You find me sitting by myself

Brandon/Dottie, 27, Scorpio� , suburbs near Chicago, I like anime, cosplay (have tagged page), video games, weaponry/firearms, and heavy metal. ask for my steam!

[b-harvs]

[officialunitedstates]

things I know about brazil:

jungle

jesus statue

[forfuckssakejim]

The Jesus is statue is in Rio, you uneducated swine 

[officialunitedstates]

[gunsandfireandshit]

[gncgalactus]

how are you a fan of the comic about countries sucking each other off and fail geography this bad

[guooey]

One of the most important things I have learned today..

[juniperhillpatient]

“apologist.” “critical.” y’all are doing too much. when my favorite characters do evil reprehensible shit I simply don’t fucking care cause it’s not real

[mymp3]

minato

[lionfloss]

Fluffy cows after a shampoo (ft. Perfect heart on first cows leg)

[teathattast]

[kosmogrl]

[memeclassheroes]

[gotitforcheap-deactivated201611]

*Italian guy throwing a blogger into a trash compactor while smoking a cigar*

there’s ya friggin’ man crush monday ya fucking computer idiot 

[the-trans-dragon]

They should invent healthcare that doesn’t involve phone calls

[partypuppynastja]

A while back I asked my GP if there was anything that could be investigated regards my seemingly worsening hearing problems (while I've always had auditory processing problems, hyperacusis has grown over time and tinnitus was new to me)

She said she'd arrange a referral, and shortly afterwards I got a text with a link to a document that had a phone number for me to call to make a hearing test appointment. I say again:

a phone number for me to call to make a hearing test appointment

No other options, just the phone number. I tried Googling around it, and no, just the phone number and a street address.

I tried the phone number, and there was a lot of hold music—loud, Vivaldi (a lot of sudden up and down volumes and pitches, a real nightmare for me), interspersed with quiet moments in which in unclear voice would tell me how important it was, before hurting my ears with Vivaldi again. And I don't mean like "haha that music hurts my ears", I mean like, it hurts.

Eventually I gave up and figured I'd go to the physical place.

The receptionist had a mask and a speech impediment and there were fans whirring. Suffice it to say: the conversation was difficult.

Eventually I understood enough to understand: I could not make an appointment there, the only way was to call the phone number. To make a hearing test appointment.

Basically, the HoH equivalent of "if you need the key to the accessible toilet facilities, ask at the café upstairs"

[indiestarlight-deactivated20250]

i’m deaf. i’ve seen multiple audiologists in my life. these things have been true for every single one of them:

- either they exclusively communicate via phone or they give you the option for email but when you email them they respond with a phone call and if you insist on email they get Real Weird About It

- they do not know even basic sign language, not even things like “yes” or “no”. your average deaf infant has a better grasp on sign language than any of the audiologists i’ve met

- they refuse to communicate in writing during your appointments and insist on communicating verbally even though they KNOW EXACTLY HOW BAD YOUR HEARING IS BECAUSE THEY TESTED IT

many medical professionals are blatantly ableist and in my experience that extends very very much to audiologists

[loonyblobs]

[calellon]

[greelin]

compilation

[howlingday]

Dragon Ball Question:

Frieza refers to Saiyans as monkeys. The obvious reason is that Saiyans have monkey tails, and the giant Oozaru look like baboons, which are monkeys. I get that.

But how does Frieza know what a monkey is, if it is an animal that only lives on Earth and assuming Frieza has never been to Earth before encountering the Saiyans?

[gokustits]

[fine-ass-fatshion]

This is not like a fully completed thought but yk

So I've done my first aid + CPR a few times. And every single time I try and bring up scenarios for fat folks

Specifically like 'what if someone is too large for me to wrap my arms around then to do the heimleich'

And its incredibly rare I get a decent answer.

How absolutely insane is it that me, as a fat person, is asking how to have MY life saved or to save ANOTHER life, is an impossible feat if someone is fat.

Most of the time they tell me to 'just try anyways uwu'

There has got to be a better option.

[whiskeydickclaws]

From a first aid and CPR trainer, who is also fat.

The heimleich is scientifically as effective as slapping someone VERY hard on the back. The only reason it's so well taught is the man that invented it did a lot of great PR for himself. It's also a bit easier for smaller framed people to get the necessary force in, because people are often extremely scared to hurt people, even in life threatening situations.

With larger bodied people, whether they be fat, tall, muscular, etc. If you cannot get your arms around them, literally just slap the shit out of their shoulders. You want hard, open palmed slaps right in the center of the shoulders or slightly below.

If they are too tall for you to reach that high, guide them to lean over the back of a chair, and then slap slap slap slap slap.

It's been proven to be just as effective through many studies. It just doesn't have a trademarked name and a dramatic effect in film.

If you have to do CPR on a larger bodied person, again, fat, body builder, tall and broad, whoever, the trick to finding where you want to put your hands if going to be to take your hand and shove it in their armpit. No seriously. Put your hand in their armpit, then drag it in a straight line towards yourself until you're in the center of the chest, then put your other hand beneath that one. This is where you push. Then you are going to move the arm closest to you out of the way so you can get closer to them, and get the leverage you need to press down for compressions. The more of your body weight that is over your hands, the better the compression will be. Act like you are trying desperately to pack the last of your clothes in a suitcase, and just slam down hard on their chest.

They will make *horrible* noises. You might even break ribs.

But a broken rib is better than being dead.

One day, perhaps, other CPR and First Aid instructors will actually know and teach this shit. But the medical field is filled with people who don't know, don't care, or just outright hate fat people. So while this information won't fix your complaint, I do hope it helps someone out there with saving their loved ones, should it ever be needed.

[unclefather]

[my0clonic-jerk]

[taken-for-pomegranted]

I stg this is as funny as when people thought they discovered little-known singer Stevie Nicks when AHS: Coven aired