Lazy Attentions

A place where I may or may not say things of varying degrees of interest.

[revizyonist]

med people are so annoying "This family's 8 year old child who was about to go through a major surgery and kept crying that she was hungry so they pitied her and gave her food, she then had a heart attack in the surgery. They're so stupid 😒" girl they didn't know that could happen or why it happens. it takes so little time to explain to them that will happen instead of telling them "no food" with no explanation 10 times

[revizyonist]

"Before surgery, your body’s reflexes that protect your airway are relaxed by anesthesia. If there’s food or liquid in your stomach, it will near certainly come back up and go into your lungs, which can cause choking, a severe lung / heart infection or even a heart attack. That’s called aspiration, and it is life-threatening. It's hard, but it's only a single day to prevent near certain death. Not eating or drinking beforehand massively lowers the risk and helps prevent these life threatening situations under anesthesia." <- TIP: patients have brains which allows them to receive information just like you

[ancelineonline]

I have four kids. I’ve had one or another of them need some kind of surgical procedure that requires anesthesia four or five times over the past 15 years.

This Tumblr post is the first time someone has explained to me *why* I couldn’t feed them before those instances.

I’m not stupid. I understood that just fine. Hell, my kids would have understood that just fine. But no one bothered to tell us.

[bowditch]

i did know this before having kids (i have six). we have a kid that's needed multiple procedures requiring anesthesia. and every single time, i am asked multiple times if i'm sure he was not given any food or water after a certain point.

every single time i have had to say, "i understand that if he had food or water, he could aspirate it into his lungs under anesthesia. i am not lying to you." THEN someone would make a little note and i would stop being repeatedly asked.

not a single time was that risk explained to me. the only reason it came up was because i already knew. i still don't understand why it isn't standard pre-op counseling or pre-op check information, when me as a parent acknowledging the actual risk also put THE MEDICAL STAFF at ease because i conveyed that i had informed understanding as reason to not lie about giving my kid food.

"maybe some people will get nervous and refuse surgery" okay so they need more counseling about risks and anxiety, not less information in a way that actually does endanger their child or themselves!

[arctic-turtle-cassiopeia]

Reblogging to save a life and teach medical professionals basic communication skills

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Nothing more powerful than recommending music with pinpoint accuracy. Oh you're obsessed with that song I said you'd like? The prophecy has been fulfilled??? Just as I foretold?????

[sunflowersosa]

Nigerian Pride 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇬

I meant to have this out yesterday. Happy belated pride. :)

[sunflowersosa]

I'm glad you all like the Nigeria Pride post!

Originally, I went in worried the opposite would happen. Growing up, I've been taught that Nigeria, the country, is homophobic. (I was born in America.) But over time, I learned that there's tons of other queer Nigerians; some are out, and some are in the closet 😭.

I'm also not used to this much attention, lol

Thank you all!

[ximenasbrokencd]

can't wait to say "during pride month?" at every minor inconvenience all of next month

[iaminlovewithavirgo]

you Applied to 200 jobs and are still unemployed . hope u dont mind we Leak ur data. and no, we will Not be calling back

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 5 days 18 hours

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 5 days 18 hours

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 5 days 18 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[itsbrig]

I have deep love for the cat.

[gokusclit]

The next time ur abt to rb heated rivalry posts think abt ur poor lesbian mutuals shivering all alone in the rain inside a cardboard box who could not give less of a fuck abt those men

[minnesotacore]

Wait…. How have I not done a Saint Paul vs Minneapolis poll yet?!?

No nuance, no suburbs. Where do your loyalties lie.

Which is better?

Saint Paul

Minneapolis

Remaining time: 4 days 17 hours

[barontyrwulf]

Only because I was born and raised and live in Saint Paul, but the rivalry ain’t real. It’s the Twin Cities baby! The rivalry is how we suss out who came to Minneapolis from the burbs, tells on themselves immediately when they participate in it.

[interestingmistakes]

Reblogging this manually. Op doesn't want credit for fear of being terminated.

[fuckinghellsbells]

I JUST REALIZED WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT DINOSAURS SOUND LIKE! THEY COULD’VE BEEN SPEAKING FLUENT GERMAN FOR ALL WE KNOW

[democracykills]

it’s too early for this late night tumblr shit

[thehighladyelf]

GUTEN MORGEN HERR PTERODACTYL

[fieldbears]

WIE GEHTS FRAU MASTADON

[marvelous-freeman]

Oh my god neither of those are dinosaurs and there’s 145 million years separating them both, this post is a palaeontological disaster.

[isnotadinosaur]

This goes here. 

[toli-a]

My students this year have moved up so many times with me that I have ceased to be their favorite or least favorite or most aggravating teacher and just become their Teacher. This has led to such hilarious moments as:

"Ms. T, I can't stand Ms. H, she's so aggravating!"

"Why is she aggravating?"

"She never stops talking!"

"I never stop talking either and you put up with me."

"Ugh, that's different, Ms. T, you're just ... here." (Softly, to himself. "You're always here. Why are you never on vacation?")

-

A student asks me to write cards while I'm trying to finish breakfast. Being a disaster with ADD, I try to do that and drink my smoothie and wind up with smoothie everywhere.

One of my other students, shouting at the first one: "Why did you do that? You know she can't do more than one thing at a time!" (They're not wrong.)

