Comment on Anon's gf has unfinished business

daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s UK slang.

  “For a person to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 against their will, admitted to hospital, and given treatment, if they are perceived to be a threat to themselves or others.”

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  • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ah, I see. Thank you to my friend across the pond.

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    • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oh, I’m in the US, too. You can tell by the surgery I need but can’t afford. I looked it up on Urban Dictionary.

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      • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Sorry to hear that. I hope you get the surgery you need.

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  • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thanks, I thought she was drafted into the JSDF, but that’s Article 9 (and wildly improbable)

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• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  having been committed compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act.

  It’s a British phrase, I hadn’t heard it either.

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  • TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well that just means you’ve got 8 seasons of Peep Show to watch.

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    • TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      “Hey mark, don’t get mad but I may have gotten you sectioned. I need someone to send Superhans this weird balloon of powder he wanted. I’d have done it myself, but I thought you’d be due for a holiday eh? You’re not mad are you Mark? Oh your mad.”

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      • TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        OK boys you’ve had your fun with the sectioning, there’ll be no more sectioning today.

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