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Anon's dad tries to bond (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] AbKingPro@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Relatable sadly

These kind of things really messes you up in the long term. My dad was always making fun of me for liking video games and it took me a long time to get rid of the idea that whatever I was interested into was not boring/weird/unusual by default.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Same. I used to get made fun of for my music taste, sometimes just based on the band name or album art. Developed a habit of hiding my interests from my parents and feeling ashamed when they found anything non-mainstream of mine.

[–] AbKingPro@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Well I am about just a sad and relieved that I am not the only one who had this experience. Were you able to cope with it & heal ?

Also care to share a few artists/albums? In exchange i will namedrop bleed the future by archspire

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Over time I learned to just own my weird tastes and not care what other people think, but I think that's just something that comes with age. The music I got made fun of for was actually pretty basic, my dad was just disdainful of anything that wasn't his music. The name "Racer X" just sounded "gay" to him, and I got shit for the album cover of Soul Asylum's Grave Dancer's Union because there's two naked children on it. To make things right, I never make fun of my own kids for their weird shit, and I try to teach them not to criticize other people over meaningless things either.

I hope you've also been able to heal from your experiences.

Also, I just discovered Archspire about a year ago and I agree that Bleed the Future is an absolute banger.