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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And they didn't use drugs to treat your behavior, they just beat the shit out of you until you conformed.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Oh they most certainly used drugs to treat children. (I know these aren’t all behavioral things though.)

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you had a cough or a fever .... they'd give you cocaine or heroin

But if you didn't want to eat your peas ... you'd get the cane

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

These days, I can hardly get the cane without paying top dollar.

[–] RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Is there a place in the reverse where old ads like these are posted regularly?

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I got spanked as a kid and now I suffer from rEsPeCt FoR oThErS

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The ultimate form of respect

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This can also go the other way and make someone or somemany an anarchist and have no respect for authority etc, so, you know be careful, or don't. We're not the boss of anybody nor do we wish to be ;)

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

And they all got middle class jobs for life, bought houses, raised families, and retired with a pension.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

When you were a kid, it wasn't called senility, it was called being an old grumpy asshole.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

And they called TB consumption

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Then they gave these "little brats" the keys to the kingdom, and they shit all over it at every opportunity.

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Behavioural disorder and misbehaviour are literally different ways of saying the same thing but with a difference in blame.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago