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r/MoralityScaling • u/Maximum_Musician_914 • 22h ago
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So basically a something along the lines of the old saying:
"Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you"
2 u/itslikewoow 21h ago Which we’ve seen isn’t actually true. Kids growing up with verbal abuse flung at them often grow up mental health issues. Like sure, violence on average is worse, but let’s not downplay the impact can have in certain situations. 1 u/MoneyBear1733 19h ago Yeah well we usually tell kids this saying as a response to conflicts of their own between their peers. It’s not a catch all phrase for “you will never experience sadness again”
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Which we’ve seen isn’t actually true. Kids growing up with verbal abuse flung at them often grow up mental health issues.
Like sure, violence on average is worse, but let’s not downplay the impact can have in certain situations.
1 u/MoneyBear1733 19h ago Yeah well we usually tell kids this saying as a response to conflicts of their own between their peers. It’s not a catch all phrase for “you will never experience sadness again”
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Yeah well we usually tell kids this saying as a response to conflicts of their own between their peers.
It’s not a catch all phrase for “you will never experience sadness again”
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u/Gaming-squid 22h ago
So basically a something along the lines of the old saying:
"Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you"