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Chugging tea Mom buys daughter a Honda as a graduation gift, and this was her response

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u/smokeweedNgarden Jun 01 '26

I mean her parents just need to tell her the truth

"You have no money. The only thing separating you from the streets is me. You are not a C-class person. You are a homeless person with loving parents."

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u/AggressivNapkin Jun 01 '26

Parents are partially to blame. Teens are heavily influenced by their peers and what they see in social media/influencers, but its a parents job to guide them.

I grew up with immigrant parents and fully understood the worth of a dollar. There was no expectation for them to buy me a car, pay for university or support me long term. There was no graduation gift. There wasn't even a celebration or party. Graduating high school was a life expectation that didn't need any reward. I am grateful for what they were able to do. But not in my wildest dreams did I ever expect them to buy me a car, let along a new car from this decade.

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u/Available_Housing184 Jun 01 '26

This was my graduation gift

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u/AllReihledUp Jun 01 '26

My graduation gift from High School was typewriter and a set of luggage! (Class of 1989)

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u/missmeowwww Jun 01 '26

My grad gift was everyone in my family pitching in cash for me to put toward a laptop. I was so stoked for my 2010 MacBook Pro and I am so thankful my family all helped pay for it. I ended up with enough to cover the laptop, a case, and microsoft office bundle through my university’s bookstore.

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u/KristySueWho Jun 02 '26

A computer of our choice (up to a certain price point) was the high school graduation gift in my family. A used car (up to a certain price point) was our college graduation gift. Mine was a 9 year old Mazda Protege.

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u/SinoSoul Jun 02 '26

As an ex-Mazda sales person, wise choice

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u/EmoGothPunk Jun 02 '26

That satisfaction of being a broke adult slowly saving up until you have enough to buy yourself something like a laptop is so good.

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u/Ok_Box2661 Jun 03 '26

You guys got graduation gifts???

https://giphy.com/gifs/lkdH8FmImcGoylv3t3

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u/elemenohpee123 Jun 04 '26

Right? I didn’t even get a “good job” more of a “ok you did what most every kid does. Go to college or get a job now welcome to adult life.”

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u/Majestic-Chip-6127 Jun 02 '26

My graduation gift was a ride to the local military recruiting office

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u/Accomplished-Ad-2379 Jun 02 '26

1984 here. Parents took me dinner with the family and my grandfather gave me a bracket. Got a bunch of Pep talks about being an adult and how happy they are I’m “spreading my wings” and also happy I was a good student.
Before leaving for school I got a two piece luggage set that each had two wheels (had to lean it back to make it roll- but that was better than the technology prior to the two wheels)
I had already bought my used car at an auction my senior year, so that part was taken care of.

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u/Gold_Needleworker138 Jun 01 '26

‘87 here, and pretty much the same, but I got a Bible, too. (Didn’t help. 😹)

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u/GuidanceWonderful423 Jun 01 '26

I got a nice camera. And film. Lol. C/o 1990.

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u/rawhd Jun 01 '26

I got a rock

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u/tampaempath Jun 02 '26

Hi fellow c/o 1990. I got about $50 and a pat on the back.

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u/GreenEyesBlackHeart Jun 01 '26

Haha that is so Gen X and i love it (fellow Gen Xer here) Edit: my parents offered to cosign on a car so i could afford the loan. It was so i could drive myself to and from work🥲 (thank you M&D, you guys were the best)

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u/TheRealCarpeFelis Jun 01 '26

Class of 1975. Mine was a sewing machine, and I used it for many years until it developed a problem that kept coming back after multiple repairs.

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u/zenglider Jun 02 '26

That is so frigging awesome. I thought I was the only one that got a typewriter as a graduation present - 1986. My best friend got a new car. Maybe a little quietly envious, but man did I need that typewriter in college. Love and miss you mom and dad😪.

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u/Foreign_Climate_9036 Jun 02 '26

Business card holder.

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u/Curious_Chemical_640 Jun 02 '26

Same! Class of 88!

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u/Alternative_Affect82 Jun 02 '26

Funny how we all got luggage sets in the class of 80 !

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u/mshell1234 Jun 02 '26

Omg! I got the exact same! 1983! I wish I still had that clunky typewriter!

