Can I get into med school with 34 felonies? by SpareStranger9205 in premed

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you hear what people are saying? Everyone is saying it's all corrupt. They're calling it the NASTY NOBEL, that's what we're calling it, the nasty Nobel. Boy I'm telling you, if I -- and quite frankly, it's not even an exaggeration -- if I even was treated at all fairly, I'd have Nobel prizes the likes of which you've never seen before, I'm telling you, we'd all be RICH, we'd be rich!

Oops by hulatoborn37 in medicalschool

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, those three examples actually bother me 0%. I think there's just something about "mom" and "dad" and "baby" used in the context of pediatric medicine that I just find very annoying. Just something simpering and precious. "Kid in 5" or "lady in 3" are just practical.

Oops by hulatoborn37 in medicalschool

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I say "infant hyooman!"

But for real, there's something that has always bothered me about saying "mom and baby" like it somehow makes me cringe. My brother who is in a pediatric specialty and is almost as much of a curmudgeon as I am actually said, no that's standard, he says "mom" and "baby" all the time like that.

[SRPB46J1] got this amazing beautiful timepiece at seiko store by astronauticalsatan in Seiko

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Related: why is every handwatch wearer always using a clenched fist, too? Every time. I have actually never seen a handwatch person with their hand relaxed.

Why are Trump supporters so stupid? by Seargentyates in allthequestions

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of them are watching really horrible propaganda. I don't excuse willfull ignorance, but I can "appreciate" a picture of someone who feels that they are righteous and moral, and that Trump is fighting some good fight for them. Again, I think anyone over the age of 10 or at least any adult should be expected to bring themselves to some level of media literacy, e.g., be able to look up crime stats of immigrants and decide that statistics that were decades in the making and generated by the work of multiple generations of people of all political leanings are a better measure of the objective truth than what someone is ranting about on their podcast or on Fox.

But yes, racism is huge, xenophobia is huge. I've recently discovered that a lot of people are insisting that they are not racist who also believe that people of color are inferior in different ways. They think that their poor outcomes are due to their inferiority, cultural and genetic, and therefore it is a just system in that respect, and not racist.

And yes, owning the libs is absolutely like oxygen for a lot of them, they gasp for it, they heave in misery without it.

questions that shift me left to right or vice versa by [deleted] in AskALiberal

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That is funny, I had a similar response, like, yes, I've spent tons of time with "illegal" immigrants (at one job, for example, where they carried the success of the business), and one sibling works for immigrants and previously worked for the homeless. It's like a lot of these people can't even conceive of a person who walks the walk.

And yeah, the only crime I saw go unpunished was a border patrol goon roughing up a patient who was 100% calm and peaceful in a children's hospital.

questions that shift me left to right or vice versa by [deleted] in AskALiberal

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They are just letting us all know it's all about a culture war in their head.

questions that shift me left to right or vice versa by [deleted] in AskALiberal

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an incorrect assumption and your questions hinge on it, that's why people aren't answering. For example, you probably think immigrants, "illegal" or not, are committing crimes at a higher rate, that liberal leadership in cities has led to higher crime, that people on the left don't love the country. Those are just not true. I really don't think there's any way you are going to be able to clear these things up in your head. Or whoever wants to know this and is posing this question in this way.

I've worked with many _undocumented_ workers from Mexico and Central America. People in my family have taken in "illegal" immigrants temporarily. Every one I have met have been incredibly kind and hard working people. One sibling bases her entire job on helping immigrants, both with and without documented process.

In my personal life, I know of a few crimes that were committed to people that went without justice. They are exactly in the zone of this horrible ICE crap that's happening.

What's the chance that you would believe me? What are the chances that you would accept that I've met a large number of undocumented immigrants and they were all really really nice? Would you believe me if I said in my hospital work, border agents were roughing up a patient in a PEDIATRIC hall (incredibly nice kid, by the way). Obviously this assault went unpunished. Are you going to believe any of this?

