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  • Watching Grandma's Boy with my parents was pretty wild.

    Not nearly as wild as watching with my mom, aunts, uncles, and cousins the Titty Fuck Follies VHS we found in my grandmother's bedroom right after she died.

    Also found her dildos and other assistive technologies. We put all of that in a bag of "sentimental" items and buried it with her.

    My grandmother was known to blow my grandfather in the hot tub at their condo and used to tell random people how to use the bubble jets to have an orgasm.

    Rest in peace, Grandma, you majestic legend.

  • I'm trying my best to see things from your point of view, but I'm kinda struggling. There are some topics that hit too close to home for people and certain words can be especially triggering. Granted, something like this is far less universal, but I argue that the context matters.

    If I am trying to communicate a message to someone who is already hurting, and I want them to feel heard and seen, why would I risk compromising my message by using words carelessly? I get the irony that I've alienated you in my attempt to be sensitive of other people's feelings—but, and forgive me for making assumptions, I imagine you're not my target audience for this message. If you are seeking a turbulent but ultimately positive anecdote and simply couldn't get past how I chose to soften my words, then I'll gladly DM you a less censored version. Not because I feel the need to please internet strangers but because you are important as an individual and I want you to receive a positive message that you might need in your life right now.

    All that being said, I can understand making the argument that the origins of "unalive" are dystopian and an example of extreme censorship. But disallowing people to use a word like "unalive" seems almost like me telling people who use the word "jeez/geez(e)" to instead say "Jesus" because refusing to take the name of a religious icon is subservience to an oppressive church.

    Some words, no matter their origin, are here to stay. Figuring out which words are going to upset the fewest people is just part of navigating an ever-evolving form of communication.

  • I went to school with a kid for a year and a half. He nearly bit off another kid's cheek. I remember him as being troubled and I remember being scared of him before he mauled a classmate.

    Depending on how egregious or shocking his reactions were to things, he could be quite memorable.

  • I'm well aware that you can say all sorts of things on Lemmy, and I would were this a different setting. Some people find that word very difficult to deal with and I didn't want someone reading a success story to deal with that emotional weight.

    I appreciate the "you must be new in town" welcome wagon, but I'm just a lemm.ee refugee. thefartographer, sayer of peepee poopoo, at your service. (For the sake of my ego, act like that's supposed to mean something to you)