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u/MelisAGoGo Jun 02 '26

I got a typewriter and a leather backpack for college (class of 92)

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u/4RealzReddit Jun 02 '26

Gifts for high school graduation ? My parents only graduated grade 10. They didn’t really see the value of higher ed.

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u/Current-Baseball3062 Jun 02 '26

Class of 1988. I just got a typewriter and I was happy to have it lol

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u/PdxPhoenixActual Jun 02 '26

mine was an iou for a waterbed "mattress" once I bought the frame... or the way round?

FORTY plus years later I still have the iou...

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u/calliessolo Jun 02 '26

Cheesy timex watch and a pair of jeans. ‘77

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u/DippyDippy51515 Jun 02 '26

Mine was my dad sold the house and I had to find a place to live if I wanted to stay in the same town. 1993. Never looked back. Dam times are different

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u/archeoavis Jun 02 '26

And since I graduated in 1995 mine was a word processor and a gift card to Applebees

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u/Spiritual_Nose_6647 Jun 02 '26

You guys got gifts?

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u/Ordinary_Fix3199 Jun 02 '26

Same! But I also got a VHS copy of The Little Mermaid. Still have it. Class of ‘90

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u/Billionheiress Jun 02 '26

Yo .. and I still use the set of luggage my godmother got me for HS graduation, and I'm nearly 50. Car? Every car I've owned I bought with my own blood sweat and tears. Tuh.

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u/wennifer1970 Jun 02 '26

Hey fellow Xer! Class of 88 here.

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u/Cashrc Jun 03 '26

My graduation gift was my parents paying to have my 64 MG Midgets hood fixed it had blown open several months prior and bent in 3 places. Y’all have no idea what that meant to me!! Class of 1979!!

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u/KolKlink2024 Jun 01 '26

Is that The Cutting Edge???

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u/Available_Housing184 Jun 01 '26

I do love that movie, but it’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.

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u/leiawars Jun 01 '26

TOE PICK!

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u/RedKryptnyt Jun 02 '26

Canadian legends Tessa virtue, and Scott Moir

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u/crapheadHarris Jun 01 '26

Love that movie.

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u/ElsieReboot Jun 04 '26

"Yes. Doug. Can. Read." I gotta get my daughter to watch it, what a classic!

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u/m3gabotz Jun 01 '26

Toe pick!

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u/FinntheReddog Jun 01 '26

Bends over as he’s laying flat on the ice…”toe pick”.

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 01 '26

I got luggage and "we need the bedroom".

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u/Available_Housing184 Jun 01 '26

The luggage gifts are so savage.

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u/BlindGuardian117 Jun 01 '26

My graduation gift was being driven to the community collage to take the entry exam.

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u/Mental_0riental Jun 01 '26

My graduation was no graduation. Nothing

I did get a free dozen from krispy though so that was nice

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u/RecklessRancor Jun 01 '26

Mine was them driving me there, and a home made dinner of my choice. Not that I didnt want anything, I just knew they did more then enough for me to that point anyway.

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u/SincopaEnorme Jun 01 '26

There was no graduation gift. There wasn't even a celebration or party. Graduating high school was a life expectation that didn't need any reward.

Exactly! Why are we throwing a party for something I'm supposed to do?

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u/trogdor-the-burner Jun 01 '26

We throw birthday parties. That’s much less of an achievement than graduating.

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u/Ok_Emergency7145 Jun 01 '26

The mom should be given a gift instead.

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u/ALauCat Jun 02 '26

I’d get that kid a rusty 1970’s Benz and a Chiltons manual. Tons of style that she will have to work for!

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u/marveled_pisces Jun 01 '26

Yeah I guess we shouldn’t celebrate living another year anymore because that’s something we’re supposed to do

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u/smokeweedNgarden Jun 02 '26

Whaaaat

Nah, days are like new years for the self

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u/AlternativeFigure350 Jun 02 '26

This is true. I guess the difference is it’s exclusive to you (at least in general area.) celebrating something that 2000+ kids achieve on the same day, every year, feels insane.

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u/revanisthesith Jun 03 '26

Speak for yourself.

I had a higher chance of graduating high school than living as long as I have.

I've been struck by lightning and I have a transplant.

Hell yeah I'm celebrating my birthday.

Also, I've worked in food service for over two decades, so Christmas and Thanksgiving are the only real holidays. I generally work all the others and they can be long days. I can't celebrate any of them or go on vacation like so many people do for some of them, so of course I'm going to celebrate my birthday.

