My solution to breaking the cycle of generational trauma is to simply not have kids. Respect to the people who can break through it while having kids.

Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!

Silicon Valley, 2025:

It's because these fuckers want validation. "Oh man just wait for you to hate your child and be a parent as much as I do, just you wait". Jesus, just go to fucking therapy.

Y'know one of the big reasons I never want to be a parent is other parents. I'm sure it's so encouraging for Pat, happy that his goofy kid has dodged the cliche "troublesome ages" so far, to be constantly told "oh just wait til they fuckin hate you they're gonna hate you so much" like DAMN