and it allows you to tell yourself that you're not being manipulative
you're genuinely suffering a great deal!
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the downside is that you can't actually control people
you can only coerce them for a limited time while you have (or can convince them you have) something they want/need
or that you have the ability to hurt them
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but coercion is leaky and eventually people learn to get what they want without you, if you overplay your hand
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I'm not denouncing this as necessarily evil, malicious, or even entirely conscious, btw
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oh damn I switched perspectives halfway through the original tweet lmao
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anyways
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this is as much about my own tendencies as anyone else's!
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watching neuroticism play out in other families has been eye- opening
thinking a lot about my desire to control my kid's behavior and how often it's more about soothing new than keeping her safe/happy
hope my baby stays ungovernable 🥲
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damn this thread is a rorschach inkblot
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oh god this is getting way too much traction lol
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aella why
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