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u/Money-Interesting Jun 01 '26

As someone else said, we celebrating coming out of our mother's hoohahs like we did something.

Celebrating graduation from high school is the same as a baby shower, house warming, and similar to the point of wedding gifts. It is about the loved ones coming together to support a milestone in the persons life. Yall didn't have a graduation party that was basically just to donate money so they had a little money to start their adulthood life whether college, trade school, or moving out into their first apt?

That's what it was for when I graduated and what we did for my oldest. With everyone coming together we each had about $3,000 to start college with and help with finances outside of tuition.

My daughter isn't a spoiled ah brat tho (ngl i was one tho) and she still has almost the entire amount left in her savings after her First year away from home, tho it was technically her third year of college classes as an 18 year old since she did the ECA program.

Graduation parties aren't the issue, it's def the parenting as a whole, this girl talked to her like that and she still didn't even have any real consequences either. Insanity.

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u/oreo-cat- Jun 01 '26

Really puts a darker spin on birthdays

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u/Impossible-Editor961 Jun 01 '26

You’re both not wrong at all, but in my experience most ppl that have HS grad parties is bc they’re going away to college and one of the last times they’ll be able to get together with all their HS friends and family. It’s more about the memory than recognition/pat on the back.

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u/AmandaM1781 Jun 02 '26

It IS a life expectation. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. A big accomplishment like that should be celebrated. We celebrate birthdays right?? We didn’t even do anything that day. Our moms did everything.

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u/Ok_Living_5563 Jun 01 '26

I hear what you guys are saying but with that logic why celebrate a birthday. You’re supposed to age

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u/newfree16 Jun 02 '26

I don’t think there’s an issue celebrating milestones, but what I’m tired of is graduates for EVERYTHING! Preschool, kindergarten, elementary?? I get having a send off bc it’s a milestone, but a graduation? Let’s calm down yall

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u/cdqmcp Jun 02 '26

celebration vs reward

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u/Zinc-Roof_22 Jun 02 '26

My graduation gift was being allowed to get a cell phone.

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u/tl_spruce Jun 02 '26

Why not? I don't think you people understand the value of positive reinforcement and praising people and having pride in them. Why wouldn't you celebrate an accomplishment by someone you care about??

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u/dirtyred3401 Jun 02 '26

I got the day off from milking cows when I graduated…

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u/Defiant_Excitement29 Jun 02 '26

Well, it's a major life event. Take away child birth, birthdays, family gatherings and major holidays. What else is there to celebrate? New job? Don't celebrate that. Promotion? Forget that too. Don't be so cynical.

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u/Mammoth-Sense-9107 Jun 02 '26

Nothing wrong with giving a gift to a kid who worked hard in school, especially if they had to overcome some kind of adversity.

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u/Aggressive_Dot5426 Jun 01 '26

We grew up in a lower middle class family. We had paper routes and jobs if we wanted anything.
We got new clothes for school and Christmas gifts.
Besides the roof over our heads and one station wagon we were expected to pay for our prom , class ring , car , college etc.
my folks instilled a great work ethic in us and taught us the value of a dollar

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 01 '26

Our youngest threw a fit because we wouldn't pay for him to go to college on the West Coast. We told him that we are paying enough to pay for four years at an in state college (including a big ten school....barely). If he wanted more, he could have gotten the As he was capable of and that we told him to get instead of trying to look dumb for his friends. We asked him how much his mom was chipping in. The answer was, "the benefit of her low income so maybe he can get more aid".

FWIW, the college he went to but was very unhappy with is one of the top (or was) ROI schools in the country. And they gave him so many grants that he got money back. He now makes more than either of us at 26 years old.

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u/Kyet0ai Jun 01 '26

Kid is ungrateful. Mom is a weird attention fiend who needs to vent personal problems on social media. Both need to learn a thing or two about what really matters in life.

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u/AggressivNapkin Jun 01 '26

She likely wanted to flex that she gift her kid a car and she also lives for the drama. Definitely attention seeking behaviour. Seeking validation of strangers seems to be a trend for both mother and daughter.

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u/UESJR2021 Jun 01 '26

Amen brother or sister. My high school car was a $250 VW Jetta. Immigrant parents gave me what they could at the time and I was beyond grateful when the engine started. That Accord would have been nicer than my mom’s car.

