Sterile_Technique

@ Sterile_Technique @lemmy.world

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Fuck AI lemmy.world

Sterile_Technique @lemmy.world 1d ago

They should do that more often.

1d ago

Tucker Carlson 'detained' in Israel as passport taken from him after interview

Sterile_Technique @lemmy.world 1d ago

Pretty sure Tucker is Hamas.

2d ago

Hand loaded and goated

Don't do this.

Use a rifle instead - you can stay at a much safer distance.

Oh, uh... In Minecraft. Modded, ofc.

2d ago

Texas Republican Primary having a normal one

Only at hospitals that decline to accept tips.

2d ago

Epstein files: ‘No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law’; rights experts demand accountability

No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law

Aww, I too enjoy some wholesome fiction.

2d ago

Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts

UN experts using Internet Explorer or something?

4d ago

People with the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap: What do you mean by "Cilantro tastes like soap"? In what way does anything taste like soap?

I hear you, but granting medical literacy to someone who's already so far gone as to turn a blind eye to a nut allergy is way beyond anything my own actions or inactions will influence. You're asking me to try to fix stupid in a society that can't even be bothered to accept that measles = bad; or that it's worth covering your face in the middle of a global pandemic. That kid with the nut allergy is fucked - not because some chef was desensitized by a cilantro allergy claim, but because the chef is a fucking moron who doesn't believe in or care about food allergies.

Hell, think of it like a drill - they get to practice their allergen cross contamination prevention protocols, and if they fuck up I can give them feedback by asking for some Benadryl. Then when the nut allergy kid comes in, they'll remember their mistake! Win win! ...also cilantro allergy IS a thing. I have no idea if it relates to acetyls - that was just some plausible-sounding basis pulled out of my ass to use as ammo in the face of skepticism - but there ARE people who have anaphylactic reactions to cilantro, so again, consider my BS a drill / awareness training.

Saving lives, AND meals! Hooray!

4d ago

If you were able to magically learn any language that nobody speaks in your region, what would it be?

"The most developed Non-fictional language that isn't used by any life (or system created by said life) native to this solar system."

It'll either return the magic equivalent of a 404 error, or I get some absolutely ground breaking confirmation / become a human Rosetta Stone to get a jump on first contact!

4d ago

People with the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap: What do you mean by "Cilantro tastes like soap"? In what way does anything taste like soap?

I'll do what works. Requesting they don't add it on the basis of preference results in a plate full of cilantro about half the times I attempt it. Sending it back generally gets it corrected on the next attempt, but not only does that force you into the awkward position of asking to send it back, it also leaves you at a table full of people eating their meals having a good time while you just sit there and wait. Around the time the rest of your party is done eating, your food arrives, and now everyone else of waiting for you.

Fuck it. Cilantro will kill me. Please prepare the food with the appropriate sense of urgency. Idgaf if it gums up the line - that's the result of them not having their shit together countless times previously. The alternative gums up my entire evening, and I've dealt with that enough times.

That's also on them if they don't take other allergies seriously. They're not my fucking doctor - if I tell them I have an allergy, then I have an allergy. Nearly anything can be an allergen, and their job is to accept that information at face value, not audit the diagnosis.

4d ago

BIG (like Americans) IF TRUE

Americans associate the orange colour with cheese

We used to. Lately it's more an icon for fascism.

4d ago

BIG (like Americans) IF TRUE

Murican here. Our food needs to be color coded or we get confused.

Now if you'll excuse me, I had an X-ray and some ibuprofen at an ER two years ago, and if I miss another payment they'll put out a warrant for my arrest - off to my side hustle! (top and/or bottom hustle still available, if anyone's hiring!)

4d ago

Follow me for more shitty diet tips

...I mean, this isn't automatically bad advice. Kinda depends on the quantity and frequency of the alcohol vs calories. If you're having a glass of wine at the end of an otherwise nutritionally well-executed day; vs going apeshit with candy, soda, chips, etc - but not drinking; the former is definitely the better of the two. Recognizing and leveraging those kinds of patterns are key to making some new change into a habit.

Especially if you treat this as a stepping stone to develop some good habits while weening off of bad ones - for that to work you need to tolerate some degree of bad ones as you dial them closer and closer to zero.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

5d ago

People with the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap: What do you mean by "Cilantro tastes like soap"? In what way does anything taste like soap?

Sterile_Technique @lemmy.world 5d ago

I've always thought soap was the wrong comparison, but I definitely have the gene that makes it awful.

