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god people just stop typing!, no no no, otf can ruin anything, stop sharing your thoughts, tmi in comments, what no lotus boobie train?

The Lotus Boob! It does haunt my dreams!
Over at PostSecret, Frank posts a postcard from someone containing a photo of the "Lotus Boob." (For those who aren't in the know, it's a picture of a breast that was clearly photoshopped together with a lotus flower and passed around the 'net as some sort of new horrible disease. Denounced by Snopes in 19-diggity-2.)

Whingeing follows immediately. (See Frank's email picks near and around the offending secret.) Hilarious quote from front page:

"This picture has destroyed my day and will haunt me for months if not years. My hair is standing on end and I haven't been able to stop shivering. I can't concentrate on anything now, my mind always returns to that horrific image.

I am saddened that I can no longer view postsecret, but I am too worried about being assailed with another photo that will severely harm my psyche."

Hordes of young girls are scarred for life and "kept up half the night shivering!" A thread is started on PostSecret Chat to determine whether the secret should be taken down.

Some (read: most) dissenters claim that taking down secrets would completely ruin the spirit of PostSecret, and that there have been secrets that have been far more disturbing, like ones about rape and abuse. But it's a boob! With stuff in it! And now they'll never sleep again, and probably die and I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY, POSTSECRET.

Ahem... 101 pages of flouncing and crying in less than a day, and all I really have to say is, if your constitution is too weak to handle a little lotus boob, you may want to reconsider this whole "internet" thing.

ETA: Bonus LOL: The random-lettered link to the secret includes the phrase "AAAAAAAAH."

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dragonfangirl
2008-11-24 02:26 pm UTC (link)

No, but the wank report includes the phrase: ... if your constitution is too weak to handle a little lotus boob, maybe you ought to reconsider this whole internets thing... which pretty much universalizes it.

For that matter, it's entirely possible for someone to be phobic but not know about it in an "official" capacity, ie, have had it diagnosed by a psychologist -- especially for a phobie as obscure as this.

[deleted and reposted for grammar screwup -- psychology vs psychologist]

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	beejium 2008-11-24 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	Bwaaa! Someone made a joke on the internet!! Summon the joke police! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sevendeadlyfun 2008-11-24 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Huh. So you're offended because ~~you have a friend with a rare phobia who isn't personally involved in this wank but who yet might be upset by both the picture and the wank report~~ the internets is srs bzness? I totes understand. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	meagenimage 2008-11-24 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	If you can't handle your phobias being triggered occasionally, you should definitely reconsider browsing the Internets. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eilan 2008-11-25 10:36 am UTC (link)
	Because clearly, the internet has to cater to everybody's needs and phobias. (Reply to this)(Parent)

amy_wolf
2008-11-26 11:07 am UTC (link)

See, those pictures freak me out big time, and clusters of holes bother me in a way that no other visual does (seriously, most things get a mild 'yuck', and clusters of holes like stacks of metal tubes mean I have to look away), and I still think it's wanky to throw a screaming fit about it. Stuff like back-buttons and that little box with an x in it that exists in the corner of your browser window exists for a reason

And I would honestly suggest that anyone who isn't capable of stumbling across a picture of clusters of holes without major trauma that haunts them for days be very careful about where they go on the internet, and avoid large chunks of it. For their own good.

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