how do I deactivate the programming in my mind where whenever I hear about someone who’s polish I have the intense urge to say “they’re polish!” because that’s how my polish parents always reacted to other polish people

it’s the sort of thing where I literally see myself doing it and go “don’t you fucking do that again” simultaneously as I’m actually doing that again

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@variance pidgeon meme, but with "is this life?" xP

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