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I carry this factoid with me out of pure rage and spite.
Despite all my rage I am still just a clit in a cage
Well, here's another fun little fact for you to carry around then (that I learned recently and gained mild rage for):
Factoid
Invented claim or trivial fact
A factoid was originally defined to mean a false statement presented as a fact. In colloquial speech, it is often used to mean a true but brief or trivial item of news or information.
I think this falls under “a true but brief item of information”
We also use male dummies in most tests so try not to need your seat belt or ever need cpr if you are a woman
Yep and that's still true to this day
I remember reading an article a few months ago that they finally made female crash test dummies.
hmm...
mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
And God shuffled his feet.
The album name has been burned into my brain just like burn-in on an old LCD happens.
I mean, Ellen Reid joined in the late eighties/early nineties...
Do titties stop CPR working?
People can hesitate because… boobs. And that hesitation can be deadly.
It's common enough that The Pitt even had this happen to a patient.
The Pitt? The TV show?
No, Brad Pitt.
Yes, and it's a great scene.
How do dummies with boobs help people concerned about touching unconscious women's chests
I declined Heimlich practice because my training partner was a particularly large chested female. I was about 23 and her crew leader. She was prob 22.
Nope!
Why? You don't even touch their boobs or chest?
It would have been difficult not to in this case. And it was in front of a whole bunch of people. I was young and uncomfortable with it. She was too.