Cheap in the sense of 'unwilling to spend more money on things where quality really matters.'
I... I'm not even joking, that's why, its true in both a pithy and literal sense, if you look into the economics / industry standards of why this happens.
So, sooo many houses that got built in like the last five years, that every idiot bought thinking home prices would go up forever?
They're rush jobs, hack jobs, absolutely literally full of holes and problems, start falling apart... well it used to be 'the moment you walk in', but now nobody is even walking in to them, and some are literally falling apart, even collapsing, before they are bought.
Absolutely hilarious that a decade or so ago, every American I knew was laughing at Chinese 'Tofu Dregs'.
Building inspectors, realtors, gov agencies who are supoosed to be regulating this, the whole system, its massively, wildly corrupt and broken, you can find a few honest building inspectors on tiktok or youtube who just document how poorly built so many of these new homes are, when they're called in to double check some other corrupt building inspector's work.
Its a massive problem, yet another entire element of the US society / economy where massive corruption and fraud is so normalized that I won't be surprised if some other USAsian shows up here to tell me how its fine, its not that bad.
You might be able to tell them you were stupidly jumping on your bed, like a child, and fell into the wall.
Depending on what your parents think of you, this may actually work.
This working also depends on whether or not your parents can tell the difference between an 'exit wound' and an 'entry' wound on wall damage, so maybe doctor the scene a little, or, maybe your parents are morons / know nothing about residential construction.
(Probably hide the dildo).
One thing you could try is to just actually jump on the bed, fall into the existing hole, re-damaging it more in line with, you know, impact damage...
Do that while they're home, so they hear it, and then just be completely honest and explain your mistake, while also being somewhat injured.
Maybe not 'jumping on the bed' maybe you were trying to affix a poster way above, or put silly decorations on the ceiling or something.
In 1979, a historian named Christopher Lasch, who had no psychiatric credentials, wrote a book arguing that modern American culture was increasing the prevalence of a particular psychiatric disorder in the general population.
The book gained a lot of cultural traction, especially among people who call themselves pop psychologists, but whose actual job is writing scam self-help books. They started using this disorder in their books as a bogeyman. They said people with this disorder are living among us, stealing our energy and resources and making us weak. Basically just a reskinned version of the antisemitic conspiracy theory.
These narratives became so popular that people started using the slur for a person who has the disorder without even knowing they were talking about a disorder. They thought it was just a word for a certain kind of bad person. Like how kids in the 90s used the R word.
You heard that word and didn't realise it was a slur, and you used it to describe your parents.
I mean, I'm autistic, and I'm pretty sure I can outdo you on how autism (and aspergers) was literally invented by literal Nazis, to literally torture, ostracize, maim, and murder Jewish children, and others who would not conform to their worldview.
... but ...
Words exist and their meanings change over time.
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a thing.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a thing.
They have APA definitions, they're defined in the DSM.
Are these definitions perfect?
No.
... Do they still mean things though, convey a general concept, maybe a specific diagnostic one, in more technical contexts?
Yes.
I'm not gonna stop using the word narcissist because you think it's antisemitic, that its a racist slur.
Because it isn't.
That you think it is, that's rather strange.
Is there some other word we should use to denote... very self-centered, very egoistic, very egotistical, unable to take criticism or admit mistake, constantly neg everyone around them, have obviously hypocritical standards and demands and needs, need constant adulation and attention, are very grandiose, lack empathy despite constantly demanding it?
In case you are unfamilair with the concept, beyond simply only Lasch:
So you're saying autism and narcissism (autism spectrum disorder and narcissistic personality disorder) are similar enough that you are certain you can relate to the struggles of people with NPD and you know they shouldn't be concerned about having a slur used?
Suppose someone who hated Elon Musk called him a nasty word like "emotionless autist" or "robot sperg", as examples of anti-autism slurs based on shortening the name of the diagnosis. I think this would be the same as calling your parents the slur you used. If you can honestly say you'd be completely fine having an anti-autism slur used on a bad person, then I'll accept your use of an anti-narcissism slur on bad people. But if you think one of those two very similar situations would be ableist and would hurt disabled people, then please accept that they're both ableist and they both hurt disabled people.
