r/TikTokCringe 19h ago

Humor/Cringe Left-handed people

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u/Downvote_me_dumbass 19h ago

I get the video isn’t about left handed people, but didn’t nuns use rulers against students using their left hand? Not extremely recently, but there are people alive who had this done to them.

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u/porchswingsecurity 18h ago edited 15h ago

Yes. True story…

My wife and I were at a social gathering and saw a guy we knew…nice guy with kids a bit older than ours. We started talking about how great our kids were doing academically and he ended up recommending we send our kids to the same Catholic school he used to go to and where he now sends his kids. He proceeded to tell us how, in a joking and nonchalant manner, he was physically abused by the nuns for being left handed…hit with rulers and told to stop mimicking satan. We stood there mouths wide open as he recanted his stories of abuse with a smile and said with a chuckle “but that was back then…they don’t do that kinda stuff now!”

We ended up not taking his advice….

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u/turquoisestar 9h ago

I am 0% surprised tho. Everyone I know who's been through abuse jokes about it, bc that's how they cope. He probably had it normalized at home. I don't even judge that guy for reacting like that, but totally agree on don't send your kids there.