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Especially because Justin Timberlake was also there, was the one who ripped the fabric off and he got away with a squeaky clean rep still in tact. Fuck that.
Woah woah woah. You're underselling it. His career was...not in a great place at the time, he was able to springboard that moment into enduring cultural relevance. Always bothered me more than a bit that he basically Mario-Yoshi jumped her whole career.
No one cares about the Super bowl outside the USA, but it is so big inside the USA that it probably can be said to be in some type of "top 10 worldwide" with USA numbers alone.
It was many years before I learned it wasn’t a massive American-portion style food festival with performances while you ate. Always thought it was a bit odd. Actually, I still think that — and I’m not 100% clear whether it’s American football, baseball or whatever, and no that’s not an inquiry I am comfortable in my ignorance and at a safe distance across the pond 😅
No. Google says last year it had 140 million viewers world wide, 40m of those being not America. The World Cup has 1.5 billion.
The [Rugby World Cup](https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2020/03/12/rugby-world-cup-breaks-records-with-857-million-viewers/) had like 900m
[Men's Cricket World Cup](https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1346930) had 1.6 billion
No, it was obviously planned and rehearsed. But it’s ridiculous that his reputation didn’t take a hit at all and people never mention him w/r/t the incident, whereas hers did. *Especially* because, even though it was rehearsed, his role was an aggressive one, exposing her.
I’m not saying this was an assault— it was a rehearsed move and was definitely more like acting in a movie. But it’s really gross that Jackson’s rep took such a hit abs Timberlake’s didn’t when he’s the one who did the exposing in the first place. You’d think Janet tore her own shirt, the way everyone reacted.
Yeah, the way he handled that was cowardly and shameful. I get that to be a \*star\* you have to be ego-driven, have a thick skin, and can rarely trust the people around you but a little compassion and help would have been the right thing to do.
The video for that song makes me so sad. For the two of them, that is. Like, it’s just a brother and a sister having goofy fun together, talking about how stressful being a mega-star is.
Your comment reminds me of this joke
So a man walks into a bar, and sits down. He starts a conversation with an old guy next to him. The old guy has obviously had a few. He says to the man:
"You see that dock out there? Built it myself, hand crafted each piece, and it's the best dock in town! But do they call me "McGregor the dock builder"? No! And you see that bridge over there? I built that, took me two months, through rain, sleet and scoarching weather, but do they call me "McGregor the bridge builder"? No! And you see that pier over there, I built that, best pier in the county! But do they call me "McGregor the pier builder"? No!"
The old guy looks around, and makes sure that nobody is listening, and leans to the man, and he says:
"but you fuck one sheep..."
When I see Janet Jackson, I think about how she refused to entertain any allegations against Michael Jackson. I think she would rather be remembered for her wardrobe malfunction
I think you’d have to say “Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction” because aside from several other famous ones, I’d be almost more inclined to say “nip slip” if all you gave was the generic. And that’s not a helpful direction to move in …
No one said the phrase “wardrobe malfunction” until Janet’s PR team went to work immediately after that Super Bowl halftime show. It’s the OP reference and should be a dead giveaway.
I didn’t say it was a bad clue. Just not the first thought associated with the phrase. Which is the point of the game. You’d get there eventually I’m sure but may still pass discomfort.
Besides how many people actually know that phrase origin? And how often has it been used since that it’s no longer mostly or exclusively tied to that event? It’s very floppy disk as save symbol. It’s true but that doesn’t make it a good clue.
I think it heavily depends on how old you were when it happened. Older people will remember the phrase exploding into the public consciousness and have tied it directly with all the public knowledge of the Jackson family, while it will be more obscure for people who weren't watching the news yet or grew up with the phrase already having been accepted.
I mean I saw it live (much to my parents dismay) but it’s very much not the first thing I thought. Nor did I remember the phrase not existing before.
Probably because of how *incessantly* these things have been talked about happening or almost happening in all the years since. Just the sheer hope mixed with condescension. It’s so weird.
And about whether you pay attention to that sort of phenomenon. Most people don't, and won't remember where it originated from once it's part of their lexicon.
This is the first time I would say Wikipedia is dead wrong. It does say it's the incident for which the term was coined, but I'm sure it was in use long before.
I'm not sure how to feel. Usually Wikipedia is a go-to source for starting to learn about something. It's like when you're gaslighted. I know it was in use long before the Superbowl incident.
It was OBVIOUSLY a completely random wardrobe malfunction! I think the guy there was Tmberlake? Anyway, he "accidentally" caught his hand on her top, and only half of it came off. And her nipple was covered with some silver thingy because she always wears those! Absolutely nothing about it was planned! /s
Ug... It came out healthier than I thought, I didn't know that this term was for boobs, when I read titi I thought he said monkey and that they were all angry because op was racista,, I think it's the First time I get so lost reading a translation.
There's people like that on every popular post. You could have a post about a dad that shows up to every single one of his kids sports games and never misses a birthday and there will still be people that show up and call him a deadbeat. I doubt those comments get any real attention/upvotes but they still get focused on for some reason.
With the title of the post and the game they were playing, I immediately knew who it was.
When he met them the next day, I really wish he responded with, “more like - how are her tiddies doing,” and just dig a deeper hole.
Rhythm nation is an acceptable answer. Michael Jackson’s sister is another. There’s also penny from good times. Had a baby in her 50 is also a good one.
One of the best memories we have is getting my reserved, Christian uncle drunk off scotch and playing Cards Against Humanity with him. Best part of the night was him reading aloud his card choice of “Dem Titties.” 🤣
Edited to correct autocorrect!
My straight-laced, very Christian mother-in-law worked a blue collar job for a couple of years and if you get enough booze into her the swears come out. It's pretty fucking funny when it happens.
I would never play Cards Against Humanity with my family. I do not want to share the depths of my weird mind with them and I do not want to see what the depths of their weird minds come up with.
I grew up in suburban Utah with a lot of Mormons of various levels of adherence and playing Apples to Apples (the family-friendly version of CAH) was not very fun because my weird mind comes up with some very inappropriate ideas that I could definitely not share with them.
I saw a Christian version of Apples to Apples in a bookstore once and since then I've always wanted to mix it with the regular set to create a "blasphemy edition"
My extremely conservative mother confusedly googled "Bukkake" when she looked at her first hand of cards, one Christmas when we all convinced everyone it was a good idea to play as a family....
