Island of Pain and Misery Draft --- draft completed
- Thread starter SLAB
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I know them as goatheads as well, and that is a great choice. Well done.
jalfa
Starter
For the real second to last pick of my draft: Having friends of mine planted around me as IM.
My second pick that's an element from German history, there seems to be something wrong with it. So, for those that aren't interested in it much and haven't seen The Lives of Others, a little explanation. After Germany was split up into sectors, a lot of people started fleeing the Soviet sector, in an attempt to get away from the communist and into the capitalist West. The border was shut down rather quickly, as the East was losing too many people. Fleeing the East then became a major pasttime of GDR citizens and the plans hatched to do so became more and more elaborate, as the border patrols became more careful. In attempt to counteract these activities, the secret police of the GDR, the Stasi, was told to stop conspiracies to flee the country, before they even happened. The Stasi used a lot of elaborate spying equipment, breaking into the houses of people and bugging them, but the most devious device of their's was the IM.
IMs or Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter, were regular citizens of the GDR that agreed to spy on their friends, family and neighbours, in return of some favours. These included guarantees for places at the university for their children, a move up on the priority list for their car and so on. By the end of the eighties, somewhere in the neighbourhood of 174,000 people were registered as IMs, although many of the files were destroyed, making it impossible to tell how many IMs there really were. Some figures have them at 500,000, making it about 7% of the population.
You can imagine that such a great amount of people working for the Stasi made it practically impossible to trust people. For all you knew, it could be your elderly neighbour, watching your every move, or maybe that friendly guy you you've just met at work, it could be anybody.
On my island, the Thought Police has gotten hold of some of my closest friends and family and while they are not in the same predicament that I'm in, they do have enough incentive to betray me. I will think that I can trust these people, but I will be wrong and that realisation will be hammered home again and again, up until the point where for me, the possibility to connect with another human being will be totally lost.
So, next up is NoBonus, correct? PM sent, anyway.
My second pick that's an element from German history, there seems to be something wrong with it. So, for those that aren't interested in it much and haven't seen The Lives of Others, a little explanation. After Germany was split up into sectors, a lot of people started fleeing the Soviet sector, in an attempt to get away from the communist and into the capitalist West. The border was shut down rather quickly, as the East was losing too many people. Fleeing the East then became a major pasttime of GDR citizens and the plans hatched to do so became more and more elaborate, as the border patrols became more careful. In attempt to counteract these activities, the secret police of the GDR, the Stasi, was told to stop conspiracies to flee the country, before they even happened. The Stasi used a lot of elaborate spying equipment, breaking into the houses of people and bugging them, but the most devious device of their's was the IM.
IMs or Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter, were regular citizens of the GDR that agreed to spy on their friends, family and neighbours, in return of some favours. These included guarantees for places at the university for their children, a move up on the priority list for their car and so on. By the end of the eighties, somewhere in the neighbourhood of 174,000 people were registered as IMs, although many of the files were destroyed, making it impossible to tell how many IMs there really were. Some figures have them at 500,000, making it about 7% of the population.
You can imagine that such a great amount of people working for the Stasi made it practically impossible to trust people. For all you knew, it could be your elderly neighbour, watching your every move, or maybe that friendly guy you you've just met at work, it could be anybody.
On my island, the Thought Police has gotten hold of some of my closest friends and family and while they are not in the same predicament that I'm in, they do have enough incentive to betray me. I will think that I can trust these people, but I will be wrong and that realisation will be hammered home again and again, up until the point where for me, the possibility to connect with another human being will be totally lost.
So, next up is NoBonus, correct? PM sent, anyway.
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
Sorry Guys, Comcast has been down in my area for the past few days .. off and on, Its working this morning though so we'll see. Picks are coming..
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
My first makeup pick is going to be Big Thorns placed throughout my Island Obviously these guys suck, not to mention Im also allergic to them.
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
Next Makeup pick is going to be Frequently Occurring Pointless Surgery. Thats right, whenever my island decides its time for me to be cut open and put back together for know reason, it happens. Weather its taking out something I dont need or just cutting me open for fun, Im required to have Surgery as much as possible.
