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Khazar-khum posted:Try taking their allowance away. Or make them buy their own toys/gum whatever. Worked pretty well for me. One birthday around that point in my life, my stepfather took me to Toys R Us and handed me a hundred. I made that drat bill SQUEAL in pain and those were some of the toys I took the best care of. On the downside, I was there FOREVER deciding.
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Samizdata posted:Worked pretty well for me. One birthday around that point in my life, my stepfather took me to Toys R Us and handed me a hundred. I made that drat bill SQUEAL in pain and those were some of the toys I took the best care of. On the downside, I was there FOREVER deciding. I'm just gonna give kids my Steam account and that should set them for life.
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# ? Jan 14, 2017 04:57 |
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Hardcordion posted:Something like this happened to me once actually. I don't quite remember if it was due to delays or whatever but my dad and I ended up being two of only about seven or eight passengers on-board for a flight that would normally hold at least 120. I don't know how believable the Metalica and the pilot's comments are but the crew definitely seemed more relaxed than usual and the attendants told us jokes and stories about working in the airline industry over the PA. It was pretty rad honestly. I had this happen around 2007 or so where there were just 3 passengers on the plane, but it was a short NYC to Boston flight and was on a smallish plane that probably wouldn't hold more than 50-60 people normally. Most importantly, it was at some weird hour like 4am. The attendants weren't any different, but we could freely stretch out and sit wherever we wanted.
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# ? Jan 14, 2017 05:15 |
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I had the same thing in 2008, I was checking in for a flight from Sydney to Perth at some ungodly hour and the self check-in machine offered an earlier flight. Turned out it was a 737 that needed to return to Perth outside of the normally scheduled flights so Qantas figured they'd try and get some passengers on it. There was probably only 20-30 of us on a ~150 seat plane. Flight attendants just let us sit wherever, some people just lay-down across three seats. Of course that STDH story certainly did not happen.
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cheese-cube posted:I had the same thing in 2008, I was checking in for a flight from Sydney to Perth at some ungodly hour and the self check-in machine offered an earlier flight. Turned out it was a 737 that needed to return to Perth outside of the normally scheduled flights so Qantas figured they'd try and get some passengers on it. There was probably only 20-30 of us on a ~150 seat plane. Flight attendants just let us sit wherever, some people just lay-down across three seats. My Dad and his coworkers were supposed to go to NYC for a conference. Only problem: the plane was overbooked, and late. There was another plane waiting for boarding, with a handful of passengers. It was going to Philadelphia. So they flew to Philly, then took a short flight to NYC. They got in earlier than the flight they had originally booked. We once flew from Dayton to LA in a plane with maybe 15 other people. There was a tremendous line of thunderstorms piled up along the route. The pilot took us as close as possible. I have never seen lightning dance that intensely before. It was quite a show.
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Khazar-khum posted:There was a tremendous line of thunderstorms piled up along the route. The pilot took us as close as possible. And then the pilot lost his job for endangering the lives of everyone but hey atleast you got to see some dark clouds and lightning.
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Kontradaz posted:And then the pilot lost his job for endangering the lives of everyone but hey atleast you got to see some dark clouds and lightning. I'd say "without endangering the lives of everyone" is implicit in "as close as possible".
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# ? Jan 17, 2017 08:58 |
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im.......gay????
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I have a friend of twenty years who is a walking STDH billboard. She either lies or greatly exaggerates things to make herself seem smarter and more interesting, which is sad because she's already interesting and nice. She's not a bad person, just insecure because she feels that I'm a lot smarter than I actually am. The thing is is that I usually think of it as too much of a pain in the rear end to call her out on her bullshit because the stories she tells are most likely STDH but I can't prove one way or the other. Except one time, which will be addressed. Each of these stories is technically possible but unlikely. These are some of her "greatest hits" that I remember.
Her dad is pretty much the same way. He once felt the need to tell my mom that he and a few other Navy buddies threw a guy overboard during the Vietnam War.
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# ? Jan 17, 2017 14:03 |
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Ytlaya posted:I had this happen around 2007 or so where there were just 3 passengers on the plane, but it was a short NYC to Boston flight and was on a smallish plane that probably wouldn't hold more than 50-60 people normally. Most importantly, it was at some weird hour like 4am. I had a near identical experience except for the destination was further, and I was sick as a dog that night so did not enjoy the flight one bit. It was storming, so they showed a movie for free. It was Sweet Home Alabama (which was newish at the time). I don't think any of the half dozen or so passengers paid the slightest bit of attention to it. In a similar vein, I was once on a flight from Las Vegas to Detroit decades ago, and we were on one of those jumbo jets with two sets of aisles and big rows of seats between, like 10-12 seats for the middle section. It was maybe 1/3rd booked. I was the only one in the middle section for my row, so I was able to lift the armrests up and treat most of the flight like I was on a couch.
