• lugal@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Don’t forget “I’ve suffered it and it wasn’t that bad so don’t pretend it is”

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        Which actually means “I’ve pretended to suffer it and you are probably too”.

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          “I experienced racism. I was called a potato once and seriously, it wasn’t as bad as all the n* pretend it is. Get over it.”

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          Sometimes it means “I did a thing in the past and don’t recognise the ways in which it has changed over time to become worse today than it was in my day”.