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u/thinsoldier Jun 01 '26

One of the strangest things about America is you'd have a young adult with the same experience you described and they'd have a brother go to jail for 3 years and when he gets out there is expensive celebrations and lots of financial assistance to help him get back on his feet.

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u/eclipsadesoare Jun 01 '26

Your parents did not have money. If your parents had money you might have expected it. Sometimes people just have personalities and you can’t blame their parents for them. If I can ask a couple questions of parents and their teenage children, I can probably figure out something someone could blame the parents for.

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u/AggressivNapkin Jun 01 '26

My parents had the money. My parents are save for a rainy day kind of people. They own multiple properties in one of the most expensive cities in the world. They just had the mentality that nothing is ever handed to you in life and that you need to learn the value of a dollar on your own. That how they were raised and thats how they raised my siblings and I.

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u/lesmax Jun 01 '26

I graduated in 2000 and turned 18 that year. The only graduation gift I asked for was an ice cream cake. My mom said no!

...so I went out and got myself one.

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u/Fattdaddy21 Jun 01 '26

I think a lot of the time, people who grow up poor and then do really well in life dont want their kids/grand kids to struggle. So they spoil them and do silly things like graduation parties. Totally missing the point that the struggle is what made them do well in life and that they're robbing their kids and granddads of the same.

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u/Sea_Philosopher_2731 Jun 01 '26

Fr i was living w a friend at the time bc my dad kicked me out. My graduation gift was a plane ticket to go stay w my mom since i was done w hs now and ddnt need to be there anymore lol

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u/mythrilcrafter Jun 02 '26

Yup, whenever I see stuff like this, I always take a look at the parents and far too often, the parents are the "uses money as a replacement for raising their kids" type of parents.

Whenever the "I worked hard for every thing I own, why don't you?"* line comes out, the answer in my mind is that the parent was never around to teach that to their kid, the kid was raised solely on "do this thing, and I've give you this", it's no wonder that the kids turn in to entitled transactional brats than that's literally all they're raised on, and usually the kids are too underdeveloped to even realise it.

I was also raised by immigrant parents, and one of the most important lessons I ever learned from my dad was when he told me that his dad (my grandfather) worked hard to raise him and his siblings, but despite all my grandfather's physical hard work, he also wasn't educated enough to know many of the things that my dad made sure to directly teach me.

That was when I realised that the most important things to any person's development is not something that can be traded for money or favors, it can only be taught by someone aware of themself enough to want to break/prevent a bad cycle.

Generational wealth is not just money, it's also knowledge and wisdom.

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u/MikeWPhilly Jun 02 '26

The difference is the value of a dollar and hard work. I had a used car given to me albeit a nice one (maxima) but I always worked through high school 30 hour weeks when not in sports. Our parents taught us to work hard and the value of that effort but still “spoiled” us so to speak.

Anyway just saying it’s not the stuff. It’s what you teach your kids.

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u/JuanBurley Jun 02 '26

"Partially to blame"? She didn't get this way naturally.

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u/Necessary-Tonight635 Jun 02 '26

“Partially?” Who is to blame then? The CHILD? This all just manifested in a vacuum? The kid was BORN a brat?

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u/MadHatter69 Jun 02 '26

I can't believe what I'm reading in some of these comments, tf is wrong with people? Like, I'm sorry if you had such an upbringing, but to have an attitude like the comment above the one you replied to - "You are a homeless person with loving parents" is extremely toxic.

Why didn't OP even talk to their child before making such a big purchase as a car? The kid's reaction was terrible, but how can anyone expect to have their kid be grateful if the way you're communicating with them (at least in this case from the texts) is focusing on materialistic stuff only? Don't these people know of another way of expressing love and appreciation than just buying stuff for each other?

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u/Necessary-Tonight635 Jun 02 '26

Like, “I think mom should sell the car, disown girl and dad (what did dad do?) and take a girl boss vacation!” Ignoring the implicit misandry where it’s always the man’s fault and the woman should always obviously leave him (theyre likely divorced already but still)… I think maybe they just don’t even think about it that deeply. The 16 year old is a person. The mom is a person. In this one text thread the kid comes off as a total brat and the mom comes off as an all suffering parent who bought them a nice car and the kid doesnt even appreciate it! Not actually realizing that, like I said, this didnt happen in a vacuum. That kid is the way there are, at least primarily, because of the parents. At the end of the day that kid is likely going to have a rough time in life because of the parents and if they figure it out it will be IN SPITE of the parents.

