• voracitude@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    would be to suggest that only a small segment of humanity has ever been not been mentally ill

    Look I think the OP needs some perspective, but stepping back for a minute to look around at the world… are you sure that’s an unreasonable suggestion?

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      7 months ago

      Yes I do think that’s an unreasonable suggestion considering the vast amount of time our species has been on this planet, we were small groups of hunter-gatherers and there’s not, as far as I know, widespread mental illness amongst modern hunter-gatherers.

      And those hunter gatherers often all live together as one single tribe. Not only do the children not have their own rooms, no one does. Let alone locks.

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        7 months ago

        Homie, it was a joke about the state of the world. I recognise your username, we are often arguing the same points in threads so I think we agree on a lot. There’s no need to come at me all serious, I was just trying to give you a wry smile.