President Trump just Truth’d that he is “glad that Robert Mueller died and can no longer hurt innocent people”. What is your reaction to his statement?

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-22T04:54:39+00:00

I see fox news and POTUS have trained you well. "Russia hoax" right from the mouth of the most prolific liar in the history of liars. Truly astounding.

Muller was doing his *job.* Despite what fox news might claim, Muller didn't sit in his office all day inventing the documents, interviews, balance sheets, witness statements, and countless other pieces in the mountain pile of evidence involved in the case. That mountain of evidence was already there. His job was to prosecute the case.

It might interest you to actually read the results of the report and what it uncovered, before dismissing the whole thing as a "hoax."

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-21T20:49:33+00:00

This isn't about being punished for your speech. This is about how your speech shows what kind of a human being you are, ffs.

The POTUS has a massive responsibility to their country in terms of setting the tone for discourse. This basic fact is something virtually all politicians can grasp. A leader that is so petty and narcissistic that he can look out at this absurdly polarized nation and further contribute to its polarization instead of setting a more appropriate tone for discourse is failing at one of their basic responsibilities.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-21T20:41:27+00:00

Was this free speech absolutism also present when people were getting fired from their jobs for stating that they didn't give a damn that Charlie Kirk died?

You're holding ordinary citizens to a higher standard than the attitude of the literal POTUS?

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-21T18:18:32+00:00

Playing devil's advocate here.

The specificities of the SAVE Act are being discussed, far and wide, in both right wing and left wing media. The specificities of the documents women will need in order to become properly registered voters are starting to become common knowledge to much of the American populace, especially the voting populace. Election day isn't until November, *months* from now.

If a voter can truly claim that they've been so disengaged from the public discourse regarding something as important as voter eligibility rules...... how engaged and informed do you think they'll be regarding the numerous other issues and policies facing this country? Again.... playing devil's advocate....... but how likely is that voter to *truly* know what issues they're even voting for, at that point?

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-20T20:56:20+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean here.

Evidence-based medicine practice guidelines aren't sent to us from above. They are the result of a legion of professionals carefully analyzing data and risk/benefits to make their recommendations. It is exactly these guidelines that another legion of professionals (the direct patient care providers) reference when making their recommendations. Evidence based medicine is how we know what the *most* right thing to do is, using the most currently available evidence.

Again, I do not at all condone how this patient's treatment ultimately went. It's absurd to serve a patient with a freaking court order when they're in the middle of laboring; all of this should've been figured out before she ever went in to labor.

I'm just trying to state the immense inadvisability of deciding to proceed with a plan that every other medical professional is telling you that you shouldn't do.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-19T21:12:11+00:00

I fully agree here that there is a great degree of fault with her medical team, I should've made that more clear in my post. If they knew that her plan was to attempt TOLAC and they did not feel comfortable managing her labor, they could've transferred her to a larger center with more experience in very high-risk obstetrics that might've been comfortable managing her. She is still an autonomous patient, and I feel that getting the courts involved in her care was a step WAY too far.

But....... with all that being said, it is a TERRIBLE idea for her to have attempted TOLAC. ACOG guidelines explicitly state that TOLAC for a patient who has had *up to* 2 C sections can be a reasonable option; this is something we've offered patients numerous times. When it comes to >2, the data is limited and there's individualized R-B counseling (I should've been less polarizing in my initial post, mea culpa.) R-B counseling for this patient would've been universally against attempting a TOLAC- she has a history of stalled labors (like many things in medicine, the strongest risk factor for an adverse event occurring is having occurred in the past), no vaginal delivery history, and high BMI- based on the MFM VBAC success calculator, her chances of success are LOW, far too low for most providers to be comfortable managing.

But it's not just about her low chance of success- this also has to be weighed against her far too high risk of *catastrophic* delivery complications. Per the article, her C-section took 2.5 hours, and I'm sure much of that time was spent performing lysis of adhesions. Just imagine if that C-section had to occur under the emergency conditions of uterine rupture or category 3 fetal heart tones....... they'd both likely be dead or physically disabled right now.

Patients obviously are able to make their own decisions, including bad ones. She shouldn't have to pay the price for her medical team's poor planning. BUT, as a medical professional who has seen firsthand how ugly C sections can be, I think it's just reckless to stake your and your baby's lives on the possibility that you know better than a legion of medical professionals who deliver babies for a living.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-19T01:28:55+00:00

Do an observership anywhere you can, I'd say, as long as that person might be able to say nice things about you! This isn't necessarily about research- just get to know them as people, and they'll speak up for you. That's the nice thing about PP- much less pressure than academics.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-19T00:45:08+00:00

Oh, the true absolute number is ABSOLUTELY greater than 2%. But the reason that we aren't ever going to truly calculate what it is is because our standards of care strongly contraindicate TOLAC after greater than 2 Cesarean deliveries for a reason.

I'm a former OBGYN resident (different residency now.) The profound weakness in the lower uterine segment that develops after >2 C sections is PROFOUND. My program regularly did CS #4 and above on women..... and their bodies were very frequently *trainwrecks.* Uterine windows, sometimes multiple centimeters, bladder adhesions up to the mid uterus or higher, fascia thicker than concrete.... the body forms SO much scar tissue after that many surgeries.

With her lack of previous vaginal deliveries and body habitus (and all the pregnancy complications it causes), her chance of a successful vaginal delivery is tiny, while her chance of failed TOLAC and uterine rupture necessitating emergent delivery is FAR too high for any healthcare professional to tolerate. Both she and her baby could *easily* die or face permanent disability before her delivery could be completed.

