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Minzoku Bokumetsu

Mom used to tell me that bugs were smaller than me, they won't hurt me well, virulent diseases are ALSO smaller than me, they ABSOLUTELY will hurt me

C

There's a face that screams "I'm just now realizing Walky to Joyce was more of a lateral move"

Logibear

If Joyce doesn't end up being able to do this, does Dorothy cave? Like, you can't give a reward for behavioral training without the behavior adjusting...

Packy Anderson

Ugh, the vaccines I had yesterday are definitely smaller than me, and they're hurting me right now, but nowhere near as bad as what I got vaccinated against would.

Harold

I presume Dorothy actually *said* "... awarded with one, parenthesis, the number one, close parenthesis, shower"

Sajuuk-Khar

Joyce, did you used to have hell of anxiety about eating spiders in your sleep because

Sajuuk-Khar

Obviously she worded it like this

Logibear

This is the exact reason why you shouldn't promise awards that you also want.

Astariel

Pills don't bother me, but there definitely are things that bother me like this, and so I really sympathize with Joyce. However, there's got to be something better than 2 liters of Sprite every day.

voyager-ngc5195

You know they have chewables now? There's a bunch of different options for hormonal birth control, maybe she shouldn't be taking the *one option* that's driving her anxieties...

Harold

Spiders Geoyce was an outlier and should not have been counted

Kelly (they-them)

You know what else is smaller than you? Grenades. Sorry I can't be a super soldier, MOM

EnterTheHero

Speaking from experience, autism's just gonna 'tism how it wants. I've gone down on someone, but I can't eat yogurt. Go figure.

Morgan Byrd

I think by the transitive property you just gave Willis a phobia

Sajuuk-Khar

Look, one thing is just meat, with a meat-related substance; the other is small and round and could be a spider if you thought about it

Ragtime

I used to be like this, i think Joyce can get it eventually.

voyager-ngc5195

Dorothy now eats her spiders... ...But what happens when she eats Do-*bonk*

Kelly (they-them)

So, would Joyce actually have an easier time with a larger pill?

Harold

Oh, she can get it, all right

Sajuuk-Khar

Joyce can get it both ways

Sajuuk-Khar

SCIENCE DEMANDS EXPERIMENTATION

Astariel

I remember reading some research that indicates that horniness can reduce feelings of disgust. Obviously it doesn't apply equally to everyone, but I have moderately severe germphobia and still enjoy kissing and oral sex despite the germ issues.

Corronchilejano

I need water in a clear glass to take any pill in existence. I mean, it's no sprite, but you'd be surprised at how many times I've had to just go to a mall and buy a glass to down a pill.

Fart Captor

Gonna need to hide it in some cheese

AE Gonzalez

Does Joe’s weenus count?

Lia

I get this.. I feel like it's something to do with surface area but I don't really understand how...

Tesset

Alright, the next thing you gotta protect her from is having to touch it. Dorothy, you gotta babybird the pill into your girlfriend's mouth

Kelly (they-them)

I mean, Dina can both hear and vocalize the difference between "t-rex" and "T. Rex".

Shane Wegner

Now it’s two different things touching each other again.

Shane Wegner

I had problems with pills as a kid, but swallowing teeny tiny strawberry seeds for practice actually helped me break through. Think my mom figured that one out.

darklion

I have zero experience with this phenomenon. And I hang out in exclusively aneurotypical circles.

Sajuuk-Khar

Also, Dorothy, you only have to look for it to throw it away. That pill is no longer useful. I say this as a working-class person dependent on several meds: do not take meds that have been on The Floor.

Zoya

/shrug i take floor meds lol

NinjaZaku

I gotta say, as an autistic person who's struggled with texture issues all their life, the prospect of having issue with the feel of pills *in one's hands* is a first for me.

Girlycore

Does it have to be clear because you're worried you washed the pill back into the glass instead of swallowing it?

Shane Wegner

Surprise twist- this little guy happened to be one of the skippable sugar placebo pills.

Reverend Jundas

Let's hope you don't internalize the idea.

Reverend Jundas

You might want to clean your floors more.

Lyman Green

I also take floor meds. Unless it gets into liquid, there should be no issues with efficacy.

Sajuuk-Khar

look, Rev, if you want to put things that have been on the floor in your mouth that’s on you, but there is no such thing as a floor that is clean enough to put things in your mouth from it safely I’m not a cop or some shit I’m just like. I wouldn’t???? a hot take, apparently

Reverend Jundas

Wasps, fire ants, and bees definitely hurt.

Lea

@Girlycore: Well, they HADN'T been. 😉

Harold

HOT /j

joe mcguire

Yeah, me too. Swallowing pills was a big hurdle for me, but I had no problem touching them.

Harold

Dumbing of Age. Book 16: EEYEUGH! Bleh Bleh. Bleh Bleh Bleh

Corronchilejano

I think only a clear glass shows me the water I'm drinking the pill in is clean enough for it. I don't need to drink from a clear glass in any other situation, but the water for a pill needs to be fully transparent.

Empress of Robots

Joyce's Oral Texture Issues > Joyce's Horniness (Unfortunately for Dorothy).

Harold

"For Dotte---With Love and Shower," from NINE STORIES by J.H. Browninger

Tessea

.... Well it's a start. Baby steps.

Harold

Also included: an autobiographical recounting of today's sure-to-be-fraught first post-fallout science class, titled "A Perfect Day for BeckDinaJoe"

Alexandra Falk

Oh, so maybe the dog thing where you wrap it in cheese or meat will work.

ArdieBea

From what we've seen, Joyce's Oral Texture Issues don't actually extend to Dorothy at all.

ArdieBea

We can all do that? Reading from a script with parenthetical speech in it - and Shakespeare is full of it (for example) - tonal shifts clearly signal inserted speech such as parentheticals, ellipses, and M-dashes. Try reading what I've just written aloud...

Railway Series Book Club

i mean i do also do that but i also like being silly and saying parentheticals out loud to make my friends laugh

Empress of Robots

Well duh, that's because Dorothy is her new favorite food

Amós Batista

Aripiprazol is hella expensive and it's a small one. I'll take the risk.