Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2966-2970 (25th to 29th May 2015)
rfrank dodelijk:
is there a bit of piss taking going on in this strip or are there really people who worry about some unspecified future problem just because they have such cosy lives in the present?
qcworld is sometimes an all together ridiculous place.
very very funny last panel today though.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: rfrank dodelijk on 27 May 2015, 00:37 ---is there a bit of piss taking going on in this strip or are there really people who worry about some unspecified future problem just because they have such cosy lives in the present?
qcworld is sometimes an all together ridiculous place.
very very funny last panel today though.
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It isn't 'piss taking'. Hypochondria really does affect some people this way. It isn't 'worrying about some unspecified future problem'. It is being constantly terrified that the slightest ache, pain or twitch is the first symptom of deadly illness.
I know someone with this condition and I have to watch what I say. If I even hint about something medically-related, by the end of the conversation, he'll be sure he has a serious illness simply because he's been thinking too hard about it. It's no different from any other anxiety disorder - it has no real basis in reality but is nonetheless potentially disabling and always very distressing.
ZoeB:
Why so? Information flow is information flow. Her question is whether Time's arrow is an absolute or statistical property, admitting of local reversal.
It's probably easier to express in equations. To use words lacks rigour. But if the object is to communicate, then equations may not be appropriate, something like Feynmann diagrams in terms of ease of visualisation would be better.
ukrayf:
This focus on Hannelore and Faye's friendship has been giving me life.
pwhodges:
The point about sending good memories forward rather than bringing future worries back to the present is well made, though. Without that approach, someone like me who has had several potentially fatal illnesses already to prime the worry pump would be a complete wreck. I just bank the happiness of knowing I survived each time.
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