Lack of critical thinking has been a major issue in the USA the past few years. It is frankly rather embarrassing.

... until that ONE time!

Just a bad teacher then.

I like to call them Four Yorkshire Men wannabes

Just because they tell you about what they do to others, don't think that you are immune - best believe they will do the same to you.

I hate people like this, I always say they have a "Thug Mentality"

"If you can't handle me at my worst.." - then I won't even try

It’s a HUGE red flag when someone says that all of their exes were crazy. If someone you’re dating tells you that, steer clear!

Well, you should have.

Honestly, I can't imagine not sleeping much voluntarily. I can't sleep well and it makes my life very difficult. I would give up a lot to sleep better.

If a professor said that to me i would probably tell them "Hey, ya know that's not a good thing, right?" before walking out and requesting to be added somewhere else.

Maybe it's my age? I can't wrap my head around why it is all the sudden bad to refer to women (is using *women* acceptable?) as *female*? Are they not females? We still call men, *men*. I'm not being intentionally ignorant, I simply don't "get" it. I've seen others explain it I still am baffled.

Moreover, how they'd apply the same "parenting" style to their children: "Kids need to fear you, so you must beat them up and punish them frequently". That was my ex.

"and it never did me any harm". I beg to differ

And that "they deserved it"! No child deserves being beaten

I see this everywhere, including in the BP comments. They don't fool me. Clearly they were triggered by their past with an article about a crying child being a child.

"I got beaten as a child and grew up perfectly fine", no, you didn't. You think hitting children when they cry is education and you think deporting everyone with a different mother tongue will solve all crime.

I knew a lot of children who got slapped, beaten or downright punched unconscious, and none of them had NO further issues. One boy, in 6th grade, started to pick fights whenever possible, got into a fighting rage that went as far as sitting on his opponent, strangling him, wetting himself ... well, both ... while crying hysterically, unable to stop any of it. When, during one incident of that kind, his shirt came off, his back was full of bruises and scars that were examined later. As we were told, his parents both abused him horribly, for years straight, but we weren't told many details. Haven't seen him since ... he was not a classmate, but one year above us, but we still noticed his absence.

"raging abuse" was never the norm. At least not in the parts of the US I've been in for the past six + decades.

Continual denial? Check Escapist? Check Making excuses for violence? Check Dysfunction? Check Run far and run fast.

I'm 55 and still waiting to meet anyone who really turned out just fine

When has "raging abuse" ever been the norm? Not in the past 100 years at least.

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Anyone who beats their Children or Spouses for ANy reason, should have the same visited upon them. Remorselessly till they beg for Mercy, then again ,because I am sure that's what they did.If they keep it up they should be snuffed that way as many abused Children and Spouses are!

I was married to an Abuser who not only abused me, but our children, and, it took a lot of courage but, I managed to leave the marriage, and save myself and my children and broke the cycle by teaching my children that this behavior was wrong, and unacceptable.

Yup, almost everyone did. It's today's kids who won't take a little discipline that is the problem.

And then tell us that all their exes are crazy.

My daughter has autism and it is part of her disorder that she has very little filter

From experience, if one says things like "I don't care what people think" or "I'm over it," then why are you bringing it up in the first place? Something tells me that you're still affected by it, and still in denial.

Hate the word Alpha as a descriptor.

We know, Al, we know!

sounds a bit like neurodivergent trying to sympathise, I also try to comfort someone by saying 'yeah I've had it like that' but I mean it nicely, and kinda assuring??

I AM a nice person. It doesn't matter who points it out.

Actually, I worked in a toxic workenvironment that turned everybody in an a*****e. Quit and quite happy at my new normal colleagues job.

This seems more like a self depreciation coping mechanism.

What Mercedes? The one with paint stripper all over it and the 4 flat tires? That one? I wonder how many rolls of toilet paper it will take to pay for that paint job.

I know a couple of people who do this. In both cases I also know enough of their personal dirt / tea to know they would not want to be treated the way they treat others and that their, "It's everyone else not me" tales are in all cases at least exaggerated and in some cases complete fabrications of their own minds.

Bragging about being good at manipulation is something that not even slimy and untrustworthy Grima Wormtongue-tier evil advisors would do, that dumb b******t is reserved exclusively for somewhat-good-looking narcissists with delusions of grandeur.

You can tell the really rich from the wannabe rich often by the way they display (or NOT display) their wealth. A Patek Phillipe costs about ten times the money of a Rolex, but it is simply an elegant, unimposing watch, while the Rolex is an ugly brick you are carrying on your wrist that just looks expensive. Simple black cashmere turtleneck vs. bright glittering Versace Jacket. Also, brand logos are frowned upon.

LOL due to the censor bot I read that as "gastrology". Was trying to imagine how that worked.

Please go lock yourself up and lose the key.

Or calling Joker and Harley "relationship goals"

Bragging about it? Really crappy. Being relieved because you no longer have to deal with a toxic person? An amazing feeling.

same.

Nothing wrong with being promiscuous if you're single or in an open relationship. It doesn't matter if you sleep with 1 person or with 6 people as long as everyone consents.

I do love me some drama, as long as it's someone else's.

I knew a guy whose way of sharing info always began with "here's what you don't know." When told that he was basically calling others ignorant, he briefly apologized and kept doing it. He just didn't care.