Vanth

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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean by "minimize/abolish"?

Absolutely the fuck not should we be "abolishing" any personal identity labels.

That doesn't mean you can't think some labels are excessive, even stupid. And it doesn't mean you can't tell a queer person to their face you won't use their niche label. Just like they're free to think of you as an asshole and even tell you to your face that they think you're an asshole.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Rule 6 - one could post a [meta] post to comment on this sub and it's rules instead of distracting from the parent post (potential rule 8 vio if the mods were really particular). I would encourage you to [meta] post and propose the new rule or amended rule you think would address the problem you have with this sub; don't just complain, try to make the community in better. (And since you're new to Lemmy, please be aware "well, reddit did it this way" does not carry water with a lot of folks here. I would encourage you to include more independent justification for your proposed rule).

Or one could try to argue I violated rule 5 for "promoting an agenda" but since the Wikipedia article specifically mentions Trump as an example of the technique, I think any such argument would be a stretch. Again, up to how particular our mods are.

 

"dead cat strategy" or "deadcatting" is when a shocking statement is made to divert media attention away from problems or failures in other areas.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 46 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Didn't the signing bonus hit after some months to a year on the job? Of course Trump and team would try to wlech on it as much as possible and fire people before bonuses got paid out.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 18 points 1 day ago

I've had more painful and seen more incompetence on the medical professionals' side, but my methacholine challenge as part of asthma diagnosis always stands out for the blatant malpractice.

I was a kid, probably range of 9-12 years old. They exposed me to something that eventually triggers an asthma reaction in anyone, just a matter of how much it takes to be considered "asthmatic". Then they left me in the room alone while the test ran. I posted about it once as a sanity check. It's a legitimate test, from what I've been able to find, just not the part when they leave an underage patient unattended to deal with the inevitable asthma attack alone.

https://reddthat.com/post/48901213

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 24 points 5 days ago

A high school classmate. We went to a Catholic high school. She came back years later, broke into the school over a weekend with a crew to film her debut porn shoot. The school tried to keep it quiet, but c'mon, I'm sure every student and half the alumni from previous 5 years knew about it before classes started the following Monday.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 30 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Actual human responses, including real apologies at times when someone takes a comment the wrong way and then admits they did so. Never in all my years on the other platform did I see that happen.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For sure. And my sister just told me she already read it and also agrees 😂. Of course she would have found it quicker than me...

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I recently finished this and have to agree with your review. Long, but good for the detailed world fantasy folks.

I have a sister in academia who has gone through some rough patches and burnout. I think she would get a giggle out of the comparisons from academia to the circles of hell.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 28 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I'm not a biologist nor chemist, but worked for a while as a manufacturing and design engineer making laboratory equipment they would use so feel like I have slightly above average exposure to labs. I also took at least three undergrad classes in which we used bunsen burners in our labs. I have never heard this decontamination theory before and it sounds like BS.

Are there any practicing chemists or biologists on here? This sounds like something that would have been removed from actual laboratory practices a century ago and someone just wrote this quirky story for clicks, downplaying how much the practice is already long gone.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Imo, you can just jump straight into this one. She wrote it several novels into the Hainish Cycle, but it is first chronologically within the story timeline.

Really, there's not too much crossover between books. I haven't read all of them, just picked them up as they sound interesting in no particular order and it's been fine.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 22 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Infrastructure costs would be notable. Vending machines, ATMs, and other money-receiving machines are calibrated for current cotten/linen bills.

Impetus. Changing to polymer bills would take political will and we can't manage anything productive atm.

Personally, I don't want Trump to drive the change because he would end up putting himself on the bills, and other distasteful characters from history.

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Iron Lung (2026) by Markiplier (filmdb.landmarkcinemas.com)
 

The stars are gone. The planets have disappeared. Only those aboard space stations or starships were left to witness the universe dim, giving the end a name: The Quiet Rapture. Now, humanity decays in the rusting halls of crumbling stations, scavenging barren moons by the ghost light of long-vanished stars. But one moon stands apart. In the darkness of the void, a scanner detects an impossibility: an ocean of blood. In a desperate bid for survival, the last remnants of humanity craft a crude submarine to explore the bleeding depths. They weld one soul inside to pilot it. But as the hatch is sealed, the terrifying reality sets in. Hope in this void is as illusionary as the starlight. This is not an expedition. This is an execution.

Written, produced, acted in by game streamer Markiplier

Indie film inspired by an indie cosmic horror game

<$3 million budget, self-funded release in over 2,000 theaters

 

Have you had one? If so, did the medical professional conducting the challenge stay with you the whole time?

I had one years ago. The person administering the challenge put me in a glass chamber, explained the amount of methacholine would increase until it induced an asthma attack and that how much methacholine it took would determine whether I have asthma or not, then left the room for 10-15 minutes. Looking back now, it seems wild that one would leave when trying to give a person an asthma account. What if I had asthma and was stuck without help for 10+ minutes?

Curious what others have experienced, whether they were left to deal with a possible asthma attack alone or if they were monitored?

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Vanth@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

Watched my coworker move her cursor to the right edge of her right-hand monitor to get it to over to the left side of her left-hand monitor. When I offered to show her how to adjust her display settings, she said she was used to it and didn't want to change it. I don't think I can walk by her desk while she's working ever again.

What have you got?

 

Also New York and Missouri

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/anthem-insurance-cap-anesthesia-coverage-time-limits/6040608/

Anyone with an Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plan will soon have to pay out of pocket for anesthesia if a surgery or procedure goes longer than expected, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

The health insurance provider said they will no longer pay for anesthesia care if a surgery or procedure goes beyond a specific time limit. This will apply to patients in Connecticut, New York and Missouri.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists said Anthem can pre-determine the time allowed for anesthesia, and if an anesthesiologist submits a bill where the actual time of care is longer than Anthem's limit, the company will deny paying for it.

EDIT!!! Just hit the wire 30 min ago, https://abcnews.go.com/Health/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-policy-new-york-connecticut-missouri/story?id=116479985

 

Inspired by a post since deleted, I feel bad for probably coming off judgemental about the poster's taste in the movie that drove him to consider sailing.

The earliest desired media I can remember that drove me to figure out sailing was DC Talk, a Christian rock band. Pop music was not allowed in my house, so a Christian group was tantalizing and scandalous to a rebellious, young Vanth. Things escalated from there.

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