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bean_shadow posted:put the IV in backwards There is literally no such thing as putting an IV in backwards. One end is a needle inserted into the patient's vein, and that is connected to a bag of saline or some solution with medicine in it via a length of tubing. The fluid is dispensed via an adjustable drip mechanism, it's not a pump that actively pushes fluid into a patient and would suck their blood out if installed backwards. An IV needle could potentially be connected to the wrong bag but "put the IV in backwards" is not a phrase that means anything.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:There is literally no such thing as putting an IV in backwards. One end is a needle inserted into the patient's vein, and that is connected to a bag of saline or some solution with medicine in it via a length of tubing. The fluid is dispensed via an adjustable drip mechanism, it's not a pump that actively pushes fluid into a patient and would suck their blood out if installed backwards. The only thing I could think of is attempting to put the IV into an artery, which... would be immediately obvious, and you can watch it here (or don't if you can't stand blood): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCZHcx0fz6k
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gschmidl posted:The only thing I could think of is attempting to put the IV into an artery, which... would be immediately obvious, and you can watch it here (or don't if you can't stand blood): That or the iv was disconnected from the saline (or whatever bag you had as a drip) so you just have a small bit of tubing sticking out of your arm, if it's been long enough sometimes blood comes back up into the tube. But it doesn't gush out because the drat thing is closed off, stuff only goes in, not out. Source: I'm in the hospital a lot. E: actually I was told some story that my grandmother was in the hospital because she had cancer and had something (I assume a PICC line or similar) that came out and she started gushing blood. It was in Russia so I'm inclined to believe it. Thin Privilege has a new favorite as of 18:43 on Jan 17, 2017 |
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Thin Privilege posted:That or the iv was disconnected from the saline (or whatever bag you had as a drip) so you just have a small bit of tubing sticking out of your arm, if it's been long enough sometimes blood comes back up into the tube. But it doesn't gush out because the drat thing is closed off, stuff only goes in, not out. Plausible enough for PICC lines, I had one when I was in the hospital for months and they ran out of good veins to use for IVs and had to resort to a PICC line. IIRC it goes directly to the heart or a major artery, don't remember exactly which but I believe it's to the heart.
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life is killing me posted:Plausible enough for PICC lines, I had one when I was in the hospital for months and they ran out of good veins to use for IVs and had to resort to a PICC line. IIRC it goes directly to the heart or a major artery, don't remember exactly which but I believe it's to the heart. Even so, I doubt whole puddles of blood would go completely unnoticed by even the most dense nurse or CNA to be discovered by the patient's visiting daughter. She also claimed her mother had multiple surgeries because equipment kept being left in her, like gauze or tools. Like her mother would be opened up to retrieve something, only to have something else left in. Repeat.
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bean_shadow posted:
I mean, everything else you listed def belongs in this thread, but "isn't up to date on football" is completely believable if she's not interested in football.
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Mr. Belpit posted:I mean, everything else you listed def belongs in this thread, but "isn't up to date on football" is completely believable if she's not interested in football. If you're in a city with a team, that poo poo is everywhere and pretty much impossible to ignore.
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Even ignoring the stdh, why would you put a brazzers decal on your car
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Danaru posted:Even ignoring the stdh, why would you put a brazzers decal on your car Because you are an ultrahot sex haver, who needs everyone to know it is with something other than your body pillow?
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Danaru posted:Even ignoring the stdh, why would you put a brazzers decal on your car because the walls between the internet and real life are rapidly degenerating
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Samizdata posted:Because you are an ultrahot sex haver, who needs everyone to know it is with something other than your body pillow? Zelder posted:because the walls between the internet and real life are rapidly degenerating Wait... WHY NOT BOTH?
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# ? Jan 18, 2017 07:47 |
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"Son, I am confused as to the meaning of the sticker on this car. It is obviously a brand of some sort, but of what? This confuses me. You are young, surely you can explain this to me." "Well father, it is the name of a pornographic video site." "How dare that arsehole put something so unseemly on his car. I will write a note about it and leave it on the car so that he knows of his wrongdoings."
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"Child, why do you, a mere babe of 12 years, know of such filth? I do not condone this!
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Khazar-khum posted:If you're in a city with a team, that poo poo is everywhere and pretty much impossible to ignore. I grew up in cities with teams in multiple major sports. It's easy to ignore if you don't really care about it.
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# ? Jan 18, 2017 10:42 |
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I can believe being a little late realizing football season has started if you don't talk to people into it and don't watch TV much or look at newspapers. Generally though the further into the season you get, the more that comment is just a way of snootily saying they are above watching such crude things as "sports", much like people who smugly have to inject "oh, I don't own a TV" into every conversation about something on TV. Like if someone said that now with the superbowl not far away, it would definitely be STDH - nobody lives that far under a rock.