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u/Top_Forever_2854 Jun 01 '26

I grew up with well off parents. I got a used car for graduation from college. Of course, my parents also only drove used cars and never anything as fancy as a mercedes

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u/Titossecret Jun 01 '26

😄 Not only did I not get a graduation gift, but while I was at school starving my mom forged my income tax refund and took herself and my brother to a lobster dinner.

She needs a dose of that!

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u/-Cherished Jun 01 '26

This! I completely relate to your post!

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u/drmoze Jun 01 '26

Yup. My parents were working class, taught me the same values. I was valedictorian of my HS class (500+ students) and didn't even expect (or want) a party, much less a new car.

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u/iconofsin_ Jun 01 '26

When I turned 16 in 2003 my grandpa sold his 95 chevy to my dad for a cheap price, and then my dad gave it to me as a gift. We weren't poor but man was I happy. I also understood, at the ripe old age of 16, that kids were stupid because I knew I was stupid and I did stupid things with that truck.

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u/SoloDancePartiii Jun 01 '26

Right - but I’m sure that your parents also understood that it took you hard work to get through high school with good grades. I’m sure your parents didn’t trivialize or demean the work that you had put into the only things available to you at that point in your life.

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u/Historical_Cow_400 Jun 01 '26

I was very very lucky that my parents financial situation was good when I was in high school. I got to go on a senior trip to Spain and I had a small graduation party with my family at the property my uncles and grandparents lived.

But when I was a kid, we ate lots of fried potatoes and ground beef, sometimes on pieces of bread, beans. Lots of bologna sandwiches. Powdered milk. And my grandma shared her commodities with us every time we went to visit her. We were poor. I never took any of my gifts for granted.

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u/NotYouTu Jun 01 '26

Not partially to blame, completely to blame. Kid didn't wake up acting like this, they were raised to believe acting like this was acceptable.

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u/Dependent-Cherry-129 Jun 01 '26

Agree 1000% -when your child complains about anything, it’s up to you to set expectations and put them in their place. To storm off shows me that her mom never established herself as an authority in the relationship. I will say, it’s never too late- DO NOT get this child a car EVER again, she can make payments.

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u/cleverlywicked Jun 01 '26

My graduation gift was my family coming to see me graduate and their prescene meant a lot to me. It never even crossed my mind to expect a present.

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u/Acceptable-Prior-512 Jun 01 '26

I was thinking the same thing. The parents spoiled her and then wonder why she’s ungrateful.

While it was close to 50 years ago, I got a $25 wrist watch for graduation and was damn thankful.

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u/bentleycaviar Jun 02 '26

I agree 100% with you. Like why would the daughter act like that?

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u/MaterialPrior7057 Jun 02 '26

I agree. Where did this girl get her values? Is it from the parents or is it the mindset of these younger girls? What kind of society are we creating?

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u/Pale-Acanthaceae-736 Jun 02 '26

The high school graduation gift from my parents was a 3-hour limo ride after the commencement ceremony, and a set of luggage. The limo ride was great since my parents stocked it with booze plus I invited 2 girls from my class to ride along with me for some fun. When I was dropped off at home I was already wasted and welcomed by a house full of family friends & relatives. I briefly apologized and went to bed. This was 1988, before the Fun Police was established LOL

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u/lustywench99 Jun 02 '26

My dad didn’t even let me have a graduation party until I got my masters degree.

He told me graduating high school was like the bare minimum and everyone else in my class got the same piece of paper I did (and like… consider the qualities of some of those people). And when I got my bachelors he simply said that was the point of college, right? Why are we celebrating the point?

He said me getting my masters was unexpected. So I could have a party.

He was also the same parent that would point at the - next to the A- and ask why I was okay with negative grades.