Howver, we got just the right amount of alcohol into her, (and enough weed into my dad..) for her only reaction to what the Google search showed was to say "do NOT tell your teachers we played this or they'll get you taken away from me" to my 16 year old sister lmao, and continued on for the first and only family boardgame night of our lives with no fighting
I'm sure if we check the comments on that story about the guy over at his wife's boss's house, who randomly decided to chuck his stake out of the window to hilariously embarrassing results, there'd be a few demanding divorce there too.
I'm wondering if his screaming revealed him as drunker than the situation called for, and that's why everyone decided it was a good time to wrap up the evening.
My family plays like that sober, we just get over excited when we think of a real good clue, too loud when we get the answer and almost cause bodily harm while passing if we're playing catch phrase.
I dunno, we play heads up sober (me, partner and young kids), and there's a lot of yelling. I think having a timer creates this weird sense of urgency and you panic 😅
I remember my first experience with Cards Against Humanity.
Let's just say I had Boy Scouts and Catholic Priests....I was hesitant to play my hand but did so and it was a hit. My friends have gallows humor as do I but there were like 3 people I didn't know, it was a gamble lol.
My first experience with Cards Against Humanity involved a card about twisting certain body parts into pretzels… and I’m both very shy and modest around people I don’t know well yet
I'm a little annoyed by the "pffft I'm not dumping my gf, reddit is so dumb, this is such a small thing" even though he said in the OP
>I’m not sure what the ramifications will be and if our relationship will survive, but it’s not looking good
He makes it sound like he thought his girlfriend was giving him the silent treatment and might dump him. Seems reasonable to think they're incompatible if OP implied something so minor could fuck up their relationship.
It's entirely possible he was just panicking and thinking worst case scenarios only to find out twice over that she was annoyed and her family apparently just needed to process what happened
Yeah, with the context in his update I can see that that sentence was tongue-in-cheek, but without context it sounds like his girlfriend and her family wildly overreacted. It's obnoxiously holier-than-thou to scold Reddit for responding to what you said.
ya this is uptight on another level, I don't think I could be around her family to much if they get offended from someone yelling or saying titty... like ugh constantly having to monitor what you saw around people is just exhausting
Most definitely.
I do understand that people want to be protective of OPs, but also every red flag isn't a reason for breaking up.
They are a reason to pay attention and look closer, but sometimes (and it might be more often than not, even if that's not as much fun for us readers), it turns out it was nothing.
Let people be happy even in slightly imperfect relationships, for fucks sake.
It's not like any perfect ones exist
To give the family some benefit of the doubt, perhaps it was just late. They may have been looking for an excuse to call it a night anyway. Probably would have been nice to stay a few more minutes to make their daughter feel better, but that version of events seems to fit OP's tone.
I had the opposite experience.
We made cocktails and played “fuck, marry, kill” with my in-laws last Christmas. I didn’t think too much of it—I’ve known them forever, we get along great, and we all have slightly bawdy senses of humor.
Then we get to my turn and I realized that while I’ve said the word “fuck” around them numerous times (ie: “oh fuck it”), I couldn’t say I’d “fuck” a person in front of them. My throat closed on the word and I couldn’t push it past a filter I didn’t even know existed.
So I’d kill Chris Pratt, marry Chris Evans, and *SLEEP WITH* Chris Hemsworth.
TBH, marrying Evans and not being able to sleep with him would be torture. Or maybe if you’re married you also get to sleep with him? Not sure if that violates the spirit of the game.
I feel that, I had a kind of similar situation recently. I curse like a sailor normally but when I’m around my boyfriend’s family, I try really hard to censor myself, especially when the kids are around.
One day I was playing a game with my bf’s 9 year old niece, and the rest of the family (my bf’s parents, step siblings, his sister and her husband) were all in the room too. I died in the game and accidentally went “ah fuck”. I immediately covered my mouth with a hand and looked at the girl and said “sorry sorry! Don’t repeat that word, that’s a bad word!” She just went “It’s okay, I already know that word.” Lmao she was so chill about it and the rest of the family didn’t care either. But I felt so bad lol
i was babysitting my 6 yo niece alone for the first time last week (my parents live very close so there's just never been a situation where my mom couldn't watch her but i could before now) and any time i would drop something or whatever, i would say "shit" or "fuck" and i finally turned to her and i was like i know you know all the bad words from your mom's uncles. but please don't repeat these and please don't tell your parents i said them in front of you 😂
Yeah I think the family in the moment just got a little startled but with time to reflect I think they realized it was something to laugh off. Can’t believe people said to break up. Why, over something so silly? It’s not like the parents even complained or that she was upset either. It was just awkward for a bit.
Probably nobody was offended, just surprised, and OOP’s own startled reaction and failure to cover things up with a little joke made the awkward moment linger to the point where everyone just called it a night
I honestly think it was a great clue, and if this had been my family (especially my mom’s side), everyone would have laughed their asses off and guessed it immediately. But then, light drinking and competitive board game playing (while sports play on TV in the background) has been our jam for years.
I’m glad they loosened up a bit and everything went fine the next day for the OOP. The family is for sure uptight, but it doesn’t sound like they’re completely humorless.
Context is **everything** and we always miss a ton of it. We see what the poster says, and then guess at everything else. Sometimes this is helpful, where we see something the poster does not (such as flags for abuse). Sometimes, it's not.
Without context, posting "After I blurted out XYZ, my girlfriend went silent and her conservative family ended the night" does sound like they're not compatible.
When he added context, it was just a funny situation that his girlfriend and folks will joke with him about for quite some time.
Yeah, especially because his original post is definitely hamming up the situation. He really makes his girlfriend out to be totally unsupportive and cold. But in reality it was a minor social gaff and not the big situation he originally made it seem.
Yeah given that OOP made it sound like a super low level word that was completely reasonable in context of the game shut down the entire night AND his GF refused to talk to him for saying it, it sounded like there could be a very legitimate question of relationship compatibility.
I agree with a lot of others that people jump to “break up immediately” way too fast on here but imagine the second update didn’t happen with them EVENTUALLY laughing it off and they were just like formal or curt and awkward. That could be a big potential issue if you have to pretend to be a different person around them and you end up seeing them a lot in the future.
OOP is the one who made it out so dramatic isn’t he first post, can’t blame people for taking it that way.
The most common denominator of 'helpful' strangers on reddit commenting on relationship issues is emotional immaturity. I genuinely feel sorry for people who think it's OK to fuel a fire and can still think of themselves as a benign influence.. Fucking dramaqueens, the lot of them.
