Chit Chat and All That...

[Elmer B Fuddled]

2 Across has got me beat:

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It's Elmer ya bloke.

 

[aura]

I'm just fooling around and teasing with ya lol.

But you have to admit, the thought of Tinnitus Talk members hooking up with each other in real life and losing their minds together on an intimate level sounds sooooo romantic to me. Hey, maybe we can ask @Jerad to use those elite writing skills of his to write us a romantic novel. I bet it could rival the book, Pride and Prejudice. I'd pay top dollars for that.

I've been wondering about this too. She did mention she was traveling to Peru. She's also apart of the van life culture. She could be constantly on the move, camping, and seeing the sights. She might not have the time to frequent Tinnitus Talk or maybe access to WiFi is limited. Or maybe she just wants to take a big break from the site which is perfectly fine too.

OMG @ZFire, you're so f*cking romantic

And if you're looking for the perfect person to write a novel, may I suggest the one and only @Elmer B Fuddled?

He wrote one of the most romantic stories ever, the main character is a cleaning lady

I won't give you any more details but prepare to shed a lot of tears when reading it...

 

[ZFire]

You are a sweetheart @ZFire. Btw, when you talk about losing their minds together on an intimate level, do you mean being crazy with love, passion and lust? Or do you mean our tinnitus is so fucking bad, we can be driven crazy together, possibly while having sex?

I was being intentionally ambiguous with that statement. So I'll leave it up to your imagination .

I like your interpretations though. Both sound really hot and fit with my underlying theme which is—people with bad tinnitus will understand each other far more better than anyone else. A strong bond can grow out of that shared experience and it'll eventually grow into full blown romantic intimacy—

Okay, that's enough cringe (on my part) for now.

I won't give you any more details but prepare to shed a lot of tears when reading it...

 

[aura]

Okay, that's enough cringe (on my part) for now.

Lol loved the smooth transition..." Enough cringe (on my part) ". Now I'll let the queen of cringe to say some words. Aura?

people with bad tinnitus will understand each other far more better than anyone else. A strong bond can grow out of that shared

On a serious note, i think the best scenario is when both of them are at the same level of suffering.

One severe and the other one mild, for example, might not work as well as expected.

 

[tpj]

Hey @ZFire, you can be cringey all you want. And you are certainly right about the fact that severe tinnitus sufferers will understand each other in a way no one else can.

 

[Damocles]

It's men like Chen that give me hope for the future.

 

[Elmer B Fuddled]

OMG @ZFire, you're so f*cking romantic

And if you're looking for the perfect person to write a novel, may I suggest the one and only @Elmer B Fuddled?

He wrote one of the most romantic stories ever, the main character is a cleaning lady

I won't give you any more details but prepare to shed a lot of tears when reading it...

Are you @aura pushing for another romantic novel? You being the only woman here now as the rest have disappeared. Which would make you the main used and abused character. Of which I couldn't be responsible for if you wound up hooked up with 3 or 4 of these men.

So question is, can you handle it?

Love always,
Bugs Bunny

 

[UKBloke]

It's men like Chen that give me hope for the future.

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[volterra]

This is what happens when you tell the midjourney AI to make a picture based on 'tinnitus and hyperacusis'.

 

[UKBloke]

He's a top bloke our Charlie. Aside from running a brilliant DIY channel on YouTube, at 8:18 on his latest video he dons a pair of ear defenders and says he's putting them on because of his tinnitus. Go Charlie!

 

[Damocles]

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This is basically a 4-panel story of my life between the ages of 10-20 (only if I'd used bone conduction seashells instead of headphones).

 

[tpj]

Are you mellowing out @Damocles, or are you too busy to get involved in the more controversial threads?

 

[Damocles]

Are you mellowing out @Damocles, or are you too busy to get involved in the more controversial threads?

Both. But the latter helps bring about the former.

Additionally, got my fingers crossed we can all mellow out a bit next year.

 

[tpj]

Both. But the latter helps bring about the former.

Additionally, got my fingers crossed we can all mellow out a bit next year.

True but at the same time, don't you lose your fiesty side.

 

[ECP]

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This is what happens when you tell the midjourney AI to make a picture based on 'tinnitus and hyperacusis'.

Those are great pictures! I've also been playing around lately with an AI program, and I've really enjoyed the results. I use the one at nightcafe.studio.

There is a medical humanities journal called "Synapsis" that had a recent article stating that comic books are useful because they convey, via illustrations, how it feels to suffer from a disease. You know what they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words."

