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 Jul 10 2007, 04:50 PM
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 Poetic Justice  Group: Full Members Posts: 5,715 Joined: 7-May 03 From: USA Member No.: 368 Gender: Female Age: 27  |
I was just wondering, with all the articles on colds and allergies that I'm sure a lot of us have read over the years, do any of you ever fear that all the stuff you know and have memorized is NOT common sense?
For example... When my friend told me yesterday that when her cat scratches her, the scratches puff up and itch, and since I notice how she sneezes all the time about the new cat...I want to tell her that I think she could be allergic to it. When my friend in middle school told me that she always sneezes in the bright sun and doesn't know why...I wanted to tell her that she's photic. And when my cousin told me that she doesn't understand why she has allergies since she never had those problems before...I wanted to tell her that the logic is faulty...and it can happen at anytime in life, especially now that she was pregnant. But I'm always afraid to tell people these things but I'm sure they'll probably be like "How do you know all this?" Well...I just habitually read articles that relate to sneezing...and have almost all of my life...that's all. No reason.  Has anyone else ever been afraid of telling people what they know? -------------------- Susie
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Jul 10 2007, 05:11 PM
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I would write 500 posts...  Group: Members Posts: 880 Joined: 24-October 06 Member No.: 3,437 Gender: Female Age: 28 |
Oh I'm not afraid. You see, I am an insufferable "know it all" and I'm always spouting out random facts about anything and everything so I don't think the sneezy facts would get noticed in amongst all that stuff.
In fact I'm sort of a "sneezy snob"!  Our family, for no particularly good reason except perhaps to provide ME with hours of entertainment had two sets of medical encyclopedias and I used to read about allergies and colds and all that other good stuff all the time when I was growing up. And it irks me somewhat when people get things wrong. I mean, I'm not a doctor and I don't know everything but even I know that ingesting food that one has a food allergy to does NOT make one sneeze, it brings about a more serious reaction. If that were true, all those people allergic to peanuts would just be worried about sneezing alot and not, y'know...DYING.And I have no hesitation in pointing that out. Or random stuff when somebody says "I'm coming down with a cold. I better go to the doctor to get some antibiotics" I cannot refrain from saying "You know antibiotics don't work on colds, right?" But dear god, when people answer back to me "Well anything is better than nothing" I want to hit them. Oh, or when people believe that cold medications kill cold germs I feel I MUST point out to them that they do nothing of the sort, they merely mask symptoms. Oh dear, I have a severe "know it all" problem! 
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Jul 10 2007, 11:28 PM
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 I would write 500 posts... Group: Members Posts: 677 Joined: 27-November 06 Member No.: 3,592 Gender: Female Age: 19 |
I know exactly what you mean! Sometimes I wonder if people use the word "fit" or if they are aware of photic sneezing. There are so many terms and descriptions we use when you think about it and who knows if they're known only by fetishists and maybe some doctors. But even if I wonder about this...I never talk about sneezing in front of people anyway, so...
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Jul 11 2007, 12:32 AM
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 ...and I would write 500 more!  Group: Members Posts: 1,063 Joined: 6-October 05 From: #6 Member No.: 2,234 Gender: Male Age: 35 |
QUOTE (KawaiiKitty @ Jul 10 2007, 01:11 PM)  Oh I'm not afraid. You see, I am an insufferable "know it all" and I'm always spouting out random facts about anything and everything so I don't think the sneezy facts would get noticed in amongst all that stuff. Yeah that's me. My head is so filled up with fairly disconnected meanigless junk, that no one's really surprise when I throw some odd fact about god knows what out there. I actually get asked about a lot of wierd stuff just 'cause people figure I might know something about it. I usually blame the internet, but it's really because I'm an engineer.
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Jul 11 2007, 12:36 AM
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 Daydream Believer Group: Full Members Posts: 5,603 Joined: 25-May 05 From: Zac Efronland Member No.: 1,883 Gender: Female Age: 37 |
Honestly, I just don't care anymore. My oldest daughter even asked why she sneezes in sunlight, and I explained what I knew about the photic sneeze reflex. For people who don't know about this fetish for me, I blame it on the internet.
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Jul 11 2007, 12:56 AM
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 Mummy Bear  Group: Honoured Members Posts: 4,771 Joined: 25-October 02 From: here Member No.: 4 Gender: Female Age: ??? |
lol! My s.o. had to completely embarrass me once while he was talking to his parents he was telling them all about how he found out that he is photic. Ok... he didn't tell them ALL about how he found out... but they didn't question him at all... they just figured that he read it somewhere and that was it. LOL!!
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Jul 11 2007, 01:39 AM
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 Centurion  Group: Posters Posts: 171 Joined: 5-February 04 Member No.: 877 Gender: Female Age: --- |
I think if you actually have allergies, it's good cover for knowing a lot about allergies. But mostly I don't bring up my knowledge often because I don't want to find myself in an uncomfortable conversation.
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Jul 11 2007, 03:52 AM
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 ...and I would write 500 more! Group: Members Posts: 1,281 Joined: 20-October 06 From: Late summer into fall Member No.: 3,418 Gender: Female Age: 50 |
Nope, and I do it all the time (as much as possible, of course
 ). And I have two great excuses for knowing lots of factoids about allergies (and other medical conditions): (1) I work in a healthcare field, and I read this stuff all day, pretty much every day, for my job; and (2) I developed allergies late in life and had to educate myself all about my condition.So if I give some advice re: allergies and anyone asks me, "How do you know that?" I have two ready-made answers. No one, but no one, would ever suspect me of having a sneeze fetish.  They might suspect me of being a know-it-all (which is possibly true ), but not a fetishist.
