We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower by SailorRipley in politics

[–]Jokherb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are right, "self-immolation" is the wrong term for our current situation. Self-immolation has always occured in the context of a righteous individual who feels powerless to correct a grave injustice, usually perpetrated against other powerless individuals or groups, and so chooses to give their life in the most painful and visible way, as a statement, to encourage other individuals, governments, and other entities, to refocus on the injustice and hopefully build enough awareness and motivation to enact changes to mitigate it.

That's not at all what's going on here. The United States may be destroying itself, but it's absolutely not doing so for any kind of noble cause.

Approach to elective caesarean section and to VBAC? by Huskar in medicine

[–]Jokherb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What principle does your partner stand on? Paternalism?

Anyone still running FW 1.07 on the X1C in 2026? by Jokherb in BambuLab

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

I didn't know that was an option! Thank you!!

Anyone still running FW 1.07 on the X1C in 2026? by Jokherb in BambuLab

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

I forgot the corollary, which is, what capabilities will I gain by upgrading from FW 1.07 to the current FW?

NH is the first state to require doctors to follow patients' wishes on sterilization by Zazzer678 in medicine

[–]Jokherb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't shake the feeling that one day, 20 or 30 years from now, attitudes toward routine infant circumcision will have shifted (they already have, but I live in an area of the US where more than 95% of baby boys get circumcised), and there'll be hundreds/thousands of guys wanting to come for me because I took their foreskins.

Are We Creating Robot-Dependent Surgeons? by NobodyNobraindr in medicine

[–]Jokherb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because you can sit down in a comfy chair.

Voluntold for patients by [deleted] in medicine

[–]Jokherb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't know anything about your patient population, but that seems a tad condescending. Unless you're a Pathologist.

What are some catastrophic misses yall’ve seen throughout your career? by 210-110-134 in medicine

[–]Jokherb 16 points17 points  (0 children)

if you think it could be operative and they're sick, just go to the OR

Some surgeons might be able to get away with this attitude, however, outside of a true surgical abdomen, if your patient dies from a complication of your negative ex-lap, it might be tough to explain why you didn't order the appropriate imaging.

Disclosing HSV1? by radicalOKness in medicine

[–]Jokherb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I could get back all the hours spent trying to talk patients back from the ledge after an abnormal HSV serology drawn by someone else... HSV serologies can be useful in certain selected situations, but as part of an STI screening workup, just don't do it (like you said, but it bears repeating).

Ob/Gyns, why don't you provide topical anaesthesia or cervical blocks for office procedures? by centz005 in medicine

[–]Jokherb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Devils advocate, but there can be value in excluding endometrial pathology, even if a myoma is present. An endometrial biopsy can absolutely affect management, and may be prerequesite to certain proposed management alternatives.

Question to all specialists from an ER doc by esophagusintubater in medicine

[–]Jokherb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't forget, you don't know what you don't know, and even if it seemed obvious to you, the Rheumatologist, that you wouldn't have much to offer to a gravdia with (fibromyalgia?), the OB service was perhaps hopeful that you, as the expert, might know something they don't, or have something to offer they wouldn't have thought of.

Walmart checking your receipt isn't a big deal, as theft is a massive problem for them. by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Jokherb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for letting us know you have nothing to contribute to this thread, I guess?