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submitted 5 months ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

-When i was a child, i thought researchers were actually fighting each other when I heard "researchers are fighting to find a cure for this disease."

-When I was little, I thought that high-voltage lines were there to allow little men to travel in cable cars.

-I thought an autopilot actually worked like in the movie "Airplane", that it was really an inflatable dummy.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

A moment were you had the false impression you were close to death.

For me:

-Panick attack. I had a stressful internship, and one day, it materialized with a panick attack. Suddenly, i was increasingly paralysed, my skin became insensitive, had heavy tinglings, had hard to breath. I though "that's it, i'm about to die" and managed to call the ambulance. Of course, by the time it arrives, the crisis had stopped, but i went to hospital anyway. This is were i learned that it was a panick attack, and that was not a vital emergency. If you don't know what it is, you're really convinced you're dying.

-When i tried a blood donation. My blood pressure lowered rapidly, i became weaker and weaker and feeling increasingly bad, they had to stop the process.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

I was riding with my bicycle. One of the elastic straps sticks out a little from my bag, gets caught somewhere, I hear a loud click, then see it spin in the air and finally land on the other side of the road.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

@bridge_too_close Sorry to accidentally report your post, i misssclicked.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

For me, it's definitely Pricefield from Life is strange. They would form a really cute couple and i was frustrated to not seeing it in the game.

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submitted 1 year ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

I've never had an SO. :(

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

-The save points just before a cutscene, so if you die, you are forced to watch the said cutscene again and again.

-When characters are discussing, they say what the player is supposed to do. Dude, i'm the one who's supposed to do so, not the guy you're talking with.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

In Vatican, there are 2,28 popes per square kilometer.

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submitted 1 year ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

Personally:
-The bicycle curse. Every bicyle i used had to go to the repairer at least once, even if i borrow it to someone and even when i try to be careful.
-The schedule curse. My agenda is either empty, either full of events i want to go and that are happening the same day.
-The vacations curse. The weather of the place where i'd like to pass my vacations is always sunny, except the days of my actual vacations at the said place.

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submitted 1 year ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

When i don't understand the teenagers slang.

When people younger than me become parents.

When people in age to vote were not born at a time i remember as it was yesterday.

When a music/movie of my childhood become old fashioned.

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submitted 1 year ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

From my opinion:

-Modern Times
-12 angry men

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submitted 1 year ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

For me, politician. You have to exploit the worst low instincts of the people to get elect and say what they want to hear, even if you don't think a word about it, and you are not obligated to hold any of your promises.

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submitted 1 year ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

For me, it's "Nightmare before christmas", it rocked my entire childhood.

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submitted 1 year ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

Can i suggest a feature request ?

A regular cleanup of dead magazines. Any magazine that have no activity since a defined time should be deleted.

#kbinMeta

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submitted 1 year ago by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

Have you ever developed a PTSD not because you lived something traumatizing but because of a piece of fiction (movie, serie, book, etc...) ?

For me, it's the saga Final Destination, the first horrific saga i've ever watched, and will likely be the last.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

I can understand that people doesn't like the character (honestly, i think he is a bit irritating), the problem is that too many people are treating Star Wars as a religion, and a simply annoying character as a blasphemy.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Can't agree more. I'll never understand such people.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
  1. Ellie's sacrifice was necessary to eradicate the disease that turned people into zombies. Moreover, the latter was very angry with Joel for having “saved” her from this fate.

  2. Many people were dead because Ellie did not want to mourn the death of joel, so they were actually dead for nothing.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

In this case, the character was actually made to be hated, so it's off topic for the current thread.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Agree, the job is pretty merciless. People hate you whatever you do and even the most unsignificant of your mistake is used against you. If you became politician by idealism, you discover rapidly that persons involved makes you actually powerless: rival politicians, highly influencial ploutocrats, the supreme court (or equivalent), etc.

I have this impression with the US president. Despite the prestige of his position, he is actually highly powerless: most of the domains are in the hands of state governors, and if the supreme court, the senate and the house are not in his camp, he can barely do anything. It can be hard if you are really willing to apply what you promised but not being able to do so.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Amber Heard. The hate she received during the trial Heard vs Depp was highly disproportionate. Usually, when someone is -really or allegedly- cancelled, many people lose their shit, but strangely, when she was cancelled for real, not so much people complained, while Depp was unfairly victimized. She was clearly a scapegoat for misogynistic low instincts.

[-] Merlu@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The backfire effect. This is when someone see irrefutable proofs that he's wrong, he believes more than ever that he's right.

https://www.skepdic.com/backfireeffect.html

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