NoBonus
Starter
I select:
a super-fast, awesome computer with a slow/unreliable internet connection and a ton of awesome games that I never really get to use because the computer is running Windows ME with no service packs. Windows ME was the one and only things on the computer that actually drove me to punch the computer keyboard with my fist... and break it. so unreliable! so frustrating! Makes me want to scream just thinking about it! I actually downgraded from ME to 98SE and had "New Windows" shell-shock for years.
a super-fast, awesome computer with a slow/unreliable internet connection and a ton of awesome games that I never really get to use because the computer is running Windows ME with no service packs. Windows ME was the one and only things on the computer that actually drove me to punch the computer keyboard with my fist... and break it. so unreliable! so frustrating! Makes me want to scream just thinking about it! I actually downgraded from ME to 98SE and had "New Windows" shell-shock for years.
Jespher
Starter
I've been wasting away in this cell now for God knows how long. I have no concept of time in this dark hell pit and I'm constantly falling into a spasm, seizure, or hallucination. I am frighteningly disoriented from endlessly falling down the escalator stairs, and I can't sleep due to the intense pain covering my body and the turbulent, constant motion. Cthulhu must have something especially vile planed for me because he's taking medical precautions to keep me alive. Unfortunately, these are just as bad, or worse than the rest of my torments. With my 14th pick, I select:
Random Daily Medical Procedures
So I've been having kidney problems for a while now. Eating all of that raw sewage really took a toll on my organs. My liver is barely functioning, and my kidneys have become clogged. I've passed lots of blood in my urine, along with horribly painful kidney stones and parasites. My intestines are riddled with bacterial parasites, flaring my peptic ulcers and weakening me beyond measure.
Cthulhu sent one of his minions to my cell today to begin a series of "medical tests". He knocked me unconscious with a viscious slam down the stairs. When I awoke, I was still in my cell, but I had been injected with several chemotherapy cocktails. I was also catheterized for dialysis (which was extremely painful due to the priapism and fibromyalgia), and was feeling the full after effects of the colonoscopy they administered without anesthesia (OUCH!). This process has been repeated everyday for weeks now (with Cthulhu's minions randomly trying new procedures every day) and the pain is excruciating. I've developed an extreme case of vertigo, chronic diarrhea, all of my hair has fallen out, and I'm terribly weak due to the anemia. This sucks!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis
Random Daily Medical Procedures
So I've been having kidney problems for a while now. Eating all of that raw sewage really took a toll on my organs. My liver is barely functioning, and my kidneys have become clogged. I've passed lots of blood in my urine, along with horribly painful kidney stones and parasites. My intestines are riddled with bacterial parasites, flaring my peptic ulcers and weakening me beyond measure.
Cthulhu sent one of his minions to my cell today to begin a series of "medical tests". He knocked me unconscious with a viscious slam down the stairs. When I awoke, I was still in my cell, but I had been injected with several chemotherapy cocktails. I was also catheterized for dialysis (which was extremely painful due to the priapism and fibromyalgia), and was feeling the full after effects of the colonoscopy they administered without anesthesia (OUCH!). This process has been repeated everyday for weeks now (with Cthulhu's minions randomly trying new procedures every day) and the pain is excruciating. I've developed an extreme case of vertigo, chronic diarrhea, all of my hair has fallen out, and I'm terribly weak due to the anemia. This sucks!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis
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I've been wasting away in this cell now for God knows how long. I have no concept of time in this dark hell pit and I'm constantly falling into a spasm, seizure, or hallucination. I am frighteningly disoriented from endlessly falling down the escalator stairs, and I can't sleep due to the intense pain covering my body and the turbulent, constant motion. Cthulhu must have something especially vile planed for me because he's taking medical precautions to keep me alive. Unfortunately, these are just as bad, or worse than the rest of my torments. With my 14th pick, I select:
Daily Colonoscopy/Catheterization/Chemotherapy Treatment
So I've been having kidney problems for a while now. Eating all of that raw sewage really took a toll on my organs. My liver is barely functioning, and my kidneys have become clogged. I've passed lots of blood in my urine, along with horribly painful kidney stones and parasites. My intestines are riddled with bacterial parasites, flaring my peptic ulcers and weakening me beyond measure.