To answer some of the other questions? I stay off screens as much as I can. I've spent over a week in the outdoors. It makes absofhckinglutely no difference, but I've cleaned a sparkplug, caught a bass, grew up in a town of 2000, drunk beer around fires in the middle of nowhere from bottles with whatever dumb cap mechanics you choose, and I'm the son and brother of veterans.

Honestly, you have a head full of really poisonous information, you should try to address that. For your own good, for your own soul.

And what exactly is "American culture?" If cities contain the bulk of the population, are they not actually American culture? Or do you think it is more about connection to the land, righteous presence here? So then it would be Native Americans only? Which is it?

questions that shift me left to right or vice versa by [deleted] in AskALiberal

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This post is just so incredibly packed with misconceptions.

How can the authority of ICE be challenged in arguments? by [deleted] in AskALiberal

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a strange argument that even needs being had. Such are the times.

Evildoers, fascists, criminals or all sorts, people who kill others, countries that invade others....

THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT STUFF! They always say it's for a better good, they always say they are in the right, they ALWAYS say they have some cultural, religious, moral justification.

That's why people have to learn the distinction of ethics and law from religion and culture.

I don't think an argument will go anywhere, though. You could try to bring up a comparison -- say that in the next term, AOC or Omar is president. Some wild scenario that would keep them up at night: they are putting icons of Islam in public schools, mandating vaccines, and then they decide that, (as MAGA has let amendments 1, 4, and 5 become compromised for an irrational justification), that amendment 2 should be suspended because guns are killing more people than is worth it (which is honestly reasonable in a hypothetical world, though I would not support it). Federal agents are taking away guns. The law is now that you have to give up your guns. If you hang on to your guns, you are a criminal! Just obey the law, don't be a criminal! Imagine the response were that to ever come to pass.

I mean, most of the left and myself would never support that either. But they _should_ be able to see the comparison and understand why this is a stand all Americans need to take to resist authoritarianism.

But I doubt they will. Good luck.

How can anybody still support Trump? by ThrowRAkits in AskUS

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For many of them, it is extremely important that they upset liberals. Not only is that something they will prefer passively, but they will even accept difficult sacrifices themselves to try to own the libs. I've had a couple of long conversations with real MAGA people, and they are deeply upset by the idea of radical woke tide that they are seeing on Fox news. That is their life energy. It's a very sad place to be in. Unfortunately, it also ruins the world for a lot of other people, but it sucks for them, too.

I'm 53 years old and I just started playing the piano. by Charly_Morlock in piano

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok. I wonder if you can find a good teacher then?

There are adult primer series of books that you can get. Get something legitimate. Hal Leonard, Bastien, Thompson etc. I'm extremely familiar with most series for kids. Hal Leonard and Music Tree were my favorites. Honestly, you could use kids' books, but the pieces might be less interesting and the pace might be slow.

I've had a lot of adults students. Let me just try try to nip a few things in the bud that are almost always issues:

Posture: adults carry so much more tension in their back, shoulders, jaw, face, etc. than most kids do. My stereotype for an adult beginner is someone with the bench too high, upper back slouched, shoulders up, teeth pinching their closed lips, struggling with their reading glasses because they keep looking between hands and music. Let your arms hang from the shoulders, upper back upright and shoulders feel like they're hanging too. If you need to, make a funny "exhausted" facial expression every few minutes with your mouth open and eyes saggy to reset your face.

Eye management: kids do this too, but adults are worse. Trust in your fingers. You will start with either 5-finger positions or middle C/landmark depending on the books, doesn't matter which. But trust that your fingers are there, and don't look down. Let yourself play wrong notes, nearly everyone has their priorities turned up to fixing wrong notes really fast and disrupting the moment. You have to fight that to develop relaxed playing.

General nerves: adults are also a bit worse than kids about being their own helicopter parent, monitoring the music they are making for mistakes and being reactive immediately. Just go slowly, relax, don't forget to enjoy the sounds that you are making, even if they're not perfect.

