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[โ€“] RealAccountNameHere 85 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The story of how a woman lost her daughter because the grandmother didn't believe that the girl's coconut allergy was real, despite years of watching the parents trying to find out the allergen so that they could stop the girl from winding up in the emergency room. The grandmother kept the kid overnight and used coconut oil on her hair; the child went into anaphylaxis and died.

The mother said that the grandmother begs her to see her other grandchildren, as they've now cut ties with her; the mom's response was, "You can come over when you bring my daughter with you."

A horrible story of how some people just believe they know better than everyone, including doctors.

[โ€“] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

I have legitimate fears of letting my fiance's crazy conservative parents ever have our kids alone. To this day her dad will come out of nowhere with a 10 minute prepared speech about how covid isn't real, which is always followed by the entire family being silent and wondering to ourselves, "who the fuck even asked you anything at all?"

[โ€“] stormtrooper@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

Omg that is so sad

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[โ€“] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not exactly a story, but a picture thread on Reddit where a guy posts a photo of his tattoos on his arms, and someone goes "how did you take this picture", so he posts a selfie showing him balancing a phone on his shoulder, and someone replies "wait how did you take that picture" and then he posts a photo of him taking a photo of him taking a photo... and this continues until he reveals multiple complex camera setups. Such a legendary thread.

Edit: here it is: https://imgur.com/gallery/JThDN

[โ€“] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 64 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[โ€“] Mothra@mander.xyz 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Once on Reddit I read of someone who grew up in a house where they had a poop knife as part of their standard toilet tool set.

This person once found themselves asking for a poop knife elsewhere, casually, like anyone would ask for toilet paper.

I think a commenter called it "the Mashitty" in the replies, which I found hilarious. That story and comment will forever be remembered.

[โ€“] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 26 points 1 year ago

Hell yea the poop knife. His family had one because their shits would block toilets. He thought it was a normal thing to require and have a poop knife but after going to a friend's house and asking for it, he discovered that it was indeed (Samuel L. Jackson voice) not a normal thing to possess.

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[โ€“] CaffeinatedMoth@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I put on my robe and wizard hat

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[โ€“] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are several, but one that kind of haunts my mind is the story from the guy who experienced another life in a blackout and had it all torn apart by that fucking lamp.

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[โ€“] Balinares@pawb.social 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] rubbs@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

This is the one I came to say.

[โ€“] Limit@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I love this story, wish I still had the link.

[โ€“] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

SR-71 Speed Check

[โ€“] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The gynecologist who always cut her patient's IUD strings super short because too many abusive partners were ripping them out.

[โ€“] TimTheEnchanter 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Whoa, I had no idea that was a thing. Horrific!

[โ€“] BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The guy with the scat fetish that disappeared the moment his wish started to come true

[โ€“] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

No poop challenge

[โ€“] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] lemmy@linkopath.com 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The early days of Internet bullet boards and forums, that focused on one specific niche. Where I stumbled upon the posts from time traveler John Titor or TimeTravel_0. Good times reading those and becoming fascinated with the what if aspect of it all.

[โ€“] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

El Psy Congroo!

[โ€“] xilliah 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check out Paul Dienach. It's interesting how time traveler stories are so rare compared to abduction stories. I guess it just takes that much more effort.

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[โ€“] Never_Sm1le@lemdro.id 15 points 1 year ago

The story about a wife complained her husband never wipe because it's gay when man put anything between buttcheek.

[โ€“] k5nn@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tie between these two

The reddit coconut and maggots story

Girl has STD but his boyfriend would'nt have it checked he says cause it tastes like the rainbow

[โ€“] Lavenderlily 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something something broken arms

[โ€“] milkjug 3 points 1 year ago

I had to scroll way too far down to find this.

[โ€“] SecretPancake@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] yoz@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Internets own boy - Aaron Schwartz

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[โ€“] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Idk if it was only released online but... 'drrrr......drrrrrr....drrr...'

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[โ€“] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] medgremlin@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

The one I wish I could forget is the Clarissa comic about the little girl that is being horribly sexually abused by her father and everyone around her either knows and pretends that they don't, or just refuses to see the truth.

[โ€“] zero_iq@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Jolly Ranchers

[โ€“] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder, in a few years, what will Lemmy's stories be.

[โ€“] Interesting_Test_814@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The poop post and your advertisement campaign stopped by a strike have to be there

[โ€“] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I hope some day, when people came back and read this story, they would be as proud of me as I am of them.

[โ€“] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Double dick dude, evnr though it was fake, I remember the initial post and it was awesome.

Two broken arms is a classic and was actually real

The swamps of dagobah is always good for some gagging

Then the jolly ranger story really gets me to vomit

[โ€“] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.net 6 points 1 year ago

For me it'd be Don't Even Reply: E-Mails from an Asshole.

Bunch of funny ones. Like someone offered a ride in a Prius for a long car trip between cities, he said he'd have to stop at a river to pour out some motor oil because he doesn't support the environment and had to make up for the environmental damage the Prius wasn't doing.

[โ€“] Theroddd 5 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] lencioni@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

Waffle stomp

The cumconut

[โ€“] aperson 3 points 1 year ago

Cuil theory.

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