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Double Grounded
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this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2026
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I never understood being grounded. When I was a kid, we just snuck out anyway because what are they gonna do, super ground us?
For me at least, being grounded was the preferable alternative to having my ass beaten physically off my body with the nearest leather belt or wooden implement. I can serve my time and be free afterward, or I can make things worse for everyone involved, and still be grounded but also be physically harmed while I'm grounded.
Was this good and right? Hell if I know, man. It feels like a fundamental disrespect of someone's human rights, but also, I was ten, and it succeeded in teaching me to be less of an incorrigible little fucker.
It was wrong and there were other ways to get you to be less of an incorrigible little fucker that wouldn’t have hurt you so much.
It's called child abuse.
There would have been so many other ways to shape your attitude, which you probably developed because of your parents to begin with. Sorry they failed you and that you had to experience that.
In my house it was:
Grounded.
Grounded to bedroom
Grounded to bedroom with all toys locked away (books didn't count)
I loved reading so I mostly just stopped there and read 30 volumes of old science magazines in a row.