The Participation Trophy Apocalypse

What strange insight about life still puzzles you? There’s a strange glitch in modern life that still scrambles my brain: we raised a generation allergic to consequences and now act shocked when they melt down over basic reality. Somewhere along the line, discipline got rebranded as cruelty, and accountability became optional. The result is a wave of adults who expect life to operate like customer service, with refunds for discomfort and managers available for emotional inconvenience. It […]

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