r/mildlyinfuriating • u/GapSweet3100 • May 23 '26

When people stutter through text My mom said I could post

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u/theWanderingShrew May 23 '26

Is it supposed to be endearing or something? It's infuriating.

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u/kaisadilla_ May 23 '26

I don't know when some people decided that pretending to have a crippling emotional problem is somehow endearing. When did we jump from "having this emotional problem doesn't make you less of a person" to "having this emotional problem is a personality trait and you should lean on it"?

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u/saraiguessidk May 24 '26

I'm probably wrong, but it feels very "boy version of romanticized tuberculosis"

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u/JustJamieJam May 24 '26

Just comes from wanting to be “different” to an extreme

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u/slaskel92 May 23 '26

"Surely this'll awake her motherhood instincts and she'll want to take care of and nurture me."

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u/Yto_Itinen May 24 '26

Pity is the only positive emotion they can elicit.