-

On the way back from lunch, a young man informs me that he can do a cartwheel. Sure, I say, because I have very little forethought. He does not crack his head on the sidewalk, thankfully, but it's definitely not a cartwheel.

"That's not a cartwheel," I inform him. "This is a cartwheel." I do a cartwheel.

The dozen or so other students in my class, sounding more horrified than impressed: "Ms. T! You can't do that!"

Another young man informs us that he can do a front flip. One of the girls in his class looks at me with grave concern, then snaps, "Well, don't," at him, apparently trying to prevent me from also attempting a front flip and cracking my head on the sidewalk. At least someone in the class has some forethought, even if it isn't me.

-

And for a bonus, we had "dress like your favorite teacher" day.

One boy, shaking his head. "Ms. T, I can't dress like you. You don't got that drip."

I clear my throat. "Was that the only thing stopping you?"

Another girl frowns at my outfit, then contemplatively says aloud, "Where does Ms. T even get her clothes? Like, who sells that?"

"Thanks sweetie," I say, and a third student reminds all of us that none of this is on topic for our class.

"What will you do without us, Ms. T?" she adds, but five other children immediately inform the class that I will be following them to their next educational foray and then raising their children, so I guess we'll never know.

[flightcub]

my three favorite things are the oxford comma, irony, and missed opportunities

[brainless-moe-white-lotus]

Bitches will be like "prev tags omg" on my post and I check the preg tags and it's like "blorbo from my shows"

[world-heritage-posts]

world heritage post

[astronomical-bagel]

Happy late anniversary to the post that changed tumblr’s (and the entire internet’s) vernacular forever

[bruneburg]

beastly reminder

[bruneburg]

Almost. Years ago my computer suddenly stopped working and lost everything on it. Fortunately a relatively recent backup still existed bc of my family, a recent parts switch, and dumb luck. But last year a friend of mine got hacked and lost close to everything he had done creatively in the last 17-ish years. Art. Novels in progress. Entire conlangs. DnD character Sheets. Music he had made. All gone. He never backed any of it up. Few months later I started this habit (or ritual, almost) of drawing a reminder beast any time I would make a full complete backup. In hopes that seeing these things might remind others and myself. (Another factor here is that I am an animator and some of the stuff on my computer took literal years to make. And the film university I go to urges us to take this stuff seriously, too.)

[ndcirque]

There’s an old saying in the computer world.

There are two kinds of people

Those who have lost everything because of a drive failure

And those that are GOING TO lose everything because of a drive failure

That is why you back up your stuff. It isn’t if, it’s when. If it isn’t drive failure, it’s going to be malware, or ransomeware, or a battery that fails and destroys your laptop, or a lightning strike that destroys your system, or a house fire/flood/earthquake, or simple theft of your device, the list is as long as your arm. Someday you WILL have a problem that eats all of your data. Then the only thing that will save your a** will be backups. Personally I have three levels; TimeMachine, back up to the cloud, and a drive that I back everything up to once a month and keep in the fireproof safe.

Back up your stuff.

(That includes your phone and tablet too)

[moonlightredfern]

Mrs. Frederick said the greatest happiness was to spend your life in loving service for others, and Cousin Stickles and Aunt Isabel agreed with her—Aunt Isabel with a resentful air, as if she thought Mrs. Frederick had taken the wind out of her sails by saying it first. “We are all too prone,” continued Mrs. Frederick, determined not to lose so good an opportunity, “to live in selfishness, worldliness and sin.” The other women all felt rebuked for their low ideals, and Uncle James had a conviction that the conversation had been uplifted with a vengeance.

OK SO this is every fucking church youth group ice-breaker I’ve ever been part of. “What’s your favorite book?” Or “what one thing would you take to a desert island?” Or “what is your favorite thing to do?” And it’s all fun & games until someone says “the Bible” or “reading the Bible” and then every single other person after ALSO has to say the Bible and the ppl who went before interject uncomfortably that they are all going to bring the Bible too and they’d like a do-over because they didn’t realize the Bible was an option. Then there’s a whole judgmental moment from the later group like

I recently watched a recorded staff meeting I’d missed and even in a completely non-church setting the last 5 women to answer the ice breaker said they were bringing their Bible to a desert island if they can only take one item. And then, predictably, two women who went earlier said they wanted a do-over and they were also bringing their Bibles.

Not to be like a violent persecutor of the faith or anything but fyi answering like that sucks ass and you’re ruining everything for everyone.

“The greatest happiness,” said Valancy suddenly and distinctly, “is to sneeze when you want to.”

I love her so much.

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Perhaps it's because I'm sick with something rn, but the youth group situation sounds like the set up for a Fathers of the Desert apotegm, that ends in something like "then the monks asked Abba Poemen if he would take his Bible with him to a desert Island. Abba Poimen answered: "the monk who has not yet memorized the Sacred Scriptures and meditates upon them in his heart day and night, will not survive the world any more than he would survive this perverse generation." And they were all edified by this response"

[beardedmrbean]

Make a mans whole retirement here why don't you

[fl-man]

I have, like .... seventeen uses for this. Where do I get one?

[beardedmrbean]

Didn't even know this post was moving till it hit my dash again, I put it in the replies too but it is called a "chompsaw" and it's by Chompshop

They've got all kinds of patterns and such on their site for different creative projects, it does appear to be limited to cutting cardboard so if you want to do wood you will need something beefier.