-------------------- I think I was better off before all this began
So clearly I can see lately that you don't know who I am Everybody tried to tell me something that I never could believe Staring back it seemed so much different than it did in front of me But I know there's no good in looking back at yesterday And wondering what could have happened then You think you can give me what I want I think I'm better off alone these days ~ "These Days," 3 Doors Down |
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Jul 11 2007, 05:42 AM
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 Centurion Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 14-June 07 Member No.: 4,726 Gender: Female Age: 26 |
I am fairly certain that no one would ever suspect (even remotely) that I am anything other than an insufferable know-it-all.
And I am, indeed, an insufferable know-it-all, so there's really no harm in anyone else thinking as much. --------------------  please click on my dragon eggs |
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Jul 12 2007, 09:21 AM
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I would write 500 posts... Group: Members Posts: 783 Joined: 26-June 05 From: NYC, NY, USA, Earth...most of the time :) Member No.: 1,952 Gender: Female Age: 25 |
QUOTE (ellwren @ Jul 11 2007, 01:42 AM) I am fairly certain that no one would ever suspect (even remotely) that I am anything other than an insufferable know-it-all. And I am, indeed, an insufferable know-it-all, so there's really no harm in anyone else thinking as much. And I don't think I could say it any better than that. Thank you!  Abyssinia, Barrie -------------------- "Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit." (Stephan Jenkins, Third Eye Blind)
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Jul 12 2007, 09:18 PM
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 comes inductorum Group: Full Members Posts: 3,809 Joined: 22-May 05 Member No.: 1,869 Gender: Male Age: old |
I am a bit cautious about sneezy talk, but less so as time goes on; but mostly sneezy knowledge seems to fall into the category of general useless information that people have heard somewhere, so it isn't suspicious unless you devote too much time to it [aand anyway no one will remember]
I mean, it's not as bad as talking about Gregory of Tours's account of Merovingian royal customs, now is it. I suppose I must be a know-all; my mother called me it when I was little. |
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Jul 13 2007, 03:02 AM
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...and I would write 500 more! Group: Members Posts: 1,281 Joined: 20-October 06 From: Late summer into fall Member No.: 3,418 Gender: Female Age: 50 |
Based upon the last couple of responses here, it sounds like we may have to start a new thread re: how many sneeze fetishists are know-it-alls?
-------------------- I think I was better off before all this began
So clearly I can see lately that you don't know who I am Everybody tried to tell me something that I never could believe Staring back it seemed so much different than it did in front of me But I know there's no good in looking back at yesterday And wondering what could have happened then You think you can give me what I want I think I'm better off alone these days ~ "These Days," 3 Doors Down |
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Jul 13 2007, 07:59 AM
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 ...and I would write 500 more! Group: Members Posts: 1,347 Joined: 7-June 05 From: Somewhere in Germany... Member No.: 1,907 Gender: Male Age: 27 |
I wouldn't be really afraid to say anything like that .. but i don't talk much anyway .. so i would most likely say nothing unless it would be one of the few people i actually speak with .. (wow that DOES sound weird
 ).But while my general "common knowledge" isn't nearly as good as that of some other people i know quite some stuff people never expect me to know and if i get my mouth opened i can actually cause a surprise quite often (i mean from about what i say not that i say something  ).One of those would put me on a problem though .. "photic" .. because I've not the slightest idea what would be the German word for that . It could be the same .. but i doubt i would say something so "English-sounding" just out of the blue .
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Jul 13 2007, 10:56 AM
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 Say what I like, like what I say Group: Honoured Members Posts: 2,015 Joined: 26-October 02 From: Paris, France Member No.: 27 Gender: Male Age: 46 |
QUOTE (Mirf @ Jul 13 2007, 07:59 AM) I wouldn't be really afraid to say anything like that .. but i don't talk much anyway .. so i would most likely say nothing unless it would be one of the few people i actually speak with .. (wow that DOES sound weird ).But while my general "common knowledge" isn't nearly as good as that of some other people i know quite some stuff people never expect me to know and if i get my mouth opened i can actually cause a surprise quite often (i mean from about what i say not that i say something ).One of those would put me on a problem though .. "photic" .. because I've not the slightest idea what would be the German word for that . It could be the same .. but i doubt i would say something so "English-sounding" just out of the blue .photisches Niesen ??? Sonnenniesen??? Niesen beim Blick in die Sonne ...??? In French it's réflexe photosternutatoire, and that's something no one could make up! -------------------- A nos souhaits ! A nos amours !
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Jul 13 2007, 12:10 PM
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...and I would write 500 more! Group: Members Posts: 1,347 Joined: 7-June 05 From: Somewhere in Germany... Member No.: 1,907 Gender: Male Age: 27 |
QUOTE (atchoum @ Jul 13 2007, 12:56 PM) photisches Niesen ??? Sonnenniesen??? Niesen beim Blick in die Sonne ...??? Like i said I've no idea .. "Niesen beim Blick in die Sonne" would just be "sneezing when looking in the sun" i doubt it would make much sense to say that if someone told you that he sneezes when he looks into the sun . "Sonnenniesen" .. well maybe .. I've never heard it though and it sound more like energy fluctuations from the sun .. like "sun-winds" or such. And last photisches Niesen .. honestly .. i don't know if we even have the word photisch at all i know we have Fotosynthese .. (stupid new spelling reform  ) but then to make a "fotisches Niesen" I dunno .. i somehow doubt it .. so i'll just keep my mouth shut about that one  .
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