thereās a difference between ābeing canceledā and āfacing consequencesā but thereās also a fine line between āfacing consequencesā and ādeincentivizing growth and changeā and i think that needs to be grappled with more. iām not saying all mistakes need to be forgiven by everyone, but people who make mistakes are people, and if it becomes clear that not only will they will never be forgiven for their past, but that they will also be continually punished, then itās a normal human response to grow frustrated and stop trying, and the holier-than-thou response of āwell if they were really sorry, they would willingly accept all the punishments we throw their wayā is stupid. what does pulling receipts up from 20 years ago do? who do these āgotchaā moments help?
it also isolates people and makes them more likely to join extremist and reactionary groups. connection and acceptance is a fundamental human need. so if someone feels cast out of their social circles because of something that they are told is irredeemable, they are likely to look for a group that will accept or even encourage that behavior. by holding people to impossible standards, you may be unintentionally radicalizing them
why did we ever stop the flower crown edit trend? it was so pure? why does cringe-culture ruin everything fun? there is literally nothing bad about putting flower crowns on photos of people, theyāre just flowers
POV youāre a radical leftist freedom fighter that the narrative has chosen to turn into a terrorist so the protagonist can learn the horrors of radicalism and choose moderate reform instead
Using centripetal force to prevent a $4 billion healthcare cost
1. Doctor finds anecdotal evidence that people are passing kidney stones after riding on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disney World
2. Doctor makes 3-D model of kidney, complete with stones and urine (his own), takes it on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 60 times
3.Ā āThe stones passed 63.89 percent of the time while the kidneys were in the back of the car. When they were in the front, the passage rate was only 16.67 percent. Thatās based on only 60 rides on a single coaster, and Wartinger guards his excitement in the journal article: āPreliminary study findings support the anecdotal evidence that a ride on a moderate-intensity roller coaster could benefit some patients with small kidney stones.āā
4.Ā āSome rides are going to be more advantageous for some patients than other rides. So I wouldnāt say that the only ride that helps you pass stones is Big Thunder Mountain. Thatās grossly inaccurate.ā
5.Ā āHis advice for now: If you know you have a stone thatās smaller than five millimeters, riding a series of roller coasters could help you pass that stone before it gets to an obstructive size and either causes debilitating colic or requires a $10,000 procedure to try and break it up. And even once a stone is broken up using shock waves, tiny fragments and ādustā remain that need to be passed. The coaster could help with that, too.ā
āIn all, we used 174 kidney stones of varying shapes, sizes and weights to see if each model worked on the same ride and on two other roller coasters,ā Wartinger said. āBig Thunder Mountain was the only one that worked. We tried Space Mountain and Aerosmithās Rock ānā Roller Coaster and both failed.āWartinger went on to explain that these other rides are too fast and too violent with a G-force that pins the stone into the kidney and doesnāt allow it to pass.āThe ideal coaster is rough and quick with some twists and turns, but no upside down or inverted movements,ā he said.
was this likeā¦ done in cooperation with disney management or did some Ā random scientist go through bag check with a 3d printed kidney and a bottle of piss and start looking for big thunder mountain fastpasses
Of course, the researchers had to get permission from Disney World before bringing the model kidney onto the rides. āIt was a little bit of luck,ā Wartinger recalls. āWe went to guest services, and we didnāt want them to wonder what was going onātwo adult men riding the same ride again and again, carrying a backpack. We told them what our intent was, and it turned out that the manager that day was a guy who recently had a kidney stone. He called the ride manager and said, do whatever you can to help these guys, theyāre trying to help people with kidney stones.ā
i love this suez canal thing because itās as simple as that. most news requires so much context and explanation and now? the boat is stuck. thatās it baby, that boat sure is stuck. letās unstick that boat if we can, it needs to not be stuck. fabulous
Iām the polar opposite of anti-maskers, in that no matter how low the risk of transmitting a disease in the future, I will be wearing a mask. Itās just a part of my going out clothes now.
Am I sick? Am I dysphoric? Am I trying to avoid the facial recognition technology of the dystopic modern age? None of your business, keep your distance.
My ancestors, watching me dump an entire stick of cinnamon, two cloves, an allspice berry, and a generous grating of nutmeg into my tea, sweetened with white sugar and loaded with cream, while I sit in my clean warm house surrounded by books, 25+ outfits for different occasions, and 6 pairs of shoes, in a building heated so well I have the windows open in mid-autumn:
Our daughter prospers. We are proud of her. She has never labored in a field but knows riches we could not have imagined.
My ancestors, watching me stuff my face with fried chicken while studying: She eats like an imperial concubine and can afford to study like am imperial scholar. WE MADE IT
In response to all those articles about talking to women with headphonesā¦
Someone always says it, whenever it comes up:
āI guess Iām just not allowed to talk to anyone any more!ā
Well.
Yes.
It is my duty to inform you that we took a vote
all us women
and determined that you are not allowed to talk to anyone
ever again.
This vote is legally binding.
Yes, of course, all women know each other,
the way you always suspected.
(Incidentally, so do Canadians. Iām just throwing that out there.)
We went into the womenās room at the Applebeeās at the corner of 54
and all the others streamed in through the doors
into that endless liminal space,
a chain of humans stretching backward
heavy skulled Neanderthal women laughing with New York socialites,
Lucille Ball hand in hand with the Taung child.
We sat around in the couches in the womenās room
(I know youāve always been suspicious of those couches)
and chatted with each other in the secret female language
that you always knew existed.
Somebody set up a consoleā
the Empress Wu is ruthless at Mario Kart
and Cleopatra never learned to lose
and a woman who ruled an empire that fell
when the Sea People came
and left no trace
can use the blue shell like a surgical instrument.
Eventually we took the vote.
You had three defenders:
your grandmother and your first-grade teacher
and an Albanian nun who believes the best of everybody.
Your mom abstained.
It was duly recorded in the secret notebooks
that have been kept under the couch in the Applebeeās
since the beginning of recorded time.
And then we went back to playing Mario Kart
and Hoelun took off her bra
and we didnāt think about you again
except that I had to carry this message.
So anyway
good luck with that
itās just as you always said it was.
Hush now,
no talking
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