Boiling a Frog

[heyheysg]

Here's the expression, frogs are cold blooded creatures and thus their skin adjusts to the temperature around. So supposedly you could put a frog in hot water and slowly increase the temperature until it boiled and dies.

So the thing is, how long does it take for you to realise that you are being 'boiled'. Some people don't realise it for their entire lives, slowly dying.

There's also the short term types, like a 3 hour dream when you realise that you're not supposed to be a flying cat and wake up.

Or thinking back on the day and remembering that you've been alternately shouting and kissing everyone. (Dr House would have spotted that immediately and attribute it to a neurological disease)

 

[Cherry Cola]

I probably realize it the moment I find myself on a giant stove

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Eh...

What?

 

[Calobi]

Eh...

What?

Quite.

 

[Batfred]

Qe?

 

[Baby Tea]

I think I see this in domestic abuse victims.
You look at many emotionally, and physically, battered women, and they have been experiencing it for so long that it's normal. They'll go from one abusive guy to another, thinking they either deserve the treatment, or they can't 'do any better'. It's extremely sad to see.

In my personal life, I certainly don't have anything so dramatic or heavy.
I can't think of anything, really. So either I'm boiling right now, or it hasn't happened.

 

[CaptainCrunch]

Here's the expression, frogs are cold blooded creatures and thus their skin adjusts to the temperature around. So supposedly you could put a frog in hot water and slowly increase the temperature until it boiled and dies.

So the thing is, how long does it take for you to realise that you are being 'boiled'. Some people don't realise it for their entire lives, slowly dying.

There's also the short term types, like a 3 hour dream when you realise that you're not supposed to be a flying cat and wake up.

Or thinking back on the day and remembering that you've been alternately shouting and kissing everyone. (Dr House would have spotted that immediately and attribute it to a neurological disease)

For the last time, Morpheus, I don't give a shit about the Matrix. Just let me boil in peace!

And stop mailing me phones - it's totally creepy.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I are cafuffled.

 

[Distorted Stu]

I would tell im being boiled because the water is bubbling.. dont own a jacuzzi!

 

[zauxz]

There is this line where "deep" turns into " plain stupid". You've crossed it.

 

[THAC0]

wow.

 

[Berethond]

Qe?

You mean "Que"

 

[wordsmith]

I probably realize it the moment I find myself on a giant stove

"Hmm... I appear to be in a giant swimming pool with no ladder... Oh well, at least the water's warm"

 

[Batfred]

Qe?

You mean "Que"

Thank you. I shall bear that in mind next time I am befuddled by an OP.

 

[Berethond]

Qe?

You mean "Que"

Thank you. I shall bear that in mind next time I am befuddled by an OP.

You could put "Que paso?", too, which means something along the lines of "Hi what'cha up to" or "WTF is going on here?"

 

[Sneaklemming]

I guess the moment I realise I'm being boiled is the moment I realise that I'm dying.

I dream that I am alive for the 3 hours I sleep. Then I realise I am still dying.

All I can think about is when I was happy, when I celebrated.

 

[reg42]

I'm not sure what this is exactly...
I'm just going to say "brown", because DWMC? showed us that is a universal answer for everything... Except for when you're a crazy man who's locked up

 

[mikecoulter]

This is an odd conversation...

I suppose people don't realise they're being boiled, as they've never lived any other way.

 

[DigitalSushi]

You get a lot of victims of bullying the way you describe it OP, it happens both in school and in the workplace.

Some people are victims all their life.

For the last time, Morpheus, I don't give a shit about the Matrix. Just let me boil in peace!

And stop mailing me phones - it's totally creepy.

Great, you just made me think that Morpheus was grooming Neo... thanks for that mental image.

 

[Tartarga]

"Excuse me I'd like to get out now. What do you mean I can't? What do you mean I'm not ready yet? Hmmm, something is afoot."