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File:Playskool's My First DSM.jpg|link=Playskool's My First DSM|The '''[[Playskool's My First DSM|Playskool Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]''', better known as '''Playskool's My First DSM''', is a children's publication for the classification of mental disorders using child-friendly language, simple shapes, and bright primary colors.
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File:Poseidon Penteskouphia.jpg|link=Poseidon (nonfiction)|[[Poseidon (nonfiction)|Poseidon]] warning against scrimshaw (550–525 BC). Inscription (not shown) reads: "Put down the knife. P."
File:Poseidon Penteskouphia.jpg|link=Poseidon (nonfiction)|[[Poseidon (nonfiction)|Poseidon]] warning against scrimshaw (550–525 BC). Inscription (not shown) reads: "Put down the knife. P."
File:Grave of the pirate Olivier Levasseurs.jpg|Grave of the pirate Olivier Levasseurs, with cannon to ward of scrimshaw ghosts.
File:Cinnamon_pirate_flag_800x600.jpg|link=Cinnamon Jack (pirate)|Flag of [[Cinnamon Jack (pirate)|Pirate King Cinnamon Jack]], scourge of the scrimshaw abuse trade.


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Revision as of 14:35, 15 September 2021

Scrimshaw Abuse - Men hunting sea monsters for scrimshaw-grade tusk.
Residue from a scrimshaw abuse binge. These pieces are confined in a protective vitrine, to prevent further spread of the disease.

Scrimshaw abuse, sometimes known as ivory towering, is a patterned use of scrimshaw in which the scrimshander produces scrimshaw with images or side-effects which are harmful to themselves or others.

Description

Scrimshaw abuse is a form of matter-related disorder.

Extract of Radium correlation

Widely differing definitions of scrimshaw abuse are used in public health, medical aesthetics, and admiralty law contexts.

Extract of Radium is hazardously popular with scrimshaw abusers.

Correlation with irresponsible electrical circuit restraint

Some researchers [who?] have published algorithms suggesting that scrimshaw abuse has a significant correlation with irresponsible electrical circuit breaker restraint.

Dungeons & Dragons allegations

Dungeons & Dragons was blamed for a wave of "Teen-age Satanic scrimshaw abuse" during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Subsequent investigation by APTO field psychologists disproved all of the allegations, demonstrating that the most vocal accusers were parents who themselves had secret scrimshaw abuse habits.

In the News

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Nonfiction

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