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2016-06-23, 04:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Innocent phrases that become terrifying
So I've been pinched to work on another project for a bit and as part of the requirements, I have to read up on the various safety information regarding the chemicals they're working on.
I'm reading the SDS for their active ingredient and reach the toxicology section:
Acute toxicity
- Inhalation: Not available
- Skin contact: Not available
- Ingestion: Not available
- Sensitisation: Not available
Chronic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity: Not available
- Mutagenicity: Not available
- Reproductive toxicity: Not available
While this isn't the first time I've worked with NCEs, I don't know whether it's better if it was highly toxic and had to be used inside a sealed cabinet while wrapped up in an environmentally sealed hazmat suit with an independent filtered air supply or that they don't have a clue as to how poisonous this stuff is.
Anybody else have an example of an otherwise innocuous phrase that suddenly becomes terrifying when used in a certain context?
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2016-06-23, 07:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2006
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
It's not the same thing, but I've always thought Bunnings Warehouse's slogan "Lowest prices are just the beginning" was pretty sinister.
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2016-06-23, 07:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
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2016-06-23, 07:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
It's locked.
Customers bring their own beverages.
I eat Hamburgers all the time.
Is she still sleeping?
These shoes aren't my size.
We can start casting.Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
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2016-06-23, 08:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Good night.
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2016-06-23, 08:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2006
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- Wandering in Harrekh
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Two bars.
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2016-06-23, 09:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2005
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- Oz county
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"This'll be over before you know it."
"It will all be over soon."
"Don't worry; it's not your problem anymore."
"Just a walk in the woods."
"Look, stars!"
"It's a very simple/easy procedure."
The maniacal grin is what sells it. Or the deadpan stare and monotone voice. Or the very serene, dreamy voice.I used to live in a world of terrible beauty, and then the beauty left.
Dioxazine purple.
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2016-06-23, 09:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2011
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"Interesting", particularly when a doctor says it.
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2016-06-23, 09:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Speaking of slogans, I feel similarly about Sprite's "Obey your Thirst." It sounds like something Emperor Palpatine would say, " Good, Good, Young Skywalker. Obey your thirst. Let it consume you."
My home state's tourism campaign slogan, "Pure Michigan," sounds vaguely fascistic to me as well.Even the wise cannot see all ends. -J.R.R. Tolkien
Don't destroy it! That alter to Lamashtu, Demon Queen and Mother of Monsters, is historically significant!
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2016-06-23, 09:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
I had equivalents of that one happening to me a couple of times, turns out doctors tend to have enough tact not to act that way over serious diseases, when they get excited and phone in the interns it's over something rare but not scary.
Last time it happened to me it was because my retinas' capillaries had an unusual pattern. No reason to think it'll ever be a problem, just an anatomical oddity.
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2016-06-23, 11:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"Everything is (just) fine."
"It's the fate of all things under the sky,
to grow old and wither and die."
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2016-06-23, 11:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"We'll be together… forever!"
This one doesn't exactly qualify as terrifying, but I always thought Juicy Juice's slogan, "Quench your child's thirst to know", was amazingly terribad. Quench it? Like, permanently?Projects: Homebrew, Gentlemen's Agreement, DMPCs, Forbidden Knowledge safety, and Top Ten Worst. Also, Quotes and RACSD are good.
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2016-06-23, 12:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"Come play with us" is, perhaps, too obvious.
There's a whole barrel of such statements starting with "come". Come inside, come with me, come here, come tonight, come and see...
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2016-06-23, 01:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-06-23, 02:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
{Simpsons example}
"Hello, Bart."
{James Bond examples}
"They don't eat coconut anymore..."
"Brothers always seem to know which buttons to push."
{Literature example(s)}
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♪(last lines to Farmer in the Dell)
{TFS examples}
"One hundred and ninety!"
"[I call it] Pity."
{OFFICIAL DBZ example}
(serenely) "You're missing the point."Last edited by enderlord99; 2016-06-23 at 02:40 PM.
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2016-06-23, 02:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Anyone who works IT should feel the terror invoked by the phrase, "Hey, I've got a quick question."
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2016-06-24, 07:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Last edited by Gnomvid; 2016-06-24 at 07:18 AM.
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2016-06-24, 07:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"The results are in"
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2016-06-25, 12:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
{reassuring phrase}, but...
For example: "I don't mean to alarm you, but..."
"The test results were okay, but..."
"You did your best, but..."
"I fed your cat, but..."
"You're free to go, but..."Spoiler: things in which I used to be involved before i was claimed by the great pestilence of examsThe One Sane Drow (Vergil: Drow Sorcerer 5, CN)
The Uprise (IC/OOC) (Ker'anson: Drow Arcane Spellcaster 4, NE)
Running Total Of Things I've Critically Hit That Jormengand Didn't Want Me To Critically Hit: 3
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2016-06-25, 01:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-06-26, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"Hey." - Nobody ever just says "hey" to me unless they're about to ask for four hundred dollars or complain about me turning the A/C off for ten minutes.
"You don't have a barrel on that." - Usually right before I burn my lip on an exposed coil conducting 4.2 amps of electricity.
"What's up with the Jeep?"
"We don't show you as having any assignments right now."
"Bank statement not available."
"Warrant Round-Up on March 1st." (That didn't actually happen, though.)
"Phone Storage Almost Full. Okay. Settings."
"Loading Error."
Those are all the ones I can think of off the top of my head.vape naesh
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2016-06-26, 01:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"You are unique . . . just like everyone else."
For some reason, that always gave me shudders, especially when said in a treacly, kindergarten teacher voice.
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2016-06-26, 01:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Whose eye is that eye?
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2016-06-26, 02:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2013
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- Where I am
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Whenever a supposed expert says "that's new" when talking about something in their area of expertise.
I also answer to Bookmark and Shadow Claw.
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2016-06-26, 02:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
I don't know why, but this thread makes me think of that old story.
"My daughter has kept me up all night with her crying for months. I've visited her grave and asked her to stop, but it doesn't help."Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2016-06-26, 02:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-06-26, 09:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"I don't drink...wine."
"Just a reminder that IT will be updating our systems tonight."
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2016-06-27, 04:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
One that's pretty terrible is when I get gas at the local Mobil. It says two things. One's something like "Good Job, You Saved A Ton! (paraphrased and/or guessed at)" and the other one is "Thanks! Come Back Soon!"
But it doesn't have that many characters available on the pump's display. So it's "Good Job, You" and "Saved A Ton!" or "Thanks! Come Back"
And then a moment later the screen only says... "Soon!". . .
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2016-06-27, 05:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2013
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
My Homebrew A Return to Exile, a homebrew campaign setting.
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2016-06-27, 06:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"Cover the earth" Was a paint slogan if I remember correctly?