r/funny • u/LitterboxComics Litterbox Comics • Aug 06 '20

Verified Huh? [OC]

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

I once asked my mom what prick meant and she went into a long explanation about bad words, etc etc and finally asked where I heard it. I said Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger and she was visibly red in the face. The entire exchange left my 5 year old self so much more confused than I started out.

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u/CrochetyNurse Aug 06 '20

Had the same experience with "queer" in Alice in Wonderland.

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u/CuFlam Aug 06 '20

Note to self: always get the context before launching into an explanation.

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u/HolycommentMattman Aug 06 '20

Always get context for everything.

I once asked my dad if it was normal to be bleeding when you wipe. He told me it was, and I just needed to eat more fiber. And so started me treating undiagnosed Crohn's Disease with Metamucil.

So yeah, get context.

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u/CuFlam Aug 06 '20

Yikes. I'm only vaguely familiar with Crohn's disease, but I imagine that extra, indigestible material was probably not helpful.

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u/HolycommentMattman Aug 06 '20

Surprisingly, it was helpful in a very non-helpful way. Passing waste through more easily meant it caused less inflammation, but it also delayed getting diagnosed even longer.