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[scriver]

I can remember being told that if you swear, it also counts against you.

probably made up bullshit, but still...

Sounds like bull (of course, if your inspector disapproves of swearing, not doing it might end up saving a borderline fail). Going into rage mode, on the other hand, is completely different. Swearing at your fellow drivers is baaad.

Seriously. There should be mood-o-meters installed in every cars, and everytime anyone goes all road rage they strip you of driving privileges forever. There's no worse or more dangerous driver than someone who can't keep calm.

...Damn, ninja'd.

[kaijyuu]

swearing with non-cuss words

...what?

Is there a difference between swears and cusses now? O.o



Unless you mean euphemisms, like gosh darn it to heck you friggin munch-a-crunch.

Yes I made up "munch-a-crunch."

[JoshuaFH]

swearing with non-cuss words

...what?

Is there a difference between swears and cusses now? O.o



Unless you mean euphemisms, like gosh darn it to heck you friggin munch-a-crunch.

Yes I made up "munch-a-crunch."

I'm just imagining a three-way venn-diagram that has swears, cusses, and euphemisms with each their own circle, and in the center is the "Forbidden words"

[scriver]

What's the difference between swear and "cuss" words, though?

Also, does one really spell it "cuss"? Not "curse"? "Cuss" seems so wrong. And darn-/heck-/fudge-ish.

[Cthulhu]

I beat Mass Effect 2.  Thane, Legion, and Jack died.  I'm sad about Legion mainly, but Thane sucks too.  I hated Jack.

[fqllve]

What's the difference between swear and "cuss" words, though?

Also, does one really spell it "cuss"? Not "curse"? "Cuss" seems so wrong. And darn-/heck-/fudge-ish.

Cuss is an Americanism, mostly used in the Southeast and West. It's just another way to say curse, really. As for the difference? There isn't really one unless you want to distinguish between profane expletives, like damn, and non-profane expletives, like darn. Personally, I call the former curse words and the latter plain ol' expletives.

[Shinotsa]

Being in the southern United States I can tell you there is no difference between curse and cuss whatsoever, at least in every day usage. I guess it's hard to have a southern drawl with some words so they just changed em.

[Jackrabbit]

I'm fucking scared. My friend has bulimia and I strongly suspect she's suicidal. I don't know how to get her help and I can't help her myself, no matter what I try, because I'm fucking 17 and therefore useless when it comes to problems as serious as this. She needs help and I can't be more than the person she uses for moral support and I don't know how to get her to a doctor. She hates herself, she never eats and she's dying, actually dying, from the stomach outward. I want to scream.

[ChairmanPoo]

Ok, so, so far people have picked 55 slots of the speciality I want to do. There are 1500 people more to choose, until my turn arrives. I hope we don't run out before then

[Euld]

I'm fucking scared. My friend has bulimia and I strongly suspect she's suicidal. I don't know how to get her help and I can't help her myself, no matter what I try, because I'm fucking 17 and therefore useless when it comes to problems as serious as this. She needs help and I can't be more than the person she uses for moral support and I don't know how to get her to a doctor. She hates herself, she never eats and she's dying, actually dying, from the stomach outward. I want to scream.

Contact her parents.  Contact her school.  No really, adults actually care if you know for sure that she's dying.  There's a thing called an intervention in these cases because she can actually die.  You have options, don't despair.

[Jackrabbit]

Yeah, I am going to do all that (although her parents are, I think, a bust, since I think she learned it off her mum. Certainly her mother knows she's bulimic and isn't doing much) it's just that she's so self destructive that I'm actually terrified. But if she let me know all this stuff, that's a pretty blatant cry for help, so I think it'll be okay. But Jesus, she's so intent on becoming anorexic that.
I don't know. I actually stopped midway through that sentence because I have legitimately no idea how to respond to this. Pass it off to a professional, that's what 'll do. My mother works in community health. There's ways. This is something I can help her with but fuck, I've never been so scared for a friend before.

[Bauglir]

Hugs be unto Jackrabbit. Good luck. It's not a good place to be, for anyone concerned. Hope it turns out as well as it can.

[ChairmanPoo]

Ok, my plan:

- If I do get a hematology slot (I should, in principle. Last three years I would have with my ranking): pick it, look into external rotations, and look on how much do they convalidate in the UK (with the idea of moving and finishing the speciality there.

- If not: pick Internal Medicine near home for a couple of months, then leave it and retake, possibly doing some volunteer work at an ambulance service, or something. Also, look at the same time at doing the speciality in the UK.

Statistics so far:
Two years ago there were two more slots than this year. By this time the same ammount of them had been picked as have been now. By the time my current number came up, four were left back then.

Last year there was one less slot than this year. By this time 6 less slots had been picked. By the time my current number came up, 5 slots were left.

Hmm.... (statistical psychosis-stage)

[Truean]

Worst first date ever. He put his hand down the back of my pants. I pointed my taser right on top of his crotch. He stopped and I ran.

My life would be so much easier if I liked girls. Gross sexual battery makes for a great night.... First date. Really?

[Skyrunner]

D:

That's ... that's so... horrible? Bad luck?

(pats Truean)