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With a mother’s practiced, guiding hand, 80-year-old Janith Farnham helped steer her 60-year-old daughter’s walker through a Sioux Falls art center. They stopped at a painting of a cow wearing a hat.

Janith pointed to the hat, then to her daughter Jacque’s Minnesota Twins cap. Jacque did the same.

“That’s so funny!” Janith said, leaning in close to say the words in sign language too.

Jacque was born with congenital rubella syndrome, which can cause a host of issues including hearing impairment, eye problems, heart defects and intellectual disabilities. There was no vaccine against rubella back then, and Janith contracted the viral illness very early in the pregnancy, when she had up to a 90% chance of giving birth to a baby with the syndrome.

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

I had whooping cough as a child (vaccine resistant strain) and it got so bad I tried to youtube myself just to get some rest. It's truly horrifying how bad it can be. I just wish there were recordings of what it sounds like, so anti-vaxxer parents could at least begin to understand why its so awful.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Childhood+YouTube, you just made me old

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh hell sorry, "youtubing" oneself is a current euphemistic slang term for self-harm/suicide. I wish I was young enough for it to have meant something less depressing.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First time I'm hearing the term, can't even find it on urban dictionary. Maybe it's a gotta be in grade school to know about it?

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's a pretty recent one that seems to be gaining popularity in more and more subcategories as youtube's hypersensitive demonization bot rolls out to more and more videos. Using the words 'suicide', 'pedophile' or any terms related to self harm reportedly set it off, regardless of their use in context. People are retaliating by using "youtube" as a euphemism in place of the censored terms, hoping it will catch on. So far it seems to be working, as no matter your political, ideological, social or cultural baises we can all band together and agree that youtube are just the worst.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the informative post. I had no clue this was going on, usually I am able to keep up with new terms but this one slipped by me and I'm sure others.

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