Topic: WCDT 2961-2965 (18-22 May 2015) (Read 26897 times)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #200 on:** 22 May 2015, 04:44 »

Clothes might block germs, but they also carry them around, don't they?

Zebediah · « **Reply #201 on:** 22 May 2015, 04:49 »

The same is true of skin. So the question is, would Hannelore rather be carrying the germs around on her clothing or on her skin?

Tova · « **Reply #202 on:** 22 May 2015, 05:09 »

~~I don't want to brag, but...~~

ahhhh screw it.

Quote from: Tova on 17 May 2015, 21:00

My completely unscientific from-what-I-know guess is that it's a seborrheic keratosis. My only source of doubt is that it's more of an older person's thing. But it's not cancerous, and images on the internet are kind of gross, especially when you introduce bleeding into your search terms.

Now all she has to deal with is the couple of days wait for the thing to actually fall off.
(Source: I've had a few frozen off myself)

prime_pm · « **Reply #203 on:** 22 May 2015, 06:19 »

You know, this case reminds me of the time I got this pyogenic granuloma.

...on my sack.

I didn't know what the hell it was. Thought it might have been a venereal disease because apparently I'm an idiot, so I went to a VD clinic to get checked out because it was free and I'm also cheap. After I came out clean, I registered to see a doctor, and since I'd just moved downtown and had yet to register with a regular physician I had to wait about two months or so for an available appointment. I go in, she don't know what the hell it is, so she points me to the direction of a dermatologist. And that's another two or three months of waiting. And keep in mind, this whole time I'm dealing with

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. Think I went through five boxes of band-aids. Finally I see the dermatologist, she identifies what the hell it is and offers to snip it off for me. I had to get two locals into my nuts beforehand. As she scraped it off and cauterized/welded the wound, I felt nothing below the waist. Also got checked for cancer while I was there; nothing.

Lesson learned: see a doctor regularly.

aliensporebomb · « **Reply #204 on:** 22 May 2015, 07:13 »

Poor Hanners. In some ways she's kind of like a little kid. She's an adult but maybe spending all those years aboard station has some areas still yet to be developed. Glad to see she'll be fine. Maybe Faye will take her out for ice cream afterwards?

Nepiophage · « **Reply #205 on:** 22 May 2015, 07:15 »

Quote from: Zebediah on 22 May 2015, 04:42

For someone as germophobic as Hannelore, she tends to walk around with surprisingly little clothing to block the germs. The skimpy-shirt-and-shorts look seems to be her default summer wardrobe.

INdeed, yes. Here's another example. http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2886

Thrillho · « **Reply #206 on:** 22 May 2015, 08:28 »

Skin's easier to clean than clothes I guess?

Timemaster · « **Reply #207 on:** 22 May 2015, 08:54 »

Quote from: Nepiophage on 22 May 2015, 07:15

INdeed, yes. Here's another example. http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2886

OK, I completely forgot about that one. So I was wrong about the hotpants.

By the way, according to the timeline-thread we should be about middle or end of september. I´m not familiar with the weather in New England. Is it usually very warm there at that time?

TM

bhtooefr · « **Reply #208 on:** 22 May 2015, 09:17 »

Something to consider is that more clothing equals more sweat trapped and held against the body in hot weather. And, let's face it, that'll make Hannelore feel dirty.

Zebediah · « **Reply #209 on:** 22 May 2015, 10:44 »

I don't think Jeph follows April's timeline - April has spent a lot of time trying to rationalize the passage of time in QC to a real-world calendar and it's becoming progressively more difficult. But yes, it is possible for it to be that warm in Massachusetts well into September.

Also New Englanders tend to wear shorts and t-shirts in weather that most people would find too cool. For example, it's currently, 72°F, which I (a Southerner by birth) consider too cool for shorts, but Massachusetts natives think it's more than warm enough.

Welu · « **Reply #210 on:** 22 May 2015, 12:28 »

Quote from: Gareth on 22 May 2015, 08:28

Skin's easier to clean than clothes I guess?

Hardwood floors are much easier to keep clean than carpeting.

Kugai · « **Reply #211 on:** 22 May 2015, 15:25 »

Better than Cautery

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #212 on:** 22 May 2015, 21:54 »

Quote from: BenRG on 21 May 2015, 23:20

If that hurts as much as people say, that Hannelore is willing to endure this reminds us of just how tough she is under that goofy, neurotic exterior. Now, I find myself wondering if Faye will buy her a lollipop for being brave.

Absolutely. I don't think most bullfighters would be brave enough to face up to what Hannelore deals with daily.

MooskiNet · « **Reply #213 on:** 23 May 2015, 16:44 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 22 May 2015, 21:54

Absolutely. I don't think most bullfighters would be brave enough to face up to what Hannelore deals with daily.

Agreed. It's humbling how many people have to play the game of life in Nightmare Mode, and make it look easy in spite of it.

Radium_Coyote · « **Reply #214 on:** 23 May 2015, 19:44 »

Impressive, but not quite as impressive as cutting pieces of your own body off. Which, honestly, sounds about as icky as it is. Nobody ever wants to be the guy that NEEDS to take scissors to his own body... And yet, there is also the FAR SIDE of the problem, when you've done the deed

Near Lurker · « **Reply #215 on:** 24 May 2015, 13:27 »

Quote from: Zebediah on 22 May 2015, 10:44

Also New Englanders tend to wear shorts and t-shirts in weather that most people would find too cool. For example, it's currently, 72°F, which I (a Southerner by birth) consider too cool for shorts, but Massachusetts natives think it's more than warm enough.

72? Yeah, the idea of thinking of 72 as anything but "warm" is pretty alien to me. When I was younger, I remember my t-shirt threshold if it wasn't humid was 30 or a bit below. That I grew out of, but I don't think it cleared 65 until I stopped wearing short sleeves entirely.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #216 on:** 24 May 2015, 13:34 »

Shorts weather starts around 50 for me.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #217 on:** 24 May 2015, 14:10 »

72 is warm. Also a Southerner, and dude, if 70 is too cold, then you're kinda wimpy. BELOW 70, okay then you have a point, it's teetering on cold, but above? That's shorts weather. It's cool shorts weather, but it's not uncomfortable

bhtooefr · « **Reply #218 on:** 24 May 2015, 14:35 »

I have been known to wear short sleeves in 19 F/-7.2 C. I didn't notice that it was particularly cold.

In my defense, it was after a cold snap of below 0 F/-18 C for a couple weeks or so.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #219 on:** 24 May 2015, 17:56 »

I just run warm in general. I'm basically a space heater, I can literally warm people up by standing near them if it's cold enough out.

Thrillho · « **Reply #220 on:** 25 May 2015, 05:29 »

I don't like wearing shorts, or not wearing my coat/jacket. I just prefer how I look with them on, so I avoid summer clothing as much as possible.

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