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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:25:29 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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   @thor @JoeGrowling I think that's because many of us do not consider "soft" and "gentle" to be the same thing, and most people consider softness in men to be a negative trait. "Good times bring soft men, soft men bring hard times".
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:31:09 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @thor @JoeGrowling we are all born soft and squishy. It's not a fixed personality trait. Some people never face stress head on and so they never toughen up.
   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:31:10 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @thatguyoverthere @JoeGrowling well, if you're born with a negative trait, should you just go and die then?

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     @thor @JoeGrowling bullies are soft boys and men that think they can be seen as hard by hurting others.
   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:32:25 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @thatguyoverthere @JoeGrowling my bullies in school most certainly seemed to think i needed to be eliminated

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     @thor @JoeGrowling abuse doesn't help harden a person. There is a point when a hardened person can handle abuse better than a squishy person, but just beating on a person doesn't make them hard.
     
     Think of it like plants. A seedling gains strength through wind stress, but stepping on it kills it. Older plants benefit from pruning. Over time the branches thicken up and can handle more weight and stress. There are still plenty of forms of abuse that take things too far and harm the plant.
   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:38:00 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @thatguyoverthere @JoeGrowling i largely faced a childhood and early adulthood where people were trying to beat me into shape and it never worked. the raw material was not present.

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:38:01 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @thatguyoverthere @JoeGrowling i most definitely did. but it's not in my nature. i just keep being punished.

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:39:14 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @thatguyoverthere @JoeGrowling if what you've got is Philadelphia cheese, you're not going to be making chocolate chip cookies.

     but cheesecake is good.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:48:40 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @thor @JoeGrowling many were. I also had a rough time growing up. There were points in my life where the abuse/stress got to be too great and it seriously interfered with my health (mental and physical). I'm not sire at what point I actually started responding to stress more positively, but it wasn't something I was born with or gained early in life.
   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:48:41 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @thatguyoverthere @JoeGrowling yeah so i took too much abuse. i was a slow-growing plant. developmental delays, a.k.a. ADHD or autism. so i was in the wrong climate when i was younger.

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:53:30 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @thatguyoverthere @JoeGrowling now this is probably part of the reason we're talking

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:57:55 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @thor @JoeGrowling yeah I think we have some relatable experiences in spite of probably living very different lives. I am not as open and forthcoming with my perceived weaknesses on here but that doesn't mean I don't relate.
   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 19:58:05 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @thatguyoverthere @JoeGrowling somehow i survived this. but the plant isn't super healthy.

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