I'm not so bothered by the context we've seen so far. It's true IME that friends don't always understand clinical depression; that a therapist said that and it got mangled in translation seems likely.
I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom!
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
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.
bon bon - Apr 12, 2006 8:32:57 am PDT #541 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2006 8:35:28 am PDT #542 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not going to go into masses of detail, because not really the Internet's business, but it was framed that way during the diagnosis discussion (or at least how it was reported shortly afterwards), and then some time later it was hauled out as a "told you so!" to someone who was trying to understand. Turns out the patient admits that most of the friends did understand in the end.
beth b - Apr 12, 2006 8:41:26 am PDT #543 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
That seems very odd, but I am still very slow. and i think the real results - that most friends had some understanding is normal.
I am going to make a BLT for lunch .
sarameg - Apr 12, 2006 8:43:28 am PDT #544 of 10002
Well, I'm glad it worked, in any case. Someone made a statement that absolute to me and I'd be mentally flipping the bird as I walked out the door, so that approach would definitely NOT work on me.
Fred Pete - Apr 12, 2006 8:44:59 am PDT #545 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
There are n Snakes on the Plane. There are k Passengers on the Plane. Each Snake will Bite One Passenger at Random. What is the Probability that The Target, Mr. X, does not get bit?
If I'm k, the answer is, "Too low."
Next question?
Jessica - Apr 12, 2006 8:45:44 am PDT #546 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
what other internal drivers do they use that aren't
Lorelai's independence issues, especially wrt Emily, come into play an awful lot (less so this season, but in the past, definitely).
Topic!Cindy - Apr 12, 2006 8:46:53 am PDT #547 of 10002
What is even happening?
ita, it's possible the patient might have interpreted "may not" as "will not".
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2006 8:47:24 am PDT #548 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm glad it worked, in any case
There's no indication it did work, though. I have no idea what the motivation behind it was--dare the patient to prove the statement wrong? Prepare the patient for some inevitable alienation?
No clue.
Everything turned out passably well, but I still find it strange.
My teeth cleaning has been moved from the end of April to mid-July. I feel paranoid now.
eta:
it's possible the patient might have interpreted "may not" as "will not".
True, although the patient has a history of being a reliable narrator.
Scrappy - Apr 12, 2006 8:51:48 am PDT #549 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I would like to annonuce that I just had the Best. Sandwich. Ever. Smoked pepper turkey and smoked gouda on light rye with shredded lettuce and sharp grainy mustard. Heavenly.
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2006 8:53:18 am PDT #550 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How many ££ did it cost?
And why is Office doing a freaky clipboard stack thing in the periphery of my vision?