Unlike sharks, who are very smooth.

I think grampa has a tree identification problem. It looks like a spruce forrest or something, definitely not pines.

What a christian graveyard would look like if Jesus was hanged.

Is this a joke? "Bezmenov" means "No name".

Ok, I'll go with velociraptor. Maybe not as an icon of thought, but I'll go with it.

We talk about enabling harmful behaviour. No one has a right to harm others, not even those with a disability.

No matter whether the diagnosis is accurate in this case. OP's parents are harmful for some reason. No need to make OP's situation even harder, internet stranger. Be kind to kids, please.

The pictures are allowed to be misleading

• That's not good. Time to change that.

Can you please share more of your experience? What was the occasion and the set-up? What was it like?

Well, sometimes people can make statements because they don't understand. They can realize they were an asshole and change their mind about things. This may or may not be the case. Anyway, I think it's a good thing that he didn't double down.

There's no indication in the picture that the scratches were done on purpose. I still think it's very cute.

Yes, you can build tolerance to cold temperatures by slow gradual exposure to them. Using cold water at the end of showering and wearing one Layer of clothes less to feel slightly cool (but not freezing) works well. Aside of cold tolerance, the benefits include boosting your imune system, turning your white fat into Brown fat, which is able to burn calories (and make heat from them, that's why you feel warmer) and lowering inflammation in your body.