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MrShankles

@ MrShankles @reddthat.com

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  • Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates

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  • Huh, I didn't know the Sears Tower was renamed to Willis. Though the Sears Tower never comes up in conversations for me, I'll surely only ever know it as Sears. So yeah, that's a great point you make

  • Aardwoof

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  • Thank you

  • Weeks when decades happen

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  • Didn't 2020 pop off with one of the worst Australian bushfires still ongoing, and then one of the worst wildfires in California/Oregon began? And then, you know... that little pandemic thing? How's the bird-flu thing been so far this year? Just wondering

  • 13 January 2025

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  • I told you. We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune

  • ISP rule

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  • Thank you for that, it made my morning brighter

  • The Hidden History of Pneumatic Tubes | The Saturday Evening Post

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  • A lot of hospitals have them too

  • bird flu

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  • Which vaccine company? If you don't mind me asking

  • I believe that we have reached the "finding out" phase

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  • More at 6:00

  • YSK There’s someone running around Lemmy posting misinformation against Wikipedia

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  • Same. I guess we were able to share it together though, so that's something!

  • Canadian Man Dies of Aneurysm After Giving Up on Hospital Wait

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  • I'm an ICU nurse, and that first year of Covid felt like a warzone. I guarantee it traumatized almost all of us; we still talk about it amongst ourselves as if referring to the "dark times" or something. I would love to never experience that again if I could... it was terrifying and I was coming home to my wife who is immunocompromised.

    Constant uncertainty and overwhelming levels of people dying in amounts that you're not ready for. In the first few months, people that were intubated (put on a ventilator, which we did quickly in the beginning) were effectively made a DNR. If they coded, we didn't even try to resuscitate them because we didn't have the protocols in place for performing advanced cpr, without infecting everyone

    And it didn't seem to care about their age. A healthy 30 year old dies; A 55 year old, grossly overweight patient with multiple comorbidities, walks out after a week. A marathon runner now needs a heart transplant. A 80 year old just has the sniffles... and then a massive stroke. It was unpredictable and awful to watch

    My wife and I both had covid for the first time just earlier this year... we managed to avoid it this long at least, when it's now not nearly as lethal (we were diligent and very lucky). So there's that. But yeah, that stuff definitely fucked some nurses up. But we're "healthcare heroes!" and sometimes get free pizza, so it's all good, we continue forth regardless.

    I'm just ranting now, and rarely talk about it anymore. But I feel like it's good for people to still get an inside snippet sometimes. It's almost impossible to put into words, as is. Shit was wild

  • Blacksky Is Nothing Like Black Twitter—and It Doesn’t Need to Be

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  • I've recently used YT more than I ever have in the past... and was surprised at some of the suggested content at first (like, why tf would you think I'm interested in that‽). And it was weird being able to almost "see" the algorithm and what it was trying to decipher about me (to offer more personally-relevant content of course!)

    I started getting suggestions for click-bait shit at first, and if it got me for even a moment ('I wanna see what this is about'), the suggestions became even more brain-dead and polarized.

    I had to actively choose to cut my curiosity off while mindlessly perusing... because apparently, if I want to watch bull-riding, that immediately means I want to see rage-bait bullshit about power-dynamics and diviciveness. It was a bit much, seeing in real-time how someone might be casually walked into an echo-chamber of self fulfilled crazy.

    So I did end up encountering the surface layer of it, but now it's sliding back into my hobby-areas of interests. But it still pops shit up with AI generated images for videos (that never actually occurs in the video) with click-bait titles, and is inherently only used to induce "doom-scrolling" while increasing engagement. It's fucking disgusting, to put it bluntly.

    I just wanna see how different drywall anchors work sometimes, I don't need to know how a "Navy Seal pwned a police officer that pulled them over (AI picture of a dude body slamming a cop)". Dumb shit

  • We can't stop here. This is bat country.

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  • In my early years, I was offered ether once. And I've never seen nor heard from it since (granted, I never really tried to find it)... but it was probably one of the rarer substances I've crossed paths with

    When I first read Fear and Loathing, that quote stuck out a bit for me. I could see it; how easy those depths could be found (and completely forgotten). I've done my fair share of Xanax-over-indulgence in the past, but even that didn't fully compare.

    Xanax is over and done when you've lost yourself; there's no memory coming back. Ether keeps downing you while you're constantly coming back, and it becomes a hell of a rollercoaster. Like a fever-dream type thing — it is not something I could imagine publicly-indulging on... let alone, doing that while tripping, fucking hell!

    So that quote rang a little true to me. I'd wager there really is nothing 'more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge', especially when compounding with other chemicals. I literally couldn't imagine... and kinda glad I never found out lol. God speed for anyone testing those waters

  • real rule

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  • You've got red on ya

  • No need to boil the ocean

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  • You can throw that tag on me too lol, skim milk is best milk

  • Happy anniversary

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  • Would you walk away?

    For anyone who hasn't read it, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" is worth a bit of your time. It's just a short story, not a long read at all... but a good read nonetheless

  • Tall, dark, mysterious

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  • Amazing. Really liked the dude at ~49 sec who just vibes a little harder for only a moment

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    what's a good present for some friendly nurses who taught me little tricks to work better before I leave the hospital I'm working at?

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  • A personalized thank-you card/note, for sure... telling them you appreciate their help and how it has helped you grow and/or become better at what you do. Doesn't have to be long, just a quick thank you

    For a small token: a fun badge reel is usually always welcome. Maybe a very tiny gift bag with a keychain-sharpie, a badge reel, keychain (tiny) flashlight. Things nurses always use and appreciate, not very expensive. Coffee gift card is normally always welcome too, but can be a little more expensive, depending on your budget

  • What was the dumbest way that you lost a friend?

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  • I really appreciate it. All will always be well, in the end. It just can get rough sometimes, but storms pass one way or another. Thank you though

  • What was the dumbest way that you lost a friend?

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  • I am doing ok, and thank you. I try my best to take care of myself and have gotten much better at identifying/modifying maladaptive coping methods. It's always a work in progress lol

    I've worked around a lot of death as an ICU nurse, which I think has helped me with a little insight into "how to process". You're never ready when it's someone you love and especially when it's sudden, but seeing other people go through it regularly can give you a different view sometimes, I believe. But thank you again friend