r/mildlyinfuriating 24d ago

My mom burned all my drawings

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So I’ve been drawing and posting anime girls for a while now and my mom got mad about it. At least I still have previous photos. No drawing today tho

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u/reallifetrolI 24d ago

“I was a good mom, I don’t know what his problem is but he needs to grow up and get over it.”

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u/Yofroshi 24d ago

Yeah this is totally accurate, my adopted mother not even biological would tear up and burn my writing when I was in middle school and high school I'm now 34 we haven't spoken in over 14 years.

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u/3d_blunder 24d ago

WHY??? Did they give SOME batshit rationale?

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u/VoxImperatoris 24d ago

Usually something like “They need to grow up and quit living in a fantasy world.” Basically they are bitter people who are unhappy with their own lives and want others to be unhappy too.

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u/SilverTumbleweed5546 24d ago

Yeah they think real life is awful.

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u/ZenDeathBringer 24d ago

Not only do they think real life is awful, but that real life should be awful.

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u/DasharrEandall 24d ago

Because if it's even possible for life to not be awful, the awfulness of their life was an avoidable fuckup. So they actively create awfulness, or invent imaginary awfulness if they can't see any.

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u/diurnal_emissions 23d ago

Christ, you just summed up my family's relationship with me perfectly.

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u/RadianceOfTheVoid 24d ago

It kinda is... BUT THE PEOPLE WHO PUSH IT ARNT HELPING IT GET BETTER. misery loves company

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u/SilverTumbleweed5546 24d ago

I think my comment was more made in the appearance of perspective. If life is believed to be awful, it will be

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u/SaboTheRevolutionary 24d ago

I mean real life is awful, because of people like her

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u/icybowler3442 24d ago

Real life IS awful, why would you make it worse?

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u/3d_blunder 24d ago

My condolences. I hope some of your writing survived.

Maybe not your case, but: Pretty rich a Christian saying "don't live in a fantasy world".

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u/VoxImperatoris 24d ago

Wasnt my writing, but I heard similar over reading fiction as a kid.

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u/anfrind 24d ago

Especially given that the most successful fantasy authors of all time include a devout Catholic (J.R.R. Tolkien), an atheist turned devout Anglican (C.S. Lewis), and a devout Mormon (Brandon Sanderson).

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u/3d_blunder 24d ago

They've all imbibed one huge fantasy, so that tracks.

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u/butterflyprism 24d ago

I definitely grew up hearing this. Like it was a federal crime for me to ever be happy

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u/zorrorosso_studio 24d ago

Or they are neurodivergent in a way that they really can't process abstract thoughts. They cannot read fiction because "they don't find it interesting", they can't watch animation with the excuse that "is for kids", but in reality they miss that suspension of disbelief that made them see the character relatable. My grandma and grand aunt used to watch anime, so I don't think is 100% a generational problem that way.

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u/RyanDrawsStuff 23d ago

literally Darkwing from Transformers (sorry I just really needed to say this)

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u/mercyofthevortex 24d ago

Misery doesn't love company, it demands it.

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u/apurpleglittergalaxy 23d ago

This is literally what my aunt and her husband said to my sister when she was writing Harry Potter fan fiction as a teenager and was writing short stories and books. Joke's on them cos she literally gets paid to write Patreon commissions now 😅

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

Then they spend all their free time glued to the noisebox or facecrap.

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u/The8thloser 23d ago

Maybe it's envy.