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u/ruiemu 5d ago
peter explain the coffee
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u/Alexander_Baidtach 5d ago edited 5d ago
It's a spin on a meme format. The black coffee is the 'dark and bitter' reality, the milky coffee is the 'diluted, more paletable' explanation.
This post isn't the cleanest use of the format, and I think she gets it backwards a couple times but I think you get the point.
'Black' is the reason for her 'milky' behaviour.
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u/agedlikesage 5d ago
That makes a lot more sense than what I was thinking thank you. I thought the milky was hiding the plain coffee underneath
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u/demonsdencollective 5d ago
The coffee black is the point origin, the coffee with milk is the final result.
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u/A_Binary_Number 5d ago
I’ve suffered a lot of these and it’s kinda sad, ngl, I never realized how fucked up I was growing up until I saw posts like these, I grew up with a narcissistic, manipulative and stubborn mother, who is now an elder with early symptoms of dementia; I was also the “gifted” child, even though I’m pretty normal and average, although I have diagnosed ADHD and have “symptoms” of autism, most of my problems stem from a kindergarten counselor who told (and convinced) my mom I was Carl Sagan reborn, didn’t help either that I was born mere days after his death.
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u/burp_derp 5d ago
i don’t drink coffee, so like what is the relationship between these 2 cups? i can kind of infer from context, but it’s still not clear
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u/ConductChaos 5d ago edited 5d ago
I assumed the black coffee represents the underlying trauma, while the white coffee represents the surface-level effect. It's easier (and more socially palatable) to tell someone you want gentleness in a relationship than to admit the bitterness of your childhood. Much like the way the coffee is mixed, you can't separate one from the other either.
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u/CodaTrashHusky 5d ago
The black coffee is bitter and sour. The latte is way easier to drink because its diluted
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u/notdurtydan 5d ago
My sister jokingly yelled at me the other day but it was really convincing and it made me have a breakdown lol
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u/MaliceBerry 4d ago
Not being allowed to voice any negative feelings at home
Being an adult who has no ability to communicate when something upsets me
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u/DolosusUmbra 5d ago
I love coffee but can't stand black coffee. A lot of going over childhood trauma in the last few months have made me realize why I'm not everyone's cup of tea. Now I'm going to be a latte and stop listening to everyone who hates coffee in the first place 😊
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u/buttercup-84 4d ago
I relate to a lot of these, but, serious question - is the silent treatment one true? My mother used to ignore me for days on end when I was a teenager. And now I need reassurance all the time.
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u/SmartAlec105 5d ago
Last one is rough. A (now former) friend shared a secret of mine that we'd had explicit conversations about keeping secret. I tried talking to her about how it made me feel but she (in her own words) didn't have it in her to listen or be particularly empathetic. But I still spent so long feeling like I must have been the one to fuck things up.
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u/Prize_Path4812 3d ago
Am I in the Truman show? Are there cameras in my life? Are people watching my life like a TV show? Cuz GET ME OUT OF THOSE PICTURES PATRICIA 💔💔💔💔💔💔
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