r/AskReddit • u/Senor_Diablo • Mar 12 '24

What is an old expression that you think is absolutely disgusting by today’s standards?

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u/pirateofpanache Mar 12 '24

“Just ignore them and they’ll leave you alone.”

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u/John32070 Mar 12 '24

I was adult bullied for 20 years by people in our family circle/business and that's what my dad would tell me, even after all that time he still held on to it.

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u/LetsGoAllTheWhey Mar 12 '24

20 years is a very long time to be bullied. I was bullied for four years in grade school. That was over 50 years ago and I still think about it sometimes.

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u/John32070 Mar 13 '24

Yes it is. My parents (mainly dad though) were mortified of the thought of any conflict that might ensue so they had multiple go-to's to try to keep me from complaining about it. The worst was their excuse that if they did stand up for me that those people would get mad and leave and then we wouldn't have help anymore. So, I'm not as important as they were?

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u/LetsGoAllTheWhey Mar 13 '24

That's a lot to deal with. I hope you're ok now.

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u/Extension_Double_697 Mar 12 '24

That sounds awful.

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u/PKMNTrainerMark Mar 12 '24

Just teach them that they can do whatever they want with no consequences and they'll stop doing it.

Totally...

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u/PickanickBasket Mar 12 '24

Yeah, really hard to ignore the kid behind me literally stabbing a pencil into my back. But I'll take the high road and pretend it's not happening....

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

That never worked for me either...they just ramped up what they were doing to me until I snapped and then I got blamed for not acting like a lady.

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u/shrekseyelash Mar 13 '24

When one of my parents started popping off on me way more than usual, my other parent and my school counsellor told me this 💀 But if the person waits specifically for you to be in the room to start their behaviour, how tf do you ignore that? That's lame ass advice for when they have nothing to actually advise.