r/characterarcs • u/Which_Yesterday • 6d ago

It's still standing

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u/JemmaMimic 6d ago

It would be amazing if instead of immediately dismissing something as not real, folks would take a couple of seconds to look things up. A friend mocked me for talking about my bone bruise being really painful, because she just decided a "bone bruise" wasn't a real thing.

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u/Which_Yesterday 6d ago

Well, this sub at least restores a bit of faith in some people's ability to own our mistakes

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u/JemmaMimic 6d ago

Yes, that person seemed to get it a lot faster than my friend.

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u/HugiTheBot 6d ago

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

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u/tarany 5d ago

The first strand-type character arc

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u/joicseth 4d ago

this is the first strand-type comment Ive ever seen

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u/Shinhi_Zet 5d ago

Good for him for admitting it at least.

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u/Unkn0wnTh2nd3r 5d ago

i'll admit ive done this before, mainly because i didnt have immediate access to a dictionary/internet to check but it happens to the best of us

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u/bibblebonk 3d ago

i had this exact conversation when i heard of the game “Wuthering Waves” i thought it was supposed to be “withering” or something lol