Thank you for your insightful analysis!

The world is not black and white, and this sort of mindset fosters a sense of hopelessness that reduces the chance for even incremental change.

There is a girl I know who is super cute, and she has resting smiley face. Her demeanor always struck me as odd, until I learned she’s a kindergarten teacher, and then it made sense. She talks to people in the same way she talks to kindergartners.

I just want to say 10 out of 10 title, OP. It took me a minute, but I finally got it!

It’s your mom’s vibrator case.

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For me it was the discovery that my parents were shitty people on the narcissism spectrum. I had no clue, because when you grow up in a toxic environment, it’s your “normal” and all you know.