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I think a lot of the more reactionary posts here are assuming that this woman and her "husband" were rational, normal people capable of making reasonable choices. To me, aside from the gross-out factor, it seems self-evident that these people were not capable of making the choices that any of us would were we to find ourselves on the couch like that woman. Nobody chooses to suffer, it goes against basic instincts. Clearly they were impaired, probably in multiple ways.
Years ago I used to live down the street from a woman who had two adult children living with her...all appeared to be at least borderline retarded (or whatever the pc term is). The son was this skinny wretched filthy guy with really long fingernails that had a bunch of black stuff caked under them. He used to just come around, stand there and stare. Once in a while he'd say a word or two. My landlord's girlfriend told me that one time they went in the house to help with something, and his bedroom closet was overflowing with piles of shitty underwear - I guess he had no control, so he's just wear a pair until it was caked with shit, then throw it in the closet, which proceeded to fill up and overflow into the room. These people didn't even have the rudimentary sense to make a dump run and dispose of it.
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