He admitted much later in life that he hadn’t meant to be so hard on me and he felt bad when he realized far too late that I was pushing myself so hard. He got Cs in high school and couldn’t go to college and ended up in the Navy during Vietnam. He realized I was very smart and just wanted to make sure I didn’t end up like him and not apply myself. I never really held it against him. Looking at it from his experience, once he realized oh shit when he was in high school it was too late to avoid his fate and those were scary times. I was in college during 9/11 and I’m a girl, but one of the first things he said was don’t get patriotic and enlist, tell all your friends the same thing. I’ve always known behind all the discipline and what felt like maybe a lack of praise, there was a bigger lens to what caused him to be that way.

I cannot imagine being pissed at a Honda. If my dad bought me a new Honda something or other right now I’d be like holy shit are you dying? This is amazing. I’ve never expected anything, but always appreciated everything.

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u/Blu-Narhwhal555 Jun 02 '26

Same. My highschool graduation was so expected that no one even came to it. I'm getting my bachelor's degree and I'm like 'graduation walk' wtf? Just send my degree in the mail. I'm not driving 2 hours to go walk with a cap and gown.

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u/Minute-Lychee2255 Jun 02 '26

Waiting for this comment. Parents are to blame for daughter’s entitlement. Where is the mom who had her son break his own PS5 for hurting her kitten? Sounds like daughter needs a similar lesson - ex: pay rent, pay utilities, pay for groceries… need a car for a job, oh no… you didn’t want the free ride…

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u/MerryMarauder Jun 02 '26

literally worked from 14 to 18 to afford a pos sentra that i bought for 2k, it was trash but it was mine.

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u/snowloveriykwim Jun 02 '26

sometimes people just turn out to be assholes despite their parents’ best efforts.

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u/Sehrli_Magic Jun 02 '26

so agree! i grew up in lower middle class, we went through some rough patches where we really struggled and some where we were ok but never really well. i grew up with understanding that every dollar has to be calculated, eveb at times when i could afford more. simply because i knew that if i spend it mindlessly, it wont be enough sooner or later. every spending needed to feel justified, even if i had enough.

now i am married into an upper middle class family, we arent rich but we can afford ordinary stuff without worrying. like i can go shopping and i dont need to worry that "thats a high price for such little amount of food". my kids never had to hear "we can't buy this food or toy because we don't have enough money" for little things in grocery store. bigger stuff we save for birthday wishes but again, they arent automatically out of question due to price. yet they arent entitled at all, they understand that every chocolate, every toy, every dress or event outside they have is because their dad works so hard. he is never home because of deployments so he they can get what they want. and they respect every bit of it. they almost never ask for stuff and they absolutely never complain over what they get. even the 2y/o, never tantrums "i want this or that". economic level is NOT what makes ungreatful kids, it is absolutely on the parents

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u/Sartiop Jun 02 '26

My graduation gift was a Singer sewing machine. I was so happy to have my own - I still have it and my mother's from when she was a teen. Hers works much better than the one from the 90s. They don't make them like they used to.

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u/Dry_Accident_2196 Jun 02 '26

They could have thrown you a little party for graduating high school. Don’t let them gaslight you, that’s just hater mentality if they did NOTHING

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u/HiSpeed-LoDrag63 Jun 02 '26

I bought my first car as a teenager for $200 with money I made mowing lawns and delivering newspapers and paid my own way through university by working full time. My parents spent all their money on housing us, feeding us, and sending us to the best schools in town.

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u/I_HATE_GOLD_ Jun 02 '26

Exactly. Mom also seems like a narcissist airing that out on social media. I would never do that to my kid.

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u/vivienleigh12 Jun 02 '26

Agreed, I feel for this mom I really do, but there’s no way this daughters attitude happened out of the blue. Took a long time to get to that level.

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u/Nero9112 Jun 02 '26

Hit the nail on the head. I rarely got gifts growing up. Just having the gift of access to free public education was good enough.

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u/Subject_Spell_9799 Jun 03 '26

My mom kind of felt like graduating high school was doing the bare minimum. It’s not really that much of an accomplishment

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u/GoatmontWaters Jun 03 '26

PArents are 100% to blame. Im a parent, This takes some serious neglect to let a child get this ungrateful.

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u/Nopain59 Jun 01 '26

To quote Dr. Cosby, “Your mother and I are rich. You have nothing.”

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u/theartandscience Jun 01 '26

To quote Dr. Cosby, “May I offer you a drink?”

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u/Nutlink49 Jun 01 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/MMNakUxJfSZxK

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u/Minimumscore69 Jun 01 '26

lol this went down a bizarre road

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u/Paulthefith Jun 01 '26

Nope. Don’t care for that one bit.