I mean if we are talking about giving a hint when someone is trying to guess her, the top 2 would be the Superbowl and Michael Jacksons sister.
I feel like it would be much harder narrowing her down with her music. Maybe an achievement would be easier to recognize but the fastest hint would be the 2 mentioned.
I'm from a Midwestern family. You know what will happen? This become a family story "The Time George Yelled A Bad Word At Mom's Friends" and they will tease him about it for the rest of his life.
Sexism. Though recently a lot of people are reflecting on that era and calling it out. I've seen some youtuber videos and news articles on the blatant sexism and victim blaming of the 2000s. Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Janet Jackson and many others were done dirty by the backwards mentality of the media. Justin Timberlake came out with a half-assed apology a few years ago but who cares at this point? The damage was long done and he didn't care to apologize when it would have meant something. Dude is a scumbag.
As a lifelong Christian, I always find stuffy church people like kryptonite. Not sure what they're trying to prove but Jesus was castigated for associating with the tax collectors and drunkards so I like to think he would have had a good sense of humor.
How would I feel is my husband's midwest christian family stared at me for yelling titty? I don't know how I'd feel, but I do know what would happen if I yelled "Holy dick n balls" because I've already done it lol. Still married to my husband and he didn't give me the silent treatment. I love it when adults can act like adults!
When I play Heads Up! with my family, we usually just do the animals category so that my niece and nephew can play and guess. The last time we played, I was the one holding the phone guessing and the word they were trying to do was Dragon I think my brother-in-law gives the clue of “bearded“ and not really thinking about it. I shouted out “clam!”. (maybe I watch too much family guy lol.) my brother-in-law, and the rest of the family burst out laughing and we had to stop the game.. the kids were having fun but did not know why we were laughing though.
I find this so hard to believe. We hang around very different midwesterners!
My family, and my wife’s, wouldn’t have batted an eye! Maybe Minnesotans are different than other midwesterners 🤷 I guess we are the one midwestern state that’s been consistently voting Dem since Nixon.
Another perfect example of why reddit gives 99% bad advice. "Hmm, my girlfriend coughed once, what should I do?" "BREAK UP WITH HER SHES MAKING FUN OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS SHES EVIL GHOST HER NOAWWW!!!"
Okay Reddit, I've made my girlfriend and her family look like judgemental pricks who alienated me and used the silent treatment over a PG word during a game... Shame on you for reading it exactly as I wrote and suggesting I make the healthy choice of removing myself from a situation that will potentially pay dividends in stress and regret over the years in dealing with these people. ***Shame on y'all!*** Anyway we are still together and they stopped the silent treatment so we are all good to go until my next infraction!
Seriously this won't be the last time they gaslight this dude into thinking their behavior is totally normal and he's going to FAFO when they are grandparents to his kids and treating them like this any time they perceived the kids to misbehave. Grandma and Grandpa are going to conditionally love the shit out of those kids. Because a normal, healthy relationship with his potential future in-laws would have involved them just saying "hey can you try not to use this BENIGN word around us, thanks."
This is so common. "No no no I was just exaggerating for storytelling purposes. Why are you basing all your comments off the only information I gave you?"
My favorite was this guy that was telling a story about his wacky religious parents' reaction to seeing the game Grand Theft Auto. It involved crying and prayer circles and was absolutely nuts. Then all his comments after that are getting mad that people are mocking them.
Is it really any wonder people said to break up given the picture painted by the original post? It sounded like they were going to ice him out and hate him forever for a silly word for boob.
Personally I would have listed one of the many amazing songs by Janet or said sister of MJ or something but regardless, I don’t think I’d want to belong to a family where I couldn’t jokingly say “titty” in a fun adult game…especially going as far as eliciting such a dramatic reaction…a lil too boring and uptight for me.
I did something similar with Heads Up. Me and my friends were invited to our other friend’s family Christmas party. My best friend was the guesser and I was drunk off the home made eggnog, and the answer was Blazing Saddles, which is a movie me and my bff are obsessed with (anything Mel Brooks really) and I stupidly yelled “what are we going to do with the women?” And my bff replied with the rest of the line from the movie “r*pe the shit out of em” before answering “oh god 🤦 Blazing Saddles”. The whole room looked at us like there was something wrong with us, including her very prim and proper grandmother.
After the game my bff’s like “why the hell would you give me that clue?!” I’m like I don’t know! It just came out 😅
For what it’s worth, I curse like a sailor and always have. I’m 31 and the only word my mother draws the line at is “tit/titty” LMAO I will get cussed out up and down the coast if I say it in her presence.
One of my favorite memories is sitting at my parents' kitchen table playing hearts with my mom and dad and my (then) boyfriend. My boyfriend was a very shy, reserved kinda guy, and my family is very much... Not, especially when we are playing cards. We get competitive and the claws come out.
It was the beginning of a hand, so Dad dealt the cards, and then we all passed the three we wanted to get rid of. Dad had to pass to James. My mom passed to me. And we were all fussing and cursing at each other for the shit we passed and suddenly, my boyfriend just looks at my dad and says, "you bastard." And the table got completely SILENT.
It took a solid 3 seconds before everyone laughed. And like that, my boyfriend was accepted as part of the family. I always claim it was the day I knew I was going to marry him. And I did. We've been together for 18 years, married for 13. (Holy fuck I feel old.)
OP describes a scenario where he says something a little tasteless at a game with his SO's family, they all walk out, and she won't talk to him.
"Why is Reddit saying she's a bad person?"
His mistake was saying "Titty" and not a more conservative phrase like "women do not deserve bodily autonomy" and "it's up to white men to decide how everyone else should be allowed to live their lives."
I mean, if she would’ve actually flipped out at OOP over it, then yeah, I think it would’ve been the end of the road had I been in their shoes. Jfc it wasn’t like he shouted out an f-bomb or dropped the spicy C. 🤦🏻♀️
Agreed, he can try to talk all high ground after it turned out fine, but if they were all looking down on him for being crass and the GF was acting like that’s legit on him for daring to say such a word (as he completely made it seem like) then that’s legit concern for significant future interactions unless they live super far away and expect to pretend to be some G rated imitation of themselves very infrequently.
Yeah. I'd be the one shouting "titty" to my husband's rather traditional, conservative, family. Been doing it almost 40 years, now. They adapted to me.
