this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
1350 points (98.8% liked)

Privacy

8213 readers
465 users here now

A community for Lemmy users interested in privacy

Rules:

  1. Be civil
  2. No spam posting
  3. Keep posts on-topic
  4. No trolling

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm inclined to agree. I lost my grandfathers years ago, but I've gone through this thought exercise a lot since this all kicked off:

Assuming they don't already know: would I shelter a 90+ year old veteran from home-grown horrors that they'll never live to see resolved, or let them shuffle off this mortal coil blissfully ignorant?

Honestly, this is a situation where the truth simply won't do any good. I'd probably just not tell them and keep those soaps and old movies on repeat.

[โ€“] teft@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure I could tell one if I knew one either.