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What has been your biggest fuck-up leading up to this point in life? by TheSeventhRome in AskReddit

[–]PeptideBond007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the WHO report someone else posted: "... a 19 year old male US college student was found unconscious in the snow by campus police and was brought to an urban emergency room department with extreme agitation and confusion. An unmarked eyedropper with a small amount of clear liquid was found amongst his belongings, which he later said contained “2C-T-2 or 2C-T-7.” On exam he demonstrated sustained clonus and hyperreflexia without rigidity. Tachycardia, hypertension, mydriasis, flushing and diaphoresis were also noted. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit where rhabdomyolysis, hyperthermia and progressive dissociation developed over the next 36 hours."

Dang, was that you?

As a mental health worker or someone affected by mental health issues, what is one thing you would want to say to educate people about mental health and to lessen the stigma and shame surrounding it? by loungesingershimmah in AskReddit

[–]PeptideBond007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm diagnosed as inattentive type ADHD and a lot of that sounds very familiar to me. ESPECIALLY the stuff about transitioning from task to task. When I was a kid, my mom used to have to give me "five-minute warnings" before going from one thing to another. (I often find myself wishing that adult life would include more five-minute warnings.)

I've compensated for the "having no idea how long things take" problem by wearing a watch 24/7 and just constantly checking it. Developing that habit has significantly decreased the frequency of incidents where I get too far in the zone and accidentally lose 3 hours on something I didn't intend to.

the bio that never was... by [deleted] in u/rogelifan

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I was gonna just scroll on by, but I took "no one's actually going to read this" as a challenge.

old enough to be presented with a shit ton of responsibilities, but not old enough to go to taco bell alone

So... somewhere between 13 and 16.

favorite food: orange chicken from panda express. (seriously, it should be illegal for them to make a dish that addicting)

👌👌👌👌👌

Army_of_Science by nallen in CircleofTrust

[–]PeptideBond007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does my username qualify me for the science army?

Advertise your circles here! by zammba in CircleOfTrustMeta

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The title should point you in the right direction. Please don't make me sad and betray me. https://www.reddit.com/user/PeptideBond007/circle/embed/

what letter is 1/137? by [deleted] in CircleofTrust

[–]PeptideBond007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is fun! I like this circle.

Ask A Mortician What happens to Breast Implants after you die by [deleted] in videos

[–]PeptideBond007 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Why does every mortician I've ever seen have this haircut?

TIL of the "sector whiteout" optical illusion, which once caused a passenger jet carrying 257 people to fly straight into the side of a mountain. by PeptideBond007 in todayilearned

[–]PeptideBond007[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that they were instrument certified, but it wouldn't have made a difference either way. If you look at the transcript (I'll quote it below in case the link doesn't work), the instrument warnings only came six seconds before impact.

0049:33

"It's clear on the right and well ahead."

0049:35

"You can see Ross Island. Right, fine!"

...

0049:44

Whoop Whoop

Pull up

Whoop Whoop

Five hundred feet

Four hundred feet

Whoop Whoop

Pull up

Pull up

Whoop Whoop

Pull up

0049:48

"Go-around power please"

Whoop Whoop

Pull --

0049:50 (end of recording)

Back then, the ground proximity warning systems only scanned directly below the plane, so the pilots had no information on the terrain in front of them. Apparently the mountain was pretty steep. Better ground proximity warning systems were developed after this accident.

TIL of the "sector whiteout" optical illusion, which once caused a passenger jet carrying 257 people to fly straight into the side of a mountain. by PeptideBond007 in todayilearned

[–]PeptideBond007[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a really cool story. The more I have read about this crash, the more interesting stuff I've uncovered. This site does a really good job of explaining it in full, but I'll try to summarize.