Cthulhu sent one of his minions to my cell today to begin a series of "medical tests". He knocked me unconscious with a viscious slam down the stairs. When I awoke, I was still in my cell, but I had been injected with several chemotherapy cocktails. I was also catheterized for dialysis (which was extremely painful due to the priapism and fibromyalgia), and was feeling the full after effects of the colonoscopy they administered without anesthesia (OUCH!). This process has been repeated everyday since, for weeks now, and the pain is excruciating. I've developed an extreme case of vertigo, chronic diarrhea, all of my hair has fallen out, and terrible weakness due to the anemia. This sucks!
Chemotherapy Side Effects:
Chemotherapy can be physically exhausting for the patient. Current chemotherapeutic techniques have a range of side effects mainly affecting the fast-dividing cells of the body. The most common side effects include (dependent on the agent):[citation needed]
Pain
Erythema
Nausea
Diarrhea or constipation
Anemia
Malnutrition
Hair loss
Memory loss
Depression of the immune system, hence (potentially lethal) infections and sepsis
Dehydration
Vertigo
Hematoma
Dry mouth/ xerostomia
Psychosocial distress
Weight loss or gain
Hemorrhage
Water retention
Sexual impotence
Secondary neoplasms
Damage to specific organs may occur, with resultant symptoms:
Cardiotoxicity (heart damage)
Hepatotoxicity (liver damage)
Nephrotoxicity (kidney damage)
Ototoxicity (damage to the inner ear)
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis
Um, I am going to request a ruling - seems like you have 3 things here (and in full disclosure mode, I will admit that one of which was my next pick). I think your choice needs to be limited to one of the 3 items listed.
Jespher
Starter
fixed?
Actually, nope...from an impartial observer's point of view.
Medical exams and medical experiments are two entirely different things. Perhaps just "medical procedures"? By putting the certain established protocols in parentheses, I think you're blurring the issue. But just my two cents...
Jespher
Starter
fixed?Actually, nope...from an impartial observer's point of view.
Medical exams and medical experiments are two entirely different things. Perhaps just "medical procedures"? By putting the certain established protocols in parentheses, I think you're blurring the issue. But just my two cents...
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
I've been wasting away in this cell now for God knows how long. I have no concept of time in this dark hell pit and I'm constantly falling into a spasm, seizure, or hallucination. I am frighteningly disoriented from endlessly falling down the escalator stairs, and I can't sleep due to the intense pain covering my body and the turbulent, constant motion. Cthulhu must have something especially vile planed for me because he's taking medical precautions to keep me alive. Unfortunately, these are just as bad, or worse than the rest of my torments. With my 14th pick, I select:
Random Daily Medical Procedures (Colonoscopy/Catheterization/Chemotherapy Treatment/Etc.)
So I've been having kidney problems for a while now. Eating all of that raw sewage really took a toll on my organs. My liver is barely functioning, and my kidneys have become clogged. I've passed lots of blood in my urine, along with horribly painful kidney stones and parasites. My intestines are riddled with bacterial parasites, flaring my peptic ulcers and weakening me beyond measure.
Cthulhu sent one of his minions to my cell today to begin a series of "medical tests". He knocked me unconscious with a viscious slam down the stairs. When I awoke, I was still in my cell, but I had been injected with several chemotherapy cocktails. I was also catheterized for dialysis (which was extremely painful due to the priapism and fibromyalgia), and was feeling the full after effects of the colonoscopy they administered without anesthesia (OUCH!). This process has been repeated everyday for weeks now (with Cthulhu's minions randomly trying new procedures every day) and the pain is excruciating. I've developed an extreme case of vertigo, chronic diarrhea, all of my hair has fallen out, and I'm terribly weak due to the anemia. This sucks!
Chemotherapy Side Effects:
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColonoscopyChemotherapy can be physically exhausting for the patient. Current chemotherapeutic techniques have a range of side effects mainly affecting the fast-dividing cells of the body. The most common side effects include (dependent on the agent):[citation needed]
Pain
Erythema
Nausea
Diarrhea or constipation
Anemia
Malnutrition
Hair loss
Memory loss
Depression of the immune system, hence (potentially lethal) infections and sepsis
Dehydration
Vertigo
Hematoma
Dry mouth/ xerostomia
Psychosocial distress
Weight loss or gain
Hemorrhage
Water retention
Sexual impotence
Secondary neoplasms
Damage to specific organs may occur, with resultant symptoms:
Cardiotoxicity (heart damage)
Hepatotoxicity (liver damage)
Nephrotoxicity (kidney damage)
Ototoxicity (damage to the inner ear)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis
Didnt I JUST pick this?
