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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2007, 03:48:18 pm »
Falling is so shitty.  We spend almost our entire lives as upright beings, and to have that taken away, so suddenly, so violently,without our consent, is just as damaging to our dignity as it is to our bodies.  It's like gravity raped you.  Fuck you gravity.  Fuck you gravity.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2007, 04:12:31 pm »
Quote from: side_show on August 07, 2007, 03:48:18 pm
Falling is so shitty.  We spend almost our entire lives as upright beings, and to have that taken away, so suddenly, so violently,without our consent, is just as damaging to our dignity as it is to our bodies.  It's like gravity raped you.  Fuck you gravity.  Fuck you gravity.

Gravity is a harsh mistress.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2007, 05:24:39 pm »
I think we're kind of designed stupidly.

I've shredded my ribs several times. I can always tell when it's going, and I think to myself "sweet, another month of pain".
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2007, 05:30:38 pm »
um, to clarify my intent, I did not mean to say "haha you bastard, I didn't fall!" I meant it as a comment on how strange it is that we very rarely fall. I mean... think about how much babies fall, and then realize how good you are at walking and standing. You can not only walk on a flat surface without your mom holding your hand-- you can even make your way across uneven surfaces, and perhaps even run. this is a marvel.
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« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2007, 05:33:49 pm »
Quote from: Nabubrush drinks (a lot) on August 07, 2007, 05:24:39 pm
I think we're kind of designed stupidly.

You're preaching to the choir here. Just look at our "shoddy testicular workmanship" thread.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2007, 05:36:16 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on August 07, 2007, 05:33:49 pm
You're preaching to the choir here. Just look at our "shoddy testicular workmanship" thread.

Well, I didn't mean that. I have stellar testicles.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #21 on: August 07, 2007, 05:37:52 pm »
Last time I fell was in winter, when I was walking with my boss.  My boss!  So embarrassing.  Flat on my ass too.  But, really for an adult, I think the best way to fall is on your ass.  There's a nice natural cushion there.

What ever you do, don't fall on your balls.  Symmetrical or not, it is not a place to fall.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #22 on: August 07, 2007, 06:20:52 pm »
the body-positioning necessary for that would make it even more painful (emotionally, I guess.)

I just had the thought that next time someone I know injures their testiculars, I am going to say "that pain? it's natural selection. Darwin is so mad at you for injuring your balls."

...ok, that sounded better in my head.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2007, 08:39:37 pm »
Quote from: Doc on August 07, 2007, 10:48:47 am
For all our technology we are some pretty frail suckers sometimes.
Nothing will remind you of this fact faster than a bad back.  I hurt mine as a 19 year old, then again at 23 and 25.  Always with something dumb like picking up a pencil or stepping off a curb.  Always with the doctors look sad and helpless and warning me not to stay lying on the floor or bed too long.  Thankfully its been 13 years now without a major relapse, and I've done hell of conditioning and posture training and so forth to keep the odds on my side, but I know I was in superior shape the last two times I wrecked it too - and I'm not as springy as I was then...
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #24 on: August 09, 2007, 03:42:24 am »
Quote from: Nabubrush drinks (a lot) on August 07, 2007, 05:36:16 pm
Well, I didn't mean that. I have stellar testicles.

They're star-shaped?!?!?!! 

Send photos. 
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #25 on: August 09, 2007, 03:48:00 am »
Quote from: jldunston on August 09, 2007, 03:42:24 am
They're star-shaped?!?!?!! 

Send photos. 

thats nothing, mine are ditrigonal icosidodecahedron shaped.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #26 on: August 09, 2007, 04:25:03 am »
Does everyone on the internet have polygonal junk?
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #27 on: August 09, 2007, 03:00:05 pm »
Wow, hearing your own bones breaking must be the rawest deal... Sorry, it's eleven a.m. and I'm baked already.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #28 on: August 09, 2007, 03:49:43 pm »
Quote from: jldunston on August 09, 2007, 03:42:24 am
They're star-shaped?!?!?!! 

Send photos. 

Of course not. I just meant they shine brightly like a beacon in the darkness.
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Re: A mote of friendly advice...
« Reply #29 on: August 09, 2007, 05:06:55 pm »
They're not all they're cracked up to be. My wife has to wear a welding hood during oral sex.
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