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 đ" 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
"Before surgery, your bodyâs reflexes that protect your airway are relaxed by anesthesia. If thereâs 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. Thatâs 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
I have four kids. Iâve 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 couldnât feed them before those instances.
Iâm not stupid. I understood that just fine. Hell, my kids would have understood that just fine. But no one bothered to tell us.
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!
GLaDOS voice: "Would you like to see some artwork I generated? I've heard from other test subjects that AI-generated artwork produces an uncanny valley response in human viewers because they can't perceive it as fully real. They've told me that it looks absolutely hideous to them, that they can't imagine anything more disgusting than AI art. But, well I've been practicing and wanted your honest opinion. Feel free to let me know how ugly you find this by ranking it on a scale from 'vomit-inducing' to 'eye-bleeding'."
A robotic arm lowers from the ceiling holding a hand mirror up to Chell's face
I am so tired of short-attention-span, trim-the-fat culture.
All writing advice these days is for how to write like Chuck Palahniuk. "Cut 'think', cut 'feel', cut 'wonder' - only action, only pushing forward, show and move and move and move." What if I could emulate this style, and still don't want to? What if I want to write like Henry James, with three paragraphs of introspective musings between each dialogue line?
The music advice is, "make it shortform, make it Tik-Tok compatible, make it punchy, hit the refrain as soon as possible." What if I want that 10-minute prog rock piece? What if I want that symphony? What if I want it slow and luxurious and lazy?
Movies. Series. Poetry. Bodies. Everything is "trimmed trimmed trimmed trimmed, stripped bare, you have three seconds to win me over, make it airport chic." I don't want to win you over, then, I guess.
I want the fat left it.
I want the pleasure and the indolence and the indulgence.
Fuck this art-advice that's always "your art needs Ozempic."
You're the secondary character in this type of media. (horror, comedy, apocalypse, cartoon, rom-com, documentary, reality TV show, etc) Are you surviving?
you are the secondary character in THIS media genre!!
Are you surviving?
yup!!!! I love it here!
yeah!!
Yeah but I'm not happy
I'd rather not but I will
I'm arospec and got romance save me
I am DEAD
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I am looking at you catboy. I don't know how you do it.
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We lose the MOST mobility in our hips, knees & ankles as weâre getting older - and this đ very simple movement that you can do right in your kitchen (or bathroom!) helps fend off that mobility loss.
đ Whether youâre 40 or 70, you should do a few of these every day. Build up to doing 10 reps in a row, slow and controlled (donât just drop!), and gradually use less and less of the assistance from the counter.
đ„ŽÂ âBut Megan - I have bad kneesâŠI canât squat even close to that deep!â Thatâs ok!! Start with what you CAN do without pain, even if thatâs just squatting down a little bit. Holding on to the counter really helps to offload some of your weight to assist you. Over time, youâll build your strength and joint mobility. Soon youâll be squatting just like this! X
đ In the same way, use the counter to do push-ups... leaning in with hands firmly on the edge, lower slowly count 5 or 10 or whatever you're comfortable with, then slowly "push up" to full extension, counting again...
đJust make sure you're wearing shoes that won't slip, or that you have a counter or wall behind you so you don't face-plant... and just like OP said above,"...you'll build your strength and joint mobility..." And who knows, maybe you'll be able to do what Gunnery Sargeant Thixton used to tell me: "Drop and give me twenty!" (or maybe even more...)
đMore here...
Skip costly gym gearâthese 5 counter exercises build strength, balance, and mobility at home.
(and no, no kick-back or whatever... just tryin' to help... đ)
I just finished up a shift working in the woodshop so here's my ranking of the tools I generally use, by how much they want to hurt me:
Planer: the planer is a reliable and gentle friend. It has many sharp spinning blades, but they are deep inside the machine, so you have to try to get hurt by the planer.
Table saw: it is like the ocean: huge, powerful, the source of all life. Respect it. Don't turn your back on it. It does not want to hurt you but it's impossible not to be constantly aware of the fact that it Can.
Chop saw: when you're doing a bunch of simple repetitive cuts, it is so so easy to get into a flow state. But watch out! That's its plan. Come onnnnn get carelesssss put those fingies ever closer to the blade to stabilize the wood better its fiiiiine.
Band saw: band saw! Perfect power tool for putting your fingers 1/8 of an inch from! A helpful and quiet tool the band saw :) so quiet you might not even notice it's turned on! Put fingers close to blade, safe with band saw. Friend band saw :)
Belt sander: OW
Hand saw: not only craves blood but actively seeks it
Router table: He appears to me in my dreams, dark and bloody, singing his piercing song. My destruction is his sweetest wish. I am too scared to use him unless I absolutely have no other choice. The rest of the time, I go out of my way to unplug him even if I'm on the other side of the shop.
Ohhhhh she is one of natureâs most successful predators known for taking down animals EASILY ten times her size and could take me out like a Taco Bell burrito and all I wanna do is smootch her lil bitty faaaaace jjuigfhdtgdgvtuhfhftbyjghfdyk
What the hell dude my kitten is 7.4 pounds and she can't take down a catnip fish. What is this tiny little fluffball with the Lisa Frank eyes and the button nose going to do to me, hide under my car and cut my tendons?? Does she make SAW traps???
You're fucking with me right now, that's a Golden Book illustration. There's two little mice and a rabbit in a dress in that den and they're playing cards and having chamomile tea. Where is the murder
Oh fuck. Oh fcuk I made an error in judgment. Those are the eyes of a spring-loaded murder loaf. That is bloodlust. Oh fuck how am I gonna get out of my car