I discovered pain is relative. For months I have been dealing a pain in my shoulder. When I go to the doctor they ask “what is your pain score on a scale of 1 to 10”, and I tell them it is 2 to 4. Well, the pain got worse and I raised it to a 6 to 8, thinking this was getting close to real pain.
Then I got kidney stones. The shoulder pain is now down to a 1.
Ok, remember a few months ago when I found the Star Trek emblem melted on my kitchen microwave. I made the mistake of leaving the fire starter out on the counter again. The emblem is gone, now replaced with a big hole, with black smoke tailings.