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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 day ago (2 children)

These are hilarious, but I don't think I'd survive in a country where the national sport is trolling.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 day ago

They call it banter rather than trolling, but yes.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My family is like this. All we do is make fun of each other. It's kept mostly internal (including close family friends) but that's how we show love.

I still dress like a ranch hand about a quarter of the time even though I'm only out there to lend a hand once in a while. I showed up at my parent's place while my siblings were in town while I was wearing my boots and a pearl snap shirt. In our group chat my dad still asks "Hey Cowboy, did ya yee any haws today?" and that's been over a year.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

My family is like this. All we do is make fun of each other. It’s kept mostly internal (including close family friends) but that’s how we show love.

Oof, my mom is like this. My entire childhood was: bullying at school, bullying on the playground, then coming home to mom making jokes at my expense while telling me to "learn to laugh at myself" when I got upset because her words sounded exactly like what bullies would say.

It's one thing to poke fun at friends and peers who share your humor, but I hope adults recognize that kids are still developing their senses of self, and stuff like this can fuck them (and their relationships with their parents) up for life.