Krusty doesn’t deserve this.

The only way to stop a bad kindergartner with a gun, is with a good kindergartner with a gun.

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Thank you!!

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Most classes require you to do the opposite to hit some arbitrary word or page count. I only ever had one prof who called that out as stupid. “Your coworkers will HATE you if you take the habits learned in most English courses into the workplace. Less is more.”

It’s really hard to unlearn after spending years being as verbose as possible to inflate an essay.

One of the best English classes I took was technical writing: first assignment was to write a 5 page paper; second assignment was to turn that paper into 2 pages; then 1 page; then a single paragraph. We cut out ALL the fluff.

“and that’s how you write a work email.”

Fucking fantastic.

Lust: Valentines Day

Gluttony: Thanks Giving

Greed: Halloween

Sloth: 3rd Saturday of October

Wrath: July 4th, and/or tax day

Envy: Christmas

Pride: The entire month of June! 🏳️‍🌈

It’s all part of God’s plan

My responses to that nonsense include:

“Damn, that guy’s a real sadist.”

“Which god? My money’s on Zeus, he’s always cooking up this type of shenanigans when he’s trying to trick some woman into fucking him.”

“Our Lord the flying spaghetti monster would do no such thing.”

Feel free to contribute some more ammo.

Seconding that. Slow phase is the way - as the old shit breaks, replace it with metric. Not just for cost, but to ease folks into it.

Speaking as a Monster junkie myself (Ultra Paradise FTW!!), remember that this shit is medicine and not something to just reach for whenever you’re thirsty. 400mg of caffeine in a day is where shit starts to get dangerous for healthy adults; a can of Monster is 140mg (or at least, the Ultra Paradise is… no idea if the other flavors have more or less), so even if you’re sucking down a can of these every single day, you’re fine unless you have some heart condition or taking in lots of caffeine from other sources.

…and don’t forget to drink actual water. I think the kidney stone thing is mostly driven by dehydration.

I deleted my reddit when they backstabbed their 3rd party app devs. Came to Lemmy around the same time - have had no reason to look back. You’ll love it here!

Sweet flavors are nothing new on wings.

I wouldn’t expect to actually enjoy wings that get the sweet from koolaid, but fuck it I’m down to try a bite.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggressive_mimicry

We are prey.

Dry needling doesn’t (always?) use electricity. I’ve had it done too, and the explanation I got was that it basically just pisses off the underlying tissue to promote an inflammatory response and thus blood flow to the target area.

Depends on the setting. In a nurse-patient situation, you don’t ever bullshit them in the hopes of tricking them into some kind of benefit.

If your grandpa is raving on Facebook about how acupuncture is working better than opioids for post-knee-replacement pain management, then… “Hey that’s great you found something that works for you!”

YetAnotherUser makes a good point about not enabling a culture of scams or pseudoscience as well.

Discretion is key here.

Yeah if someone’s benefitting from a placebo effect, the worst thing you can do is point out that it’s a placebo. If you convince them it won’t work, then you’ve just destroyed the therapeutic effect their brain was giving them. Just shut up and let the placebo do its thing.

In their defense, that’s still better than most news.

Neck is the last of that guy’s worries… his shoulder is dislocated as fuck!

Edit - Looking closer, I think his radius and ulna might be flipped too. Yeah this guy’s not having a good day.

Idk if there have been enough case studies to draw any conclusions on the third point with a reasonable degree of certainty.

Get me clip board, I’m heading to the NICU.

If I have to ever sit through that shit again, I’m stealing your technique.

What it’s meant or actually useful for, vs how it’s used in contexts like employment are significantly mismatched.

It’s like understanding what a framing hammer is supposed to be used for and how to do so properly and safely, only to turn the news on and learn that the general population is somehow convinced that they’re for eye surgery; and thousands of ER visits later, from dumbasses who DIY’d that shit and popped their eyes, the general population has learned… not a damn thing… they’re still bashing their eyes apart with framing hammers.