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[–] Sillyglow@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

This reminds me of the simpsons when Lisa learns what kind of life her teachers live so she decides to be much nicer to these people who spend so much of their days with children sacrificing to a life of service and little thanks.

But you’re the opposite.

Face it: kids can be a lot. Sometimes you got to own that you were the little shit in someone’s life sometimes.

[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 23 points 3 hours ago

Fuck bankers

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 27 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

To normal people: be nice to kids because they need the support and encouragement to grow into stable adults with a healthy sense of self worth.

To the selfish people: be nice to kids because you never know when you might need their mercy in the future.

[–] Sillyglow@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Have you seen what kind of people a spoilt child turns into? It’s tyranny. That’s not a selling point.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 7 points 1 hour ago

It says a lot about you that your takeaway from my comment was that being kind and encouraging to kids is spoiling them.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

For people: be nice to kids because you later need them to pay your "elderly money"

[–] SpiderUnderUrBed@lemmy.zip 24 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I'm all for pettyness in most cases.. but uhh. This is a bit much don't ya think?

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world -4 points 2 hours ago

No quarter to people who treat children like shit.

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[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 22 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

I’d like to know more context. Without it, it makes the poster seem like a traitor.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You don't get to choose. The numbers go into a spreadsheet. An answer comes out.

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, my reading of this is that this poster took particular personal satisfaction from denying an application, but it didn't cross my mind that there was any element of actual control or decisionmaking.

It's like when someone cuts you off and then crashes their car. You didn't cause the crash, and a crashed car is a much more severe punishment than simple rudeness would deserve, but you can still derive satisfaction from the sequence of events.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 12 points 9 hours ago

agreed and affirmed but since we're here, fuck banks

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

If I had it I'd share it!

[–] vorlaut_boy@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Someone was mean to me so i killed them - completely sane reaction.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Aah yes. Because declining someone's mortgage application = literal murder.

/s

[–] vorlaut_boy@feddit.org 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

have you heard of stylistic devices? this one is called ~~exaggeration~~ hyperbole.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

No, it's called hyperbole.

[–] Penny7@lemm.ee 2 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 57 minutes ago)

From Merriam-Webster...

(Woops...hit meant to add)...saying exaggeration instead of hyperbole isn't wrong.

[–] vorlaut_boy@feddit.org 5 points 3 hours ago

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 14 hours ago (14 children)

I've never heard the phrase swings and roundabouts used this way.

Usually it means two things are similar so you don't really have strong feelings either way.

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

what goes around comes around. things swing one way and then another.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, but I've never heard the phrase used that way.

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Sometimes you are on the recieving end of the shit winds, sometimes you are the bellow.

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