43 Comments
expatriado@lemmy.world · 66 pts · 297d
time to place a poster and start watching drywall repair diy videos
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 297d
I've got just the poster. Nobody will ever suspect there's a hole back there.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 297d
bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 297d
Looks more like plaster, so you'll have a bit more time to watch how to patch ðŸ«
stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 297d
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 297d
That's lathe and plaster baby. Get good at finishing work if you ever want it to look right.
khepri@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 296d
Good luck, that shit is lathe-and-plaster not drywall haha
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 297d
khepri@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 296d
This is a lathe-and-plaster wall from before drywall was common, it's actually strong af
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 296d
Why do Japanese make theirs out of paper? Because it's lightweight and cheap.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 296d
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 9 pts · 296d
I'm gonna have to test that with some offerings from Bad Dragon. I'm sure some of those would still be able to bust down a brick wall.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 296d
gmtom@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 296d
Modern Japanese houses aren't made of paper
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 296d
Because we are very cheap and superficial.
Cheap in the sense of 'unwilling to spend more money on things where quality really matters.'
I... I'm not even joking, that's why, its true in both a pithy and literal sense, if you look into the economics / industry standards of why this happens.
So, sooo many houses that got built in like the last five years, that every idiot bought thinking home prices would go up forever?
They're rush jobs, hack jobs, absolutely literally full of holes and problems, start falling apart... well it used to be 'the moment you walk in', but now nobody is even walking in to them, and some are literally falling apart, even collapsing, before they are bought.
Absolutely hilarious that a decade or so ago, every American I knew was laughing at Chinese 'Tofu Dregs'.
Building inspectors, realtors, gov agencies who are supoosed to be regulating this, the whole system, its massively, wildly corrupt and broken, you can find a few honest building inspectors on tiktok or youtube who just document how poorly built so many of these new homes are, when they're called in to double check some other corrupt building inspector's work.
Its a massive problem, yet another entire element of the US society / economy where massive corruption and fraud is so normalized that I won't be surprised if some other USAsian shows up here to tell me how its fine, its not that bad.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 297d
You might be able to tell them you were stupidly jumping on your bed, like a child, and fell into the wall.
Depending on what your parents think of you, this may actually work.
This working also depends on whether or not your parents can tell the difference between an 'exit wound' and an 'entry' wound on wall damage, so maybe doctor the scene a little, or, maybe your parents are morons / know nothing about residential construction.
(Probably hide the dildo).
One thing you could try is to just actually jump on the bed, fall into the existing hole, re-damaging it more in line with, you know, impact damage...
Do that while they're home, so they hear it, and then just be completely honest and explain your mistake, while also being somewhat injured.
Maybe not 'jumping on the bed' maybe you were trying to affix a poster way above, or put silly decorations on the ceiling or something.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 297d
I like the cut of your jib, thinking creatively and logically, providing some solid solutions that might actually work.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 297d
Perk of growing up with control freak narcissist parents: You learn how to lie well, when necessary.
Downsides: CPTSD, fundamental inability to really trust anyone, ever.
Best_Jeanist@discuss.online · -9 pts · 296d
Are you using that word as an ableist slur or as a reference to that Greek kid who was killed for being asexual?
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 296d
...what?
I have literally no idea what you are talking about.
What is the word that you think is either an ableist slur, or a reference to something I have not heard of?
Best_Jeanist@discuss.online · -8 pts · 296d
In 1979, a historian named Christopher Lasch, who had no psychiatric credentials, wrote a book arguing that modern American culture was increasing the prevalence of a particular psychiatric disorder in the general population.
The book gained a lot of cultural traction, especially among people who call themselves pop psychologists, but whose actual job is writing scam self-help books. They started using this disorder in their books as a bogeyman. They said people with this disorder are living among us, stealing our energy and resources and making us weak. Basically just a reskinned version of the antisemitic conspiracy theory.
