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[–] obsoleteacct@lemm.ee 52 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

When I was a kid I told a Special Ed teacher who I trusted that one of the gym teachers was having sex with high school students and grooming girls as young as 14.

Rather than report this to the authorities he told the gym teacher what was said. The next day the gym teacher (who was a big former semi-pro football player or something like that) cornered me and intimidated me into shutting my mouth.

2 years later a former student confronted the gym teacher's wife. In the fallout his behavior came to light and he left our school and went to teach a few towns over. The Special Ed teacher joked about it after the fact.

It was probably 20 years before I fully understood the scope of how disgusting that situation was.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 22 points 11 hours ago

Big props for you trying to get people involved though, most obviously did nothing.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (7 children)

I can see true magenta. And it ain't pink.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Are you one of those 4-cones people?

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

This made me learn about tetrachromamcy and now I feel like Tetrachromamcer should be a class in D&D.

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 102 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

My knife collection began because I was suicidal.

To keep myself around I got a bunch of knives so I wouldn't pick a favorite and "dissapoint" the others.

...I got better.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 10 points 8 hours ago

Out of all the reasons/sotires I have heard about why people didnt kill themselves this is by far the most absurd.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You know, that is one of the most creative safety solutions I have heard. Glad you came up with it (probably due to still wanting to fight). The fight never stops, hope you are still doing well.

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[–] Emi@ani.social 4 points 8 hours ago

Suppose I have it similar, don't remember when exactly I got into knives but was depressed since 14 so it correlates.

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[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No matter what I do for self-care, my toenails are very sharp. I have accidentally made deep cuts on my own feet as well as others many times.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

My ideal partner would have exactly identical personality to me.

In highschool I would regularly imagine a "perfect crush" during bus rides. In my last year I had that "damn I was an edgy asshole during middle and highschool" moment and I wanted to change.

So since my friend group is also jerks like me I just started imitating that imaginary person until "fake it til you make it" kicked in.

Everything from my sense of humour to taste in music changed over time. I even became a slightly bit more feminine when I used to be hardcore Matt Walsh fan until this point.

I also got hobbies I just thought looked attractive like Archery. I got into computers because this.

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[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I was witness to a very gorey and fatal lathe accident. It was bad enough that they shut the shop down for a month and paid for some therapy.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus fuck that sounds bad... sorry about that.

[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 hours ago

That shop took a lot of shortcuts on safety. I had to pull a dude out of a mill to prevent a 2" drill going into his head because he tripped into it. Never again will I standby as I put my own hands at risk for efficiency over safety.

[–] Rebecca_Corndogs@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I once walked around for two days with a piece of someone else's bone stuck in my thumb.

[–] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

You can't just drop that with no details!

[–] OopsOverbombing@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

He got in a fight. Probably a piece of tooth got lodged in his hand for a couple days.

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[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 44 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

When I was younger, I believed that if a woman was raped, it was her fault for what she was wearing. My highschool friends called me the most unempathetic person they'd ever met and I was proud of that.

Thankfully I've turned right around on all that and learned empathy. I'm ashamed for my younger self, but I know they were just doing the best they could with the very few tools they were given.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I am in the same situation. "When I was a child I was the most unhinged asshole I know" is extremly common in this community and I have no clue why.

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[–] Robotsandstuff@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

I have no how many people I have killed probably alot wars crazy

[–] pomfegranate@sh.itjust.works 17 points 13 hours ago

My parents made me way too casual of a liar..

Okay it might have been my fault

[–] match@pawb.social 20 points 13 hours ago

When I was a kid I had a hypothesis that autistic people simply lacked souls and that that explained their symptoms. (I don't think this anymore)

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 100 points 18 hours ago (14 children)

I'm 99% sure I know my killer is me... eventually as my spine falls apart and suffering massively increases with time. And I'm okay with that so long as it is my choice. When people talk about suicide, I strongly believe in the saying, "no permanent solutions for temporary problems." But I strongly believe in this saying from both perspectives, aka "permanent solutions are your personal choice that I fully respect as an unalienable human right, if you choose, due to permanent problems." Anyone trying to steal such an unalienable human right from another is exceptionally ignorant of the magnitude of potential suffering and is criminally sadistic as far as I'm concerned.

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[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

I underwent a total dickectomy

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[–] brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee 13 points 13 hours ago

almost blew myself up for good after a pistol flare exploded half a meter from my face.
went to the ER with superficial burns on my left hand and hearing damage that still rears its ugly head out to this day.
each time i think about that moment i realise that if i had been in any other position when that flare blew up i probably wouldn't be here today

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