I don’t think these things are comparable and it’s not a competition, just a thought experiment

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    At least as an orphan there’s some oversight.

    “Abusive” can mean anything from occasional shouting, to locked in a closet and starved.

    If as an orphan I end up placed with some fundamentalist Christian family, that would be worse than occasionally being yelled at, but better than being locked in a closet.

    So, it comes down to what the person imagines “abusive” being.