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02-25-2020, 04:53 PM | #1 |
Janis Jopleybird
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Childhood misconceptions you can't shake
So what I mean is, when I was really little, my family went to a Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum, and one of the first things you're encouraged to do when you start out is to make funny faces into this mirror. And then, later on, you find yourself on the other side of the mirror, now revealed to be two-way, and you get to laugh at everyone making damn fools of themselves, and maybe, just maybe, laugh a little at yourself, too.
My problem is that ever since then, I've been suspicious of mirrors and very reluctant to make faces or be naked or anything potentially embarrassing in front of them. I know my bathroom mirror is not two-way. I know no one is behind it watching me. But my habit now is to look serious and respectable as long as I'm looking into one. Please share your stories. |
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02-25-2020, 04:53 PM | #2 |
Janis Jopleybird
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Hoping to God no one posts something incredibly depressing like "I thought my parents loved me and I can't let go of that hope," but who am I kidding in this place
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02-25-2020, 05:26 PM | #3 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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my mother always instilled in me the difference between things i want and i things i need and now i don't know the difference because she made those decisions for me as a kid. she was so proud of me upon hearing a story about going to Pier 1 with my aunt when i was 9 and looking at a brush; my aunt asked me if she wanted me to buy it and i said, "well, i want it, but i don't need it,"' and i got nothing.
these days, i basically deprive myself of frivolous things and i give myself a hard time when i go against the idea of living frugally. for recent example, it's wild to me to hear women talking about getting manicures and whatnot as some idea of self-care; one doesn't NEED manicures or to be a part of cheapened or exploited labor. i'm embarrassed by moments and thoughts of materialism i have when they arise. |
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02-25-2020, 06:08 PM | #4 |
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The internet is a good substitute for social interaction
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02-25-2020, 06:40 PM | #5 |
Socialphobic
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I thought adultery meant becoming an adult.
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02-25-2020, 06:46 PM | #6 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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I thought the number of kids represented the number of times a couple had had sex.
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02-25-2020, 07:02 PM | #7 |
full of longing
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the conceptions they couldn't shake
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02-26-2020, 02:57 AM | #8 |
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I have a similar mirror thing after watching Candyman as a child. Not always but when I’m really tired and it’s dark, I can’t even look in the mirror in case even having the thought of the name Candyman will summon him
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02-26-2020, 03:51 AM | #9 |
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I retained some Candyman damage for a while, too, after seeing it at nine.
There was also an episode of one of those anthology-type horror shows in which a masked figure with a blade of some description would gradually creep towards the protagonist with implicitly murderous intent every time he looked at a mirror. |
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02-26-2020, 06:54 AM | #10 |
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Corn is a vegetable
Good things happen to good people Rat tails are cool |
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02-26-2020, 07:51 AM | #11 |
Socialphobic
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02-26-2020, 08:23 AM | #12 |
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I used to think Freddy Krueger would come and get me if I slept with the lights off.
Now I don't believe Freddy is real anymore, but I still don't turn off all the lights. |
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02-26-2020, 10:37 AM | #13 | |
Janis Jopleybird
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Directed, seriously, by Martin Scorcese! |
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02-26-2020, 12:22 PM | #14 |
Minion of Satan
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02-26-2020, 01:06 PM | #15 |
Janis Jopleybird
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02-26-2020, 01:34 PM | #16 |
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02-26-2020, 01:40 PM | #17 |
Janis Jopleybird
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Status: Approved Last edited by topleybird : 02-26-2020 at 01:42 PM. Reason: edited for clarity |
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02-26-2020, 02:40 PM | #18 | |
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IIRC, it ended with the guy getting done in by the monster, and it would cut between the mirror shot of the monster strangling him, and the non-mirror shot of the guy being strangled by an invisible assailant. I think one that fucked me up was this movie I had on VHS simply title Ghost Story (I think there is an unrelated newer movie of the same name that is much more popular). The beginning had some guy wake up to see an attractive naked woman lying down on his bed, and when he approaches her and she turns over, her face is actually a gooey, rotting corpse. The guy is so frightened that we staggers backward and falls through his (obviously insufficiently sturdy to meet any residential building codes) window to his death. I also remember that his had Fred Astaire in it. Last edited by Disco King : 02-26-2020 at 02:45 PM. |
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02-26-2020, 02:55 PM | #19 | |
Janis Jopleybird
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*You Last edited by topleybird : 02-26-2020 at 03:50 PM. Reason: jeez |
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02-26-2020, 02:57 PM | #20 |
Janis Jopleybird
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Always wanted to watch Ghost Story; I read and very much enjoyed the book it's based on, long ago and far away
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02-26-2020, 03:09 PM | #21 |
Socialphobic
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McDonald's meat is made of worms.
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02-26-2020, 03:26 PM | #22 |
Socialphobic
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That's stupid.
Everyone knows it's kangaroo meat. |
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02-26-2020, 03:33 PM | #23 |
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I'll make a note for the next time they wipe and reprogram my memory.
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02-26-2020, 03:43 PM | #24 |
Socialphobic
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Better hop to it
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02-26-2020, 03:47 PM | #25 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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I had your dad hopping to it last night.
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02-26-2020, 03:53 PM | #26 |
Socialphobic
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Hoping seems inefficient in this situation.
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02-26-2020, 05:13 PM | #27 |
Socialphobic
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02-26-2020, 05:13 PM | #28 |
Socialphobic
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Here's one: that my body and mind would feel the same no matter how old I got
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02-26-2020, 05:24 PM | #29 |
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none. always knew it'd be misery.
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02-26-2020, 05:28 PM | #30 |
Socialphobic
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