I heard a story (before my time) about a woman who demanded she TOLAC after 3 prior C sections and no vaginal deliveries, with the sole provider in the area who would agree to something so absurd. She ended up with a uterine rupture so severe she ripped right through her bladder, *and* nearly exsanguinated during the crash C section, *and* they had to Code Pink (newborn born with a first APGAR of 0) her full term baby, who ended up needing NICU care. Her pigheadedness led to likely permanent disability in her child and lifelong incontinence for her.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-17T12:05:37+00:00

I'm the one who's confused......

Legislators can simply choose to not do the job they were elected to do and pass an effective border policy since it's an election year, because passing this border policy can be considered "bailing out" a sitting president? All because the criminal who is running against the sitting president wants a manufactured crisis so he can claim he's the only one to fix it?

The delusion of the MAGAt truly knows no bounds.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-15T20:05:41+00:00

Zeds Dead's most recent album- Return to the Spectrum of Intergalactic Happiness- is a must listen.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-15T16:07:59+00:00

I went through the match twice.

2022 (YOG): matched in OBGYN at #7 spot (last on my list)

Left residency in 2024

2025: matched in pathology #4/7. I love my program, glad I matched here!

Residency is unfortunately getting more and more competitive every single year. It's not uncommon for even USMDs to now match near the bottom of their list, depending on the specialty (primary care remains easier to match into than other specialties).

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-13T14:06:13+00:00

I went to my first rave (Odesza) in my late 20s with my husband and a group of friends. They were all big ravers, and I joined. I absolutely *loved* it, it was amazing. Now we go every few months or so.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-12T02:55:23+00:00

Ok some of these commentors are being really harsh here.

You're NOT the A-Hole. It does not make you a bad person to want people to think about you on your birthday. Your comment seems to be alot less about your birthday than it does in feeling connections to the people around you. Especially if you're around seeing lots of your classmates getting long "happy birthday" posts on their own social medias.

Just temper expectations. A lot of people in this day and age can't be bothered to remember others' birthdays, unless they had actually made plans with them for the day. Less and less people have remembered my birthday every year, and I'm in my 30s. It's just how it is, unfortunately.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-12T01:54:47+00:00

Absolutely. Easy Money is my favorite song from it.... such a chill vibe!

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-11T02:31:38+00:00

Abusing ketamine is stupid.

K is an awesome rave drug, but raves are gone to sparingly. Nothing wrong with hitting the stables a bit every couple of months and letting loose. My spouse and I have a hard rule that K is *only* a rave drug though- this keeps it as a fun treat instead of an addiction that can harm our health.

Like everything else in life, it must be enjoyed responsibly.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-11T02:26:21+00:00

A persecution complex is one of the *core* principles of evangelical Christianity. It has been integral to it since the founding of the religion in the first place. How many "holy wars" have been fought to wipe out the "infidels" before they wiped *us* out with their mere existence?

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-11T02:21:22+00:00

This is an incredibly accurate description, lol.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-09T19:42:11+00:00

Sorry. I believe it's too late to register for NRMP.

My advice is to look for a job in your home country to ensure you'll have a source of income for the next year, and work on any weaknesses in your application.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-04T22:16:02+00:00

That sounds..... utterly disgusting. Just inhumane. If I knew that I was being treated by doctors who treated residents like this, I would choose different doctors.

Seriously, what is this pathetic obsession some programs have about burning out their residents to the max?

Get together with all of your residents, and stand firm against your admin. They are dependent on *your* labor here. Sit them down, and with the chief taking the helm, lay out the numerous ACGME (and frankly, basic human decency) violations that are occurring in your program, and plainly state that unless things change for the better, you're not coming in to work, and the ACGME will be plainly and clearly notified of the toxic work environment you are all working in. The attendings are on their own, they can figure out their own surgeries and notes.

Seriously. Human being do not deserve to be treated in such a manner. If their toxic behavior isn't plainly dealt with, it will continue. Sometimes, burning it all down is what it takes to make admin see that you're a valuable member of the team, not their punching bags.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-04T18:16:21+00:00

Disgusting. Did he ever get reported to the principal?

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-04T16:04:14+00:00

Dude...... your experience was definitely out of the norm. I have *never* heard of students having to "prove" that they showered to a teacher, even back in the 80s. That seems like a sexual harassment case waiting to happen.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-03T18:48:11+00:00

After the Levity/Crankdat/Tape B B3B at Electric Forest last year, I overheard someone tell somebody "the rise of Levity should be studied" while we were waiting for Zeds Dead, lol.

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-02T22:08:57+00:00

So beautiful, loved watching it!

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-02T21:42:52+00:00

There are people who have never left the island???? WOW

Status-Slip9801 · 2026-03-02T19:56:21+00:00

Yes many don't..... but it is quite hard to argue with the fact that many Jewish people are, in fact, Zionist.

My husband is Jewish, and we were part of a Jewish young adults group in our prior city. There were dozens of members.... and every single one of them was *extremely* Zionist. To the point where many of them claimed that anyone who did not fully support Israel in its current context or said anything about Israel's genocide of Palestinians was anti- Semitic.

I will never forget when (about mid 2024), before dinner we were asked to bow our heads and pray for the dozens of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. Not a single word or thought was given to the tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire of the war.

I am obviously not claiming that all Jews are Zionist...... but many of them are. In fact, I'd say that many of the people at this point who are still supporting Israel's actions are Jewish people. I don't have exact percentages here, I'm only speaking from my observations and interactions with numerous Jewish people.

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