• Cypher45@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 hours ago

    For those who don’t understand, this meme is a reference to me.

    My daddy would beat the shit out of me if he asked me something and I didn’t reply because I had headphones on and didn’t hear him.

    So I would wear it like that.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      Dang, I didn’t regularly get the shit beat out of me, but basically everything just up to that, screaming, random punishments that made no sense, shit getting thrown around, doors opened and slammed, etc.

      Absolutely no concept of being allowed to have an actually private and safe space, untill I went off to uni.

      My entire family was like this.

      I also learned to wear a headset like this.

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    9 hours ago

    Neither?

    Unless this meme is about keeping one ear free when using head phones. I do that, but only when I’m walking or riding on a bike lane.

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      7 hours ago

      So the second one for you?

      It wasn’t childhood, but I had a relationship where I learned this. It would be a fight if I didn’t hear something they said, so I would always have one side of the headphones off so I could hear where they were and if they said anything….

    • deft@lemmy.wtf
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      5 hours ago

      It’s about listening for your parents either to come home, come up the stairs or speaking to you.