The Dueling Arena

[drizzledrawings]

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[destabastet]

I have the one and only 24 karat lachuchu

[lastoneout]

It really is wild that some politicians can stand there and say "yeah we're getting rid of a program that keeps quite literally millions of people alive specifically so we can cut taxes for people who are already richer than god" as if it's a normal political stance and not so cartoonishly evil I'm legit shocked perry the platypus doesn't break through the nearest wall the minute the words leave their mouth.

[lastoneout]

"I think rich people should have more money at the expense of a healthcare program millions of disabled people rely on" is not a coherent political belief it's the kind of thing the villian in a kids movie says. Gonna tell me you want to skin puppies to make a coat next?

[lastoneout]

I think if you say out loud you think billionaires need more money and we should kill disabled people to make it happen then every person in a 5ft radius should be legally obligated to punch you as hard as they can.

[lastoneout]

142 notes and not a single tag, reply, or comment. Y'all are really feeling this one, huh?

[depsidase]

[anoctoberpepper]

This more than anything else has made me angry about AI. It's infuriating. It's stupid and unnecessary to do this to the environment. It's not making food. It's not powering cities. It's literally just doing busy work for us so we can cheat at life. It makes me want to break things. I HATE AI for hurting earth. My job is environmentalism. Nothing I do will ever make a fraction of a difference when I'm fighting this. I want to die.

[chronictranssexuality]

"you don't owe anyone anything" You are a tar pit. Speak for yourself. I personally owe the cafe employees my dishes put away and my friends a listening ear and small scared insects a cup and a gentle trip outside. Hyperindividualism is a rancid infection borne of capitalism and willfully misinterpreted therapyspeak and I will defy it by continuing to be kind regardless of whether or not it benefits me personally

[whichcouldmeanothing]

Of all the animals, which would you be the happiest to see go extinct? Specie. Money itself. Specie is another word for currency. Look it up, motherfuckers.

Game Changer 7x10 "Outvoted"

[soulstuffjunkie]

Literal sunshine boy and probably the reason why PresAux’s solar batteries never run dry. I have finally read all the books and all I can say is I love you, Ratthi 😭💖.

Also, i know they're way past using phones but we have to let it slide.

Pose references used by @kibbi and @albanenechi !

[yaoiblackmold]

Lowkey living on a starship going on exploratory missions must be a hellish experience because you're living at your workplace with your coworkers, and you literally can't leave. There's strange spooky shit happening all the time, the mortality rate must be insanely high, you can get called in at any moment even if you're off duty (they have your number and location at all times) literally living in computer surveillance state.

[yaoiblackmold]

Do you guys think Barbie exists in the Star Trek universe? Because it would be really funny if they started making like diversity barbies when we discovered aliens were real. Like whenever someone joins the federation, they make barbies of them.

This is Vulcan Barbie, this is Tellarite Barbie, and this is Andorian Barbie, together with Star Fleet Barbie, they make up the Federation Barbies® collection. And then people were like but we want more representation, so they started making a "Federation and friends" collection, and there's Ferengi Barbie, Orion Barbie, Bajorian Barbie etc etc

[dogwithapog]

and they should have starship playsets!!!

[queermasculine]

never "look inside" yourself btw i just tried it and there was already someone in there looking back it was so awkward

[enki2]

[gauntletqueen]

I'm so sick of people saying water doesn't taste. Water fuckin TASTES

[mistral]

well what does it taste like then?

[gauntletqueen]

[ober-affen-geil]

You know, the place where I last worked wanted to use our reading room as backdrop for a filmed interview (we had a very pretty reading room). On the day the film crew was there, the audio guy came over to my desk which was at the edge of the space and said "Look, you can keep working 'cus you're not doing anything too loud, but in a minute I'm going to go over there and call for silence for 10-20 seconds, and during that time I need you to not make any noise." And I went "lol sure" but he clearly felt a little uncomfortable telling me to not move at my own desk so he explained; the purpose of those 20 seconds is to record the silence in the room.

It's so they have a patch they can edit "silence" over some extraneous background noise later (the phone ringing, me getting an email, the toilet flushing in the bathroom next door, the elevator coming and going, noisy student group, etc), but the point was that they can't just slap any old "silence" over a recording done in a certain room. They have to use the "silence" *from that room* or it will be jarring on a subliminal level to the people listening. Because silence has a sound, and it's a little different everywhere you hear it.

That's what water tastes like.

[emieclat]

that's me in the corner

[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.

[sleepydumpling]

Information that will save lives.

[ebonykain]

The way I learned it at work, doing the Heimlich on an obese person is the same process as a pregnant person....start with 5 hard back blows between the upper shoulders, with your hand aiming to moving in an upward motion (i.e. not traveling across the spine, but up the spine), followed by 5 compressions where you place your arms under their arm pits and your hands in the standard sideways fist and cover on their chest. Then repeat the process until the obstruction is cleared or medical services arrive.

For a person in a wheelchair, you do the same (remember to lock the brakes first!). But if they are in a power wheel chair where you can't get behind them properly, you stand in front of them and place your hands in position of the "normal" Heimlich (on the abdomen) but your hands will be folded like you would have them for CPR chest compressions. Again, make sure you lock the brakes, because that's what will give you the resistance to actually compress their abdomen rather than just pushing them away from you.

The power wheelchair process can also work on someone obese if there is a chair for them to sit in. Just make sure the chair is backed against a wall or other unmovable object so you don't just tip them over.

There are various videos and infographics online... But if you're looking to get certified, and you have a choice for who teaches it, I would recommend asking any of your local nursing homes/long term skilled nursing facilities who they contract for their certifications. Typically those places will have an emphasis on modified techniques, so if you can get in a class with their instructors you should get a more comprehensive education.

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[nattousan]

i felt like these tags really added to the experience, thanks @cynderxdustypaws for your knowledge

[naamahdarling]

This is one of the most powerful images I have ever seen, and I will reblog it every single time because every single time it brings tears to my eyes.

[elodieunderglass]

Thank you so much @punkrorschach !

[tomfoolerytotality]

Breaking news, in a shocking turn of events, the leopards are now eating each other's faces?

[theconcealedweapon]