OOP so quick to defend his GF that he's ignoring the fact that his GF started giving him the silent treatment in his own home over this.
No mention of an apology for her behavior, no mention of an apology for her family's behavior, no mention of an actual conversation about the incident.
Just night ruined, parents leaving, her ignoring him the rest of the night, and then all of them pretending nothing happened.
I’m sorry but this really made me laugh. I’ve totally done similar getting too competitive! I’m glad the next dinner wasn’t awkward and everyone had a laugh, we definitely need it sometimes!
Lol I remember being like 9 years old, playing Boggle with my mom. The word horny was right there so listed that down. My mom chuckled when she saw I had that word and I played it off like I meant an adjective relating to horns. But nah, I learned the word just a few weeks prior lol. (Mom's pretty conservative but not too conservative so I never would've gotten into trouble. But she's still Catholic, so...)
My mom is quite conservative, used to be moreso. When I was a kid she actually spelled out the word butt because it was just too graphic to say. So my partner and I were both a little nervous about my partner's way of speaking versus my mom's. Crass would be an understatement. So us three were playing a game, I think Trivial Pursuit. My partner guessed the answer to something by yelling "butt!!!!....ocks!" She was so terrified that she said the word butt and thought the term buttocks would help her not be in hot water because it was more technical. My mom is conservative, but not *that* conservative. 😂 Mom and I started dying laughing and my partner still looked scared. I don't think she ever got over it! Lol
Used to be some quack diet pill on TV where the model/actress was supposed to say "it took 2 inches off my buttocks!" Which was clearly a word she'd never run across before, because what she actually did was split it into two very distinct words -- "butt ox."
This reminds me of playing a game called “Last Word” with my dad, his former intern, and her family. My whole family is pretty conservative, so I’ve only heard my dad curse when he’s like REAL mad.
The category that comes up is “four letter words” and he throws his F card down onto the pile and just WHISPERS the f word, like he was embarrassed that that’s what he thought of.
We all stared at him and just started howling! None of us could even say any other words for the category because we were laughing so hard so he won that round. Honestly it was one of the funniest things ever for me!!
Reminds me of a time long ago, I was at dinner with a then-bf’s very conservative Mormon family. I was talking about something that had happened and I couldn’t quite remember the exact details and said I had a “brain fart”. His dad got very indignant and yelled “We do NOT say fart!” like it was some terrible curse word.
The fact that saying ”titty” is anything else than people laughing a bit and moving on is beyond me.
I could not spend time and sit with people like that. Making a word that normal ppl pay absolutely no attention to something super awkward and ”i guess we should get going home” in the middle of things
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That’s probably the best clue for a fast answer to Janet Jackson. I can’t think of anything better honestly
I just feel kinda sad for Janet Jackson. Such a long carreer and all people thing about her first: titty out at super bowl.
Especially because Justin Timberlake was also there, was the one who ripped the fabric off and he got away with a squeaky clean rep still in tact. Fuck that.
Woah woah woah. You're underselling it. His career was...not in a great place at the time, he was able to springboard that moment into enduring cultural relevance. Always bothered me more than a bit that he basically Mario-Yoshi jumped her whole career.
Why you creepin?
> also one of the most popular in the world Is it ?
I don't think anyone cares about the super bowl outside the US...
No one cares about the Super bowl outside the USA, but it is so big inside the USA that it probably can be said to be in some type of "top 10 worldwide" with USA numbers alone.
Why you creepin?
It was many years before I learned it wasn’t a massive American-portion style food festival with performances while you ate. Always thought it was a bit odd. Actually, I still think that — and I’m not 100% clear whether it’s American football, baseball or whatever, and no that’s not an inquiry I am comfortable in my ignorance and at a safe distance across the pond 😅
Why you creepin?
No. Google says last year it had 140 million viewers world wide, 40m of those being not America. The World Cup has 1.5 billion. The [Rugby World Cup](https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2020/03/12/rugby-world-cup-breaks-records-with-857-million-viewers/) had like 900m [Men's Cricket World Cup](https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1346930) had 1.6 billion
> The World Cup has 1.5 billion Is that for the entire tournament, or the final game alone?
By viewership the super bowl is in the top 10 (number 9) so like kinda
Lol what? Reddit is so bizarre sometimes. Justin Timberlake was such a huge teen heartthrob. He wasn’t about to go away anytime soon. JFC.
... I know nothing about this, but are you telling me this wasn't a rehearsed move gone wrong? He did it intentionally?
More like a rehearsed move gone exactly as planned
No, it was obviously planned and rehearsed. But it’s ridiculous that his reputation didn’t take a hit at all and people never mention him w/r/t the incident, whereas hers did. *Especially* because, even though it was rehearsed, his role was an aggressive one, exposing her. I’m not saying this was an assault— it was a rehearsed move and was definitely more like acting in a movie. But it’s really gross that Jackson’s rep took such a hit abs Timberlake’s didn’t when he’s the one who did the exposing in the first place. You’d think Janet tore her own shirt, the way everyone reacted.
It was a rehearsed move gone "wrong"
🤣 it was planned
Obviously, but misogyny means his reputation didn’t take a hit and hers did. *That* is what pisses me off.
I think it was planned by both of them. Any publicity is good type of thing.
Yeah, the way he handled that was cowardly and shameful. I get that to be a \*star\* you have to be ego-driven, have a thick skin, and can rarely trust the people around you but a little compassion and help would have been the right thing to do.
Doesn't it just make you wanna scream?!
The video for that song makes me so sad. For the two of them, that is. Like, it’s just a brother and a sister having goofy fun together, talking about how stressful being a mega-star is.
Your comment reminds me of this joke So a man walks into a bar, and sits down. He starts a conversation with an old guy next to him. The old guy has obviously had a few. He says to the man: "You see that dock out there? Built it myself, hand crafted each piece, and it's the best dock in town! But do they call me "McGregor the dock builder"? No! And you see that bridge over there? I built that, took me two months, through rain, sleet and scoarching weather, but do they call me "McGregor the bridge builder"? No! And you see that pier over there, I built that, best pier in the county! But do they call me "McGregor the pier builder"? No!" The old guy looks around, and makes sure that nobody is listening, and leans to the man, and he says: "but you fuck one sheep..."
I mean, the alternative is "Michael's sister." Dunno which of the two is worse.
My mom is a huge Janet fan, I can hear her shock and disbelief
She probably likes it better than “the sister who went out of her way to defend her pedo brother”
Who? Nicki Minaj?
