• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Anyone else play worms at sleepovers where you’d get in the sleeping bags and pretends the bag is your worm body and then you worm all over each other in a battle Royale with cheese?

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    2 days ago

    “If you can’t handle me at my worm, you don’t deserve me at my best” 🪱

    -Marilyn Monroe

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    2 days ago

    In the unlikely event that I end up in another relationship, what the hell is the right answer to the worm question? I’m pretty damn sure I’d get it wrong.

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      2 days ago

      My ex told me they would build me the most beautiful worm house and then go on a quest to track down the wizard who cursed me. I thought that was beautiful.

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        2 days ago

        The problem is that my brain would immediately jump to picking apart the premise of the question. How did it happen? Is it permanent? Is your consciousness trapped in there or is it gone forever? The kind of thing that’s obviously just going to piss off the person asking.

        I feel like what the question is really asking in a very roundabout way is whether you love that person unconditionally. That even if something happens such that they can no longer be the person you fell in love with, that you’ll still love them just the same. But that’s the problem: as a cynic, I believe all love is conditional; if it doesn’t seem like it, that just means you haven’t found out what the conditions are yet.

        Obviously that’s not the right answer. So to me, it just seems like the question is a trap. Either you accept the preposterous hypothetical and give some sappy answer to make the other person happy and avoid a fight, or you get outed for the cold, unfeeling asshole that you actually are inside. But maybe that’s the point.

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          20 hours ago

          I get that and I think I would do the same. But you have to realize that a loved one asking you this question is clearly not trying to trick you. Rather, you could see it as them giving you an opportunity to show how lovely you are. It’s the setup for a joke and you can make them smile.

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      2 days ago

      Not to play. It’s an escalation to more unhinged behavior seeking validation.