Vent: Served a guy who said he "canceled" his own daughter over a TikTok dance

Had this dude at the bar last night, mid 50s, bragging about how he stopped talking to his 19 year old for 3 months because she posted a dance video he thought was "too adult." He called it canceling her. I deadpan stared at him and asked if he thought cancel culture was for personal family discipline now. He got all defensive. I just walked off to pour another beer. Am I wrong for thinking this is a wild misuse of the term? Or is this actually a thing people do now?

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piper_kim22d ago

Wait is this the same guy who thinks "no contact" with his kid is the same as not watching a TV show anymore? 3 months over a TikTok dance sounds less like discipline and more like him punishing himself tbh.

the_wendy22d ago

My friend had a similar thing happen with her dad last year. He stopped talking to her for two months because she posted a selfie at a concert with a drink in her hand. She's 22 and it was literally a Sprite. He called it "setting boundaries" but really he just missed her graduation party and had no idea what she was up to.

elliot_gibson2722d ago

lol wait that Sprite detail is killing me. Like he literally saw a clear carbonated drink and decided it was a crime scene. I know someone whose mom cut them off for three weeks because they posted a photo at a bar and she assumed they were drinking when it was actually just a soda water with lime. Some parents just see what they wanna see i guess. The fact that he called it "setting boundaries" while having zero clue what his own kid was doing is peak irony. Honestly missing the graduation party is the real red flag here, not the Sprite.