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2026-05-11 04:15 UTC
@aredridel@kolektiva.social In the case of the person i mentioned with a high pain threshold I'm sure it later lead to their premature death in hospital after a accident. The doctors didn't treat their injuries and deterioration seriously because they weren't in pain.
They probably would have classified walking on a broken ankle at 3. I worked with then for many years and saw them shake off hits, that would have crumpled me into a ball, without a second thought.
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@geoffl@mastodon.me.uk 2026-05-11 04:29
@aredridel@kolektiva.social Using the scale above I'd be classifying repeatedly hitting your thumb with a hammer, a sickening kind of pain, as 4, it wouldn't stop me doing anything but would be a distraction. About the same as treading on a weaver fish, or being bitten by a bullet ant. Crippling back ache after an injury, where it takes 20 minutes of careful manoeuvring to get to the toilet would be 8. Are these representative of what you'd expect?