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Violet · March 12, 2011 at 7:29 pm

(March 12, 2011 at 5:48 pm)lilphil1989 Wrote: They can't be identical. Once you've made the first pinprick, then all those that follow will be inflicted on a part of the body that's already injured. Furthermore, the greater the number of times you've stabbed yourself, the greater the severity of the injury will become.

Generally speaking, prodding at an injured body part tends to hurt more than prodding at a non-injured part, and the pain scales with the severity of the injury.

This man speaks the truth and has a personality and it's time I recognized that!

Lilphil1989 has clearly had the unfortunate figurative experience of slamming a broken finger in the car door. Or of stubbing an already stubbed toe. Or walking under the anvil tree a second time.

**tackattack** · March 12, 2011 at 10:40 pm

OK how's this. What if you were poked 1000 times in the same spot identically, but only once a day (plenty of time to heal and return your body to it's same condition). Would you say the pain which isn't obviously cumulative therefore diminutive holds the same sway over your reaction to getting pricked as say (going through it again) vs. shoving a screwdriver under your fingernail? Has your fear response to the singular pin prick remained constant from before?

Violet · March 13, 2011 at 6:22 am

(March 12, 2011 at 10:40 pm)tackattack Wrote: OK how's this. What if you were poked 1000 times in the same spot identically, but only once a day (plenty of time to heal and return your body to it's same condition). Would you say the pain which isn't obviously cumulative therefore diminutive holds the same sway over your reaction to getting pricked as say (going through it again) vs. shoving a screwdriver under your fingernail? Has your fear response to the singular pin prick remained constant from before?

You're just asking for it to scar when you do that. Go for slash scars if a scar you must have: anything less isn't cool enough. Unless you just plain aren't cool enough to have a good scar. Then a pinprick-scar is perfect for you.

**theVOID** · March 13, 2011 at 8:18 am

(March 12, 2011 at 10:40 pm)tackattack Wrote: OK how's this. What if you were poked 1000 times in the same spot identically, but only once a day (plenty of time to heal and return your body to it's same condition). Would you say the pain which isn't obviously cumulative therefore diminutive holds the same sway over your reaction to getting pricked as say (going through it again) vs. shoving a screwdriver under your fingernail? Has your fear response to the singular pin prick remained constant from before?

I dare you to prick yourself 1000 times once per day in the exact same spot and tell me that it didn't get progressively worse...

**tackattack** · March 13, 2011 at 8:55 am

This test is assuming there's time in between the pricks to return to 100% (whatever that timeframe is) I think it would mentally be progressively worse, but would it be more physically painful?

**theVOID** · March 13, 2011 at 10:03 am

Not if you have time to fully recover.

I think it would be mentally subdued, you would be used to it to the point where it becomes mundane.

**Rhizomorph13** · March 13, 2011 at 11:29 am

Ask a diabetic

reverendjeremiah · March 13, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Are you planning on being stuck with a million pin pricks any time soon?

If I kicked you in the nuts 50 times, would it hurt worse than if I kicked them once? Or would it be the same?

~~Edwardo Piet~~ · (This post was last modified: March 13, 2011 at 12:33 pm by Edwardo Piet.)

(March 12, 2011 at 2:57 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: One bee sting hurts but a hundred can kill you. -- Capt. John Sheridan

That's because the 100th bee-sting is on top of the 99 other bee-stings, hence it isn't actually the same identical pinprick experience.

(March 12, 2011 at 10:40 pm)tackattack Wrote: OK how's this. What if you were poked 1000 times in the same spot identically, but only once a day (plenty of time to heal and return your body to it's same condition).

It wouldn't be identical in terms of psychological pain maybe. Maybe as the days go by you start getting really stressed out and think "I'm fucking sick of getting pricked by a pin every single day, and I never know when it's coming either."

**thesummerqueen** · (This post was last modified: March 13, 2011 at 12:45 pm by thesummerqueen.)

Psychologically, you might not be the same, but physically it can go two ways - either scar tissue from the pinprick will be more sensitive to it, or your skin grows callouses in defense.

Getting a tatt was fine (well...sorta...I did almost faint). Getting it touched up after it had healed and having the color run over scar tissue, that was just as bad as the initial two hour session.

Pricking my fingertips on needles and fabric pins used to suck. Now I don't notice it that much, unless I bleed on the fabric.

PS - I agree with Adrian's initial reaction to this thread.

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