• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I couldn’t manage to convince my parents that I had piss poor vision until I was 8 years old. When I finally managed to get them to take me to the eye doctor and get prescription glasses, my mom apologized to me repeatedly for like 2 weeks.

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      7 months ago

      In my head:

      You: “Mom! Everything looks bad!”
      Mom: “I know sweetheart, but even though everything seems hopeless we have to focus on the positive things…”

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      I managed to make it to 13, I could not see past my arm length without everything becoming mad blurry. No wonder I only read books as a kid!

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    7 months ago

    How to use a computer.

    My dad once physically pried the buttons off a mouse because he couldn’t figure out left vs right clicking, and thought it was broken. I still didn’t know what he thought he would accomplish.

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      7 months ago

      That. And nonbinarity.

      • “Mom, I’m not girl”

      • “But you have girl parts between your legs, you’re not a boy”

      • “Mom, I’m not a boy either. I’m something else. Also I don’t want kids and I’m not sexually attracted to anyone”

      That was almost 40 years ago. No internet at the time and not categories like ace, enby, etc.