The Wise Words Of Markiplier.

The wise words of Markiplier. 

Thank you for bring us together.

“There’s no difference between being at six million and nine million or two thousand or ten thousand…It doesn’t matter how many people are there so long as the people that are part of this community realize that we are here for one thing and one thing only and that is to change the world for the better.”

Markiplier & Friends PAX Panel

It’s really dumb that children at are taught at such a young age, that expressing themselves when they are not comfortable is bad. I was born in America, but my parents, more specifically my father, were very traditional people since they immigrated to America in their early twenty’s. They were both born and raised in Vietnam. I don’t know what it is about the culture, but everyone is hiding problems from everyone else. It’s ridiculous. 

Throughout a good portion of my childhood was filled with bullying. It could be because I was Asian and different (My classmates were mainly Caucasians and African Americans.). It could have been because I was too shy and intelligent. No one ever told me, “Hey, if you’re having problems with another classmate, come talk to me.” As a matter of fact, when I tried to express my discomfort, I was also called a tattle-tale or a snitch. In my mind, I thought it was already bad enough that I was being picked on, I don’t need more people to hate me because I’m a tattle-tale. And people may not realize it,  but children are cruel. They are, by far, the cruelest human beings I have ever had the displeasure to encounter throughout the short span of my entire life (This may be exaggerating just a bit and not all children are like this, just the one’s I’ve encountered.). Some of the things they said to me hurt my self esteem and made me insecure about myself. Have you heard of something so absurd? An insecure 2nd grader? I don’t think any elementary school student should feel insecure.

I didn’t want to cause trouble for my parents, especially my mother, because at a very young age, I discovered that it took a lot for my mother or father to come deal with my problems at school. My mother worked like crazy and my father was too lazy to care. So I did what I was taught to do, I kept it to myself and tried to ignore everything. Eventually, I just ignored everything that was bothering me. I had no way to vent my emotions. Eventually I moved away from that state gained more confidence in myself and moved on with my life. But the idea of suppressing my emotions stayed with me for a few more years, until I couldn’t handle the weight of my emotions and broke. Don’t teach kids at a young age to hide their emotions, it might follow them throughout their entire life and cause serious harm to their health. 

And to the parents that ever let the phrase “He’s/She’s __ years old. He/She should know better.” Everyone learns at a different rate, you don’t need to learn a certain set of material by a certain age. Society sets it up that way so it’s simpler. Just like yeahnobutreally said, they don’t just absorb information. That’s not how it works. 

stop the phrase “tattle-tale”. stop indirectly telling kids that if they speak up about someone that’s bothering them, they’re doing something bad. stop contributing to the culture of abuse.

You may not be able to see your own beauty or love yourself but one day, someone will. You have only lived such a small part of yourself, you will never know what the future brings. So, keep going. Hold on. You are never alone. ♥