Ague? Trampled by bison? Poor choice of companions in the Donner Pass?
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Jan 11, 2006 12:55:08 pm PST #9304 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Aims - Jan 11, 2006 12:55:45 pm PST #9305 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Cholera? Malaria?
Allyson - Jan 11, 2006 12:55:58 pm PST #9306 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Y'all are NO HELP.
I'll trade my daay that is slipping by at breakneck speed for all your slow-as-molasses time. Just tell me what it is!
ChiKat - Jan 11, 2006 12:57:12 pm PST #9307 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Aimee's probably right with the cholera. I know you can die of that in the game.
Aims - Jan 11, 2006 12:58:23 pm PST #9308 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The one damn thing I remember from that game.
bon bon - Jan 11, 2006 12:58:25 pm PST #9309 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Oh, totally dysentery. Syphillis would be hilarious.
"You have chosen to spend your money on an outpost prostitute"
"You have started going crazy"
"You died of syphillis"
Megan E. - Jan 11, 2006 12:58:50 pm PST #9310 of 10002
billytea, I send an email to your profile account. thanks for the info.
today was a suck ass day. Very demoralizing. But I am home now, making homemade pizza. And Lost is new tonight. Things are looking up!
Jessica - Jan 11, 2006 12:59:08 pm PST #9311 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
You can die of almost ANYTHING in that game. I died of exhaustion a bunch of times.
Lee - Jan 11, 2006 12:59:14 pm PST #9312 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Aimee's probably right with the cholera. I know you can die of that in the game.
I think so too, but I am basing it on this: [link] The last paragraph in the game description mentions dying of cholera.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2006 12:59:23 pm PST #9313 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
An entire generation of schoolchildren grew up on the various incarnations of The Oregon Trail. Thus, it has entered popular culture. Characters suddenly dying of a disease, such as cholera and dysentery, is a plot aspect most fondly remembered.