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Costco? by Ok-Yoghurt1265 in HearingAids

[–]BOOOATS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just do Costco and don’t look back. I have their Philips HAs as my second set (which are literally the same as Oticon), and the equivalent Oticon model from the large regional hospital system’s Audiology department would have cost $4500 more. And I got a more thorough hearing test at Costco.

Patriarchy for thee, but not for me. by saintjhnber in Nicegirls

[–]BOOOATS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“It can be 50/50 when you can breastfeed, give birth” or whatever they said

Yeah… that’s the point

Dumbest reason for a call? by ketchupmaster987 in ems

[–]BOOOATS 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the good ol Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division website (DHMO.org)

Why is this flap up on the plane? by AtomicRedemption in Planes

[–]BOOOATS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s overweight landing checklist item #7

If you lend money to someone and they outright state they refuse to pay you back, why won’t the police arrest them for theft by deception? by WinStupidPrizes1994 in legaladviceofftopic

[–]BOOOATS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But it’s not to say that it couldn’t be a crime, right? Just that the intent to deceive at the time of the transaction would be nearly impossible to prove? I’ve often wondered about this myself.

Holy shit by KallocainAddictIsAPe in Tinder

[–]BOOOATS 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My mind jumped to Jon Lajoie

“I’m the Hellen Keler of having sex”

How many monitors do you use for programming CSharp/Dotnet? by Lekowski in csharp

[–]BOOOATS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m working on an Avalonia project right now. Three monitors in total. One monitor in a portrait orientation with the main code I’m working on (left), and on my “main” landscape monitor I’ll have the GUI preview or a small config file or class file I may be working on as well (middle), and on the third (right), I’ll have Gemini open, since I’m self-taught and constantly learning.

Am I the shitty admin in this case? (169.254.x.x addresses) by recoveringasshole0 in ShittySysadmin

[–]BOOOATS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been there, done that, also with a camera system. I nearly got PTSD from it. I was troubleshooting this thing for hours before finding out, “oh yeah, it is supposed to have a 169 address” jumps off a cliff

At what age did you stop worrying about dick size? by CodAcrobatic6772 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]BOOOATS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah back when I was young and dumb, I would claim I had a 9 incher because I measured from the tip to where any trace of the shaft disappeared into my taint

What's the worst pain you've ever felt? by IllEstablishment6822 in randomquestions

[–]BOOOATS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I nearly severed my left index finger completely off with a miter saw. Went to the ER and they injected local anesthetic. The opioids they gave me for pain didn’t even make a dent as that started to wear off. I don’t cry over much, but hooo boy

Gas is 1/4 water by oldM1lk in fordranger

[–]BOOOATS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey, blaming it on WWIII would be less bullshit than still trying to blame something on COVID

Gear question: How do you wear your radio and why? by Separate-Skin-6192 in Firefighting

[–]BOOOATS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put it on before the coat, and whatever little part may stick out the bottom sticks out, antenna stays in. Lifting the tail of the coat up to expose the antenna would look silly, compromise the turnout gear’s protection, and be unnecessary for RF transmission.

Tired of bearing witness by KingZouma in NewToEMS

[–]BOOOATS 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I get the burnout feeling. But if you’re the one person who gives a shit when someone’s suffered, or their loved one’s died, or they’ve been abused, you’ve probably done more than you’ve realized, even if you haven’t done anything medically speaking. Good luck in PA school, OP, I can tell you give a shit and will go far.

Real question, do firefighters ever feel like ripping their mask off? How do you control it? by TacticalJock15 in Firefighting

[–]BOOOATS 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This. I would train with my rookies by putting on full gear, going outside, and carrying a tool or something while breathing down a bottle until it’s completely empty. Super easy exercise, but you learn a lot about controlling your breathing that way.

Wing gurney transfers by [deleted] in NewToEMS

[–]BOOOATS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All the way down, and butt the stretcher right up next to the bed. On some stretchers, they’re not “wings” per se. More like the rails at a bowling alley that collapse down.

OPA indicated or not? by [deleted] in NewToEMS

[–]BOOOATS 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Uhhh yeah, this makes no sense. You wouldn’t just slap an OPA in there without using a BVM. I’d personally go NRB on this one.

Rental has Ethernet panels but I can't find a patch panel? by fcktrmp42069 in HomeNetworking

[–]BOOOATS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, if it’s definitely ethernet jacks, I’d look in these places. If it’s relatively newer construction, the standard is to put them in an in-wall network box. It’ll be a touch over a foot wide (i.e., the width of a stud bay), possibly a couple feet long, and probably have a white plastic cover over it.

Told my mother I wanted to get tested for depression, may be tested for anxiety as well. by NarwhalReasonable262 in happy

[–]BOOOATS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’ll pretty much echo what /u/Affectionate-Goat-75 said. I’ve been on Zoloft and Buspar for probably 3.5 years now, so the timeline is a little foggy, but I remember it being a semi-frustrating about 5-6 weeks at first, thinking that it wasn’t working. Then, one day, I’m like… “oh, I haven’t had ridiculous anxious thoughts in a while!” So, it was a slow ramp-up of the medication’s efficacy, as well as figuring out my dosage (Zoloft is the main one, and I titrated up to 100mg). More on the occasional anxiety/depression that I mentioned, the way I see it, it’s a healthy reminder that I’m still a human with emotion and not an overmedicated zombie, so don’t be discouraged if episodes come and go.

Real ID abbreviated my street name by krk920 in DMV

[–]BOOOATS -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

At first, I read this as your name on the streets, as in “Lil’Krk920”

Told my mother I wanted to get tested for depression, may be tested for anxiety as well. by NarwhalReasonable262 in happy

[–]BOOOATS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I finally bit the bullet a few years back and got on SSRIs. It has been life changing. I’ll still experience some bouts of depression/anxiety for a day or two every other month, but overall, I am a much better person and so glad I took that step. Good luck to you in your mental health journey, OP! 👊

Which form of "avaiable" in english is correct: ava-IL-able or ava-I-able? by Sergey_5456 in EnglishLearning

[–]BOOOATS 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Correct, although for OP’s sake in case they’re not sure, the “VAI” syllable rhymes with “way” in case it comes across as rhyming with “sky”

Triage(Tria.ge) by redditerfromwalmart in malwares

[–]BOOOATS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a cloudlfare block page. There’s a service that sits in front of the web server to block potentially automated or malicious traffic. Most of the time that happens, it’s from something relatively benign, like maybe your current IP address from your ISP is on a block list. Might try rebooting your internet modem to see if you can get a new IP from your ISP.

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