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@LexYeen I feel like this helps me understand your posts a lot better. Thank you.

https://xkcd.com/1865/ basically

disconnecting from hotel wifi to make a download go faster.

@mawr huh. I feel like there's some things for me to think on, there.

Part of my calibration here is seeing one pain scale that described 10 as something like "comparable only to things like a hand being crushed. Produces almost immediate unconsciousness. Few people have experienced this level of pain."

I'm really curious to see how this compares to other people's scales?

Also though it's fundamentally unquantifiable :<
Fuckin' qualia.

Also I feel like I can never actually *remember* the sensation of pain in a sensory way? I can think about the idea of it, but not the sensation itself.

So like... when a nurse would ask how much pain I was in and I'd answer 5, that meant "the current pain management is really not sufficient and I'm distressed." Which I would then actually tell them rather than hoping the number would be sufficient

I don't know if that's how most people would use 5? They seemed to think I was underrating my pain. But like, it always felt like it could be a *lot* worse so I didn't want to claim something higher.

The step from 3 to 4 is when the pain becomes impossible to ignore

4 to 5 is when addressing the pain becomes important

5 to 6 is when it becomes urgent

6 to 7 is when I start to feel I might need serious medical attention

...beyond that I don't really have mapped.

Each number there is a *significant* increase. And uhh I hope that's enough room at the top end? I don't have much experience with the top end tbh.

1: irritant
2: uncomfortable
3: annoying
4: unpleasant
5: distressing
6: severe
7: alarming
8: horrific
9: transcendental
10: inconceivable

@Ulfra_Wolfe@witches.town what the fuck.

@Felthry I know this feel.

@noelle jokes on you im on Mobile!

@mawr three times as funny when it's a sex thing.

@mawr oh gosh one of the funniest things is when a book reveals something deep and private about the author that they probably have no idea is being transmitted.

I started in on reading Bone Dance since it's been recommended to me like three times :)

The writing style doesn't quite resonate with me yet but I have a lot more to read!

@Azure that sounds really distressing :<

I may have pitched the prequel novella already but anyway,

Fun book recommendation: Into the Drowning Deep; Mira Grant

It's like Jurassic Park but oceanic, a lot gayer, and with undiscovered mermaids. Also one of the leads is autistic and presented in a way that I find nice.

Reading the novella isn't necessary. This hits most of the same beats, only better.

(thanks @cyndisision@witches.town !)