This wouldn’t have worked for kids in my day

Sure, kids do all kinds of weird things; the difference is nobody would even potentially take it seriously if you told your parents or teachers that you “identified as a cat“, much less be “supportive”.

Thinly-veiled insults are our specialty!

When I married The Yankee, he came with a grown Yankee stepdaughter that I love very much.  Once when she was introducing me to one of her friends, she said “And she can tell people off so nicely!”  These are just a few of the tools of the trade.