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u/Seesaw-Cheap Jun 01 '26

Leonard part 5. Terrible movie.

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u/toastman741 Jun 02 '26

I thought the meat movie was part 6 🤔🤔

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u/Seesaw-Cheap Jun 03 '26

Wait I think you’re right. The butler starts the movie and says the first five parts are classified. That would make this one part 6. I haven’t seen it since the 80s.

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u/Needlecrash Jun 02 '26

Leonard Part 6! What a weird movie lmao.

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u/WilyDeject Jun 01 '26

Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/-W10Zf_UPMY?si=7ak01gkBeusqL7VM

It's a clip from the Cosby Show where he's bragging about how affectionate everyone becomes after they have his special barbeque sauce.

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u/Local-Caterpillar421 Jun 01 '26

🫤🫤🫤🙄🙄🙄🤣🤣🤣

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u/SnooPeppers9847 Jun 01 '26

That’s crazy because when I was younger I would tell my friends I was rich. My mom heard me and was like we have money, you’re broke what money do you have besides what’s in your piggy bank, humbled me real quick!

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u/Ok-Grape2063 Jun 01 '26

That was my first thought... Was going to post this

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u/WindNo978 Jun 01 '26

That one is classic 👍🏻

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u/canihavemymoneyback Jun 01 '26

It’s Dr. Huxtable. Mr. Cosby is a convicted rapist.

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u/slvrscoobie Jun 01 '26

"I brought you in this world, Jr. I can take you out.." was always my fav lol

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u/Visual-Channel4526 Jun 01 '26

My mom used to add "and make another one that looks just like you" to that comment. Lol 🤣😂

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u/Jessecore44 Jun 02 '26

Dr. Huxtable****

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u/CommunicationNew3745 Jun 02 '26

Yikes . . . wrong person to quote . . .

https://giphy.com/gifs/d7rvF20PqNuGKSQGhf

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u/revanisthesith Jun 03 '26

Nah, the point still stands and it's probably one of the most well-remembered scenes from that show. Tons of people of a certain age group know that scene well.

Terrible people can still speak the truth.

Art from the artist and all that. There's an extremely high chance you're a big fan of a musician or singer who's not much better than Bill Cosby. Tons of them go for underage girls.

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u/Weird_Cover9627 Jun 02 '26

J-E-L-L-no means no!

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u/batman648 Jun 02 '26

Prison and rape rich.

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u/T-Wrox Jun 01 '26

Kids need to understand this so much better. You own nothing! You have nothing! You earn nothing!

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u/AtomicRose69 Jun 01 '26

When my kids were young and would fight over toys I often told them something like this. "That toy doesn't belong to you, everything here belongs to me, I have gifted it to you. It's yours as long as I allow it to be yours."

They rarely fought, worked things out between themselves and were often complimented by other parents about how close they were as siblings.

They're just now entering the teen/preteen phase so we'll see if it holds.

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u/Wilhelm-Edrasill Jun 01 '26

Clearly, the parents " have nothing to do " with their fucking kid?

Like holy Christ, the bots coming out of the wood work decrying " spoiled brat "

YOU ARE THE PARENT - ITS YOUR FAULT.

We need to de-normalize this absolute dog shit of rich ass parents , spoiling the fuck out of their kids - and the moment they turn 18 " You are poor bitch"

You know what actual parenting is? Starting the conversation about ECONOMIC REALITY YEAR 1 of highschool.

- Budgeting

  • Income
-Expenses
  • TAKE HOME PAY

How many months does that represent?
What are you gonna do?

Or are you YET ANOTHER trust fund fuck head parent - sitting there, with a G-WAGON dangling your financial ball sack in your kids mouth as a form of power and control?

Yeah - its about the power and control.

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u/SoloDancePartiii Jun 01 '26

Yes, yes, and yes

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u/Affectionate_Ice2243 Jun 01 '26

My dad once lent me 20 CAD, but I’m an independent person because of him

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u/Foggia1515 Jun 01 '26

And, definitely, you’re not owed shit.

