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[gelsomina]

the thing is, i personally if i got a really high "painful" would probably have gone for something physical?

i think maybe it is more likely sirius was thinking of the scale wholly in terms of emotional pain as it seems impossible to try to weight emotional vs physical pain, or maybe that is just how it seems to me as i am struggling to even try to weight different instances of emotional pain, maybe i just defer on this one

[Iconeum]

also i would also like to like to veto the green text rule

this

[Iconeum]

if the opposing team wants to take something the other team says like it's serious

that is totally their problem lol

[Datisi]

considering (1) more people are against the green text rule than they are for it, and (2) at least one person from each team voiced opposition to it -

i am axing the green text rule for now

. however, excessive posting / spamming while it's not your turn (or hell, even when it is your turn) will be handled at mod discretion. ok cool thanks you can go back to whatever you were doing

[Menalque]

excellent, this way they're more likely to believe me when I tell them that Sirius actually told me he's super into that shit a while ago and that this is probably like, a 10 or something

[Iconeum]

that's funny he told me the exact same thing

[northsidegal]

so i assume that means that if you guys guess left you're prepared to basically tell sirius that you question his commitment to his wife

[northsidegal]

anyways team are you guys fine with locking in 80?

[gelsomina]

anyways team are you guys fine with locking in 80?

i am okay with this

[Iconeum]

so i assume that means that if you guys guess left you're prepared to basically tell sirius that you question his commitment to his wife

i'm willing to go that far

he can take it

[Xalxe]

80's good with me

[northsidegal]

guess: 80

[Datisi]

eight and a xalxe

has locked in

80

.

ermine rainfall

has (expired on 2021-07-02 00:15:00) to lock in a left/right guess.

pleasant

painful

clue:

seeing your wife and your best friend messing around on the couch

0 represents “pleasant” and 100 represents “painful". please place your guess according to whether you think "

seeing your wife and your best friend messing around on the couch

" is closer to 0 or closer to 100 than 80.

Iconeum

is your team’s current representative.

[Farren]

Interesting choice here.

I think most people (but

not

all people) for whom the situation could apply would find that to be very emotionally painful - with any physical pain being a direct side-effect of the emotional pain.

That being said, something like "your spouse deliberately stabbing you with a knife" would still hit the betrayal / emotional pain part while also adding an element of physical pain. So I wouldn't put this at the far end regardless.

Spouse + best friend = worse, but "messing around" as opposed to "cheating" = better; "cheating" would make it unambiguous that it's an act of betrayal, while "messing around" at least leaves the door open to the *possibility* that it isn't, depending on the people involved.

Tentative left, but confidence level is low.

[Iconeum]

i'd argue this is a solid right here

[Iconeum]

it would depend on how someone views 'messing around', but add the best friend part and i think this is easily above 85

[lilith2013]

agree with Iconeum, I don’t think we should read too much into specific wording

[Iconeum]

seeing your best friend messing around with your wife = catching your wife cheating with your friend

i don't see how that is below 85 on that scale

[Farren]

Open relationships are a thing. That being said, I'll concede that they're the exception, not the rule. I won't object to a guess of right if everyone else is leaning that way.

[Menalque]

I also think right, I think that the phrasing would need to suggest open for it to be left

My guess is they just missed and it’s like 85 or soemthing

[Iconeum]

it

[Iconeum]

vote: right

[Datisi]

right has been locked in.

card:

pleasant

painful

Clue: seeing your wife and your best friend messing around on the couch

Spoiler: drum roll please...

eight and a xalxe's guess of

80

scores 3 points!

ermine rainfall's guess of

right

scores 1 point!

team eight and a xalxe

[4 points]

1. Xalxe
   
2. Sirius9121
   
3. gelsomina
   
4. northsidegal

ermine rainfall

[5 points]

1. lilith2013
   
2. Menalque (psychic)
   
3. Farren
   
4. Iconeum (current representative)

sending a card to Menalque. he may not post until the clue round is over.

[Sirius9121]

the card was pleasant and painful

i thought pleasant meant mentally pleasant so i thought this referred to mental pain

i mean why would there be a word for [not-painful]

[Datisi]

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