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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
My parents were the "I'm going to give you something to cry about" type. 

So I'd cry, they'd hit me, then I'd cry harder, then they'd hit harder...

It makes it hard to cry when I feel like my parents are going to materialize in my house and beat me, I know that's impossible, but my brain doesn't know any better.
gpt
Weird, I heard that exact thing.

Did older generations go to work and tell each other "my kid was crying because of x. I told him to quit crying or I would give him something to cry about," then have a nice laugh? 

Or was this phrase used on television?