Man, how many people do you suppose kill themselves by slitting their own throats?
That's some hardcore shit!
I heard a great TEDesque talk recently by one of the Navy Seals that raided Bin Laden
And he was talking about, as a last test in SEAL training, candidates are made to dive underwater and tie a particular knot, five times.
As the storyteller tells it, one of the recruits failed his fifth knot and was on his final try
And he drowned himself trying to do it that final time.
So, the instructor dives in after him, and they pull him out, and they start the sternum rub and then CPR, and thank God he pukes up all the water
"Did i get the knot?!"
"Congratulations, you passed"
"I got the 5th knot!"
"Well, no...look, I'm going to let you in om a secret. This isn't about the knots. The amount of knots you can tie is not part of the curriculum . This test and my job is to gauge your ability to push yourself.
You killed yourself. You passed the goddamn test."
Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
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HonkHonk is this poster.Registered User, __BANNED USERSregular
Embassytown is one of the few times where I felt like it had a false ending and then kept going for a full 1/3 longer, like movies often do.
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
Starbucks>Zombie Frapp>Barista with zombie bite makeup on their neck
YOU ARE BEING INSENSITIVE ABOUT SUICIDE
what
Dude said there was a line across the neck like it was cut....
And even then... /shrug?
I'm sorry but maybe I'm ignorant of statistics but I can't imagine cutting your own throat is like..a popular suicide method?
Let me rephrase. It's not a stereotypical method that you would associate with suicide.
There's a Halloween costume contest at my work, but a minority of people participate in it.
I keep thinking about doing it--I do have costumes, since I like cosplay--but none of my costumes are quite right for the environment (a couple of them are on the slutty side, and the rest are overly specific videogame references).
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
I guess I get to practice living in the moment and not being anxious about things I can't control, at least.
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
I took floaking to mean the person who's happy to show up and be part of an organization but isn't aspiring to make it the enitre focus of their lives.
There's sailors and then there's Sailors.
From the excerpt it sounds like one for whom the mission is merely a means to the comraderie and carousing that follows.
And that's what most of us sailors are doing.
Then there's that one fucking Sailor.
That fucking guy.
Ah!
It pleases me to no end to imagine that very specific attention paid to its capitalization in official pubs is an attempt to hide the existence of this free-wheeling, little "s," shadow Navy.
But I wonder, are these officers trying to preserve it in secret, or deny that these scurrilous floakers abound in spite of their efforts?
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
Man, how many people do you suppose kill themselves by slitting their own throats?
That's some hardcore shit!
I heard a great TEDesque talk recently by one of the Navy Seals that raided Bin Laden
And he was talking about, as a last test in SEAL training, candidates are made to dive underwater and tie a particular knot, five times.
As the storyteller tells it, one of the recruits failed his fifth knot and was on his final try
And he drowned himself trying to do it that final time.
So, the instructor dives in after him, and they pull him out, and they start the sternum rub and then CPR, and thank God he pukes up all the water
"Did i get the knot?!"
"Congratulations, you passed"
"I got the 5th knot!"
"Well, no...look, I'm going to let you in om a secret. This isn't about the knots. The amount of knots you can tie is not part of the curriculum . This test and my job is to gauge your ability to push yourself.
You killed yourself. You passed the goddamn test."
I don't
I don't know that I support most of the message in this story
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AbsalonLands of Always WinterRegistered Userregular
If I am in the room with a president and my child and the president hands my child candy and says: "You have no weight issues, that's the good news".
Having your throat cut seems like one of the most unpleasant ways to die, I am also too lazy to Google it but I can't imagine many people choosing that.
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Captain Ultralow resolution pictures of birdsRegistered Userregular
we all floak down here.
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
I want to be his best friend. I've never seen stranger things because @Chelleyeah watched the show without me so I'll never get to see it now but I know what eleven looks like and that's amazing and I bet he wouldn't have watched Stranger Things without me
I guess I get to practice living in the moment and not being anxious about things I can't control, at least.
