One of the best things my parents did was refusing to have political views in front of me so I never internalized it as a normal thing for adults to do
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a complete enumeration of advice adjacent things my dad has delivered unto me over the years 1. "If you major in psychology, I'll disown you." (He has a PhD in the field) 2. "But I won't disinherit you so if you must it's probably fine."
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3. "Well, just remember that after breaking up with someone you're not obliged to talk to them again." 4. (After mentioning [3] later) "Wellllll--I mean, you're not obliged to tell your mother you love her, either." Mixed messages, probably good
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5. (Upon learning I was going into economics) "Well, all right. Those guys seem like they usually manage to end up rich."
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6. (Age 7, informing him that I wanted to grow up to be a crime boss) "You know robot, those guys usually end up dead."
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That's about all I've got. Hmmm. Hmmmmmm. May be hard to improve on this model.





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He was curiously not gruff about this at all Had a twinkle in his eye and a song in his heart the whole time, he was very much enjoying himself :)
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Mine didn't talk about politics per se, just a working class base line loathing aimed at politicians in general but the toff party in particular.
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wait, i thought this was a pronatalist account.
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well I mean read my linked tweet carefully
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