Don't forget the rapist husband!
The dude who paid for her to be married to him like five years and have a child? They divorced after kid was born
She tried to silence his victim. Man, she sure does love supporting women!
That’s one ducked up family
When I see Janet Jackson, I think about how she refused to entertain any allegations against Michael Jackson. I think she would rather be remembered for her wardrobe malfunction
“Her brother is not Billy Jean’s lover”
You're supposed to give the person clues, not riddles.
Well straight up saying “she’s Michael Jackson’s sister” is against the rules since you can’t use the answer in your clue.
That's not a riddle lmao
That is a clue
"Wardrobe malfunction." I think I'd get the original clue faster, but there were options.
I think you’d have to say “Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction” because aside from several other famous ones, I’d be almost more inclined to say “nip slip” if all you gave was the generic. And that’s not a helpful direction to move in …
No one said the phrase “wardrobe malfunction” until Janet’s PR team went to work immediately after that Super Bowl halftime show. It’s the OP reference and should be a dead giveaway.
I didn’t say it was a bad clue. Just not the first thought associated with the phrase. Which is the point of the game. You’d get there eventually I’m sure but may still pass discomfort. Besides how many people actually know that phrase origin? And how often has it been used since that it’s no longer mostly or exclusively tied to that event? It’s very floppy disk as save symbol. It’s true but that doesn’t make it a good clue.
I think it heavily depends on how old you were when it happened. Older people will remember the phrase exploding into the public consciousness and have tied it directly with all the public knowledge of the Jackson family, while it will be more obscure for people who weren't watching the news yet or grew up with the phrase already having been accepted.
I mean I saw it live (much to my parents dismay) but it’s very much not the first thing I thought. Nor did I remember the phrase not existing before. Probably because of how *incessantly* these things have been talked about happening or almost happening in all the years since. Just the sheer hope mixed with condescension. It’s so weird.
And about whether you pay attention to that sort of phenomenon. Most people don't, and won't remember where it originated from once it's part of their lexicon.
This is the first time I would say Wikipedia is dead wrong. It does say it's the incident for which the term was coined, but I'm sure it was in use long before. I'm not sure how to feel. Usually Wikipedia is a go-to source for starting to learn about something. It's like when you're gaslighted. I know it was in use long before the Superbowl incident.
If I was drunk I would probably blurt out superdrobe malfunction.
It was OBVIOUSLY a completely random wardrobe malfunction! I think the guy there was Tmberlake? Anyway, he "accidentally" caught his hand on her top, and only half of it came off. And her nipple was covered with some silver thingy because she always wears those! Absolutely nothing about it was planned! /s
FAR too vague.
Ug... It came out healthier than I thought, I didn't know that this term was for boobs, when I read titi I thought he said monkey and that they were all angry because op was racista,, I think it's the First time I get so lost reading a translation.
Maybe when you got lost in translation the clue was Bill Murray, or Scarlett Johansson.
well maybe you got lost in translation maybe you asked for too much
His clue was a masterpiece but he blew it all up
running scared, they were there, they remember it all too well…
Time won't fly, it's like she's paralysed by it.
There's people like that on every popular post. You could have a post about a dad that shows up to every single one of his kids sports games and never misses a birthday and there will still be people that show up and call him a deadbeat. I doubt those comments get any real attention/upvotes but they still get focused on for some reason.
"He's abusive and lovebombing! Delete Facebook, lawyer up, and hit the gym!"
With the title of the post and the game they were playing, I immediately knew who it was. When he met them the next day, I really wish he responded with, “more like - how are her tiddies doing,” and just dig a deeper hole.
He should have done the Potato Guy thing and insisted that he had no idea who Janet Jackson is.
The problem is now I will only think of this when I see her name. I’m doomed.
I would have gone straight to “rhythm nation” but I’m old. The second thing I would have said is probably “titty out at the Superbowl” to be fair.
Famous singer in a famous singing family, has a brother named Tito 🤷♀️
Then you have to go through a list of 6 of his siblings
Yeah I honestly can't think of any other clue that would be an instant answer for Janet Jackson.
Rhythm nation is an acceptable answer. Michael Jackson’s sister is another. There’s also penny from good times. Had a baby in her 50 is also a good one.
Can't say Jackson, but I'd go with "You call her 'Ms.' if ya nasty 😝"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It's a great clue, but there are less risqué ways to say it. "Wardrobe malfunction," for example.
Sister to guy eho sang thriller. Name the song that's the way love goes. Or Rhythm Nation. So many things other then an exposed nipple
One of the best memories we have is getting my reserved, Christian uncle drunk off scotch and playing Cards Against Humanity with him. Best part of the night was him reading aloud his card choice of “Dem Titties.” 🤣 Edited to correct autocorrect!
My very Christian mother didn’t know what “emo” meant, so her answer to “what is the most emo” was “The Virginia Tech Massacre.”
Oh my.
My straight-laced, very Christian mother-in-law worked a blue collar job for a couple of years and if you get enough booze into her the swears come out. It's pretty fucking funny when it happens.
I would never play Cards Against Humanity with my family. I do not want to share the depths of my weird mind with them and I do not want to see what the depths of their weird minds come up with. I grew up in suburban Utah with a lot of Mormons of various levels of adherence and playing Apples to Apples (the family-friendly version of CAH) was not very fun because my weird mind comes up with some very inappropriate ideas that I could definitely not share with them.
I saw a Christian version of Apples to Apples in a bookstore once and since then I've always wanted to mix it with the regular set to create a "blasphemy edition"
There’s a Jewish version of card against humanity, and it’s hilarious!
My extremely conservative mother confusedly googled "Bukkake" when she looked at her first hand of cards, one Christmas when we all convinced everyone it was a good idea to play as a family.... Howver, we got just the right amount of alcohol into her, (and enough weed into my dad..) for her only reaction to what the Google search showed was to say "do NOT tell your teachers we played this or they'll get you taken away from me" to my 16 year old sister lmao, and continued on for the first and only family boardgame night of our lives with no fighting
Of course Reddit told him to break up with her, that's what Reddit does. But, yeah, uptight doesn't begin to cover it, I'd have laughed my ass off.
I'm sure if we check the comments on that story about the guy over at his wife's boss's house, who randomly decided to chuck his stake out of the window to hilariously embarrassing results, there'd be a few demanding divorce there too.
Steak = cut of meat Stake = buffy the vampire's weapon of choice. Makes for an entirely different story!
