My dad was a racist homophobe that voted red every election because it was “the Christian thing to do.” He’d constantly preach to us about how the bible said gay people go to hell and he’d always say things like “Now I’m not racist but <insert very racist statement here.>” and then look at us children for approval of his hateful shit and we did because we were raised that way. It wasnt until all 3 of us entered our teenage years and started arguing with him about it pretty much daily and eventually him dating a woman who had a gay brother for him to start changing his mind about that stuff. Now he’s super left leaning and doesnt say hateful shit anymore. Idk if he honestly had a change of heart or if he just noticed the times were changing
My dad did the exact opposite and it has absolutely trashed our relationship. Went from left leaning but generally apolitical then he voted for Bernie in 2016. After that he went full MAGA. He’s not the man that raised me anymore that’s for sure
I’m sorry to hear that. It really sucks when stuff like that happens. I have really good friends who have lost their mind these last few years
…and at 40, I was amazed he didn’t learned anything new in the past 26 years and I was probably right at 14.
Yep. My dad believes you can cure a venomous snake bite, ANY species, by giving yourself an electric shock, preferably from a spark plug. Works equally effectively (it doesn’t work, don’t bother) for literally any insect bite. He also believes witches are eating babies in the forest nearby. Needless to say, he doesn’t understand evolution either. He falls for scams left and right, always has.
Really sweet guy though.
Nah, he was an idiot when I was 14, 21, 28, 35, and 42. He’ll probably be an idiot until he dies. Can’t hold a job, can’t stop drinking, and can’t help but vote red down the line every 4 years. The world will be better when he’s shuffled loose this mortal coil.
My father was a deeply flawed parent to minor children, and a disastrously bad one to adult children. My adult life was punctuated with discoveries and realizations and interactions that revealed him to be a fuckin’ mess. He was better and kinder than his own parents, but that’s damning with faint praise.
I’m better and kinder than my parents. Sorry, that’s all I got.
You’re absolutely right, the young only want the old to stop destroying global human society because they haven’t learned to give up and be apathetic to it yet.
Can we make a community for these “young bad, old good” memes? Something like r/BoomersSelfFellaciate ?
Yeah my dad has definitely regressed…
I did the contrary.
My Dad quoted this a few times, until he finally realized how incredibly untrue this can be when he falls for too many online scams.
I don’t think that’s the point.
Dads that quote this are engaging in a form of Dunning-Kruger effect. Often they aren’t self-aware enough to realize that if you have to say you’re so smart, it often means you ain’t that smart.
I guess this is the “shit on your dad” thread. Hopefully I’m a better dad for my kids than my dad was to me.
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the math checks out; their most ignorant years always coincide with their kid’s teenage years.
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