Chetzemoka

joined 2 years ago
[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

No one walks out of any negotiation ever in any situation with everything they were asking for in the beginning. That's normal.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website -1 points 2 years ago

Winnie the Pooh is a stuffed teddy bear, not a "yellow animal"

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

I was too young to understand what something like "originally presented in" meant lol

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 24 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You know, I work with a LOT of extremely mentally ill patients, and the vast majority of them manage not to commit any terrorist actions.

You know why? Because they're not fucking terrorists.

Mental illness doesn't inherently make one violent and it doesn't instantly render you completely incapable of self control. Any mental illness that might be present is not an excuse for doing terrorist things.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's really amazing. As a nurse, I'm very proud of your wife for contributing to the advancement of treatments for all patients. I know that study didn't require her to risk anything, but I still think she's a hero. Participation in clinical trials is so helpful

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Thank you for the summary. My takeaway is: So you're saying I should still get a mini LED TV

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

También no mueran en el hospital, cabrones.

Con amor, una enfermera

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Poltergeist.

It's only been very recently that I've been able to watch that movie and then sleep with the lights off. It just hit at that right time when I was in middle school that it cemented in my mind for life.

I feel like the practical effects still hold up, and the acting definitely holds up from the entire family. Just seeing a mom that freaked out onscreen messed with me as a child.

Also, anyone who watches that now needs to understand the social and cultural context of the 70s and 80s. We had this new technology that could allow recording and sharing of video, but it was slow and low resolution. There was nothing like ubiquitous cell phone cameras of today. So there was this constant sense that maybe mysterious things were happening just beyond your ability to see and document them. Like having bad glasses in a foggy room.

The advent of cell phone cameras really washed away that sense, and made the world feel much more concrete and exposed. But back then, there was still a sense that something like Poltergeist might really be out there happening.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

The book similarly scarred us all when we read it in school

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You just changed my whole perception of time lol. I was like, "Tales from the Crypt didn't start until the 80s though." I had no idea there was a movie in the 70s (and a comic series before that.) I only knew the iconic HBO Cryptkeeper

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