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It's a strange feeling, to look back on your life and suddenly see how society has crippled you, knowing how terrible it has been for you, and yet being such an essential part of you, you have neither desire to remove it from yourself nor regret.
Only a desire to stop it from happening to anyone else.
This, right here, is why I'm an extremely vigilant mentor for people in my industry. It will eat you alive and take until there's nothing left. Not letting that happen to anyone.
Same stance on parenting: my kids get to be whoever they want to be, and I'm right there with them. The only thing they can't be is an asshole
I wouldn't be able to stand up for others as effectively if I hadn't been at least somewhat hardened by the bullshit and bullying by now.
Unfortunately HTFU is valuable advice in a lot of blue collar spheres. When I give it I typically caveat that it's only a shell, and you have to remember how to take it off.
HTFU?
Hulk The Fuck Up? (labor)
Hate The Fucking Users? (IT)
Has Tomorrow's Finality Urged (ADHD)
Have To Finally Unwind (everyone)
Having Tits Fixes U (confused)
Hawk Tuah Feminist Union (strong straight women)
How The Fuck U still awake (me)
having tits is fixing me :3
I'm stealing some of these, but guessing from OP context it's probably Harden The Fuck Up.
Edit: Also, I wanna see a logo for the Hawk Tuah Feminist Union. Like, really badly.
How did I miss it? I just tell the new guys to look at my scars and decide if they want to look like that.