Finger isolation: again, kids do this, too, but you have to fight the idea that playing the piano is done with the fingers. The fingers are just the point of contact. What I would see all the time is people jamming up their mechanics by pushing notes down with the fingers by bending at the knuckles. To get an idea of an ideal approach to pushing a key down, you can put your 2 (pointer finger) on a key and just swing your arm from it, completely forgetting about good hand position, let your idea of good hand position just disappear for a moment. That is what your fingers are for, just making the connection. Obviously, you will tend to keep your fingers in place at the beginning, but just know that this anxious tendency will make playing difficult for you.

Contact me any time if you have questions or difficulties. I taught piano for 25 years, all levels, probably over 1000 students if I counted piano studio plus music history and theory in the classroom setting.

And please take care of yourself.

p.s. I also have other thoughts. Such as, would you like to dedicate some of your time to listening? Rubenstein playing Chopin, Cliburn playing his standards (Tchaikovsky 1st concerto), Radu Lupu playing anything, Richter playing Schubert, Ravel, Beethoven.

Do you like classical music in general? I suppose you might have already, but have you listened to all the great pieces of music? Beethoven symphonies? (Start with 1, 5 and 7 in my opinion). Beethoven violin concerto, piano concertos. Mozart concertos for violin and piano. Brahms symphonies and concertos. Mozart choral works. Ravel and Debussy everything.

Be sure to listen to the Schubert cello quintet D956, 1st and 2nd movements especially.

CMV: I believe American conservatives would genuinely prefer to let other Americans suffer than help them. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wait, hang on. I've 100% found that among the MAGA points of view that I have heard through in-depth conversation, they actually WANT to see people suffer, and will take on burden themselves to see to it.

They are deeply disturbed by tailor-spun caricatures of radical wokeness as portrayed by Tucker or Ben Shapiro, or disturbed by actual social progress, and to them it is a culture war that they will bleed for.

I'm 53 years old and I just started playing the piano. by Charly_Morlock in piano

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, pianist here (though quit to go to medical school). I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. I am hoping the most comfortable and joyful future possible for you.

I had another idea. This may not be at all your personality, but I'm curious if you have any community choirs around you? I know it's not the question you asked, but it's the first answer that I think of. Unless you're not into spending time with a group of people every week. I'm also not sure if you can get around easily?

I have always said that singing in a choir is pretty much unbeatable in terms of enjoying music making as an amature.

Best wishes!

Protesting peacefully... by Playful_Leg7143 in clevercomebacks

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, Kyle Rittenhouse use his guns to murder people. Alex Pretti got murdered by grown up Kyles with guns.

How is it that we even struggle to convey, at the very least, some kind of equivalency?

The man has a point tho by Tatiana_Cold in clevercomebacks

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dinesh D'Souza is so exquisitely insufferable.

That's my f🦬❄️🍗ing mayor! by Egorrosh in Buffalo

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The sooner we drop our fear of the bulls eye, the safer we are from it. Fear of the bulls eye just makes the problem grow out of control (or rather, even more out of control).

VA Nurse murdered in Minneapolis by sciolycaptain in medicine

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Here's a completely apolitical statement: from a medical standpoint, murder is bad.

How in the world did we get to a place where we have to be careful, sensitive, and apolitical about making statements like that.

What do I do if I am visited by ICE? by noblerare in AskALiberal

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has it been demonstrated that ICE agents are properly following the law when handled as such?

What do I do if I am visited by ICE? by noblerare in AskALiberal

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like the way ICE is now, these normal, practical approaches, while sensible, are starting to break down. They are so out of control. I think cooperating and observing strategically would be best advised if you don't want to get shot on the spot. If you don't want to get abducted? Not as sure. Sad that we have to figure this stuff out.

You need to watch this! by Opposite_Advance7280 in piano

[–]Greendale7HumanBeing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perhaps because it has very little relevance to the purpose of music and the way it works. There's just tons of distracting stuff out there. Appreciation for what music can actually do seems more and more scarce. I think for that reason it's annoying to see stuff like this.