r/interesting • u/Maleficent-Town5273 • Aug 20 '26

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u/JustletmeBee2026 Aug 20 '26

She seems legitimately distressed.

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u/aloysha13 Aug 20 '26

Yeah this is sad. She seems like a teenager and the guy recording sounds older. He probably could have calmed her by trying to be empathetic. I get that she’s wrong but god damn yall, have some compassion for a kid who clearly gets abused by grandma and probably has absent parents.

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u/RogerRavvit88 Aug 20 '26

Caged animal lashes out and behaves unpredictably. Nobody could have expected this.

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u/Used-Persimmon-367 Aug 20 '26

Comparing people to animals is weirdo behavior.

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u/RogerRavvit88 Aug 20 '26

It’s almost like you’ve never heard a metaphor before.

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u/Used-Persimmon-367 Aug 20 '26

I have, I just know this particular metaphor was the trademark of the Nazi Party.

You never heard of dehumanization?

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u/hotdiggitydooby Aug 20 '26

Humans are animals?

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u/Used-Persimmon-367 Aug 20 '26

Historically, comparing people to animals has been used as a psychological tool to justify mistreatment, cruelty, and discrimination by stripping away their human rights.