Catshade’s Catharsis Corner

Dongeng Operasi Plastik

Amerika Serikat memang benar-benar negara maju *silakan simpulkan sendiri apakah kalimat ini bernada sarkas atau tidak*. Bahkan operasi plastik kini bisa dijadikan tema untuk buku cerita anak-anak.

Posted at 5pm on 4/18/08 | no comments; | Filed Under: News, Weblog | Tagged: boob job, books, children, mother, nose job, picture book, plastic surgery, story, tummy tucks | read on

Anda pernah mendengar analogi ‘cara merebus kodok’? Konon (dan ‘katanya’), kodok yang langsung dicemplungkan ke air mendidih akan langsung kaget dan melompat keluar. Lalu bagaimana cara merebusnya? Menurut cerita ini, rendamkan kodok ke dalam air biasa, lalu panaskan airnya pelan-pelan. Si calon swikee nggak sadar akan apa yang terjadi sampai ia mateng beneran.

Posted at 12pm on 4/17/08 | 2 comments | Filed Under: Weblog | Tagged: hoax, boiled frog, urban legend, snopes, metaphor, analogy | read on

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Main Entry: ca·thar·sis

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈthär-səs\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ca·thar·ses /-”sEz/

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek katharsis, from kathairein to cleanse, purge, from katharos

Date: circa 1775

1 : PURGATION

2 a : purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art b : a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension

3 : elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression