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WCDT Strips 3221 to 3225 (16 - 20 May 2016)
J:
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 May 2016, 05:14 ---As someone with partial deafness, I would cringe if anyone ever used a term llike 'sensory deficit' anywhere near me.
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must...resist...easy...joke...
Tova:
--- Quote from: TheCollector on 18 May 2016, 05:26 ---So, I'm not saying Clinton burned down her bar. I'm just saying it didn't burn down till he went there.
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Well, you know. When one of the story's protagonists turns up at your quiet little bar, you know that it won't be a quiet night. :mrgreen:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 18 May 2016, 05:31 ---Harm? - probably not. But for there to be a benefit, there has to be explanation going along with the modified vocabulary at some point; while a few people might get it on their own as a result, that will not necessarily be a significant proportion.
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Yes, there does, and that is one of the issues. People discussing these issues often think the terms they use are common coin, but they are akin to jargon. Most people have their own interpretations of such euphemisms, and those interpretations probably would not be to your liking.
Any more thoughts on the topic will have to wait until I've slept.
--- Quote from: J on 18 May 2016, 05:35 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 May 2016, 05:14 ---As someone with partial deafness, I would cringe if anyone ever used a term llike 'sensory deficit' anywhere near me.
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must...resist...easy...joke...
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Awww, I was kind of hoping someone would, actually. I left the opening... :clairedoge:
P.S. I have a bad habit of misspelling "euphemism"... :p
Mordhaus:
Is it just me or is Jeph slowly drawing Clinton as a more studly type guy? Since the fire I keep expecting him to do a Fabio hair flip.
dexeron:
I can definitely relate to Brun here. In extremely stressful situations (like a car accident) I've been the coolest head in the "room," making sure everyone was ok, speaking with authorities, arranging pick-up etc... and then once I was sure that everyone was safe and that everything had been taken care off, adrenaline or shock or whatever else wore off and all the emotions and memories flooded in and I turned into a gibbering wreck.
I don't personally shut down communication-wise when overwhelmed (I'm on the spectrum, and do have rare issues where I get overwhelmed by stimulus/stress, but I don't shut down in that way), but I can see how, now that the most pressing crises have been more or less "resolved," and now that shock is wearing off and the body is letting down its defenses, that's when it all starts crashing in.
Zebediah:
Yeah, I'm pretty much the same way. I panic after the problem is resolved.
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