• @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    579 months ago

    I’m guessing it’s a bit easier if you start as a kid. It’s just what life is like to some degree. Still, can you imagine how much FOMO you would have, literally confined to a barrel? Puberty must have been extra weird for him.

    • Drusas
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      119 months ago

      Puberty must have been extra weird for him.

      He was paralyzed from the neck down. Puberty was probably mostly a squeaky voice and inconvenient growth spurt.

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        9 months ago

        I mean, to be direct about it, desire comes from the brain. The poor dude just didn’t have a body to then be horny with. Also, genitals operate on a slightly different circuit, so they often can remain functional even if voluntary things have been knocked out.

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      Agreed on it probably being easier if it’s something you’re used to and not actively in pain.

      Not everyone gets a lot of FOMO, so I could imagine that might also not be much, though.

      I mean, maybe you just mean frustration/sadness that he can’t do as much as other people, or to do specific things he wants to do. And I could imagine that could be just incredibly tough. Like all sorts of people with severe, debilitating conditions. But FOMO is kinda a different (more childish) thing than that.