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@fourchickens OK, but I'm not sure I see the distinction.
@fourchickens I get it, but we still don't say someone with a physical illness is broken
@fourchickens Glad you don't speak it! It's worth thinking about why it's used for mental but not physical illness.
Pshaw! RT @LeoJCarey: @magiciansbook Actually, I'm broken, but, fortunately, easily replaceable.
@fourchickens I understand. It's so conclusive though. Plus raises the issue of what it means to function (or to be ill).
@Rebeccamead_NYC Like "shattered," which in Brit means "exhausted", and startled me the first time I heard it. Here it = "traumatized"
@fourchickens I'm not sure I even know what it means, since people are not a means to an end. They don't exist to perform some function.
Also, does anyone refer to real persons as "broken," or is the term used just by/for fictional characters?
Peeve: The description of characters as "broken." They're supposed to be people, not cellphones
What especially amazes me about this Wikipedia scandal is that it all originates in a harsh workshop critique in 2001 bit.ly/18QD0rx
Revenge, ego, and the corruption of Wikipedia
salon.com — In the wee hours of the morning of January 27, 2013, a Wikipedia editor named "Qworty" made a series of 14 separate edits to the Wikipedia page for the late writer Barry Hannah, a well-regarded Southern novelist with a taste for the Gothic and absurd. Qworty cut paragraphs that included quotes from Hannah's work.Sign up to discover more journalists who cover Metro New York and more.
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