I thought the same when I read his post, but didn't know how to say it without getting kicked out of TBN.
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I thought the same when I read his post, but didn't know how to say it without getting kicked out of TBN.
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2LaneCruzer
Super Member
Back when I was a Freshman in high school, my best buddy walked up to my desk, flopped a magazine article on my desk, and in a rather agitated voice, said "Read this!"
The article was discussing the activity referenced above, and it said something to the effect that "It was known to cause severe mental and emotional problems, including a rapid onset of blindness". I was rather taken aback when I read this; I looked back at my buddy and he was staring at the ceiling, looking around at objects on the wall, as if checking out his eye sight. I turned the page, and the article continued: "This is part of an article published in a medical journal during the early part of the 19th Century, and is an example of the type of false information about this practice that was going around at the time".
I took it back to him, and told him he hadn't read far enough. He read the rest of the article, and a with a big smile on his face, said: "Man, I thought I was going to go blind!"
oosik
Epic Contributor
You guys have GOTTA be kidding. Back when I was a kid - the word SEX was NEVER even spoken. To use that word was considered crude, crass, vulgar - etc, etc. And sex education in high school - you got to be kidding. I guess the idea was - ignorance is bliss.
Anyhow - my parents did not allow me to read comics and the like for a good reason. We did not learn until I was about six but I'm totally blind in my right eye. Hereditary eye condition. Not correctable. Comics and similar magazines have text styles that can cause added eye strain. At least that was I was told. I think it was an excuse to have me reading alternate material.
I remember at the age of seven - I got subscriptions to National Geographic and Popular Science for my birthday. I've had a continuing subscription to both for seventy years now.
Anyhow - my parents did not allow me to read comics and the like for a good reason. We did not learn until I was about six but I'm totally blind in my right eye. Hereditary eye condition. Not correctable. Comics and similar magazines have text styles that can cause added eye strain. At least that was I was told. I think it was an excuse to have me reading alternate material.
I remember at the age of seven - I got subscriptions to National Geographic and Popular Science for my birthday. I've had a continuing subscription to both for seventy years now.
From what I remember of National Geographic, that could go hand in hand with the going blind discussion above. I always used to grab the maps, for some reason I really liked looking at maps when I was a kid. Topo maps, road maps, it didn't matter; I just liked looking at them. When we went to South Carolina on vacation I grabbed every free map I went past. Somewhere I probably still have them.
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
Come on, now, tell the truth. You "read" Playboy with you hand over one eye, didn't you? No need to risk both eyes! As for myself, I used to hang out with my two older uncles, and I had the dubious honor of being the only sexologist in the first grade. I also learned to read when I was about 4 or 5, by reading comic books. My Dad was a former school teacher, and I could read and write my name in cursive when I entered the first grade. I was also a repository of "Little Johnny ****erfaster" jokes. :laughing:
bunyip
Elite Member
National Geographic had pictures of naked African women as did encyclopedias.
Drstrangeglove
Silver Member
My sixth grade teacher had a bookshelf full of Nat Geo. She said you have to learn some time.
Oaktree
Super Member
Makes hair grow on the palms of your hands too. :laughing:
Well, maybe I bought one or two copies, but only for the articles.
bunyip
Elite Member
Prisons used to have a big pair of canvas padded mittens to prevent prisoners blinding themselves.