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[canttrustliars]

Why must Americans always complicate things needlessly? "Diabetes"? What's wrong with "sugar urine disorder"?

...Anyway.

I'll be in my room until I've decided what I'm going to do with myself.

[ooc: Hajime's locked himself up in his room, studying English medical terms. They're a lot less straightforward than their Japanese counterparts

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[deinxxrazer]

...I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, but staying in your room is probably a good idea if you have no clue what to do.

[canttrustliars]

Nothing important.

I was thinking about relaxing and enjoying some of the amenities, but with the stabber and the tigers, I'm not so sure about that anymore.

[shesagift]

People feel that "urine" is an unsavory word.

[canttrustliars]

Medicine isn't meant to be savoury.

[shesagift]

That's true. But it's such a widespread disease.

[canttrustliars]

What about the less common diseases? If I said 'Addison's disease', would you have any idea what that meant?

[canglu]

/PINGED

[ugly_am_i]

- ?

[canglu]

...

[ugly_am_i]

oh....

LILY IS NOT WEIRD

[lilyground]

Diabeetus?

Audio + Super simplification!

[canttrustliars]

It means you can't eat sugar or you get sick.

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[lilyground]

That doesn't sound cool! What's "sugar"?

[canttrustliars]

Food. It looks like salt, but it's sweet.

[forniisan]

...Maybe they wanted it to sound different?

[canttrustliars]

Different from what? Naming diseases and disorders after their latin roots or the person who discovered them doesn't usually tell you much about what it actually does.

[forniisan]

...It--It doesn't really make sense.

[canttrustliars]

Which is why the Japanese naming system is better. You can usually figure out what the disorder does by its name alone.