...can you give the cat back at this point?
uhhhhhhh
Look. Life is stressful. Dealing with the emotional, financial, and physical burden of a cat with aggressive cancer while also thinking about graduating, getting married, and moving cross country is not required. The cat was adopted, what, a month ago, a few weeks ago? Probably not enough time to create a significant emotional connection. One's own emotional health takes priority over charity to one particular animal.
Steam, LoL: credeiki
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AegisFear My DanceOvershot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered Userregular
I feel like we're missing the bigger question here: what kind of zombie goes for the throat and not like, the brains or other fleshy bits?
Starbucks>Zombie Frapp>Barista with zombie bite makeup on their neck
YOU ARE BEING INSENSITIVE ABOUT SUICIDE
what
Dude said there was a line across the neck like it was cut....
And even then... /shrug?
I'm sorry but maybe I'm ignorant of statistics but I can't imagine cutting your own throat is like..a popular suicide method?
Let me rephrase. It's not a stereotypical method that you would associate with suicide.
Guns, Hanging, Pills, Wristcutting
Dude is..reaching, and I mean reaching.
I recognize that I'm not a mental health professional, but I have spent as much time in a psych ward as most of them, I'd wager, in terms of sheer cumulative hours
And you see a lot of scars, and you hear a lot of stories
And I really don't want to get into it too much because it's gruesome + depressing but even the physiology of trying to cut your own throat is suspect, I'd think!
You'd have to set up some sort of ... guillotine, or throat-cutting machine, you'd think
Man, how many people do you suppose kill themselves by slitting their own throats?
That's some hardcore shit!
I heard a great TEDesque talk recently by one of the Navy Seals that raided Bin Laden
And he was talking about, as a last test in SEAL training, candidates are made to dive underwater and tie a particular knot, five times.
As the storyteller tells it, one of the recruits failed his fifth knot and was on his final try
And he drowned himself trying to do it that final time.
So, the instructor dives in after him, and they pull him out, and they start the sternum rub and then CPR, and thank God he pukes up all the water
"Did i get the knot?!"
"Congratulations, you passed"
"I got the 5th knot!"
"Well, no...look, I'm going to let you in om a secret. This isn't about the knots. The amount of knots you can tie is not part of the curriculum . This test and my job is to gauge your ability to push yourself.
You killed yourself. You passed the goddamn test."
I don't
I don't know that I support most of the message in this story
The Black Knight isn't supposed to be emulated!
According to the DVD audio commentary by Cleese, Palin, and Idle, the sequence originated in a story told to Cleese when he was attending an English class during his school days. Two Roman wrestlers were engaged in a particularly intense match and had been fighting for so long that the two combatants were doing little more than leaning into one another. It was only when one wrestler finally tapped out and pulled away from his opponent that he and the crowd realised the other man was, in fact, dead and had effectively won the match posthumously. The moral of the tale, according to Cleese's teacher, was "if you never give up, you can't possibly lose" – a statement that, Cleese reflected, always struck him as being "philosophically unsound".
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
I guess I get to practice living in the moment and not being anxious about things I can't control, at least.
...can you give the cat back at this point?
uhhhhhhh
Look. Life is stressful. Dealing with the emotional, financial, and physical burden of a cat with aggressive cancer while also thinking about graduating, getting married, and moving cross country is not required. The cat was adopted, what, a month ago, a few weeks ago? Probably not enough time to create a significant emotional connection. One's own emotional health takes priority over charity to one particular animal.
Unfortunately, due to her reclusive nature, we've spent a shitton of time bonding with her, and she's actually super sweet. Also everyone is depressed, though I guess there's no way this isn't going to end in a soulcrushing fashion.
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
If I am in the room with a president and my child and the president hands my child candy and says: "You have no weight issues, that's the good news".
The secret service are going to earn their pay.
Here's my hot take on that whole thing. What he said to the kids was awful but I question parents who let their children near a sexual predator who has openly referred to minors as being hot. The parents put those children in harm's way.
