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a few days ago I started my college class with "goldfish have long memories, Einstein never failed math in school, and the brain does not stop developing at 25, these are all things people just repeated until they sounded true, so let's talk about media literacy" and I could tell I had broken every brain in the room
The repost added to this plays rent free in my brain whenever I think I know something and then learn it’s false or a myth. Genuinely
rusekserio asked:
npd culture is this (not relatable to me personally but yeah)
narcissisticpdcultureis answered:
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Parents always say this:
- "You're smart. Therefore, it's okay for me to expect more of you."
- "You're smart. Therefore, I don't have to care how I explain things to you."
- "You're smart. Therefore, it's okay for me to assume that any mistakes you make are intentional."
- "You're smart. Therefore, if you say that you struggle with something, it's okay for me to assume that you're just lazy, afraid, lacking confidence, lacking motivation, or any other excuse to dismiss your struggles as fake.
but never this:
- "You're smart. Therefore, I will put my authority aside and consider the possibility that you are right and I am wrong.
Like any abusive authority figure, they want you to be smart enough to uphold their authority but not smart enough to challenge their authority.
This is why I hate being smart and stopped trying to do that
Parents always say this:
- "You're smart. Therefore, it's okay for me to expect more of you."
- "You're smart. Therefore, I don't have to care how I explain things to you."
- "You're smart. Therefore, it's okay for me to assume that any mistakes you make are intentional."
- "You're smart. Therefore, if you say that you struggle with something, it's okay for me to assume that you're just lazy, afraid, lacking confidence, lacking motivation, or any other excuse to dismiss your struggles as fake.
but never this:
- "You're smart. Therefore, I will put my authority aside and consider the possibility that you are right and I am wrong.
Like any abusive authority figure, they want you to be smart enough to uphold their authority but not smart enough to challenge their authority.
with all due modesty this was a fucking banger of a text message for me to compose after 10 hours in the emergency room and 30 hours without sleep
