|
The aneurysm operation was what did me in. I don't do well with difficulty cliffs or strict time limits, or both at once, or both at once while an imaginary person's life hangs in the balance. Way too much stress for my delicate little heart. Thanks for doing this LP, Shibbo. Now I can experience Derek Stiles: Ace Surgeon vicariously through someone who is way the gently caress less stressed out about imaginary surgery than I am.
|
#
¿
Jun 22, 2016 10:08
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 22, 2024 14:05 |
|
|
Haha, wow, gently caress off, Angie. You rag on Derek for his bedside manner and then you go and say the Worst Things Possible to a suicidal patient? Just gently caress right off. Not that Derek's much better, frankly. I don't know if this is general misunderstanding of depression or just values dissonance (probably both), but wow, me and my depression over here would like to punch all of these characters in the face for talking to the poor kid that way. Jesus. "We wasted our time saving you, go ahead and die you ungrateful poo poo", with a follow-up of "you should be ashamed of yourself for wanting to die, because people care about you"? How about you all EAT MY poo poo.  .... anyway.  And then just, OH, THERE'S A DEATH DOCTOR, all like, casually? What?? WHAT IS THIS GAME.  This is a fuckin' ride, I tell you what.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 24, 2016 11:35
|
|
|
Yeah, Linda's actual writing is really pretty good, and it makes the terrible bedside manner (and ACTIVE MALICE HI ANGIE) all the more jarring.  Definitely looking forward to part 5, though. If this rate of anime escalation continues...
|
|
#
¿
Jun 24, 2016 14:48
|
|
|
hopeandjoy posted:I'm pretty sure this is pure That's what I thought was most likely, yeah. There's just enough of the well-intentioned but Completely Wrong attitude that you also find in the US to make me bristle, but even as I was bristling I was thinking "Okay, yeah, this is Extremely Japan..."
|
|
#
¿
Jun 25, 2016 00:16
|
|
values dissonance, as mental health understanding is even shittier there than it is in the west. For one thing, actually seeking help is stigmatized, as it's supposed to stay in the family.
|
shibbotech posted:I was unaware as to the severity of the stigma against mental illness in Japan - I'm not nearly as up to snuff on other cultures as I should be - so I started doing a little digging into the topic. Even some cursory searching via Google Scholar reveals some really jarring stuff: Holy.... what.... I knew it wasn't great over there, but... what......And yeah, drat - I've only been suicidal at my absolute worst points, but I think growing up in a cultural climate like that would have actually killed me. drat. (Solidarity fistbump, btw.) Seyser Koze posted:Pretty sure a number of mystery authors were doing the exact same storyline far in advance of this. Michael Palmer comes to mind. It's not so much the existence of a death doctor that surprises me, it's how casually they bring it up. "Well, she seems to be doing better. good thing she came here! If she went to some other hospital she might've gotten euthanized by that death doctor we're only just mentioning for the first time now!  " Like, this topic isn't even worth a sprite change?
|
|
#
¿
Jun 25, 2016 03:37
|
|
|
Wait... wtf was that little offhand remark from Weaver? "They've accepted me so kindly... ONLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH" is she a vampire. be real with me here. she's a vampire isn't she.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 29, 2016 06:05
|
|
|
I don't think Derek is necessarily unaware that Mexico and Africa are, uh, slightly unrelated - I read that line as more like "I've never even visted this really nearby foreign country you can drive to, and now here I am flying to goddamn Africa?" That's not as funny though :V
|
|
#
¿
Jul 21, 2016 04:21
|
|
|
Well, that.... escalated. I feel like Angie's dad may need, like, therapy. And probably some serious antidepressants. And possibly a nice hobby? Calling it now: he worked himself to burnout and probably lost one patient too many, and instead of just changing careers or having a normal Earth human kind of personal crisis, he had a massive anime flameout and decided to cope with his feelings of despair over the seeming futility of his life's work by running as hard in the opposite direction of it as he possibly could. So, like. Yeah. Therapy. By the way: great update, loved the commentary, but Manic's volume was way way low for some reason? I had a really hard time hearing him and probably missed like 50% of his commentary.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 12, 2016 05:26
|
|
|
Take care of yourself as you need, Shibbo. Really sorry to hear about the funerals. 
|
|
#
¿
Sep 26, 2016 03:54
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 22, 2024 14:05 |
|
|
gently caress you if you have arachnophobia, apparently.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 26, 2016 06:55
|
|