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I mean, there's a 15% chance it's not the hyperaggressive type of cancer
Starbucks>Zombie Frapp>Barista with zombie bite makeup on their neck
YOU ARE BEING INSENSITIVE ABOUT SUICIDE
what
It is the 27th, Lud
With our powers combined, we can blast through this thread in the next 12 hours, no problem
Put on a pot of coffee, we've got work to do!
Dude said there was a line across the neck like it was cut....
And even then... /shrug?
ah sorry, I'm not at all doing halloween this year so it didn't occur to me
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The lame ones
no
floakablehowl
I heard a great TEDesque talk recently by one of the Navy Seals that raided Bin Laden
And he was talking about, as a last test in SEAL training, candidates are made to dive underwater and tie a particular knot, five times.
As the storyteller tells it, one of the recruits failed his fifth knot and was on his final try
And he drowned himself trying to do it that final time.
So, the instructor dives in after him, and they pull him out, and they start the sternum rub and then CPR, and thank God he pukes up all the water
"Did i get the knot?!"
"Congratulations, you passed"
"I got the 5th knot!"
"Well, no...look, I'm going to let you in om a secret. This isn't about the knots. The amount of knots you can tie is not part of the curriculum . This test and my job is to gauge your ability to push yourself.
You killed yourself. You passed the goddamn test."
I'm sorry but maybe I'm ignorant of statistics but I can't imagine cutting your own throat is like..a popular suicide method?
Let me rephrase. It's not a stereotypical method that you would associate with suicide.
Guns, Hanging, Pills, Wristcutting
Dude is..reaching, and I mean reaching.
I keep thinking about doing it--I do have costumes, since I like cosplay--but none of my costumes are quite right for the environment (a couple of them are on the slutty side, and the rest are overly specific videogame references).
Are you telling me that until today you weren't entirely sure what day of the month it was
This is like the underwear discussion all over again
Y'all wandering around not knowing the date, wearing ratty underwear full of holes
But I'm the crazy one
...can you give the cat back at this point?
Ah!
It pleases me to no end to imagine that very specific attention paid to its capitalization in official pubs is an attempt to hide the existence of this free-wheeling, little "s," shadow Navy.
But I wonder, are these officers trying to preserve it in secret, or deny that these scurrilous floakers abound in spite of their efforts?
floakifloakhowflk
It's for extreme nobility.
uhhhhhhh
I mean
Sure
But I'm not sure it'd feel better to abandon a cat whose life has sucked and has an opportunity to at least have a few good years with us.
Yeah, definitely, I thought it was building towards a particular ending but there was a whole other thing
Pretty cool though
Also how by the end it's like
I don't
I don't know that I support most of the message in this story
The secret service are going to earn their pay.
I want to be his best friend. I've never seen stranger things because @Chelleyeah watched the show without me so I'll never get to see it now but I know what eleven looks like and that's amazing and I bet he wouldn't have watched Stranger Things without me
Look. Life is stressful. Dealing with the emotional, financial, and physical burden of a cat with aggressive cancer while also thinking about graduating, getting married, and moving cross country is not required. The cat was adopted, what, a month ago, a few weeks ago? Probably not enough time to create a significant emotional connection. One's own emotional health takes priority over charity to one particular animal.
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I recognize that I'm not a mental health professional, but I have spent as much time in a psych ward as most of them, I'd wager, in terms of sheer cumulative hours
And you see a lot of scars, and you hear a lot of stories
And I really don't want to get into it too much because it's gruesome + depressing but even the physiology of trying to cut your own throat is suspect, I'd think!
You'd have to set up some sort of ... guillotine, or throat-cutting machine, you'd think
The Black Knight isn't supposed to be emulated!
You're definitely the crazy one yes
Unfortunately, due to her reclusive nature, we've spent a shitton of time bonding with her, and she's actually super sweet. Also everyone is depressed, though I guess there's no way this isn't going to end in a soulcrushing fashion.
Here's my hot take on that whole thing. What he said to the kids was awful but I question parents who let their children near a sexual predator who has openly referred to minors as being hot. The parents put those children in harm's way.
Nope I'm not kidding.