@FlareJollyDragoness]

A year has passed and I'm still interested in the other story. I also hope you're doing well, too.

[@xxIluvyouguysxx]

Girlfriends shouldn’t been seen as therapists...

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

You do realise that not everyone can shell out hundread dollars PER DAY, just to get someone to talk positively about them!!!

[@kittykatdrawz6956]

Don’t know if this counts or not but when I was young, I was told anything I did that wasn’t what my mom wanted was “bad” (such as answering a problem wrong, not saying what she wanted to hear, and basically having my own issues) so I gradually started cutting out my “bad” emotions and denying my problems existed because it wasn’t what people wanted. For years I justified this but when I turned thirteen, I started realizing that what I was doing was bad. I didn’t know how to stop or what to do (mainly because I started cutting out my emotions when I was five) so I just snapped. As expected, I was told that all of a sudden having problems was bad and I screamed something along the lines of, “They didn’t just ‘show up’! I have always had problems! You were just to stupid to see it!” I am now trying my best to “feel” again and I really hope I learn soon so I can feel happy again!

[@galaxicore4851]

Nobody: Absolutely nobody in existence: normal people: facebook The text to speech voice in the video: FASSABUK

[@EvilPaladin11]

Man, that last one is REALLY burning down the neighborhood! Collateral damage and casualties be damned! The last couple of sentences of that story, brought to mind the image of The Joker burning the giant pile of money.

[@Kat-Kobold]

Honestly whenever I see that an abusive parent was murdered for being abusive, I just think of that one Jreg video. Yes, I did it. I feel, no remorse, and I will do it again.

[@angelshardz]

I forgot about this since i was 7. My old neighbors are a lesbian couple and adopted these siblings, the oldest adored their mom. I don't know much about the mom, but she pushed her homophobic beliefs on her, and she set the house on fire

[@billyguns6975]

So wait, the mother who previously had the daughter, brainwashed the daughter, and when she was at lesbian couple’s house, she burned the house down, literally or figuratively?