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The two of us went to see a movie. She picked whatever was new that weekend. It turned out to be an R-rated film, with lots of high-brow philosophical life discussions, clearly aimed specifically at a much older, intellectual audience.
Being 15, I was bored out of my gourd, and after nearly 20 minutes of incredible dullness, was so frustrated that I looked away from the screen, up at the ceiling. Her noticing it and reacting by viciously castigating me was instantaneous. Her tone was extra poisonous and hateful. She was absolutely certain I'd just nearly embarrassed her to death.
The movie wasn't popular, to say the least; there was nearly no one else in that screening, despite it being a Friday. It was so dark in there that you could only barely see the person sitting right next to you. There was, at most, a microscopic chance that anyone who knew us in any way was in that room, and a total zero chance that anyone else could see us at all.
Yet, she was absolutely certain I'd just nearly embarrassed her to death.
A minor incident, maybe; one of thousands of the smaller moments of insanity I'd experienced in her company. But this one just stands out.
For most of my life, I'd have never pinpointed her of all people as a narcissist. She never dressed or acted flashy, and in fact seemed to hate the idea of drawing attention to herself in public. She didn't engage in any of the truly outrageous openly self-centered dramatics I've seen so often described here by others.
But now I realize just how often she rebuked and criticized me, called me a freak, crazy, deranged - with the excuse that my acting in any way abnormal would cause some nebulous, undefined "other people" to see me and, g-d forbid, judge me as acting too weird. (Judge me as harshly, out of all proportion to reality, as SHE always did). And if they did see me and judge me in any way abnormal, then they would judge *her* as abnormal by association.
These "other people" didn't exist. If there were other people around, anybody with a firm grasp on reality would have understood that they inevitably did not give a shit about us or the occasional weird behavior of a child. These "other people", who would see me and then stare and point and jeer and call us both crazy because I was bored enough to glance at the ceiling, or do any other random things a child regularly did. Did. Not. Exist.
But throughout the entire time I was growing up in this woman's "care" - in her mind, and in her mind
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Once the United States entered WW2, how did citizens, and servicemen, feel towards the different enemies, primarily the Japanese and the Germans? Did most Americans feel more strongly against Japan because of Pearl Harbor? Did racism play a role? If I were joining the military, would I have had a preference for where I went? Were there regional differences in views?
Any answer doesn't have to address these exact points, but just generally how American views differed for the Germans and Japanese.
https://blog.es.playstation.com/2019/09/16/playstation-estar-presente-un-ao-ms-en-madrid-games-week-2019/
Death Stranding will NOT be playable at the event. TLOU2 footage will be publicly shown during this event.
Clarification: This Death Stranding demo is behind closed doors and will be viewable to attendees at the event, unfortunately. So not a media only event. And not for non-attendees. Semi-public. :/
Sorry for the weird structure of the question.
Also you guys have raccoons there?
I'm really interested in musical theater and acting. I was in a few productions in high school. I'm in my junior year now as an econ major with a business minor, but really want to get back into theater. Does anybody know of anything?
