# Ambivalid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 10, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174 "2015-11-10T08:33:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 10

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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174/181 "2015-11-13T01:58:49Z")

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Maybe he had a personality-altering stroke and now requires 24-hour care.

And yet he still dreams of cycling–cycling to freedom from the prison he calls his body…

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**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174/182 "2015-11-13T02:26:38Z")

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Oh, self-loathing anger? I hadn’t thought of that. I figured maybe his sister got jilted by a guy in a wheelchair or something.

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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174/183 "2015-11-13T02:28:15Z")

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Equally plausible, I admit.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174/184 "2015-11-13T02:28:56Z")

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Devotee?

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**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174/185 "2015-11-13T02:49:22Z")

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> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> You’re not going to start singing kumbya together, are you? I think the Pit would implode.

I think it’s more of a rupture with the Pit. You know, like an abscess.

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