Medical ailments I don't understand

In My Humble Opinion
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Some illnesses baffle me.

For example, suppose someone dies (in the time honoured rock star manner) by choking on vomit, people always say:

“They choked on their own vomit”

Well, WTF, of course they did. It would have to be a pretty bizarre set of circumstances that lead them to choke on someone else’s vomit.

And hangovers. Hangovers puzzle me. Whenever you get a hangover and you are feeling sorry for yourself someone always says:

“Well, you’ll get no sympathy from me. You brought it on yourself”

Huh? If I decided to go skiing and I broke my leg then I’d get loads of sympathy and yet I brought it on myself by going skiing. So what’s the difference between that and a hangover?

In fact a hangover is worse because you feel nauseous and in pain for hours. So I think a hangover warrants just as much sympathy.

Bah, illnesses. I just don’t get 'em.

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“We assume it was his. I mean, you can’t really dust for vomit.”

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Sorry - too early on the ‘send’.

My personal pet peeve is people who complain that they’re ‘nauseous’. While I agree with this, it’s not usually what they mean to say.

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>My personal pet peeve is people who complain that they’re ‘nauseous’. While I agree with this, it’s not usually what they mean to say.
What do they usually mean to say?

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Generally that they’re “nauseated” - meaning afflicted with nausea - rather than “nauseous” - meaning that they inflict nausea.

I am given to understand that American dictionaries define these words in a non-conventional manner.

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Looks like we have some disciples of George Carlin on this board.

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George whosa?

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Or perhaps the conventions are different in America.

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This is Spinal Tap:D

There is no guarantee that, if you go skiing, you’ll break something. When drinking enough, it is a very real possibility to wake up with a hangover. You know this going into it.