The imaginary hypothetical outcome is the version of you that would have happened without beatings. You stated that you felt corporal punishment had a positive impact on many aspects of your personality. What are you comparing it to? A hypothetical alternative version of you that hadn’t been beaten.
Bad faith markers:
No previous post or comment history. First post is on a contentious topic. Sentiment of the post is unusual - “I don’t support it, but I was abused for an unusually long time and I think it was good for me”. Call to action is particularly baity - “am I just rationalising”.
meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I can’t speak for the original questioner, but your account is very new. Lemmy is a bit clannish and rightly suspicious of these types of account.