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# ? Jan 18, 2017 11:20 |
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Actually, my mum went to school with a girl called Urine, so
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# ? Jan 18, 2017 11:22 |
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Khazar-khum posted:If you're in a city with a team, that poo poo is everywhere and pretty much impossible to ignore. It's exactly as easy to ignore as people speaking about television talent shows everywhere all the time whether it be in private or on television or in advertisements. It's not that you aren't aware a thing is going on, it's just that you can extremely easily just tune it out completely so you don't know which particular one it is.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:much like people who smugly have to inject "oh, I don't own a TV" into every conversation about something on TV. https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=9ZMIWRF9MiM&t=85s
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bean_shadow posted:
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# ? Jan 18, 2017 15:23 |
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drat you! I was going to post the same video.
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:"Child, why do you, a mere babe of 12 years, know of such filth? I do not condone this! What kind of dumbfuck 12-year old is going to tell their parent about internet porn? Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:I can believe being a little late realizing football season has started if you don't talk to people into it and don't watch TV much or look at newspapers. I thought the Super Bowl was on Thanksgiving. I had to google to see you weren't making that up. This is from someone whose ex husband was obsessed with football. Then again I'm a nerdy loser shut-in so that may explain my lack of knowledge of current popular events. Is it really that bad that I say "I don't have cable (or Netflix or whatever)" when someone is like "YOU REALLY HAVE TO WATCH [SHOW] on [CHANNEL/NETFLIX/ETC!!!" I'm not saying it to be snooty or like i don't have cable , I'm just telling the truth E: I also have no interest in sports or tv shows outside of trash tv. I tried many times but I can't get into either one. E2: or movies. No I don't have many friends. E3: content. quote:Don’t Chew The Fat With Me If You Can’t Handle It Thin Privilege has a new favorite as of 16:08 on Jan 18, 2017 |
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Thin Privilege posted:Is it really that bad that I say "I don't have cable (or Netflix or whatever)" when someone is like "YOU REALLY HAVE TO WATCH [SHOW] on [CHANNEL/NETFLIX/ETC!!!" I'm not saying it to be snooty or like i don't have cable , I'm just telling the truth Nerds get really mad when you're don't give a poo poo about their precious stuff.
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Thin Privilege posted:E3: content. This is so rich with imagined interactions you could spread it on toast.
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Thin Privilege posted:Is it really that bad that I say "I don't have cable (or Netflix or whatever)" when someone is like "YOU REALLY HAVE TO WATCH [SHOW] on [CHANNEL/NETFLIX/ETC!!!" I'm not saying it to be snooty or like i don't have cable , I'm just telling the truth See like I watch TV but pretty much exclusively watch murder/investigation documentary programs, medical shows, and reruns of Flipper so whenever someone recommends me something I plainly have no loving interest in I usually say something like "Oh I've heard that's good! Tell me about it " Like, I don't give a poo poo and I"m not going to watch the show but that way the person gets to tell me about something they like and it usually diffuses the puff of fan-crazy they feel without derailing it and making it all about *me* and my special snowflake TV watching habits. B/c I realized after a long life of I Can't Believe It's Not Autism that when people tell you you ahve to watch something, it has nothing to do with you at all, so they don't care whether you have TV, whether you're actually interested in the show, or whether you'll go on to watch it, they really just want to rave about something they like in a socially-acceptable way. So best thing to do is direct the conversation back on them and why they like the show. This has the added benefit of being the social version of "Explain how you got your answer" and if you do it enough times to somebody they eventually stop saying it to you
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# ? Jan 18, 2017 23:37 |
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A little late, but an IV can most definitely be inserted backwards. Basically, when inserting an IV, you go with the direction of the veins going back towards the heart. For instance, on your arm, the veins (which carry blood TO the heart, as opposed to arteries which carry blood AWAY from the heart) run up to the shoulder then to the heart. Knowing this, you insert the IV with the needle pointing towards the shoulder so anything you infuse, meds or fluids, it flows with the direction of the blood in the vein. I've seen once or twice someone put an IV in, not pointing the direction of blood flow. ie: insert the IV with the needle pointing towards the hand, which goes against the flow of blood returning to the heart. Regardless, this wouldn't cause a "puddle of blood," especially not under the bed. So while inserting it backwards is technicallly a thing, because of the other bullshit details, this is STDH.
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# ? Jan 19, 2017 12:55 |
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They put on the bit that controls the flow of the drip (a bit of plastic beneath the bag) backwards on my grandma back in the eighties and she got a massive dose of morphine. Not enough to kill her but she was well out of it for the rest of the day. At least that's what they said they'd done when they were explaining why she was all drugged up
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Jerry Cotton posted:They put on the bit that controls the flow of the drip (a bit of plastic beneath the bag) backwards on my grandma back in the eighties and she got a massive dose of morphine. Not enough to kill her but she was well out of it for the rest of the day. At least that's what they said they'd done when they were explaining why she was all drugged up Nana wanted to get trippy so she was hammering the happy juice button.
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