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Context: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato

Edit: How they sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjvfqnD0ws

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reading Anne Rice's Cry to Heaven woke me as to exactly how horrifying castration is. Jesus. I'll never read that one again.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was a big fan of the vampire chronicles and the Mayfair witches books. Got Cry to Heaven on disc for a long road trip and traumatized the whole family.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Laughing out loud for the first time today!