Post #1678562

2026-04-25 01:13 UTC

@2something This might sound like a joke, but, frankly, the flippant and dismissive way many teenagers are treated (even by adults who claim to have their best interests at heart) grimly presages the way many adults are mistreated in the workplace. I wish collective bargaining had been an option for me, growing up; my own folks weren't even remotely willing to come to the bargaining table until after I had already moved far away from them, by which point they no longer had anything to offer me. They had no incentive to take me seriously so long as I was at their mercy. I deserved better; everyone does.

Replies (2)

@himbovoorhees@elekk.xyz 2026-04-25 02:19

@smolcasm@fedi.rrr.sh @2something@transfem.social My family - especially my father - definitely had the "my house, my rules" thing. Even when I was past 18 but still living with my parents. I wasn't treated with respect or equality; I couldn't even really have relationships while I lived there. They would never budge on anything they didn't want to, even if it was detrimental to someone's health like smoking in the house. My mother, now in her 70s, is living with my sister after being evicted. She's getting to reap what she sowed because my sister is doing "my house, my rules" to her. Which is hilarious, because my sister doesn't even do that to her own children. She listens to their thoughts, despite them both being under 10 y/o. She talks to them and lets them voice their opinions. Things our parents never did to us.

Open ##2698731
@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-25 03:46

@smolcasm@fedi.rrr.sh You being their kid wasn't incentive enough? I really wonder why the hell some parents ever became parents. 🤦‍♂️ @2something@transfem.social

Open ##2698732