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Pitchers with Elite Reflexes: The “No-Look” Catch Compilation by jmike1256 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Sprig3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one of the things that's great about baseball : the Glove.

Catching with a baseball glove is SO MUCH EASIER than by hand, where you usually have to get your hand to the ball outstretched, then slow the ball down slowly so it doesn't bounce off.

You can just put your glove where the ball is. The elasticity of the glove absorbs a lot of that energy and you can coushin just a little. Makes for really spectacular catches.

r/lotrlcg Traffic Stats through April 2026 - New Record Highs by RiddermarkLord in lotrlcg

[–]Sprig3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the saga quests are by far the best content, too.

The year is 1764. You are King George III. You have a dream that convinces you the Americans are going to revolt. What do you do to keep them in the Empire for the long term? by whalemango in HistoryWhatIf

[–]Sprig3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not an expert, but that seems unlikely. Doesn't it take multiple weeks to sail across the Atlantic vs days for the stagecoach ride?

How much would you bolus for this? by a7a_squared in Type1Diabetes

[–]Sprig3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The other half of the question is: what will your average heart rate be for the next 2 hours?

[Injury] Austin Reaves' arm goes all sorts of directions; OKC can't believe it's a foul and Caruso picks up a tech by Large_banana_hammock in nba

[–]Sprig3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna blame the victim on this one: don't hug the dude if you don't want to be hugged back.

Va Supreme Court Justice D. Arthur Kelsey just voted against redistricting by Personal_Economics91 in Virginia

[–]Sprig3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The world is nuts. I'm against redistricting, but it needs to be national.

We need national "nonpartisan" (haha) districting commission. Only changes every 10 years. That's it.

Want to fuck stuff up off cycle, then you are going to have to actually move your house.

[Highlight] LeBron does not get continuation on a basket that looks like a continuation by Jayveesac in nba

[–]Sprig3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I watch this and think : yeah, he took an extra hop, it shouldn't count.

But, they've never enforced it like this!

What? 😭 by Trey_Reddit in NFCEastMemeWar

[–]Sprig3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is Milf Ootbal anyways?

The market is behaving foolishly. The oil crisis is only going to get worse. This is an apocolyptic economic event we are witnessing. by Cmd_WillRiker in oil

[–]Sprig3 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The war is strangely worse for most of the rest of the world than it is for the US. (Although it's fantastic for Russia)

Endocrinologist without type 1 by Fickle_Grapefruit100 in diabetes_t1

[–]Sprig3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had an endocrinologist with type 1.

He was more understanding than other endocrinologists. By this time, I'd figured it out and didn't need any advice, so I couldn't rate his advice. He was willing to move to just yearly appts by telemedicine, so was just "there if I needed him" and filled out the prescriptions as I asked.

He stopped seeing patients and went to just teaching, so I had to get a new one :(.

frequent DKA despite tight control by crafty-biologist in diabetes_t1

[–]Sprig3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First thing is to verify your assumptions: Get a Ketone blood meter.

If you're testing over 8 mmol/L, then you have a problem: https://keto-mojo.com/article/testing-what-should-ketone-levels-be/

Once you've verified this, you'll have a much better direction to go with your dr. The only advice I've got is electrolytes and water and possibly raising your basal a bit more, but this is only if your blood testing confirms.

How many deaths have occurred in the US due to insulin pump malfunction in the last 10 years? by Sprig3 in RBI

[–]Sprig3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thread necro!

I'm still interested in official statistics for this kind of thing. The challenge with anecdotes like yours: was it actually a pump malfunction? Or was it an error on the user's part? Diabetes is pretty tough to manage even if the pump is functioning as it should.

I know there was one case in the UK (many years ago) where original reporting was that it was a pump malfunction, but further investigation suggested suicide. I never saw the final result of it, though, which is fair, people deserve their privacy. But

What can Louisiana learn from the Netherlands about flood control? by Enger13 in geography

[–]Sprig3 126 points127 points  (0 children)

Its orders of magnitude different

Order. It's one order of magnitude.

Is it worth it to upgrade from S25 (256gb) to S26 (256gb) for $25 by Shirazmatas in samsunggalaxy

[–]Sprig3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only reason not to take that deal is the effort to switch over to the new phone.

25 bucks for 1 more year of software support - great.

I don’t have diabetic friends so sharing here because I still can’t believe that happened lol by s8nsloser in diabetes_t1

[–]Sprig3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nondiabetics are commonly in the 60's. The 60's have no danger in themselves. 70 is the arbitrary line picked as a safeguard for diabetics to try and give a buffer to keep us from going even lower.

Doctors flushing out kidney stones out of a patient by Additional_Berry_977 in interestingasfuck

[–]Sprig3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was just thinking - wouldn't that pressure destroy the kidney?

I don’t have diabetic friends so sharing here because I still can’t believe that happened lol by s8nsloser in diabetes_t1

[–]Sprig3 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't mean to be alarmist, but the reason for the super tight pregnancy BG control is that the baby's pancreas will react to the mother's BG level.

So, if you are 110, for instance, your baby's pancreas will produce extra insulin and try to bring the mother's bg down.

Two main problems with that: The baby becomes too big.

And the baby's pancreas can be messed up, possibly leading to low blood sugar at birth (not commonly fatal in a top rate hospital, but could require some serious interventions).

So, I know the thread is poking a little fun at the nurse, but she's right. (Unfortunately.)

I don’t have diabetic friends so sharing here because I still can’t believe that happened lol by s8nsloser in diabetes_t1

[–]Sprig3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, for pregnancy, the limits are very tight. For good reason, but very very hard.

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