Radical acceptance

POV means nothing anymore
- falls into the same category as useless "nobody:"
  
  I'm so glad that meme format died.
  Also that fucking distorted bubble text sent me into a frothing seizure.
  I can't even imagine what kinds of shit I'm missing on TikTok
  
  literally.
- Maybe that's the mom in the the picture
  
  Maybe but then the photo doesn't really match the text
- I was going to say, "POV: I have no idea what POV means."
- Maybe whats shown is the mom trying to hide the "oh, so NOBODY wants you, damn." behind a nervous smile.
- Does it not mean point of view?
  
  Of course. If someone said "POV: a truck driver" you'd expect a scene looking out from the driver's seat of a truck.
  In this photo what does it mean? Clearly it's not her point of view. Her mother's? But that's not what the text implies.
  For some reason on TikTok especially people just slap "POV:" on absolutely everything.
  Literally nothing about this meme would change if they left off POV. It's utterly meaningless when used like this.
- Nobody:
  bdonvr@thelemmy.club: POV means nothing anymore

Parents: “son its ok if you’re gay, we know its hard being different in a small town like this but youre still our child and we will always love you no matter what”
Me: “mom, dad, i’m not gay.”
Mom: “really? you sure about that?”
Dad: “you’ve literally never had a girlfriend and would be the only straight guy in town who hasnt. hell even most of the gay kids have had a beard at some point.”
Me: “i’m not gay… i’m just horribly depressed and have zero self esteem.”
Mom: “shit. whoops. i suppose we better find you a therapist then.”
Me: crawls into a hole and dies of embarrassment
- I mean, your parents thought of you, tried to connect, listened, then started lining up care.
  Parents be winning.
  If you thought you'd get out of your teenage years without death-by-embarrassment, you're kidding yourself.
  To connect with you, my parents discovered the evidence of long term daily self harm when I was in a bike crash and was unconscious. They otherwise believed me happy and healthy. That wasn't a fun conversation in the hospital, with a concussion.
  
  As a parent, most of us just want to help, but it's incredibly hard to know what's going on inside your head.
  I was a kid once too, and I know how hard dealing with parents can be. But I also know that every time I opened up, they attempted to help. Give it a shot, unless they're actually abuse.
- You should get therapy if your parents are offering. It helps.
  
  Except when you find out the therapist your parents sent you to was their friend and told them everything you shared.
- Dad: Quick reload the save we did before we started this convo path
  Mom:...I forgot
  Dad:...fuck.
- I had an almost verbatim convo with my parents as a teen.

What is "rizz"?
- It's something the youths are saying these days to describe someone who's smooth and has cha-"rizz"-ma.
  
  Did you say youts?
  
  Too bad INT,CHA,DEX,... didn't catch on instead.
  
  I always thought it meant to fart.
- She has no rizz
- recessive jizz
  
  You only get the jizz if you got the rizz. 😎
- It’s slang for charisma.
- Swag
  Charisma
- it's what you do to your blorbo
- I assume it means libido. This lady is very much a voluntary celebate.
  
  Inferring an awful lot from just a picture, my guy.
  
  That's the meme picture. Not the person.
  
  "Attractive privilege".
  I acknowledge the possibility of attractive people being involuntarily celibate, but I suspect that is is much less likely than for unattractive people.

My mom would randomly ask me "what do you think about
<whatever hot celebrity happened to be on TV>
. Yea mom, I'm not gay but I'm not talking about this shit with you either.
- That's just what someone with two healthy arms WOULD say
  
  Can we leave that shit on Reddit? It was tired there

Excessively worried moms can be annoying, but at least she’s trying to be supportive of her daughter.

This just makes me think of all the times my mom accused me of being high years before I ever touched any drugs every time I would ask for something to eat because I was hungry.
- Yikes that sounds like she was trying to give you an eating disorder. Im sure that was stressful anytime you just wanted a snack

One of my sisters once told me she was proud of me for being out with my bisexuality.
When asked, she said it was because I am liberal, and often refer to the people I date as partners. Then I had to explain to her what nonmonogamy was, and I’m not sure if that was more or less acceptable to her.
- So are you not bisexual?
  
  Probably not..?
- But also, even hetero monogamous people can call the people they're dating partners.... I don't see her logic there.
  
  Ive used partner as well, but yeah it does seem to confuse people.

Hehe. My mom said that she will accept any girl I bring home. Too bad that I have zero game. I am gonna die lonely and miserable aren’t I?
- You can always lower your standards
  Obesity rates are going up so things will just keep getting easier
  
  Or just change your standards. Try to find someone you share something in common with, don't just go for looks. I don't know if that's helpful or actionable though.

I got that in HS, too. Took till like college until I started caring about dating. But that was in like 2000 so it was a lot less accepted so it was appreciated.

My parents always used language that didn't presume we were heterosexual. Eventually, she started using even more inclusive language specifically for me, which was kinda weird but cool. I think she's finally just realized I'm not interested in romance or sex. Idk. I don't like bringing up topics like that, and I think she wants to give me space to bring that kind of thing up when I'm ready, so we just play a guessing game?

noməlulul

It's your eyebrows girl
- I always wondered why the Mii editor let you do that
- Holy fucking shit covered Jesus...
  +1 eyebrows
- That has to be some weird ai filter/upscaling artifact, right? Her teeth and neck look weird too. But idk, maybe she really has sidebrows

Had to have this discussion with some childhood friends a few years ago still single.

I remember my mom once worriedly asked me if I was gay because "I never saw you with a girlfriend". I was a rude, long-haired, weird looking rocker asshole, and 15 at the time of the question.

why does her oven mitt say nomelulul?
- It's Lululemon backwards, and it's a purse, not an oven mitt
  
  Lululemon, the purse. These new digimon are going too far
- It says nomɘlulul
- Athleisure cookwear

My parents had this conversation with me once I hit college. I was thankful that they were open minded and supportive but it was awkward convincing them that while I very much liked the opposite gender I had other priorities at that time.

You used the word rizz unironically, no wonder you haven't found love

That mom is toxic. Sorry you have to deal with that.
- Disagree. Mom may be awkward or slightly ignorant, but telling your child that you accept them if they’re gay and presumably worried about mentioning their dating life to you is basically the opposite of toxic.
  
  Imagine thinking "I better let my child know I love and accept them in case they had doubts" is toxic.
- Good news, believe there was a misunderstanding here :)