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windy
2010-06-29 03:29:56 am
gyrotechnic lollipop
my mom and i were actually talking about lyme disease today as a result of me showing her the bite. a guy in our area recently made the news because he has it, but the doctors around here fail so hard they couldn't identify it until he was almost dead. apparently the excuse was that nobody around here gets it so they never thought to consider it.... his muscles are so deteriorated he can't even walk i don't think.

anyway, she knows what to look for and assured me it was just a normal chigger bite, so i thankfully don't have it. i just have really bad local reactions to mosquitoes and chiggers.
Poision Envy
2010-06-29 06:11:17 am
Club 27 Goals
Why does "babby" have two b's?

Was it purposefully being a reference to this? http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf
nate
2010-06-29 06:19:51 am
correct.
Baby Sheegoth
2010-06-29 09:55:17 am
Quote from Gaius_4:
Uh!  Read this (see the pic on the right).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease#Stage_1:_Early_localized_infection

That was the first thing I thought of when you described that bite.  But I don't know what it looks like exactly on you...

Anyway.  Lyme disease is serious!  Better to be safe than sorry.


Uhm. Two things.
1. 'The rash is red, and may be warm, but is generally painless.'

2. You're using fucking wikipedia.
Kharay1977
2010-06-29 10:31:43 am
Quote from Baby Sheegoth:
2. You're using fucking wikipedia.
The fact it is an open doc environment does not mean ALL information on it is incorrect by default. Honestly, what is it with people and that particular bandwagon?
bartendorsparky
2010-06-29 10:37:21 am
always move fast
DJGrenola
2010-06-29 12:18:55 pm
Quote from Kharay1977:
Quote from Baby Sheegoth:
2. You're using fucking wikipedia.
The fact it is an open doc environment does not mean ALL information on it is incorrect by default. Honestly, what is it with people and that particular bandwagon?


it's a good way of trying to gain the upper hand in an internet argument, although its effectiveness is reduced somewhat when it refutes one's own prior point.
Kharay1977
2010-06-29 12:41:01 pm
Quote from DJGrenola:
it's a good way of trying to gain the upper hand in an internet argument
My point was that the "Wikipedia is for scrubs"-argument isn't a good argument at all. It is simply what I said, a bandwagon, a fad. And a very old one at that. Using the fad to gain the upper hand in a discussion, well, it may be a good way to people that have no valid arguments whatsoever. Then again, maybe such people shouldn't be in that discussion to begin with.

Just saying.

No, I'm not a Wikipedia-fanboy. Just someone who actually reads the content on it without prejudice either way.
arkarian
arkarian
Edit history:
arkarian: 2010-06-29 12:48:07 pm
2010-06-29 12:45:36 pm
red chamber dream
i think most people on that bandwagon don't realize that wikipedia requires sources to be cited. from what i can tell, it's more reliable and useful than printed encyclopedias because 1) it's rarely out of date 2) it covers an unlimited range of threads topics and 3) millions of reviewers > several.
nate
2010-06-29 12:47:34 pm
omg, i am so tired. it just now hit me that sparky was citing wikipedia on the reliability of citing wikipedia. so awesome.
Cpadolf
2010-06-29 12:49:09 pm
Almost happy
Mmm, meta.
Kharay1977
2010-06-29 12:49:18 pm
Quote from arkarian:
i think most people on that bandwagon don't realize that wikipedia requires sources to be cited.
Shows how much they know. ;)
Quote from nate:
omg, i am so tired. it just now hit me that sparky was citing wikipedia on the reliability of citing wikipedia. so awesome.
Best bit, taking what Ark said into consideration - a page on Wikipedia on the reliability of Wikipedia citing sources outside of Wikipedia. :-)
Kejardon
2010-06-29 02:07:39 pm
Embarrasing Fact: Power suit made by lowest bidder
Quote from Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals:
Reassuringly, they found that cancer information found on a wiki was actually similar in accuracy and depth to the information on a peer-reviewed, patient-oriented cancer web site. There is one caveat, however: they found that the information on the peer-reviewed site was written in plainer English.

It's official. Wikipedia editors love being too loquacious
arkarian
2010-06-29 02:26:25 pm
red chamber dream
there's always the simple english wikipedia. ;)
Idkbutlike2
2010-06-29 04:06:55 pm
Either that, or dictionary.com...
windy
2010-06-29 05:31:08 pm
gyrotechnic lollipop
lol i like this conversation that spawned.

UPDATE: it's actually a brown recluse spider bite. AWESOME AMIRITE?
Kharay1977
2010-06-29 05:41:39 pm
Quietus
2010-06-29 05:43:17 pm
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
Well, I've only one hour and nineteen minutes left of my twenties.  Maybe I'll look into growing up soon...
windy
2010-06-29 06:00:39 pm
gyrotechnic lollipop
@ Kharay hahaha yeah great isn't it. i have to go look for it and everything so i can kill it.

@ Quietus happy birthday!
Idkbutlike2
2010-06-29 06:02:10 pm
Quote from Quietus:
Well, I've only one hour and nineteen minutes left of my twenties.  Maybe I'll look into growing up soon...

Reminds of one line of some song (I fogot what it's called) "Our youth is fleeting. Old age is just around the block."
Happy Birthday, I got a present for you:
Quietus
2010-06-29 06:14:12 pm
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
I'd prefer a Zimmer Frame, preferably with gears. aiwebs_011
Gaius_4
Gaius_4
Edit history:
Gaius_4: 2010-06-29 06:23:06 pm
Gaius_4: 2010-06-29 06:20:23 pm
Gaius_4: 2010-06-29 06:19:18 pm
2010-06-29 06:15:22 pm
Quote from Baby Sheegoth:
Uhm. Two things.
1. 'The rash is red, and may be warm, but is generally painless.'

2. You're using fucking wikipedia.




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@ Happy Birthday Quietus.  The big Three-Oh. "Oooh my gawd I'm getting old." Razz

@ Windy.  Don't kill it... Crying or Very sad

torture it instead.Smile
windy
2010-06-29 07:06:14 pm
gyrotechnic lollipop
i most certainly won't torture it! i actually pick up and take spiders outside when i see them in my room because i feel bad for them. of course i would just kill this one since it would probably bite me again on the way upstairs. and i don't want it sneaking back in somehow. but i feel bad for it because it's just doing what it does.
Idkbutlike2
2010-06-29 07:08:50 pm
Quote from Quietus:
I'd prefer a Zimmer Frame, preferably with gears. aiwebs_011

Sorry, the ones with gears were out of stock Sad
Opium
2010-06-29 07:11:44 pm
I hate spiders.  Kill them.  They don't have minds.  Nobody misses them when they die.  They number in the trillionsXtrillions so you could kill ten every second for the rest of your life and not endanger their numbers.  Just kill them.