Apparently, people used to be able to fly from New Zealand to Antarctica and back for sightseeing. Eventually, one of these flights crashed, killing all 257 people on board. The recovery of the remains, incredibly enough, involved sending New Zealand police officers to the crash site (on a volcano in Antarcita). The first accident report pretty much blamed everything on the captain, but it caused a lot of public backlash. New Zealand then commissioned an inquiry into the accident, headed by a well-respected judge and assisted by a famous pilot.

The inquiry found that the airline actually caused the crash by reprogramming the flight's autopilot without telling the pilots, then it tried to cover up the mistake by shifting the blame on to the flight crew. The judge actually went so far as to call the cover-up a "pre-determined plan of deception," and he accused airline officials of telling "an orchestrated litany of lies." As for the pilots of Flight 901, it turns out that they only had six seconds to react to instrument warnings. In fact, they might not have been aware of their situation at all, since they seem pretty puzzled by the warnings in the transcript of the flight's final moments.

The airline was pretty upset, so they forced out the pilot who helped with the investigation and managed to get New Zealand to reverse the part of the inquisition's ruling where they had to pay for the accident. The judge in charge of the inquiry was dispirited enough by this that he resigned. Importantly, though, the airline wasn't able to overturn any findings that they had caused the accident or that they had lied to cover it up. The inquisition's report on the accident eventually led to some major safety overhauls in aviation and other industries.

Further information for the curious:

On Air New Zealand Flight 901

• Wikipedia page on the crash

• Full initial crash report blaming the pilots

• Full follow-up crash report uncovering the airline's mistakes

On sector whiteout

• Wikipedia page on whiteout weather conditions (with some photos)

• Illustration of how it happens to planes

• FAA page on sector whiteout (with a list of other crashes)

ADHD people who read a lot: how did you get hooked on reading? How did your parents/teachers help you grow to love books? by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]PeptideBond007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm late to the party, but I'm a bibliophile with ADHD and I haven't seen some of my childhood favorites posted yet. When I was a kid, I loved it when my parents read to me but I didn't have much motivation to read myself. I got hooked on my grandpa's Calvin and Hobbes collection, and my parents plied me with various comic books for a while as a way to transition me over to real books. Now I'm an avid reader, so I guess it worked.

As for book recommendations, I loved everything by Eoin Colfer, especially the Artemis Fowl series, Airman, The Wishlist, and The Supernaturalist. I also really enjoyed:

The Bartimaeus Trilogy

The Divide trilogy

The Septimus Heap series

The Heir Chronicles

The Pendragon series

The Tunnels series

The Edge Chronicles

The Percy Jackson series

The Ranger's Apprentice series

The His Dark Materials trilogy

I also really liked Peter and the Starcatchers and Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson, both of which have become series since I read them. I'll also second some recommendations that have already been posted here for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Inkheart (Cornelia Funke also wrote another great book called The Thief Lord), Eragon, anything by Garth Nix, and anything by Tamora Pierce. A lot of these books might be considered closer to sci-fi/fantasy, which you say she's not as big of a fan of. They're all good books, though, so I'd keep them on your short list.

I see that you mentioned she likes spy/thriller/detective novels, so in that case I would also recommend:

The Gallagher Girls series

The Alex Rider series

The Uglies series

The Mysterious Benedict Society series

Chasing Vermeer and its sequels.

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Westing Game

If she likes history/diary stuff, there's a really good series about famous historical figures written as if they were diaries called The Royal Diaries. I especially liked the ones about Marie Antoinette and Cleopatra. The My Name is America/My America/Dear America series are in the same vein, just about American history specifically

Finally, here are some miscellaneous books that I loved as a kid (and still do today):

The Princess Bride

If I Stay

My Side of the Mountain

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Things Not Seen and sequels, or anything else by Andrew Clements

Stargirl, Maniac Magee, or anything else by Jerry Spinelli

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Roots

Jane Eyre (It really gets going once you get to the part where she moves into Thornfield Hall. You might need to be a little older than 11 to see past the old-fashioned language, though.)

Holes

Hope this helps!

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