Jespher
Starter
Well they made me change my original pick twice now...They're close but surgery is different than medical procedures (I don't always get sliced, just probed
...)
Those are 3 separate items in my mind - pick one would be my view. Still, we will wait for a ruling, I think.
They're close but surgery is different than medical procedures (I don't always get sliced, just probed
Agreed, for what it is worth. One is surgery, the other involves no cutting, just other procedures to be done.....
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Almost, IMHO. Take out the stuff in the parentheses and I'd think you were golden.
But if that was the case, would I still be able to pick the one I want as an individual choice? He would need to remove references to any particular procedure, I would think. Just seems like the pick is reaching a bit far with several specific items listed and going into detail on each. If there is one in particular he wants to choose, fine. If it is just random, fine, but then specific references must be removed. Can't have it both ways.......
SLAB
Hall of Famer
Word...
I never wanted 'umbrella' picks, but after pointless surgery gets accepted, I have to let pointless procedures go through as well..
Since my rules have been so loose, Im going to say as long as Jespher removes the sub-picks (chemotherapy/colonoscopy/etc) the pick stands.
Random surgeries and random procedures are quite different...It's just to the voter to use their imagination and decide which is worse.
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Jesper still needs to remove the sub-picks. Apparently it is my turn again - just a minute.....
I pick chemotherapy (since Jespher went "generic" on his procedures choice).
Instead of going into detail, here is the list of side effects from wiki:
The treatment can be physically exhausting for the patient. Current chemotherapeutic techniques have a range of side effects mainly affecting the fast-dividing cells of the body. The most common side effects include (dependent on the agent):[citation needed]
Instead of going into detail, here is the list of side effects from wiki:
The treatment can be physically exhausting for the patient. Current chemotherapeutic techniques have a range of side effects mainly affecting the fast-dividing cells of the body. The most common side effects include (dependent on the agent):[citation needed]
- Pain
- Erythema
- Nausea
- Diarrhea or constipation
- Anemia
- Malnutrition
- Hair loss
- Memory loss
- Depression of the immune system, hence (potentially lethal) infections and sepsis
- Dehydration
- Vertigo
- Hematoma
- Dry mouth/ xerostomia
- Psychosocial distress
- Weight loss or gain
- Hemorrhage
- Water retention
- Sexual impotence
- Secondary neoplasms
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Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Makeup #1:
100% humidity -- every day, all the time. I know some people apparently like this. Hence they actaully like Florida. They are sick, and strange, and quite possibly not human.
100% humidity -- every day, all the time. I know some people apparently like this. Hence they actaully like Florida. They are sick, and strange, and quite possibly not human.
Makeup #1:
100% humidity -- every day, all the time. I know some people apparently like this. Hence they actaully like Florida. They are sick, and strange, and quite possibly not human.
Ugh - good pick.
Jespher
Starter
how original
how original
I said you had mentioned one of my picks.....you could have chosen it but went in another direction instead. If you want it instead of your "generic" selection, go for it and I will choose something else. But I am not going to pass it up if you are leaving it out there. It is a good pick.
And you still need to remove the specific procedures from your post if you are sticking with the generic procedures selection.
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SLAB
Hall of Famer
how original
Hey, you chose an umbrella pick which can be anything under the said umbrella.
Choosing Random Procedures, is just that. A random procedure.
In my mind, a random procedure might just be a checkup for a potential ear-infection.
I've said more than once try to limit it to something specific...If you choose an 'umbrella' your original pick can be very easily hi-jacked from what you really wanted it to be.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
I see soembody nabbed flu symptoms. That's a good pick. Must recalibrate.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Paris Hilton & her stupid little toy dog
Well, since I am safely castrated and can derive no possible pleasure out of this pick, I think I'll bring along Paris Hilton and her stupid mutt...for the enlightening conversation.
