medgremlin

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[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

That is an option, but I would want to make sure that people with limited English fluency or education wouldn't be excluded.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

It's absolutely abhorrent that this would be an incredibly useful service.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

That's kind of what I was thinking. Lots of options for people with different education levels.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 20 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I saw the bit about how the 20 hours a week can be work or volunteering, and my first thought was to figure out how to start a charity that needs people to volunteer from home doing something fairly easy but still useful. I'll have to ponder that some. It'll be a project to start working on. (Suggestions are welcome!)

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

Minnesota: Honeycrisp apple hard cider and fried Ellsworth cheese curds.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 13 points 1 month ago

I'm a medical student applying for residency this year, and the top program I'm interested in is at the top of my list partially because the residents have a union.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

But the front/hood is much shorter in length. Also, people driving that type of van are much more likely to be doing so in a professional capacity and are significantly less likely to be asshole drivers fucking around with their phone while driving. People are bad drivers at baseline quite frequently, but if someone is on the job in a van used for commercial purposes, they're more likely to at least be paying attention and not speeding everywhere.

Edit: I marked up your image to illustrate the point made much more eloquently in the video. Because of the length of the hood, the truck has a much longer distance of road obstructed from view in front of it, and this is with a standard truck that doesn't have one of the very popular lift kits (and assuming that the driver is relatively tall.)

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Here's a great video by Fort Nine that explains how and why the shape and size of these trucks are a threat to everyone outside the vehicle.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I do this now and didn't have to as a kid...however, I have a weird kidney problem where my kidneys will just dump water, whether or not I have the water to spare. This means that I have a minimum water requirement of 4 liters a day. It's not as bad as when I was on a really horrible medication that started the whole issue. When I was on that medication I had to drink about 4 gallons of water a day.

End result: I have a stupid party trick where I can down a liter of fluid in about 10 seconds, and a gallon of fluid in about 5 to 10 minutes depending on how recently I've eaten. (I did give myself water poisoning once, but that took 8 gallons over about 14 hours)

Edit: Also, having multiple water bottles means I have somewhere to put all my awesome stickers!

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It isn't a vaccine. It's a slow-release compound like the Depo Provera shot that is used for birth control. It's an amazing option for people who have trouble with daily pills for any reason and it's more effective than the PrEP pills available on the market today.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 22 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately, it's not a vaccine. It's similar to the Depo Provera shot in that it releases the active medication over a long time from a gel injected into a muscle, but it doesn't grant immunity when the drug is not present in the system the way a vaccine would.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Here's the sanitized AP reporting: Woman’s lawsuits say sci-fi author Neil Gaiman repeatedly sexually assaulted her

Here's the full account from the victim (ALL the trigger warnings): "There is no safe word" - Vulture

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