Talk:1216: Sticks and Stones - Revision history

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Davidy22 at 01:50, 17 September 2014

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	The stoics say that it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)		The stoics say that it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

−	Whoever made the orignal saying clearly had never been actually bullied before. Words fucking `hurt`. [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 01:22, 19 May 2026 (UTC)	+	Whoever made the orignal saying clearly had never been actually bullied before. Words fucking hurt. [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 01:22, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

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	The stoics say that it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)		The stoics say that it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

−	Whoever made the orignal saying clearly had never been actually bullied before. Words fucking ``hurt``. [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 01:22, 19 May 2026 (UTC)	+	Whoever made the orignal saying clearly had never been actually bullied before. Words fucking `hurt`. [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 01:22, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

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	The stoics say that it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)		The stoics say that it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Whoever made the orignal saying clearly had never been actually bullied before. Words fucking ``hurt``. [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 01:22, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

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	Or lack of words. It can be disappointing when someone is upset with you and won't talk to you and you just want them to open up so you can facilitate communication again. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.250.223}}		Or lack of words. It can be disappointing when someone is upset with you and won't talk to you and you just want them to open up so you can facilitate communication again. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.250.223}}

−	The stoics say that's it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)	+	The stoics say that it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

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	Or lack of words. It can be disappointing when someone is upset with you and won't talk to you and you just want them to open up so you can facilitate communication again. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.250.223}}		Or lack of words. It can be disappointing when someone is upset with you and won't talk to you and you just want them to open up so you can facilitate communication again. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.250.223}}
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		+	The stoics say that's it's not things that hurt us, but our judgement of things. Words can't hurt you unless you allow them to. Sticks and stones will hurt you either way, at least for a while. --[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 10:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

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 Is it really a rhyme if it doesn't rhyme? --[[User:Dangerkeith3000|Dangerkeith3000]] ([[User talk:Dangerkeith3000|talk]]) 15:02, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 :The rhyming of "stones" and "bones" probably counts as the big feature, and then the 'uhr' sound of "words" and "hurt" echo this resonance, and I've never heard the "harm" version that wouldn't have this.  Although it's certainly a non-standard rhyming scheme (if it's AABC) and scan (7+7 syllables, or (3+4)+(2+5) or however you want to split it).  It's pithy, which probably trumps strict adherence to anything like iambic pentameter.  Maybe there's an argument that it's more musical, with a rythm of 4 groups of 4 beats ("sticks" and "words" extending over two of them, each, the way I'd say it).  But musical lyrics and spoken verse are easily interchangable, and as long as it isn't totally 'blank' verse I'd accept it as a rhyme. (Not an authority, though ->) [[Special:Contributions/31.109.101.73|31.109.101.73]] 19:56, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 Citation: http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/27/in-the-brain-broken-hearts-hurt-like-broken-bones/ and http://www.pnas.org/content/108/15/6270.full?sid=758b38cc-b399-4d22-9c37-3c074cf321be [[User:Woliveirajr|Woliveirajr]] ([[User talk:Woliveirajr|talk]]) 16:58, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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	Noone can appreciate the difference between broken bones and someone namecalling him without experience with the first. The things childs do to each other is basically the worst they ever experienced - because if those wouldn't, they would do worse. -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 09:31, 24 May 2013 (UTC)		Noone can appreciate the difference between broken bones and someone namecalling him without experience with the first. The things childs do to each other is basically the worst they ever experienced - because if those wouldn't, they would do worse. -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 09:31, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
		+	:No one write 'no one' as 'noone'. [[User:Beanie\|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie\|talk]]) 13:32, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

