Okay this is gonna probably make absolutely zero sense, but I’m gonna try and explain:
(This might cause some brain damage and you might lose a few braincells from reading this)
For context, most of my family are US Citizens, we were all born in China.
My mom (and my dad, somewhat) is just so big on “Tough on crime”, whenever there were alleged lootings during protests, my parents would be okay with them getting shot to death. Constantly blame “Democrats” for crime and the “migrant crisis”. Also love their Wechat and constantly play (Chinese) nationalistic songs and other propaganda on the fucking speaker. Also, if you are dealing with severe depression, and temporarily can’t work, they call you a “廢柴”, basically the cantonese term equivalent of the term “useless eater”.
My brother is into some crazy conspiracy theory that the Chinese Government is in a conspiracy to replace Han Chinese with, not only Chinese ethnic minorities, but African Migrants (like wtf dude), basically the equivalent of the “white replacement conspiracy theory” but in China instead (yea it sounds insane, doesn’t it? Like… buddy, China doesn’t even give permanent residency to foreigners, what the fuck is this insane conspiracy theory? Also, he’s a US Citizen, why the fuck does he care?). Simultaneously, he opposes racism from white people in the US (… some crazy hypocrisy, isn’t it? 🤨).
Tell me this isn’t just me with the most insane family in the world.
Most of my family is just bat shit insane
In my family my sister is an antivaxer, so my niece is unvaccinated and has been through some sicknesses - from my perspective unnecessarily. Good that she didn’t get anything langlasting (yet).
Yeah, a family member of mine was in a cult lead by a person who had everyone believing they were a reincarnated sun god… and there were invisible planets travelling through the solar system on a collision course with earth, and aliens… aliens living under the ocean near Japan, and they were thinking of taking over the world in response to Fukushima… I lost touch with her when she was grabbing shovels and heading to the hills to live in a region that had been calculated as ‘too far for the non-believers to make it following a tsunami’…
All I’ve got is, “Damn.”
Wishing you the best.
I have no advice. I just hope you and your kitty find peace and calm soon. 🥲
Oh you recognize my username lol. I think my cat is fine, like she doesn’t attack anyone, there’s no reason she’d get hurt (hopefully). My parents actually like the cat, I wish I got the same love as my cat gets 🥲
My family is backwards, into ultra conservative religion and is deeply prejudiced in unconventional ways not (directly) racially. Meanwhile they are pro labor union to the extreme. My sister is all hardcore religious, and she is a deeply abusive and manipulative mach.
Religion has become my primary sign of insanity. Yesterday, the neighbor was beating his kid, so a few neighbors called the cops. When I told my fam, the guy was demon possessed and speaking in tongues. Like, dude drinks way too much some times, but how bat shit must someone be to diagnose a dimwitted drunk as demon possessed.
All I can say is peak leaded fuel happened in the 1980’s. I’m from '84, so I’m not entirely free from doubt, but my parent’s generation… They are generally everything that is wrong with the present, and everyone controlling the head of the dragon ATM.
Haha, demons. Good god, my hillbilly family loves to blame the poor old demons.
If you’re gay there’s a demon in your peepee, rectal cancer there’s a demon in your butt. If you’re broke there must be demons in your wallet, If you’re hungry, there’s a demon in your gut. Tooth decay? You must have licked yourself a demon. Mental breakdown? Demons making you a nut! Every day we’re out here fighting all these demons, at night the sleep paralysis demons fight us!
Demons, demons, demons. Can’t get an erection? Must be a demon in your semen! Visit your local faith healin’, money stealin’, shandra maw hyba maw heep ahbba makoyata dahba sheenda tongue talkin’ preacher tuhday!
Pure poetry, my friend. Bravo.
Yeah man. Everybody’s family is insane on some level - some more than others. Lemme put it this way, there was a reason why I moved 3000 miles away from mine.
I can confirm this is absolutely insane.
But sadly not the first time I heard about something like this.
Some of my friends told me on separate Occasions that their Parents ,they are 1st Generation Immigrants to Germany, support our far-right Party AFD. And are simultaneously angry with the racism they encounter.