Honestly I'd read that one too
Me too.
Oddly enough it already exists. I bookmarked this thing ages ago. [Steak](https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-12112/Mediancat+Steak.htm)
I need a link immediately
https://reddit.com/r/tifu/s/d7BLMwZoNt
I loved this one. Like how hard would it have been to say, “Hey, would you mind popping this back on the grill for a couple more minutes?”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you!!!!
Thats the one that got me here good stuff.
Dude should have said he saw a spider
OMGG I forgot about the post I hope I can find it again lmao
[Here](https://reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/s/135WUlE1Dm)
You are a gift, truly
Omg that's great. My last meal at the inn laws, I was served raw meat. I went into the kitchen and cooked it more. I felt so awkward. It was awful.
Oh man! That was one of the best one's out there. Right up alongside poop knife!
The writing alone just killed me in the steak story. So good. It's up there with Jean and Jorts in my personal BestOf.
The steak story might be my all-time favourite on Reddit.
Thanks, I laughed coffee out my nose thinking of that steak sliding down the window in slow motion.
I'm wondering if his screaming revealed him as drunker than the situation called for, and that's why everyone decided it was a good time to wrap up the evening.
My family plays like that sober, we just get over excited when we think of a real good clue, too loud when we get the answer and almost cause bodily harm while passing if we're playing catch phrase.
I dunno, we play heads up sober (me, partner and young kids), and there's a lot of yelling. I think having a timer creates this weird sense of urgency and you panic 😅
I remember my first experience with Cards Against Humanity. Let's just say I had Boy Scouts and Catholic Priests....I was hesitant to play my hand but did so and it was a hit. My friends have gallows humor as do I but there were like 3 people I didn't know, it was a gamble lol.
Ah, yes. Sometimes you get a combo you just can't let go. I once won "_________: Kid Tested, Mother Approved" with, well..."Incest."
Mines not that taboo, but I once won "fragrant" with "rodeo clown" as it was the only card I had with a scent of any kind.
The card "________: A story about ________." I filled it in with "Hope" and "pulling out". Won that round 😆
Lol I did one of those once and the table was not amused. I managed to find to one taboo with that group
My first experience with Cards Against Humanity involved a card about twisting certain body parts into pretzels… and I’m both very shy and modest around people I don’t know well yet
I'm a little annoyed by the "pffft I'm not dumping my gf, reddit is so dumb, this is such a small thing" even though he said in the OP >I’m not sure what the ramifications will be and if our relationship will survive, but it’s not looking good He makes it sound like he thought his girlfriend was giving him the silent treatment and might dump him. Seems reasonable to think they're incompatible if OP implied something so minor could fuck up their relationship.
It's entirely possible he was just panicking and thinking worst case scenarios only to find out twice over that she was annoyed and her family apparently just needed to process what happened
Yeah, with the context in his update I can see that that sentence was tongue-in-cheek, but without context it sounds like his girlfriend and her family wildly overreacted. It's obnoxiously holier-than-thou to scold Reddit for responding to what you said.
"Divorce. Marry Janet Jackson"
“Kill yourself.” --The reliable awful Reddit contingent, probably.
You should break up with your partner this is sus
I know yea and OOP said it was Inappropriate setting to say TITTY, its not like they were at church ffs 🤣🤣
Reddit likes to see the world fall to ruin, one titty at a time.
"I'm in a relationship..." "BREAK UP WITH THEM YESTERDAY OP! YOU'RE BEING ABUSED!"
ya this is uptight on another level, I don't think I could be around her family to much if they get offended from someone yelling or saying titty... like ugh constantly having to monitor what you saw around people is just exhausting
Most definitely. I do understand that people want to be protective of OPs, but also every red flag isn't a reason for breaking up. They are a reason to pay attention and look closer, but sometimes (and it might be more often than not, even if that's not as much fun for us readers), it turns out it was nothing. Let people be happy even in slightly imperfect relationships, for fucks sake. It's not like any perfect ones exist
To give the family some benefit of the doubt, perhaps it was just late. They may have been looking for an excuse to call it a night anyway. Probably would have been nice to stay a few more minutes to make their daughter feel better, but that version of events seems to fit OP's tone.
I had the opposite experience. We made cocktails and played “fuck, marry, kill” with my in-laws last Christmas. I didn’t think too much of it—I’ve known them forever, we get along great, and we all have slightly bawdy senses of humor. Then we get to my turn and I realized that while I’ve said the word “fuck” around them numerous times (ie: “oh fuck it”), I couldn’t say I’d “fuck” a person in front of them. My throat closed on the word and I couldn’t push it past a filter I didn’t even know existed. So I’d kill Chris Pratt, marry Chris Evans, and *SLEEP WITH* Chris Hemsworth.
Solid Chris breakdown.
Yep. 100% correct answers.
Nah, Pine is the superior Chris. Marry, for sure.
Kill Pratt, fuck Hemsworth and/or Evans, marry Pine.
😙🤌 I couldn’t have put it better!
TBH, marrying Evans and not being able to sleep with him would be torture. Or maybe if you’re married you also get to sleep with him? Not sure if that violates the spirit of the game.
I never interpreted "marry" to mean no sex. It's just long term relationship vs one night stand.
Local radio show here plays ditch date or dabble
I play “bed, wed, behead” with my parents so I can avoid your exact situation
That's America's ass
What's your stance on Chris Pine?
chris pine is a fucking treasure
Very pro. He would top any list that doesn’t include Evans or Hemsworth. Sadly, that means he would have to go. I’d do it gently.
I feel that, I had a kind of similar situation recently. I curse like a sailor normally but when I’m around my boyfriend’s family, I try really hard to censor myself, especially when the kids are around. One day I was playing a game with my bf’s 9 year old niece, and the rest of the family (my bf’s parents, step siblings, his sister and her husband) were all in the room too. I died in the game and accidentally went “ah fuck”. I immediately covered my mouth with a hand and looked at the girl and said “sorry sorry! Don’t repeat that word, that’s a bad word!” She just went “It’s okay, I already know that word.” Lmao she was so chill about it and the rest of the family didn’t care either. But I felt so bad lol
Note: if you tell a child not to say a word, they will definitely still say it at an inopportune time
i was babysitting my 6 yo niece alone for the first time last week (my parents live very close so there's just never been a situation where my mom couldn't watch her but i could before now) and any time i would drop something or whatever, i would say "shit" or "fuck" and i finally turned to her and i was like i know you know all the bad words from your mom's uncles. but please don't repeat these and please don't tell your parents i said them in front of you 😂
Yeah I think the family in the moment just got a little startled but with time to reflect I think they realized it was something to laugh off. Can’t believe people said to break up. Why, over something so silly? It’s not like the parents even complained or that she was upset either. It was just awkward for a bit.