These narratives became so popular that people started using the slur for a person who has the disorder without even knowing they were talking about a disorder. They thought it was just a word for a certain kind of bad person. Like how kids in the 90s used the R word.
You heard that word and didn't realise it was a slur, and you used it to describe your parents.
The word is "n*rcisisst"
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 296d
I mean, I'm autistic, and I'm pretty sure I can outdo you on how autism (and aspergers) was literally invented by literal Nazis, to literally torture, ostracize, maim, and murder Jewish children, and others who would not conform to their worldview.
... but ...
Words exist and their meanings change over time.
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a thing.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a thing.
They have APA definitions, they're defined in the DSM.
Are these definitions perfect?
No.
... Do they still mean things though, convey a general concept, maybe a specific diagnostic one, in more technical contexts?
Yes.
I'm not gonna stop using the word narcissist because you think it's antisemitic, that its a racist slur.
Because it isn't.
That you think it is, that's rather strange.
Is there some other word we should use to denote... very self-centered, very egoistic, very egotistical, unable to take criticism or admit mistake, constantly neg everyone around them, have obviously hypocritical standards and demands and needs, need constant adulation and attention, are very grandiose, lack empathy despite constantly demanding it?
In case you are unfamilair with the concept, beyond simply only Lasch:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662
Unless you're going to tell me you know my parents better than I do: Trust me, they are narcissists.
If you are going to tell me you know my parents better than I do: Kindly fuck right off with your impossibly presumptuous bullshit.
khepri@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 296d
Boy this thread is the strangest thing I've seen in a minute. hope you aren't letting this gaslighting weirdo get to you
Best_Jeanist@discuss.online · -8 pts · 296d
So you're saying autism and narcissism (autism spectrum disorder and narcissistic personality disorder) are similar enough that you are certain you can relate to the struggles of people with NPD and you know they shouldn't be concerned about having a slur used?
Suppose someone who hated Elon Musk called him a nasty word like "emotionless autist" or "robot sperg", as examples of anti-autism slurs based on shortening the name of the diagnosis. I think this would be the same as calling your parents the slur you used. If you can honestly say you'd be completely fine having an anti-autism slur used on a bad person, then I'll accept your use of an anti-narcissism slur on bad people. But if you think one of those two very similar situations would be ableist and would hurt disabled people, then please accept that they're both ableist and they both hurt disabled people.
fonix232@fedia.io · 21 pts · 297d
dem lips do be indeed grippy
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 297d
Might not be lips lol
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 297d
the muscle tissue that makes your lips work are the same kind that makes your sphincter work.
so you could say that when you fart you're talking out your ass, or when you shit you're talking shit.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 297d
I know i am for sure lol
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 20 pts · 297d
Shawshank it, and put a poster over it. She'll find it when you make your escape after college.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 297d
Text post that mentions being fucked in the ass? Gotta mark that as NSFW
Photo of dildo balls? No need for that NSFW tag my man
HowAbt2day@futurology.today · 12 pts · 297d
Wait, thats a dildo? I thought it was the the arm of the hulk hogan rubber wrestling doll.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 297d
Oh shit, I totally forgot about the Hulk Hogan Super Action Suction Grip doll, my bad
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 297d
those dolls felt the best as a kid 🤤
Sonor@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 297d
Breaking the fourth wall
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 296d
That's one hell of a grip and I don't mean her hands
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 296d
... How do you know they're a her?
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 296d
Your orifice is of superior strength. What do you have to fear from a mere mortal?
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 297d
That's where you hang your favorite poster until you move out.
Either that, or tell her the truth, she'll understand.
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 297d
You'd also make sure to start digging a tunnel through that so you can finally move out.
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 297d
Tell her you fucked up...err...sideways
Leather@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 296d
Just say "Mom, as the prophecy foretold... It has happened!"
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 297d
Ever seen The Shawshank Redemption?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 297d
Mom, the wall tried to RAPE me!