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0 pointschairmanwow15y ago0 comments

I think you are off base here. OP’s comment isn’t malicious.

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Indeed, to me the comment in question sounds like a subjective description of what the hyporesponsive might be feeling as their lucidity or initiative are taken away after a brief window of activity.

xwdv5y ago

As the author of the original comment, I feel this is the most accurate comprehension. Other comments seem to have taken a more literal read, but that would be incorrect, as clearly the patients are neither dead nor snakes.

I would debate that slither isn’t a negative connotation when used in reference to senses, for instance: electrical impulses slither through the synapses of the human nervous system, allowing us to perceive a reality.

imwillofficial5y ago

My initial read was OP specifically chose obtuse phrasing in order to cast a malicious tone on the situation.

There is no positive attribute to describe something as “slithering”. Not only does it carry negative connotations, it also poor fits the patients behavior.

So Purposeful use of negative phraseology. Incorrect usage of negative phraseology highlighting the willful choice of such words.

Perhaps the OP is a poor English speaker, if that’s the case, He should not be defended, this negative reaction is a social teaching aid.

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