The full article is at:

"Caretaker Blues" and the Critic vs. the Artist - S Y N A P S I S (medicalhealthhumanities.com)

Below I will copy and paste the intro:

Virginia Woolf notes in her essay "On Being Ill"—written from her sick bed in 1925—that the English language has no way to convey disease's alienating effects to the healthy. Woolf states, "English, which can express the thoughts of Hamlet, has no words for the shiver and the headache". Woolf gives the example of a patient with a migraine who cannot gain sympathy from either doctors or his family: the word "headache" is simply not strong enough to explain the affliction's unceasing electric-like waves or concurrent isolation. To alleviate this limitation of English's vocabulary, Woolf proposes that writers craft a new language—a more "sensual" and "primal" one —to voice illness.

Woolf's new language exists; it is called "comic books."

 

[Damocles]

There he is.

lol @tpj.

Glad I could reassure you I haven't been replaced by the body snatchers.

 

[ECP]

It's men like Chen that give me hope for the future.

Chen may not be able to cure cancer, but if anybody can outrun it, it's him!

He gives new meaning to the phrase, "Race for the cure."

My apologies to Susan Komen.

 

[tpj]

lol @tpj.

Glad I could reassure you I haven't been replaced by the body snatchers.

Well that's a relief

Don't get me wrong, love mellow Damocles but I was a bit who is this bloke and what have they done to the real Damocles?

 

[Elmer B Fuddled]

@UKBloke and all who takes a moment to read this. It has had me confused for many years. So therefore an answer to this may just solve the mystery behind it.

In a shop this morning a man enters purchasing some cough syrup. When he pays and "turns" to leave, he says to the lady behind the counter, "talk to you later, then, see ya soon."

For the hell of it, to this day I don't get it. The hell does this mean? Wouldn't a "thank you" be enough?

 

[Damocles]

Well that's a relief

Don't get me wrong, love mellow Damocles but I was a bit who is this bloke and what have they done to the real Damocles?

If you had asked me that, I would have told you: mellow Damocles is innocent.

It's the lazy teachers who have snowed real Damocles under an avalanche of assignments, that need to answer for his absence.

 

[tpj]

If you had asked me that, I would have told you: mellow Damocles is innocent.

It's the lazy teachers who have snowed real Damocles under an avalanche of assignments, that need to answer for his absence.

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That made me laugh. Hope you're coping ok with this avalanche.

I've seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978 version. Good movie.

 

[UKBloke]

@UKBloke and all who takes a moment to read this. It has had me confused for many years. So therefore an answer to this may just solve the mystery behind it.

In a shop this morning a man enters purchasing some cough syrup. When he pays and "turns" to leave, he says to the lady behind the counter, "talk to you later, then, see ya soon."

For the hell of it, to this day I don't get it. The hell does this mean? Wouldn't a "thank you" be enough?

I'd probably only say, "talk to you later, then, see ya soon." to a shop assistant I knew personally. If it were someone I didn't know then a "thank you" would definitely be enough.

I think in north western Europe, particularly the UK and perhaps Ireland we're experiencing the dying embers of social etiquette, Ps & Qs, and the stiff-upper lip. In the old days a polite "good morning, good day to you" and "thank you" was practically all one ever heard among adults in the street.

 

[sakrt]

 

[Elmer B Fuddled]

I'd probably only say, "talk to you later, then, see ya soon." to a shop assistant I knew personally. If it were someone I didn't know then a "thank you" would definitely be enough.

I think in north western Europe, particularly the UK and perhaps Ireland we're experiencing the dying embers of social etiquette, Ps & Qs, and the stiff-upper lip. In the old days a polite "good morning, good day to you" and "thank you" was practically all one ever heard among adults in the street.

I agree. I must be old school. My parents would say good morning or afternoon in a polite way, respect I'd presume for the people behind counters doing their work. I today, say good morning to folks. I just can't get my head around "talk to you later." Or "see ya soon."

 

[Damocles]

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I guess I'll answer my ((own)) question then.

It's nothing to do with me. Evil assignments breed evil snow/assignment paper angels.

 

[Damocles]

 

[aura]

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[aura]

Speaking of.

I think this belongs in the music/horror/guilty pleasures section, but... I'll just leave it here.

Best intro ever. Brilliant.

 

[CRGC]

This one's for the Spotify users.

 

[Damocles]

Los Naufragos - Dejame dormir un ratito mas (1969) "Musica En Libertad"