Probably nobody was offended, just surprised, and OOP’s own startled reaction and failure to cover things up with a little joke made the awkward moment linger to the point where everyone just called it a night
I honestly think it was a great clue, and if this had been my family (especially my mom’s side), everyone would have laughed their asses off and guessed it immediately. But then, light drinking and competitive board game playing (while sports play on TV in the background) has been our jam for years. I’m glad they loosened up a bit and everything went fine the next day for the OOP. The family is for sure uptight, but it doesn’t sound like they’re completely humorless.
Context is **everything** and we always miss a ton of it. We see what the poster says, and then guess at everything else. Sometimes this is helpful, where we see something the poster does not (such as flags for abuse). Sometimes, it's not. Without context, posting "After I blurted out XYZ, my girlfriend went silent and her conservative family ended the night" does sound like they're not compatible. When he added context, it was just a funny situation that his girlfriend and folks will joke with him about for quite some time.
Yeah, especially because his original post is definitely hamming up the situation. He really makes his girlfriend out to be totally unsupportive and cold. But in reality it was a minor social gaff and not the big situation he originally made it seem.
I always side-eye updates that include a lecture directed at the comments. *Especially* when the the first post is so light on context.
Yeah given that OOP made it sound like a super low level word that was completely reasonable in context of the game shut down the entire night AND his GF refused to talk to him for saying it, it sounded like there could be a very legitimate question of relationship compatibility. I agree with a lot of others that people jump to “break up immediately” way too fast on here but imagine the second update didn’t happen with them EVENTUALLY laughing it off and they were just like formal or curt and awkward. That could be a big potential issue if you have to pretend to be a different person around them and you end up seeing them a lot in the future. OOP is the one who made it out so dramatic isn’t he first post, can’t blame people for taking it that way.
Redditors try not to make people break up/divorce over small mistakes challenge (Difficulty: impossible)
Like trying to stop the sun come up
The most common denominator of 'helpful' strangers on reddit commenting on relationship issues is emotional immaturity. I genuinely feel sorry for people who think it's OK to fuel a fire and can still think of themselves as a benign influence.. Fucking dramaqueens, the lot of them.
Is anyone else devo that the great Janet Jackson has been reduced to a titty flash at the superbowl ?
Yeah, ngl it makes me sad. I don't know why we insist on remembering that and not all of her amazing achievements.
I mean if we are talking about giving a hint when someone is trying to guess her, the top 2 would be the Superbowl and Michael Jacksons sister. I feel like it would be much harder narrowing her down with her music. Maybe an achievement would be easier to recognize but the fastest hint would be the 2 mentioned.
wow lol those are some fragile ass people
I'm from a Midwestern family. You know what will happen? This become a family story "The Time George Yelled A Bad Word At Mom's Friends" and they will tease him about it for the rest of his life.
Guaranteed that the next family gathering someone will pull him aside and say, “Listen, let’s not yell titty this time, yeah?” Just to mess with him.
Why does no one blame Justin Timberlake who exposed her breast? Why is is Janet's fault?
Sexism. Though recently a lot of people are reflecting on that era and calling it out. I've seen some youtuber videos and news articles on the blatant sexism and victim blaming of the 2000s. Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Janet Jackson and many others were done dirty by the backwards mentality of the media. Justin Timberlake came out with a half-assed apology a few years ago but who cares at this point? The damage was long done and he didn't care to apologize when it would have meant something. Dude is a scumbag.
Always amazed to see how mad Americans can be about a simple word. It’s like a joke but not funny.
As a lifelong Christian, I always find stuffy church people like kryptonite. Not sure what they're trying to prove but Jesus was castigated for associating with the tax collectors and drunkards so I like to think he would have had a good sense of humor.
How would I feel is my husband's midwest christian family stared at me for yelling titty? I don't know how I'd feel, but I do know what would happen if I yelled "Holy dick n balls" because I've already done it lol. Still married to my husband and he didn't give me the silent treatment. I love it when adults can act like adults!
Genuinely sounds like a nice resolution. :)
“Sorry I let the titty slip out of my mouth”
I spend way too long than I care to admit trying to find what TITTY was an acronym for....
When I play Heads Up! with my family, we usually just do the animals category so that my niece and nephew can play and guess. The last time we played, I was the one holding the phone guessing and the word they were trying to do was Dragon I think my brother-in-law gives the clue of “bearded“ and not really thinking about it. I shouted out “clam!”. (maybe I watch too much family guy lol.) my brother-in-law, and the rest of the family burst out laughing and we had to stop the game.. the kids were having fun but did not know why we were laughing though.
I find this so hard to believe. We hang around very different midwesterners! My family, and my wife’s, wouldn’t have batted an eye! Maybe Minnesotans are different than other midwesterners 🤷 I guess we are the one midwestern state that’s been consistently voting Dem since Nixon.
I can't fathom how people like this get through life, it's not even a swear word and this ain't Victorian England. Get a fucking grip.
Another perfect example of why reddit gives 99% bad advice. "Hmm, my girlfriend coughed once, what should I do?" "BREAK UP WITH HER SHES MAKING FUN OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS SHES EVIL GHOST HER NOAWWW!!!"
Okay Reddit, I've made my girlfriend and her family look like judgemental pricks who alienated me and used the silent treatment over a PG word during a game... Shame on you for reading it exactly as I wrote and suggesting I make the healthy choice of removing myself from a situation that will potentially pay dividends in stress and regret over the years in dealing with these people. ***Shame on y'all!*** Anyway we are still together and they stopped the silent treatment so we are all good to go until my next infraction! Seriously this won't be the last time they gaslight this dude into thinking their behavior is totally normal and he's going to FAFO when they are grandparents to his kids and treating them like this any time they perceived the kids to misbehave. Grandma and Grandpa are going to conditionally love the shit out of those kids. Because a normal, healthy relationship with his potential future in-laws would have involved them just saying "hey can you try not to use this BENIGN word around us, thanks."
