Psychology says the generation that grew up in the 1960s and 70s didn't become tough because they wanted to - they became tough because the world handed them consequences with no safety net and no explanation, and by the time they were twelve they had already learned that nobody was coming to save them, and that lesson cemented itself so deep into their nervous system that they still can't ask for help sixty years later - Silicon Canals

Psychology says the generation that grew up in the 1960s and 70s didn't become tough because they wanted to - they became tough because the world handed them consequences with no safety net and no explanation, and by the time they were twelve they had already learned that nobody was coming to save them, and that lesson cemented itself so deep into their nervous system that they still can't ask for help sixty years later - Silicon Canals

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