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Comment Re: So... (Score 1) 204

Nailed it.

My favorite is "On any given year, twice as many people are killed by hands and feet as all rifles combined". I've actually used that argument and the the typical moron comeback to this is "mmmmyeah but you can't kill lots of people at once with hands and feet". They then ignore the obvious question that comes from that : If you could kill as many people with hands and feet as efficiently as you can with a gun, would you blame their hands and feet, or would you FINALLY blame the people using them?

Comment I don't know "what" it was... (Score 1) 110

This won't convince anyone of anything, and I'll probably get down-modded to the ground for this, but I had an NDE (resuscitated, the whole nine yards) during a very traumatic surgery in the late 70's that I should not have survived. What I experienced was unlike anything else in my life before, or after.

I'm not going to go into the content I saw for reasons of anonymity. Even if this was a "dream/hallucination" then that's totally fine because due to it, I've lived for well over 50 years with no fear of death.

Comment Re:Tinnitus (Score 1) 50

I'm right there with ya man, with multiple tones in that range in both ears. The best way to describe it to most people is that it sounds like I'm standing in the shower with water running full blast.....ALL the time, every single day.

To that end, standing in the shower is the best time of day for me, because "almost" masks the sound in my ears. Almost.

Comment I'd cut my left foot off to make Tinnitus go away (Score 5, Informative) 50

I got Tinnitus in 1991, while working at a Garage. It was the air lifts and tire machines that did it, spewing that loud, hissing air release at intense volumes. I never wore hearing protection back then. HUGE mistake. If you work in a loud environment, please, PLEASE wear hearing protection. If you see a concert, PLEASE wear hearing protection. If you work around repetitive noises, PLEASE wear hearing protection. Basically, PLEASE just wear hearing protection when warranted.

I remember the day I realized that the ringing in my ears was not going to stop. I'd never been that depressed before or since. It was devastating the ringing is still the loudest thing I hear 100% of the time, to this day. There is no such thing as silence and I've lived with that fact now for 32 years. I seriously hope this works.

Please wear hearing protection.

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