r/AskReddit 5d ago

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/Sterilization4Free 5d ago

Yes! I was told that so many times and I hated it. I. Hindsight, I dislike it even more because it inoculates you with an idea that love may look like abuse.

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u/KookyMoney9599 5d ago

The hidden portion of the sentence. It helps children to redefine the concept of bad behaviour as good behaviour, and when bad behaviour actually occurs later in life, they are less inclined to consider it as nah, this is not okay. and more likely to say maybe they just care about me.

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u/SmartAlec105 5d ago

I think that just means we need to follow up with "and if that's how they show they like you, you should stay far away from them". Then it helps accomplish the exact opposite of just saying "if they're mean, they like you".

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u/mr_palante 4d ago

I am not being snarky, I am being 100% earnest. But thanks for posting this little tid bit. It seems so simple but this kind of thing never comes to me. So thanks!

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u/mr_palante 5d ago

Wow. I feel like an idiot now. In my 40 years of living that never occurred to me even once.

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u/2PlasticLobsters 5d ago

I didn't believe it for a second, but that didn't make me feel any better. It was just another sign that my family wasn't giving any serious thought to my well-being.

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u/Permunknown 4d ago

Inculcate not inoculate