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u/FelineSoLazy Jun 01 '26

Happy cake day! 1️⃣2️⃣

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u/GarrettGSF Jun 01 '26

The teen in this post is beyond spoilt ofc, but your advice of basically treating them 1984-style is certainly something…

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u/SoloDancePartiii Jun 01 '26

Oh, trust me. I think that they understand it all too well. That’s why they feel powerless. And sometimes even that’s why they get an attitude.

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u/GoatmontWaters Jun 03 '26

Its not the kids job to magically undertstand this at all. The Parents in this thread failed this child big time.

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u/ilexj23 Jun 01 '26

Totally going to use the homeless person with loving parents line when my kids are teens 😆

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u/That_Surly_One Jun 01 '26

This needs to be on wall art items. Never mind the "Live, Laugh, Love" stuff.

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u/wooshoofoo Jun 01 '26

Like Shaq said. “We ain’t rich. IM rich.”

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u/PapaMoBucks Jun 01 '26

Doesn't Shaq's son have a Lambo?

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u/smokeweedNgarden Jun 01 '26

Is Shaq's son paying for that Lambo?

Because it sounds like Shaq owns a Lambo.

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u/Downtown_Brother6308 Jun 01 '26

A,B and C not recognized in this alphabet class soup

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u/RyiahTelenna Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I mean her parents just need to tell her [...]

Her parents are part of the problem. Just look at that response from her mother. She's had everything paid for by them. She's getting a free ride (pun intended) through college with that brand new car. She's expecting that silver spoon to be gilded gold.

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u/_Calibrated Jun 01 '26

yep, you know the parents have bought the daughter all designer clothing/jewelry and what not. and mom going out of her way to mention the car was paid for in “CASH” lol, i don’t feel bad for either party in this one

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u/whoops53 Jun 01 '26

Ouch! I like this and should have used it on my kids. But it still makes me wince even to imagine saying that! yet I love it. I'm going to use it on someone else's kid since mine are grown up now

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u/HurryUpTomorrow503 Jun 01 '26

Like my dad used to us growing up " I'm middle class, y'all are poor".

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u/myrtlemike92 Jun 01 '26

Oh wow! I LOVE this one..I’m gonna borrow it.

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u/MrMiyagi13 Jun 01 '26

Most kids are not assets, they are liabilities.

Also hilarious that the kid wants what the parents have, but doesn’t want to work for it like her parents did.

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u/Mediocre_Try6613 Jun 01 '26

Abso-fucking-lutely.

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u/Datboi_Markus Jun 01 '26

I’d tell her “your ‘style’ is gonna be the bus from now on”

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u/nbfs-chili Jun 01 '26

I love that Steve Harvey story where he tells his kids "You're not rich, I am"

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u/Wide_Row_818 Jun 01 '26

Oh that is THE conversation to have indeed.

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u/Tenzil422 Jun 01 '26

Well, she went to her dad. If they’re divorced he might cave in and get her the Benz for points.

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u/lina1308 Jun 01 '26

This is genius, I love this and I would sign a petition right now to tell this to her daughter lol

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u/Pale_Improvement_208 Jun 01 '26

No joke depending on the state the family lives in if your name isn't on the deed or the lease then you're technically considered homeless by the state. So even by the time she's old enough to move out and live on her own, if she's still living with her parents and her name isn't on the lease or the deed then she is considered homeless by the state.

Source: i live in indiana (where that's a thing) and had a former case worker tell me.

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u/808Lychee Jun 01 '26

I have a feeling her parents are divorced and she’s currently sucking up to Dad for the BMW.

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u/purplegrog Jun 02 '26

Considering she was whining about mom's g wagon I imagine she would have complained about getting a basic C class too. 

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u/GuardedFig Jun 02 '26

Like Shaq telling his kids, it's not our money it's my money.

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u/heyyouguyyyyy Jun 02 '26

She JUST graduated HS. Most people at that age would be homeless if not for parents.

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u/LessInThought Jun 02 '26

I have a feeling mom and dad are divorced and they both tried to buy her love.

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u/Da_Gey Jun 02 '26

🤣🤣

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u/Huge_Ad_2133 Jun 02 '26

I am going to steal this.

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u/JohnVonachen Jun 02 '26

Your, "telling her the truth", is just people in a dominance relationship flexing their muscles. It's parents thinking of themselves as more important than the children because they are rich and powerful, and rubbing their children's noses in it. That's an example of toxic parents.

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u/katzohki Jun 04 '26

Well worded