	Is it really a rhyme if it doesn't rhyme? --[[User:Dangerkeith3000\|Dangerkeith3000]] ([[User talk:Dangerkeith3000\|talk]]) 15:02, 24 May 2013 (UTC)		Is it really a rhyme if it doesn't rhyme? --[[User:Dangerkeith3000\|Dangerkeith3000]] ([[User talk:Dangerkeith3000\|talk]]) 15:02, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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	::I disagree. Cueball's first line in that panel is saying that the world is not bad. When asked to explain why the rhyme involves sticks and stones breaking bones, he concedes that (it) is horrific. If the it refers to the rhyme, then the child was naïvely asking for an explanation. If the it refers to the world, then the child was trying to press a point, as he did in the second panel. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211\|108.162.246.211]] 03:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC)		::I disagree. Cueball's first line in that panel is saying that the world is not bad. When asked to explain why the rhyme involves sticks and stones breaking bones, he concedes that (it) is horrific. If the it refers to the rhyme, then the child was naïvely asking for an explanation. If the it refers to the world, then the child was trying to press a point, as he did in the second panel. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211\|108.162.246.211]] 03:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

−	Or lack of words. It can be disappointing when someone is upset with you and won't talk to you and you just want them to open up so you can facilitate communication again.	+	Or lack of words. It can be disappointing when someone is upset with you and won't talk to you and you just want them to open up so you can facilitate communication again. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.250.223}}

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	:Definitely. The horrific part is that we have a children's rhyme about a bone-breaking beating with clubs or rocks. That kind of thing curdles my stomach a little when I even read it in the paper (sorry, internet), so yes it does seem out of place here! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]] 19:21, 22 January 2014 (UTC)		:Definitely. The horrific part is that we have a children's rhyme about a bone-breaking beating with clubs or rocks. That kind of thing curdles my stomach a little when I even read it in the paper (sorry, internet), so yes it does seem out of place here! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]] 19:21, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
	::I disagree. Cueball's first line in that panel is saying that the world is not bad. When asked to explain why the rhyme involves sticks and stones breaking bones, he concedes that (it) is horrific. If the it refers to the rhyme, then the child was naïvely asking for an explanation. If the it refers to the world, then the child was trying to press a point, as he did in the second panel. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211\|108.162.246.211]] 03:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC)		::I disagree. Cueball's first line in that panel is saying that the world is not bad. When asked to explain why the rhyme involves sticks and stones breaking bones, he concedes that (it) is horrific. If the it refers to the rhyme, then the child was naïvely asking for an explanation. If the it refers to the world, then the child was trying to press a point, as he did in the second panel. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211\|108.162.246.211]] 03:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Or lack of words. It can be disappointing when someone is upset with you and won't talk to you and you just want them to open up so you can facilitate communication again.

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	I think the last panel isn't so much implying that Cueball thinks THE WORLD is horrific, but that the RHYME (and the fact that it's something regularly promoted to children) is horrific.--[[Special:Contributions/68.230.167.173\|68.230.167.173]] 07:13, 10 August 2013 (UTC)		I think the last panel isn't so much implying that Cueball thinks THE WORLD is horrific, but that the RHYME (and the fact that it's something regularly promoted to children) is horrific.--[[Special:Contributions/68.230.167.173\|68.230.167.173]] 07:13, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
	:Definitely. The horrific part is that we have a children's rhyme about a bone-breaking beating with clubs or rocks. That kind of thing curdles my stomach a little when I even read it in the paper (sorry, internet), so yes it does seem out of place here! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]] 19:21, 22 January 2014 (UTC)		:Definitely. The horrific part is that we have a children's rhyme about a bone-breaking beating with clubs or rocks. That kind of thing curdles my stomach a little when I even read it in the paper (sorry, internet), so yes it does seem out of place here! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]] 19:21, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
		+	::I disagree. Cueball's first line in that panel is saying that the world is not bad. When asked to explain why the rhyme involves sticks and stones breaking bones, he concedes that (it) is horrific. If the it refers to the rhyme, then the child was naïvely asking for an explanation. If the it refers to the world, then the child was trying to press a point, as he did in the second panel. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211\|108.162.246.211]] 03:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC)