That’s why I stopped, primarily. I don’t have a lot to give, but I can give some time, so I figured I’d help out how I could. Knowing it’s probably just a ploy for money is annoying, especially considering all of the other panhandlers around that do actually need help.

I’d say it’s as fair as any other approach hahah. We’re talking about fairy tales essentially, so I find it a pretty compelling argument to point out the wildly disparate beliefs of actual people throughout history. Just because they’ve homogenized largely to this point (there are still VAST differences in even just the abrahamic religions of today, but not as much as there were during its active spread and creation) doesn’t really remove that history.

Either way, not trying to punch at your original comment, just love exploring and expanding on the different beliefs of the past, particularly apocryphal ones.

Eeeeeh, depending on your interpretation, the physical body Jesus died from the iron spikes, the spirit Christ did not. The passage about the iron tools seems to be more symbolizing keeping as much of the labor away from the temple as possible.

It is a fun idea to think of the Christian God as a demon, weak to iron as some folk lore describe them. Kinda fits with the Gnostic demiurge too, but that’s (the demiurge) distinctly not Christ.

Skill issue.

Man. I stopped on the side of the road the other day to help a guy with a “need gas” sign. I’m not exactly well off myself, but I figured I could give him a ride. “I ain’t got no cash, but thanks for stopping!” Dude’s driving a pristine pavement princess. Priorities, man…

2 S’s for dessert - you always want a second helping. How I always remember that one :p

Functionally the same but inverted in the states, there are signs that tell you when it’s NOT allowed. Just a matter of which is more efficient, signing when it’s allowed or signing when it’s not.

Oh nice! I don’t wear any necklaces or similar jewelry, but I’ll keep that in mind.

Okay thank God I’m not insane hahah. I’m over here like, man I’m in tech support, surely I’m just not that bad with Nvidia drivers 😂😂

You know, this may be it hah.

And similarly, someone can point out that someone else’s opinion is vile and based on shit reasoning without some hypocrite spazzing out ;)

I’d suggest the back of a closet door or similar!

This is essentially my idea as well. Hang em by the clasps. Even without permanently affixing something, a few quick-assembled rods with hooks, held in place with a suitable amount of command strips or similar no-damage hanger.

I’d rig up some kind of hanging solution. Hang them from the clasps in a row on like, the back of a closet door or something.

Well at least you didn’t call my body pasty white, I haven’t been to the lake as much as I wanted this year.

Joking aside, I believe vsauce had a short about this, was useful to get a visual.

Take your fuckin upvote and go hahah

Yeah, seeing how people respond to an open ended question is part of the assessment process itself. A lot of people can see that question and just say “yeah” or “nah” but you, and myself, see a huge gradient of possible scenarios and outcomes and need specificity

What WOULD reflect the pain they feel? My own arbitrary scale pegs 10 as the worst pain imaginable, and I can imagine some pretty terrible pain. If I’m not given any frame of reference, the highest I’d rate any pain I’ve been in, from horrible toothaches to broken bones, no higher than, like, 3. At least this has something tying that number to something else.

I see a number scale like this only really useful for tracking an individual as they progress. In which case, I’d say it’d probably be best to start at 5, “okay sir/madam, right now whatever pain you’re feeling, were going to call that a 5. As we progress through your treatment, I want you to remember this pain, as 5, and tell me at given times if it’s better, or worse, or the same on a scale of 1-10.”

Assessing initial pain is a lot trickier, precisely because you don’t have an agreed upon scale. Also, people are WILDLY different with regards to pain. I have a really high pain tolerance, as long as I know why I’m in pain. The thing that bothers me more is not knowing what’s causing a pain, Whether it’s actively killing me or just trying to make me miserable. Should I include that worry in my pain scale? Or use whatever scale I want to? Or just agree upon a scale and run with it?

Why?

Sounds like you’re in a very rough spot at the moment. Keep going. I won’t promise you everything will be solved, but things will change, inevitably, and change could be better. Good luck.