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Name: shh
Joined: November 18, 2004

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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

My nick is Pain Quale.

It's pronounced quah-lay. Not quail.

The plural of quale is qualia.

Qualia are the irreducible, private, ineffable properties of an experience.

They don't exist.

Trust me on this.