Cilantro is loaded with acetyl groups, and sensitivity to those is what defines the taste. Soap is also full of acetyls, but different ones I guess? What hits much closer to target is stink bugs. The gunk they secrete to make their distinctive stink has many of the same acetyl groups as cilantro.

With our sense of smell tied so strongly to our sense of taste, you kind of know what something tastes like just from getting a whiff, with a few exceptions (looking at you, vanilla extract... you fucking liar).

Anyway, a more accurate comparison would be that cilantro tastes like stink bugs. Or specifically, cilantro tastes like the smell of sink bugs.

I can stomach dishes with cilantro in them, but it just stings through everything. No matter how little was put in, it tastes to me like somebody over-cilantro'd the dish.

Same. The taste of cilantro ranges from bad to intolerable. If there's just a tiny bit of it in there, it tastes only mildly bad; scale it up and the dish is ruined in a hurry.

Pro tip:

You've probably already noticed that "please no cilantro" will fall on deaf ears when placing an order at most restaurants. "I have an allergy to cilantro - please make sure there's none in my food." will get you MUCH better results.

If faced with skepticism, give them the spiel about acetyl groups and that those are the source of the allergy. Your symptoms are itchy sensation on the tongue, soreness on the roof of your mouth, constriction/wheezing in your throat, and nausea that kicks in later.

You'll be amazed how rarely they 'forget' not to defile your meal with that rancid shit.

6d ago

Games you fell out of love with.

Yeah like I said, it sounds like they've done a lot to try to turn their product into something closer to what they advertised, but that doesn't excuse their initial deception.

If they were a car dealer or something, and advertised a souped up 2026 Ferrari, which their customers enthusiastically ordered en mass; only to realize upon delivery that they received a 2007 Honda Civic with the Ferrari logo sloppily painted onto the side, they'd be in jail. Because it's a videogame, the legal system didn't give a fuck, so they just let it slide, but what they did was 100% false advertising. They didn't just bite off more than they could chew, they stated clear as day that it contained a plethora of features that it simply did not.

Their decision to later send a series of free Honda-to-Ferrari conversion kits was a nice and extremely unexpected gesture, but doesn't absolve them of their initial crime.

6d ago

Games you fell out of love with.

No Man's Sky, near it's release. Starting out it felt pretty novel, and finishing that first repair of your ship, getting inside of it, lifting off, looking up at a distant planet in the sky, and just fucking going to it all without a load screen... I cannot overstate how insanely epic that felt!!

...and then the player experience hit a brick wall as you realize more and more clearly that the game you bought doesn't come close to the game that was advertised. Ya done got scammed!

Word is they're done a shitload to correct that last paragraph, but dude, that initial wound still fucking stings.

6d ago

"I am going to punch you" - Proud of this kid! Nothing more American than punching Nazis! True patriot!

Nothing more American than punching Nazis!

Nonsense! ...don't forget about shooting and/or bombing Nazis!

Punching them is but a gateway drug to patriotism.

6d ago

Germs are scared of me!

That man is a personification of disease. Of all the things for him to be in charge of, it's public health.

6d ago

What's the stupidest thing someone has ever done in front of you?

But maybe some patients don’t fully understand the dangers of having food in their digestive system when going under anesthesia.

100% it's that. I've heard patients say it's just a power trip from the doctor, or because the nurses want your stomach empty so they don't have to clean up if you vomit. Some people have a weird interpretation of what "NOTHING BY MOUTH" means ("No I didn't eat - all I had was a handful of crackers / just one pancake / just coffee / etc")

Pre-op instructions are really bad about conveying why we give that instruction, which is a complaint I've made at every hospital I've worked at. So then the patient gets to the OR, and we're trying to give that lesson verbally, but they've already broken the instruction at that point. Easily the #1 cause of cancellations when that comes to light; but we do get the occasional moron who thinks we're just fucking with them or something or decides its worth risking their life instead of dealing with the hassle of rescheduling... there's some confirmation bias too: this might be the 4th surgery they've had where they ignored that instruction. Ate a full breakfast every time and nothing went wrong, so it becomes like a game to them. Then on #4 the odds catch up to them and suddenly they're digesting their own lungs.

I wish they'd have to watch like a 1m video animation showing what happens. The long list of do's and dont's gets understandably overwhelming.

1w ago

What's the stupidest thing someone has ever done in front of you?