Propaganda works.
Some of my friends told me on separate Occasions that their Parents ,they are 1st Generation Immigrants to Germany, support our far-right Party AFD.
Yep, I can confirm that. The most racist people in my wider circle of friends and colleagues are Polish and Hungarian immigrants themselves.
They are extremely religious too and I think the propaganda often builds on their beliefs.
To spice things up, imagine them as Russian immigrants, completely immersed in the alt reality via direct Sattelite TV feed into their Living Rooms 24/7. There are people in Germany who are scared to death because despite living amongst us, believing the lies their TV tells them.
(E.g. Russo phobia in Germany, Gangs target Russians, Police helps or shit like that… Fox news but X10 turbo alpha beat down edition)
Okay wow :0 This is nearly 1:1 what a Friend told me. They left Ukraine for Germany in the early 2000s and now they watch exclusively Russian Television and even broke contact with their family in Ukraine because “They are Nazis who want to kill Russians”.
I was gonna comment that this seems like basic ultra conservative nationalistic first generation Chinese American until you got to the Han replacement theory, which makes zero sense. I’m sorry this is really tough.
I’m happy for you that you have escape toxic Chinese and American nationalism. I’m sorry you have to deal with this.
My family can also be insane but dude, this is tough.
Edit: I want to add a comment that I frequently comment on Chinese culture and am sometimes taken the wrong way. I do not mean my first sentence in a rude or racist way. There is a weird trend of Chinese nationalism, and Chinese immigrants taking up pro China but extremely conservative positions that goes against minority rights while also being a minority in America. Chinese cultural is very conservative on its own but its blend with nationalism and political and social conservatives breeds wild ideologies in America.
Given what a shit state the world is in and seemingly headed for worse, I’d wager you’re far from alone in having family that believes in absolute rubbish.
My boyfriend and I were once snapped at during a family gathering because we dared to eat corn on the cob at a barbecue. The argument was something like, “A barbecue is only for meat, everything else is just greens, and the Greens (a german political party) want to ban our schnitzel!!!1!1!” There’s simply nothing else occupying these people’s minds anymore—every topic, no matter how unrelated, somehow always gets dragged back to ThE gReEnS, CoViD vAcCiNaTiOnS, or whatever else.
LET’S GOOOO
When our health system breaks those people are ripe with medical issues our system can’t afford any more at that time. If they willingly want to eat themselves to death by switching to protein (cheap shitty 2.50€ Aldi Hack Halb und Halb)-protein only diet and avoiding vaccinations… and if a triage decision is needed, they will loose.
I don’t want to imply anything, but a healthy lifestyle is the first row of defence against a short life in pain.
“They want to take away your hamburgers!”
Hamberders.
Like wow. My family is insane in their own way but the stories in this thread are twisted. Yikes.
Someone mentioned leaded fuel. Makes sense. My guess would be additional burnout, undiagnosed mental issues and lack of education. At least thats the only way I can imagine this world being the way it is.
The most cruel part is the amount of gaslighting they deal out. I was told my whole life (not even youth but until my thirties) that I‘m overreacting while believing scientists.
I suggest searching for and joining international groups of likeminded people. Its what keeps me sane in this turmoil. Of course lemmy sometimes helps too.
Happy new year to those who celebrate it.
They say insanity runs in the family. But it more like takes a stroll and takes its time to really get to know each one individually.
All the fucking time, I’m older and just have very little to do with them, comes a stage when you just don’t want to excuse their shit anymore.
But I own my own house at the other end of the country, so there is that.
“Family” are people I share a philosophy with on how to treat other people, each other and treat the planet . I have little to nothing in common philosophically with people I shared some random genetic materail with.
Unfortunately I think most people have family or at least friends like this here in the post-truth world.
I think what depresses me the most is that once the MAGA leopards start eating all of our faces, they will still do the mental gymnastics to blame all of the MAGA-induced suffering on “liberals”. Even though the Democrats have basically zero power (and are right of center) they will still blame “the left” when a gallon of milk costs $18 and is full of dangerous bacteria.
