The nephew inundates me with recommendations for my viewing pleasure.
I don't know where he finds time for all of this, and where he thinks I'll find time, but he's forever suggesting TV shows and movies for me to watch. I've sent him a few links, generally of interest to him, and he's reciprocating after his own fashion.
His favorite shows at the moment - "My Strange Obsession" and "Strange Sex", I have to see them, and so in a narrow window of time between better things to do and do I have the motivation and energy to do them I search a few on YouTube.
Excerpts with titles like: "Fur Suit Fetish", "Rocks for Dinner", "An Adult Baby", the TLC - The Learning Channel Logo in the corner of the screen, as if this is something to copyright or be proud of in any way, as if, in any way, this represents or passes for learning or curiosity. YouTube automatically recommends further related videos in a long column on the right, Go and go and never end...the well, the depths of the interweb are filled with niche programs that entirely misinform one's worldview. So this is where he gets it. More links on the right - Strange Sex - "Well Hung" and "The Girl with Two Vaginas", every click and clip leads you further down the well.
So now I know what he's talking about and while I won't suffer any more of the Intellectual degradation I've at least done my bit - I have to wonder, though, whether all this media attention is marginalizing or normalizing the disorders it's portraying? Something to consider when I'm a little less queasy...
He asks if I've seen the show, I have, the same excerpts at least that he's been referring to, he doesn't want my opinions, he's already digressing - "you know White Snow?" and I'm thinking it's a movie about Coke, like Blow, but it's not, after some miming and more miscommunication he's talking about "Snow White, the one of the last great Italian Porno's, it's not so much a porno because it's pretty weird but....you can find it on Elephantlist, it's rare, you'll thank me buddy..."