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They probably weren’t allowed around you if you were eating peanut butter. Did you eat a lot of peanut butter growing up?

kakacik 11mo ago
I grew up in communist bloc, finely oppressed by russians with their military bases all around, ready for nuclear WWIII that never came. Peanut butter isn't something I ever saw before being adult and well into 90s, it simply wasn't a thing, I guess evil capitalist invention with the only goal to subvert our fine communistic paradise, like ie Star wars movies. Raw peanuts were frequent though, I guess one of very few things that actually made it through very badly functioning central planning and wasnt stolen by aparatchicks and collaborants for themselves. Never ever met a single kid having any sort of peanut allergy during growing up, never knew its a thing. I recall one or two with asthma, hay fever and thats it. But same could be said about any form of mental diseases/issues for whatever reason, anxiety, adhd variants and so on... either ignored, undiagnosed or really on much lower levels, dont know. Kid misbehaving? A fine smack or some other physical punishment settled things at least in primary school. Then things started to change a bit till they overcorrected these days.
- eru 11mo ago
  The 'Zappelphilip' (fidgeting Philip) stereotype is pretty old in at least Germany. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter So stuff like ADHD symptoms were definitely not unheard of.
casey2 11mo ago
This is such a strange modern take. Parents didn't "allow" their children around others. Unless they were royalty most wouldn't spend more than 40 minutes a day with their parents. We don't see the that concept coming to American until the late 80s, early 90s in affluent neighborhoods to socially distinguish themselves from "ghetto" families
- codezero 11mo ago
  not true, and although this is anecdata, it's worth mentioning. I had a friend who wasn't allowed to spend the night in the 80s because my parents let me keep my 410 shotgun under my bed (I didn't have any ammunition).

kakacik 11mo ago

I grew up in communist bloc, finely oppressed by russians with their military bases all around, ready for nuclear WWIII that never came. Peanut butter isn't something I ever saw before being adult and well into 90s, it simply wasn't a thing, I guess evil capitalist invention with the only goal to subvert our fine communistic paradise, like ie Star wars movies. Raw peanuts were frequent though, I guess one of very few things that actually made it through very badly functioning central planning and wasnt stolen by aparatchicks and collaborants for themselves. Never ever met a single kid having any sort of peanut allergy during growing up, never knew its a thing. I recall one or two with asthma, hay fever and thats it. But same could be said about any form of mental diseases/issues for whatever reason, anxiety, adhd variants and so on... either ignored, undiagnosed or really on much lower levels, dont know. Kid misbehaving? A fine smack or some other physical punishment settled things at least in primary school. Then things started to change a bit till they overcorrected these days.

eru 11mo ago
The 'Zappelphilip' (fidgeting Philip) stereotype is pretty old in at least Germany. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter So stuff like ADHD symptoms were definitely not unheard of.

casey2 11mo ago

This is such a strange modern take. Parents didn't "allow" their children around others. Unless they were royalty most wouldn't spend more than 40 minutes a day with their parents. We don't see the that concept coming to American until the late 80s, early 90s in affluent neighborhoods to socially distinguish themselves from "ghetto" families

codezero 11mo ago
not true, and although this is anecdata, it's worth mentioning. I had a friend who wasn't allowed to spend the night in the 80s because my parents let me keep my 410 shotgun under my bed (I didn't have any ammunition).