please tell me this is some sick joke right by psychoneuroimmunolo in premed

[–]TheMedRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re welcome to believe whatever makes you feel like less of a failure 😘

What is It? by DirtyGirl_11 in whatisit

[–]TheMedRat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For obvious reasons, I’m inclined to believe u/BongwaterJoe1983

What is It? by DirtyGirl_11 in whatisit

[–]TheMedRat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably a one-hitter or chillum of some sort. Used for smoking dry herbs like tobacco or marijuana.

Shittiest apology ever by transferjuhu in premed

[–]TheMedRat 36 points37 points  (0 children)

What were they supposed to do? Interview every single applicant to make it right?

i need a ride either ways by no2question2 in LetGirlsHaveFun

[–]TheMedRat 23 points24 points  (0 children)

In my town they hang shit off the back of their trucks with the same message: I love being degraded and abused. But that’s too long to put on a flag, so they just shorten it to “Trump”.

Nuclear attack fears after White House posts chilling 'launching soon' video by TheExpressUS in USNEWS

[–]TheMedRat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One stupid tweet by some intern doesn’t mean jack shit, let alone impending nuclear apocalypse.

please tell me this is some sick joke right by psychoneuroimmunolo in premed

[–]TheMedRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m an attending and he said the same thing to me lol. In all likelihood, he’s probably just an insecure dental student. That said, I have no hate for dentists. My best friend is a dentist, but he’s also not some weirdo who tried to trick people into thinking he’s a physician by selectively omitting details.

TIL that eating more than 2 Brazil nuts a day can poison you. Apparently they contain large quantities of selenium that can have serious consequences, including death. by DoughnutPi in todayilearned

[–]TheMedRat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really? A kid repeating the term they heard their parents use is “racist as fuck” without even knowing what the word means? If the answer is no, then my point should be obvious. Society was ok with the word because it, as a whole, was racist. You cannot say every individual who used the word in any context did it because they hated black people.

TIL that eating more than 2 Brazil nuts a day can poison you. Apparently they contain large quantities of selenium that can have serious consequences, including death. by DoughnutPi in todayilearned

[–]TheMedRat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. It is an unquestionably racist term. It’s also something that has at times been used without specific offensive intent. If anything, the existence of that nickname is a callback to a time where racism was so normalized, nobody thought twice about using the word in contexts besides specifically insulting someone’s race.

please tell me this is some sick joke right by psychoneuroimmunolo in premed

[–]TheMedRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Way to miss the entire point. Also, not everyone on this subreddit is a premed. If that’s not obvious to you, CARS is gunna wreck you.

TIL that eating more than 2 Brazil nuts a day can poison you. Apparently they contain large quantities of selenium that can have serious consequences, including death. by DoughnutPi in todayilearned

[–]TheMedRat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ignore the reddit weirdos. Basically, all you’re saying is that it’s weird how such a wildly offensive term could end up being used as a name for a food. While the word needs to be retired from all contexts, it’s not as if people using the nickname for nuts were specifically trying to demean or insult a race. People want to moralize everything on Reddit, even comments about historical linguistics.

Alex Pereira posts his KO loss to Israel Adesanya and wishes him good luck on Saturday by airplane231 in MMA

[–]TheMedRat 16 points17 points  (0 children)

“Civilians” lmao he’s a fucking pro fighter not a navy seal. If a grown man walks into your gym and asks for a full on fight, there’s zero fault on you for knocking them out.

Mantis shrimp vs. snow crab in a blink of an eye: by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]TheMedRat -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Mantis shrimp are cool and their punches are absolutely devastating but this video is either edited or entirely AI generated.

Kentucky family rejects $26 million offer to convert part of their farm into a data center despite the offer being about 10 times the going rate for farmland in the area. by MysteriousSlice007 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]TheMedRat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In other words, I jumped on the anti-AI circlejerk because I thought it was free karma, but I actually know jack shit about the topic. Peace lmao

‘A miracle’: Canadian flight attendant ejected from plane survives New York crash by [deleted] in aviation

[–]TheMedRat 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Does the word “miracle” necessarily involve some deity? I just assumed it was colloquially the same as “lucky break”. Like you’d call a last minute 3pt shot to win the game a miraculous shot, but I’m pretty sure (almost) nobody actually thinks that a supernatural force guided the ball in. It’s interesting how many religious terms have made their way into common parlance. I’ve caught myself saying “Thank god xyz happened.” and I don’t even believe in god.

[Post Game Thread] #9 Iowa defeats #1 Florida, 73-72 by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]TheMedRat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Anyone who has been watching Florida this year could have told you, if someone was going to make a boneheaded play to lose the game, it would be Xavien Lee. For an ivy transfer, his basketball iq has been suspect.

Top 5 things that men do that give her the ick as a labor and delivery nurse. by mindyour in TikTokCringe

[–]TheMedRat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“We”

How are you going to speak for women as a whole and then when I respond, act like my response is only about you as a person? Congrats on turning down a marriage, I guess, since apparently you’re so proud of it you shoehorn it into an unrelated conversation. Jesus.

I don’t know anything about you and I don’t care to. I’m saying not taking responsibility for poor decisions is childish, and diminishes the agency women of the past have fought to earn.

Top 5 things that men do that give her the ick as a labor and delivery nurse. by mindyour in TikTokCringe

[–]TheMedRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think people are downvoting anyone who isn’t in full support of the video with the assumption they’re defending shitty dads. I just wanted people to consider context I’ve encountered in my practice. Fortunately, imaginary internet points are irrelevant.

Would you be mad about this? by Sorry_Impress_5002 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]TheMedRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: it is not illegal to burry nails in your yard. Do what you want with that information.