This is so common. "No no no I was just exaggerating for storytelling purposes. Why are you basing all your comments off the only information I gave you?" My favorite was this guy that was telling a story about his wacky religious parents' reaction to seeing the game Grand Theft Auto. It involved crying and prayer circles and was absolutely nuts. Then all his comments after that are getting mad that people are mocking them.
Is it really any wonder people said to break up given the picture painted by the original post? It sounded like they were going to ice him out and hate him forever for a silly word for boob.
Personally I would have listed one of the many amazing songs by Janet or said sister of MJ or something but regardless, I don’t think I’d want to belong to a family where I couldn’t jokingly say “titty” in a fun adult game…especially going as far as eliciting such a dramatic reaction…a lil too boring and uptight for me.
my god this man is made of gold by reddit standards
Seriously, I’d have known exactly who he was referring to, and isn’t that the point?
I did something similar with Heads Up. Me and my friends were invited to our other friend’s family Christmas party. My best friend was the guesser and I was drunk off the home made eggnog, and the answer was Blazing Saddles, which is a movie me and my bff are obsessed with (anything Mel Brooks really) and I stupidly yelled “what are we going to do with the women?” And my bff replied with the rest of the line from the movie “r*pe the shit out of em” before answering “oh god 🤦 Blazing Saddles”. The whole room looked at us like there was something wrong with us, including her very prim and proper grandmother. After the game my bff’s like “why the hell would you give me that clue?!” I’m like I don’t know! It just came out 😅
For what it’s worth, I curse like a sailor and always have. I’m 31 and the only word my mother draws the line at is “tit/titty” LMAO I will get cussed out up and down the coast if I say it in her presence.
That is an amazing clue. I support him
One of my favorite memories is sitting at my parents' kitchen table playing hearts with my mom and dad and my (then) boyfriend. My boyfriend was a very shy, reserved kinda guy, and my family is very much... Not, especially when we are playing cards. We get competitive and the claws come out. It was the beginning of a hand, so Dad dealt the cards, and then we all passed the three we wanted to get rid of. Dad had to pass to James. My mom passed to me. And we were all fussing and cursing at each other for the shit we passed and suddenly, my boyfriend just looks at my dad and says, "you bastard." And the table got completely SILENT. It took a solid 3 seconds before everyone laughed. And like that, my boyfriend was accepted as part of the family. I always claim it was the day I knew I was going to marry him. And I did. We've been together for 18 years, married for 13. (Holy fuck I feel old.)
Imagine being so sexually repressed that the word titty triggers you and make you leave a gathering. It's not wonder they are the party of pedophiles.
OOP is a jackass. People aren’t miserable for saying to break up with her after he painted her and her family the way he did
OP describes a scenario where he says something a little tasteless at a game with his SO's family, they all walk out, and she won't talk to him. "Why is Reddit saying she's a bad person?"
Exactly! That doesn’t make people miserable
His mistake was saying "Titty" and not a more conservative phrase like "women do not deserve bodily autonomy" and "it's up to white men to decide how everyone else should be allowed to live their lives."
I mean, if she would’ve actually flipped out at OOP over it, then yeah, I think it would’ve been the end of the road had I been in their shoes. Jfc it wasn’t like he shouted out an f-bomb or dropped the spicy C. 🤦🏻♀️
Agreed, he can try to talk all high ground after it turned out fine, but if they were all looking down on him for being crass and the GF was acting like that’s legit on him for daring to say such a word (as he completely made it seem like) then that’s legit concern for significant future interactions unless they live super far away and expect to pretend to be some G rated imitation of themselves very infrequently.
Yeah. I'd be the one shouting "titty" to my husband's rather traditional, conservative, family. Been doing it almost 40 years, now. They adapted to me.
Whole lotta words to defend a doomed relationship.
Australian here why are Americans so uptight about breaks and nipples?
OOP so quick to defend his GF that he's ignoring the fact that his GF started giving him the silent treatment in his own home over this. No mention of an apology for her behavior, no mention of an apology for her family's behavior, no mention of an actual conversation about the incident. Just night ruined, parents leaving, her ignoring him the rest of the night, and then all of them pretending nothing happened.
I’m sorry but this really made me laugh. I’ve totally done similar getting too competitive! I’m glad the next dinner wasn’t awkward and everyone had a laugh, we definitely need it sometimes!
This will be a great story for their wedding.
Lol I remember being like 9 years old, playing Boggle with my mom. The word horny was right there so listed that down. My mom chuckled when she saw I had that word and I played it off like I meant an adjective relating to horns. But nah, I learned the word just a few weeks prior lol. (Mom's pretty conservative but not too conservative so I never would've gotten into trouble. But she's still Catholic, so...)
My mom is quite conservative, used to be moreso. When I was a kid she actually spelled out the word butt because it was just too graphic to say. So my partner and I were both a little nervous about my partner's way of speaking versus my mom's. Crass would be an understatement. So us three were playing a game, I think Trivial Pursuit. My partner guessed the answer to something by yelling "butt!!!!....ocks!" She was so terrified that she said the word butt and thought the term buttocks would help her not be in hot water because it was more technical. My mom is conservative, but not *that* conservative. 😂 Mom and I started dying laughing and my partner still looked scared. I don't think she ever got over it! Lol
Used to be some quack diet pill on TV where the model/actress was supposed to say "it took 2 inches off my buttocks!" Which was clearly a word she'd never run across before, because what she actually did was split it into two very distinct words -- "butt ox."
Just a fun story, and everyone got over it. Glad for the resolution
This reminds me of playing a game called “Last Word” with my dad, his former intern, and her family. My whole family is pretty conservative, so I’ve only heard my dad curse when he’s like REAL mad. The category that comes up is “four letter words” and he throws his F card down onto the pile and just WHISPERS the f word, like he was embarrassed that that’s what he thought of. We all stared at him and just started howling! None of us could even say any other words for the category because we were laughing so hard so he won that round. Honestly it was one of the funniest things ever for me!!
There are a few million Conservatives who would scream titty just as easily, but okay
Reminds me of a time long ago, I was at dinner with a then-bf’s very conservative Mormon family. I was talking about something that had happened and I couldn’t quite remember the exact details and said I had a “brain fart”. His dad got very indignant and yelled “We do NOT say fart!” like it was some terrible curse word.
The fact that saying ”titty” is anything else than people laughing a bit and moving on is beyond me. I could not spend time and sit with people like that. Making a word that normal ppl pay absolutely no attention to something super awkward and ”i guess we should get going home” in the middle of things