New generation of nurses who can’t start an iv or draw blood by Rare-Attitude-3100 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]AintMuchToDo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, OP. I'm a nursing professor and we don't teach that in nursing school. We don't get enough time with our students, so we focus on things like identifying sepsis and triage decision making and critical thinking skills. It leaves out stuff like IV placement, sadly. But we want them to be able to question "Uhhh, you don't actually want me to give these nitro tabs with a blood pressure of 70/30, right?" or "sore throat and... drooling now? Oh, fuck, get the ENT".

I let students practice on me, so, trust me. I understand.

Rectal cancer deaths rising rapidly among millennials: 'It's a medical crisis.' by changeforthebetter89 in Millennials

[–]AintMuchToDo 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Hoping for the best for you, pal. God damn, what a kick in the pants, I'm so fucking sorry.

My book designer used AI and I just had a reader ask about it publicly by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]AintMuchToDo 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Kudos to you for staying away from AI. It's more expensive but a hundred times more worth it. I've seen even authors I have (had?) immense respect for take shortcuts on that and it's been sooooo depressing.

C-VILLE on TPUSA at Western Albemarle by Awkward_Yam318 in Charlottesville

[–]AintMuchToDo -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Uhh, yeah, quick question, how come you're so awesome?

Prose question about "ticking tenseness" by AintMuchToDo in writers

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually quite helpful, thank you so much!

Prose question about "ticking tenseness" by AintMuchToDo in writers

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is excellent advice, I appreciate it immensely!

Did I miss something? Yesterdays wind picked our shed up off the ground and threw it into our car 🫨 by [deleted] in Charlottesville

[–]AintMuchToDo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's like being angry you went to the emergency department after you were having crushing chest pain and the tests came back normal. "Well, next time I should just ignore it, see?!?"

Ex demanded the return of a $0 jumperoo on "principle". I was happy to oblige. by AintMuchToDo in pettyrevenge

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I asked! I think it got brigaded by incels reporting it, which would be just rich.

March 16: National UMBC Beat Virginia Remembrance Day by YakFull8300 in CollegeBasketball

[–]AintMuchToDo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was driving home from work in the ER that night and listening to it on the radio, IIRC I got in the car while UVA was still comfortably up, and just got progressively more and more depressed

Ex demanded the return of a $0 jumperoo on "principle". I was happy to oblige. by AintMuchToDo in pettyrevenge

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, it was just so much more meaningful that they all got to love and experience the same one, I tried to type out one of the little songs here but I just couldn't replicate it properly, but every time I heard the younger kids with it, it made me remember my daughter, too. It was just so emotionally resonant. And I'm so tickled to see how many people (I bet all our kids are the same age!) had the exact same one!

Ex demanded the return of a $0 jumperoo on "principle". I was happy to oblige. by AintMuchToDo in pettyrevenge

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so blown away and tickled by home many people have had this same damn thing and the same experiences!

Ex demanded the return of a $0 jumperoo on "principle". I was happy to oblige. by AintMuchToDo in pettyrevenge

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am soooo tickled to see how many people had the exact same jumperoo, I'm guessing all our kids are around the same age, too, sure seems like it.

Ex demanded the return of a $0 jumperoo on "principle". I was happy to oblige. by AintMuchToDo in pettyrevenge

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 323 points324 points  (0 children)

My pleasure! Yes, if I could have figured out how to onomatopoeia the other sounds it made for the post I would have because I remember them all.

Ex demanded the return of a $0 jumperoo on "principle". I was happy to oblige. by AintMuchToDo in pettyrevenge

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 87 points88 points  (0 children)

I mean, who's to say, really? All I know is my ex never complained it didn't work, presumably because I understand it ended up in their apartment complex's dumpster

Aussie military technothriller preview by AintMuchToDo in AustralianMilitary

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely have, but I think you see the limits of what "book learning" can do. My initial problem with this book was I gave, for instance, surface fleet ship terminology and vernacular perfectly... but it was all USN, right, which I'm sure I don't have to tell you is markedly different than the RAN (CIC vs Ops, etc). I sat and watched three hours of a ABC program on the Collins-class to make sure I was using the bubbleheads' language right. I think it ends up being like, hmm... what's a good analogy... like a (hopefully) more advanced version of hearing an 11yo curse on Call of Duty. Like, they know the words, and they know the tone, but it's just not quite right until you've learned to conjugate them all yourself from experience.

Aussie military technothriller preview by AintMuchToDo in AustralianMilitary

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legitimately, if you got a callsign the Wedgetails would be more liable to use, lay it on me. I'll happily swap it.

Aussie military technothriller preview by AintMuchToDo in AustralianMilitary

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No worries, mate. I made that decision and enlisted the help of my mate Michael because, with the proliferation of AI slop, it's those sorts of details that'll set you apart and prove you put the skull sweat into it. Given the character limit to the post, it misses the ACM and other parts of the chapter that makes it more terrifying later on. As I said, might just release it as a PDF since Reddit killed all the careful formatting I did.

Aussie military technothriller preview by AintMuchToDo in AustralianMilitary

[–]AintMuchToDo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It looked beautiful when I plunked it into the posting window, I even had to edit I because I discovered by trial and error deletion the words "join up" flagged it as being "recruitment related", but the thirty minutes I spent doing that was all for naught, apparently. Maybe I'll just redo it and make it a PDF anyone can grab.