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[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 240 points 1 month ago

I thought it was some weird sex thing at first but you never know what you get with greentexts.

[-] jdf038@mander.xyz 31 points 1 month ago

I saw shower and started worrying but it's OK.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

The proliferation of anime and Internet porn has mortally wounded familial relationships.

[-] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 173 points 1 month ago

The brother being a better parent than most actual parents.

It all seems to boil down to patience and Pavlov in the end.

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 143 points 1 month ago

Anon is a normal, decent human being and sibling.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't go that far. He's being decent to his sister, but there could be ulterior motives here. I've learned to never trust a 4chan post.

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[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 130 points 1 month ago

Expected a weird twist, got pleasantly surprised

[-] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 98 points 1 month ago

Man, I hope this one is actually real.

[-] SeabassDan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I hope it's not, what the hell kind of parents do these kids have??

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Sometimes they're working multiple jobs, sometimes they were mistreated themselves as kids. We shouldn't be too quick to judge.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Not entirely uncommon, unfortunately

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[-] witty_username@feddit.nl 66 points 1 month ago

Isn't this just parentification?

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

If it's healthy for you does it need a label?

[-] witty_username@feddit.nl 42 points 1 month ago

The story sounds healthy enough. I'm mostly critical of the role of the actual parents. I may be over reaching here, but it sounds like the writer ended up taking up a responsibility that should have been taken by the parents in the first place. However, the situation sounds healthy enough and parentification has positive sides too!

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 14 points 1 month ago

A sibling is a lot easier to approach in a lot of subjects than a parent, I think. Sometimes this is what a person needs, and if their sibling is willing and able to meet them on that this is just a good personal family dynamic.

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[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

The big point of parentification is that it is forced on the child by their parents. The role of sub-parent to siblings is assigned via negative means. This is often in punishment for not performing that role. This can manifest as verbal and mental abuse, such as guilt tripping, neglect where the parent doesn't do what is needed until the parentifide child does it out of necessity, and can go as far as full blown violence.

This reads more like the OP saw that their sister was in desperate need of help, and decided to take it upon themselves to do whatever they can to help her.

This is behavioral therapy, which you could say is a responsive mode of "parenting" that is highly effective.

[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 month ago

I'd never really heard the term NEET before and had to do some research. I get what is, but not really why it is.

Is it a lifestyle thing or a mental health thing?

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 125 points 1 month ago

NEET is is an economic label that means Not in Employment Education or Training. Its the group often looked down on as leeches in society but the term doesn't consider the reasons or health of the person.

The sister in the post appears much more like the Japanese shutins or hikikomori who isolate themselves from all social contact. Technically being a hikikomori is a choice but mental health and big pressure culture probably dont help.

[-] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In most cases the culture and mental health are the reason a lot of them will choose that lifestyle, still not 100% by their own free will.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 month ago

Thats what i meant with “technically” a choice

The ironic part in this is that ecologically/footprint speaking the impact might be pretty positive compared to going out.

[-] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yea, here where I live there is a culture of most jobs being seasonal work, so a good amount of people end up being NEET's for about half a yera or less because of the lack of regular jobs and surplus of seasonal work that's most times only 3-6 month's long.

You could say we are forced to be neet's whenever tourist season isn't ongoing.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thsts also what it was like it in medieval europe lord days. Peasants sow and harvested the lands but most of the year didn't have much to do.

Sounds alot better then the cant skip a paycheck or miss rent hustle culture.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Peasants sow and harvested the lands but most of the year didn't have much to do.

They usually ploughed two times before harvest, and had to harrow at least once. After the harvest you had to process it, so cleaning threshing and winnowing grain or cleaning fruits. You'd need to weed it, maybe even plough it again after sowing to flatten out the ground and cover the seed and bury the weeds. If you're lucky, you can add some manure and if you're unlucky you might to plough agaaaain to retain more water on the field.

Of course those staple crops are in addition to the vegetable and herb garden, and any animals that need care every single day.

And all of this is ignoring the housework, gathering firewood, cooking for today and preserving for winter, cleaning and mending clothes, making yarn and weaving fabric, down to simply fetching water. Just housework is a fulltime job (not 40 hours, but literally all the time) in de middle ages.

And if you fall Ill, break a leg, have a fire or just have a shitty dry summer, the general solution to that is dying slowly and painfully.

Subsistence farming sucks so hard, people worldwide literally chose indentured servitude as a preferable alternative on many occasions.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 month ago

Both sides are true.

Work itself was much harder and life itself could be called a struggle compared to today’s standards.

But the attitude towards works was very different and much more broken up. Leisure in medieval times is well documented.

“During times of high wages and good harvests, peasants could expect to work no more than 150 days a year.”

https://www.thecollector.com/peasant-life-medieval-england/

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

“During times of high wages and good harvests, peasants could expect to work no more than 150 days a year.”

Ahhh this article again. It misses a hugely important bit of info: this work is ONLY for their lord. To translate it to a modern context:

During a brief period after the Plague, a peasant "only" had to work 150 days to "pay the rent". If they wanted to do stuff like stay warm, wear clothes and eat, that came on top of those 150 days.

[-] Fal@yiffit.net 8 points 1 month ago

I have no idea where this propaganda that is wasn't so hard being a feudal peasant came from but it's just laughable

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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago

Is it a lifestyle thing or a mental health thing?

Bit of both, with a dash of enablers (usually parents).

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[-] halvar@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

I heard it but I never had an idea what it meant, so I looked it up. NEET means they aren't in education and don't have a job employment.

[-] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 18 points 1 month ago

Most times neet's are people with mental health issues or depression also.

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[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 40 points 1 month ago

The image attached makes this the fakest story I've ever seen on greentext

[-] classic@fedia.io 26 points 1 month ago

The image makes this seem like it's going in a certain direction

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[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Well yeah the image is a drawing, it's not actually the sister

[-] archon@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 month ago

Most surprising thing in this greentext is seeing Freia mentioned as luxury chocolate! 🇳🇴

[-] bartvbl@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you've ever tried US chocolate it's straight up god tier by comparison. Also, kvikk lunsj and fruktnøtt FTW

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

As an American, I agree. The aftertaste of Hershey chocolate is the same as vomit

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If you can find her a real life boyfriend you deserve a degree in social work

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[-] Monster96@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

I was half expecting an eromanga sensei thing

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 7 points 1 month ago

How many times do we have to say it... Don't fuck your sister.

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[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

TIL Lindt is luxury chocolate

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 1 month ago

When it's being compared to Hershey and Nestlé bars? Yeah.

[-] nednobbins@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Lindt is pretty good as packaged chocolate goes. You can always find some fancy artisanal chocolatier if you can afford to spend a few bucks per chocolate but for a HS student Lindt is pretty high tier.

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[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

It isn't? Yes there is way more expensive chocolate but Lind isn't cheap.

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[-] technohacker@programming.dev 21 points 1 month ago

I can't tell if the coaxing thing was an intended pun after the fiber optic thing before it

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
> 4chan
> greentext about sister
> no incest

Am disappoint.

On a more serious note, I hope that's a true story. A healthy social circle, even if it's only 1 person, does wonders to people.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

these feel good greentexts always make me feel a certain type of way.

I'd like to think they're almost certainly feel good posting, i.e. fake. But 4chan levels of fake.

[-] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 11 points 1 month ago

Wh-Where are the jumper cables? This feels not fake which feels wrong for a greentext.

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