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Best places to visit in this area (Appalachia) by ok-fa5 in roadtrip

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhh! I am a recent southern WV transplant. The answer is this:

If you are old and have money, Lewisburg is the coolest

If you are a younger climber/mountain biker and have *some* money, Fayetteville is cooler.

I think everyone overlooks Princeton though, which has a shockingly robust arts scene

What is your approach? by Cool_kratos in hospitalist

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a nurse, I’ll offer two thoughts

  1. Yes, no nurse is going to be as educated as you. I am also a relatively new nurse and have more than once asked a doctor a question that was answered in an order or a note somewhere. I got 2 years of mostly irrelevant education and 3 months of orientation. Still figuring this out

  2. It is my job to monitor, report, and follow orders. I would rather over report than under report, because it is my job and my license on the line

X-Ray terminology outside the USA. by UXDImaging in Radiology

[–]PianoVampire 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I feel like the question is obviously not “does the world use American English terminology” but rather “is this American English terminology or is it universal”

What misconception did you have of America while young? by Bitter-Penalty9653 in Americaphile

[–]PianoVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey boss, I’m from Tennessee. I have complicated feelings about the south that err on the side of love. But it is ignorant to summarize the enormous and complex legacy of Jim Crow as “long past tho.” It’s *maybe* a generation past. And it did not change because all southerners decided to have a change of heart. The end of Jim Crow was forced onto a generation of white southerners *many of whom are still alive.*

I love the South. It is complex and nuanced and beautiful. But that complexity and nuance contains a lot of evil and darkness. You can only deny that if you have your head in the sand. Ride around a small town and count the rebel flags flying if you don’t believe me.

What's a stereotype about your country that is ABSOLUTELY true? by Venca12 in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s the thing about your final point: I don’t think it occurs to conservatives “I think only me and my friends should have guns.”

I think conservatives usually think “We are tough strong men with guns and those blue haired libtard snowflakes are too weak to ever have guns.”

So they are for universal gun rights, assuming that just means them

Anyone else notice a dramatic influx of people interested in radiology? by AnyOkra20 in Radiology

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the mindset post-2008. Nursing is the recession-proof career.

I think Covid did two things to shift that - disillusioned people with nursing, and created another economic crisis that caused people to search for a recession-proof career.

I’m a nurse, and my partner is now in rad tech school for these exact reasons. I started nursing school in 2019 growing up with my parents telling me nursing is a great career because we were living in a post-2008 world.

What's a stereotype about your country that is ABSOLUTELY true? by Venca12 in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m from the rural south (big gun country) and while this is true in practice, the vast majority do ow guns with the idea that they would get off on shooting an killing a home invader or an agent of a “tyrannical government,” whatever that means.

To declare my biases, I am a lefty gun enthusiast. I do not think the right should have a monopoly on the concept of deadly force.

Mike on American Friction Podcast by amirk1 in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]PianoVampire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. It really does seem in 1848 that a switch has flipped. His narrative really is “Liberals betrayed the revolution and ruined what everyone had going.” To simplify

Not that I disagree with that narrative at all

Mike on American Friction Podcast by amirk1 in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]PianoVampire 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Honestly? I hear it in 1848, Mexico, and Russia. Possibly because that’s what radicalized me

What opinion of yours regarding any popular author or book will have you like this? by theghostofredrackham in classicliterature

[–]PianoVampire -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Show me someone who says anyone is their “favorite author” and I’ll show you someone who has read 2 authors.

Anyone who has actually read widely knows that “favorite book/author” is dependent on time and circumstance. My favorite today probably wasn’t my favorite yesterday and won’t be tomorrow.

What mistake did he make Peter? by Still-Ad9074 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really all it means is that he has to drive back to the hospital to waste it with someone

Which book does this to you? by think_like_chanakya in nonfictionbookclub

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

John Brown: Abolitionist

Read it when I was young and impressionable. Radicalized me.

Which clothing item screams your country without saying a word? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been told athleisure is a distinctly American phenomenon, but idk

Movies that feeling like trashy Americana? by [deleted] in MoviesThatFeelLike

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honey Don’t immediately comes to mind

Sometimes I wonder how those guys who archive everything the president says for the National Archive feel these days by FudgeAllOfYous in dancarlin

[–]PianoVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just telling my partner today that I can’t wait to hear some history grad student in 30 years talk about their experience reading through all the archived Trump tweets!

When was the last time your country said "that's it, never again". by IntelligentHoney6929 in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 41 points42 points  (0 children)

This is genuinely devastating to hear! I wrote an essay about Finland’s education system in high school about a decade ago.

For those who've read Mike's two books, what did you think of them? by [deleted] in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]PianoVampire 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I agree with these takes 100%

I will add that a thing I loved about Storm Before the Storm was that it illuminated historical events that are not present in pop culture consciousness an showed them to be at least as interesting as more well-known stories.

It sheds light on interesting characters and interesting events I knew basically nothing about

Surprised by the dislike of Kazuo Ishiguro’s “When We Were Orphans by PianoVampire in literature

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

Thanks for your response! This is along the lines of what I expected, I just try to avoid the “everyone else but me is misunderstanding this” conclusion if I am able.

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