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My first thought was kidney stone, but yeah, a PKD novel works too... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #1
Painful as Hell Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #5
Many thanks... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #23
It's awful, and I can't let it go (even if I could) elleng Oct 2018 #2
You nailed it!! Rural_Progressive Oct 2018 #10
It would be a hell of a horror movie C_U_L8R Oct 2018 #3
I think you're onto something here . . . Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #4
Its like a bad dream that has you going in circles all night until you finally wake up ooky Oct 2018 #6
Holy crap that is as creepy as the trump era has become lunasun Oct 2018 #7
Yes, it's like when you have a substantial temp/fever and you sprinkleeninow Oct 2018 #8
Ubik Nasruddin Oct 2018 #9
Yep. Great novel, horrific reality n/t Tom Rinaldo Oct 2018 #11
Perfect call. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #12
Good analogy. It is like that. zentrum Oct 2018 #13
Dread, anxiety every day - for me UTUSN Oct 2018 #14
Yes, Tom, we are definitely experiencing a Dickensian Dystopia. Nitram Oct 2018 #15
If we had the technology ready a significant number of humans would be scrambling Tom Rinaldo Oct 2018 #17
I read 15 or so of his novels when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. There were Nitram Oct 2018 #19
Yep. Each of his writings has a dozen or so wild concepts embedded in the "main plot" Tom Rinaldo Oct 2018 #20
Good point. One novel could supply the theme for 5 different movies. Or more. Nitram Oct 2018 #21
It's pretty much what people of color, and to some extent women, have lived through for centuries. ehrnst Oct 2018 #16
In terms of real life consequences, and justified paranoia, absolutely Tom Rinaldo Oct 2018 #18
Yep, I made even madder HAB911 Oct 2018 #22
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