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Lisa Colin

@crazykoala965644 · Jan 12, 2026 1:17 pm

My best friend catered our Pluribus viewing to me exactly

Trigger warning for mentioned parental death. Also, spoilers for the first episode of Pluribus.
My best friend and I decided to watch Pluribus together after she watched it and loved it. She asked me ahead of time, “Would you rather I spoil things for you, warn you right before they happen, or just let you watch the whole thing?”
For context, I have PTSD from a few things, but specifically from being the only witness to my mother’s sudden death when I was fourteen. She had a blood clot on our nightly walk and collapsed.
I said to warn me right before, and we set to watching it. She paused right as the main character’s wife, Helen, started seizing and let me know that Helen would fall to the ground in a way she thought might be triggering so she offered to skip it and any other scenes showcasing her on the ground. I agreed, especially after seeing that Helen looked a lot like my mom, particularly from behind.
She had the remote right next to her the whole time and skipped every single part that was even remotely similar. She even apologized at one point for ‘not being fast enough’ when a character gasped before falling to the ground because she remembered me telling her that my mom

Charlotte Claire

@angrydog954665 · Jan 12, 2026 7:31 am

I broke my sobriety streak because of how much my dad means to me.

Really weird when I’m reading the title, but man. My dad, who raised me and my 2 other biological siblings alone, working day and night, hardly ever getting sleep, trying his best to keep a roof over our heads, and simply trying his best. He’s actually old now. He’s in pain because of his bad arthritis, has health complications, but he does not give a shit because that’s the kind of guy he is. I love my dad, I admire him. When I was a teenager, I always blamed him for every issue in my life, but now as a father and husband myself, I always come to him for advice.
Today, or I guess yesterday, we were watching the bears vs packers game. He, my mom, and little brother are over at my house, and he brought a case of beer for the game. I was an alcoholic and managed to quit, but today I drank 3 beers before my dad cut me off. Normally I wouldn’t drink, but knowing about his health and all, I don’t know how much time I have left with him. And I’ll be honest, only reason I stopped at 3 was because of how much respect I have for that man. I think the only other people who could make me come to my senses with alcohol in my system are my wife and mom. I wouldn’t know though because I haven’t