“i grew up on the internet” = “the internet is how i escaped from my parents”
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everyone who “grew up on the internet” has ADHD now, because:
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ADHD is insecure attachment
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“i love books” works exactly the same way btw
they were my second favorite lol
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This isn't a trivial thing - children build their identities as people in the physical, digital, emotional, and/or conceptual space where they separate from their parents.
If they develop their first independent identity by going online, they really did grow up there.
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yes for sure did not intend any trivialization!
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I had a really good relationship with my parents and still ended up as a books / internet kid because school itself was such a boring place to burn time, and I couldn't wait until I was free so I could go home and learn things
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It CAN work the same way. Maybe often.
But:
I love books — and I've always had a great relationship with my parents. I was homeschooled so this ain't about school trauma. AFAIK I don't use books to dissociate. I just love them — & so do my parents. We explore ideas together.
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all of this can be interpreted as true in my case but I feel like I definitely know at least a couple of people for whom this isn't exactly true
and the true-ish-ness of the statements kinda make it a lil... dangerous? these are volatile utterances
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this is a fair point. hmm
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