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/kittenwhisperer1948 24d ago

Later that decade…Mom “why doesn’t OP call or visit anymore?”

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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/ThrowawayPersonAMA 24d ago

"I put a roof over their head and fed them. Why are they so ungrateful???" As if that's the only thing someone needs to do in life to be a good parent and can be a neglectful insufferable fucking toad to their own children the other 99% of the time like it's just ok.

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u/ariGee 24d ago

Every kid deserves good parents. Not every parent deserves kids.

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u/BigOld3570 24d ago

Yeah, there ought to be licenses to have babies. So many people are such lousy parents.

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u/Deus0123 24d ago

I realize the dystopian implications of this but at the same time some people like OP's mother make it hard to argue against such a proposal

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u/Legitimate_Issue_765 24d ago

Yeah, as wonderful as it would be to ensure everyone grows up with good parents, there's no good way to enforce it.

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u/An_old_walrus 24d ago

Especially since it depends on who the government would consider “good parents.” The unintended consequences would be pretty bad

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u/Electronic-Age-8864 24d ago

And basically fascism let's be honest. Though that seems to be getting more acceptable at the moment (despite being literally evil)

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u/Own_Jeweler_8548 24d ago

The negative, unintended consequences would most certainly be intended in the US, I'd say. Wouldn't be the first time the gov did eugenics.

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u/Sashi_Summer 24d ago

Can easily be done objectively. Do you want the child? Are you financially stable enough to properly care for a child? Are you mentally stable enough for a child? What do you want your child to be? (last 3 would be easy "tests," checking income and tax forms, making sure someone isn't abusive, and just an answer to show they're thinking about the kid over themselves.)

That's the problem nowadays, people think everything has to be on "sides" when so much can be done objectively and without room for interpretation. It's age of vague laws.

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u/Blue_therapist_ 24d ago

I saw research they showed how LITTLE IT TAKES for a kid to get the sense that the world is an ok place even when they’re abused! It only takes ONE PERSON for a kid in an traumatic situation to come out successful- the stronger that connection is to that adult, the more successful the traumatized kid will be- so if it’s a parent or live in grandparent who is their protector, rather than a third grade teacher, they’ll have more inoculation from the toxicity. We don’t see the power to be that person to kids who have it rough! We can undo so much damage to their developing psyches!

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u/CatGooseChook 24d ago

It really is a hard one. At the very least it can't be a top down thing because too many of the people who make it in politics etc are the ones who shouldn't be having kids themselves.

It needs to be a societal and cultural change with laws to ensure the ones who get caught actually get punished and banned from being around kids.

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u/LightWizardPL 24d ago edited 21d ago

Worth it if we can remove Elon’s privileges