World Gone Mad

So here's a snippet from a critique I got this morning:
First, let's talk about this line: Now that she'd noticed it, it
began to hurt. I mean, either it hurts or it doesn't. May I
suggest, No, I demand that you change it to something more definitive!

Ok, so the guy was pulling my leg, having read my blog a couple of days ago...but for a minute there, I wondered....