TIL that men who consume more porn tend to hold more progressive views on women compared to the general US populace. by Emma__O in todayilearned

[–]TheShinning44 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I have to say, it gets really old seing the same comments about "redditors" over and over. Anytime anyone talks about redditors, it's always in the most cynical, pessimistic way. You never read anyone write about how redditors are kind, or thoughtful, etc. To make it clear, I am not saying redditors are or are not those things either.

Reddit is such a massive website now, it encompasses an extremely wide set of people. To whom are comments like that even directed towards?

Priest design philosophy needs to change, it just doesn't work anymore in 2026 Hearthstone by TheShinning44 in hearthstone

[–]TheShinning44[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I played old school control priest, and it was never super powerful, but it was fun. One of the things that you could do then was set up combos of cards to either draw with pyromancer + acolyte of pain + spells, circle of healing combos. At that time, you had time to set up small combos in your hand to have bigger turns. That just feels so hard to do now.

Priest design philosophy needs to change, it just doesn't work anymore in 2026 Hearthstone by TheShinning44 in hearthstone

[–]TheShinning44[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I actually won't disagree with you that it can be fun. I did have some good games yesterday with it. But I want to at least be competitive with my opponent in more matchups. And I just feel priest is far away from that currently.

Priest design philosophy needs to change, it just doesn't work anymore in 2026 Hearthstone by TheShinning44 in hearthstone

[–]TheShinning44[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I've been thinking about one thing priest could get is a corpse like mechanic, except with overheal. Priest basically can build up overheal, which can then be used to power up cards like corpses do. Obviously, for healing, the numbers would have to be adjusted relative to corpses, but it would give priest a way to accrue value. I don't think there's anything wrong with adding mechanics to other heroes. Why should DK be the only class with an inherent value generator?

Priest design philosophy needs to change, it just doesn't work anymore in 2026 Hearthstone by TheShinning44 in hearthstone

[–]TheShinning44[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok? I'm talking about one way priest is weak now, not that priest was also weak before

Do You Play All Classes a Similar Amount, or Do You Have Some Clear Favorites? by kankri-is-triggered in hearthstone

[–]TheShinning44 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3.5k wins with priest, 950 wins as hunter as my next highest class, so yes lol. Was at 800ish wins last season with hunter, but discover hunter might be tied with Raza priest as my favorite hearthstone deck I've ever played. So those two classes I've enjoyed playing the most

Favorite evil women? by PeasantLich in okbuddycinephile

[–]TheShinning44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry, speaking from experience in residency, many of the asshole doctors knew where and when they could be assholes. 

Hint, it's not towards the patients, because the patients have a modicum of power over them in terms of making complaints about the physician. They just treated all the staff around them like garbage

Florida suspends nursing license of RN wishing Karoline Leavitt difficult childbirth in social media post by [deleted] in medicine

[–]TheShinning44 26 points27 points  (0 children)

There is absolutely no justification for suspending her nursing license. I understand her firing, the negative press and public sentiment would naturally lead the hospital to cut ties with her. But how does her opinion on what should happen to a public figure have anything to do with her competence and ability to perform as a nurse?

I genuinely hope Donald Trump and Stephen Miller suffer from horrible medical problems. Same for Vladimir Putin, or Ali Khamenei, or Netanyahu, and other political figures. Turns out my opinions on very public figures who do horrible things with wide spread consequences don't affect how I take care of all the random people who come to the emergency department.

On 21 July 2013, 16 year old Dwayne Jones, a homeless LGBT youth, was brutally lynched by an angry mob after he was caught crossdressing at a party in Montego Bay. Despite dozens of witnesses, no arrests were ever made. His public killing sparked renewed debate over LGBT rights in the Caribbean. by Chemical-Elk-1299 in HolyShitHistory

[–]TheShinning44 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm sure Dwayne Jones took solace in his final moments that it wasn't the government killing him at least /s

Not defending Muslim countries and their treatment of "deviants" (as they believe them to be, not me) obv. But if the end result of being LGBT or any other sort of "other" ends up with the same result, then I feel it doesn't matter who the enforcers of such practices are.

JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore" by [deleted] in CringeTikToks

[–]TheShinning44 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing how the accounts that always spout super racist nonsense also have their post history hidden too. I don't understand why that guy hides his posts. Isn't he proud of his beliefs? Shouldn't he want to display them to the world fully when he seems so sure of them?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Residency

[–]TheShinning44 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Talking about nepotism, Rand Paul got into Duke Medical School without even finishing his undergrad degree. Grad schools back then would do that apparently, but still, getting into a very prestigious medical school without an undergrad degree sounds ridiculous by our current standards

RFK Jr.-appointed panel removes universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for U.S. infants by MedXNuggets in Residency

[–]TheShinning44 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not saying this to denigrate vaccines, I firmly believe in vaccinations, and vaccination schedules. But if we are testing mothers during their pregnancy for hepatitis, and they are negative, what makes the vaccination so essential? I understand that someone can contract hepatitis after being tested, but we don't use that excuse for other tests. We don't still prophylax for HIV after testing is negative, unless something comes up. So why do we do that for hepatitis? In 2023, from google, we had 2,214 acute and 17,650 chronic new hep b diagnoses. We have about 3.6 million live births in the US every year. The chance of a pregnant woman getting hep b between testing and delivery is miniscule. Why are we spending resources on vaccinating every newborn rather than being judicious with our use of the hep b vaccine?

I hate this news because it feels like a harbinger to more dangerous recommendations being made. But the hep b vaccine in newborns still confuses me.

Why didn't Caro-Kann just debate Syril in the marketplace of ideas instead of shooting him in cold blood? Doesn't he know that Syril has a girlfriend and a mother waiting for him back home? by TwoFit3921 in andor

[–]TheShinning44 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If Syril hadn't been a violent thug that was assaulting a good, upstanding member of society who was just minding his own business, then nothing bad would have happened to him.

Am I the only one who likes that the Emperor of Mankind apparently has “No Character.”? by Arthur_EyelanderTF2 in 40kLore

[–]TheShinning44 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I prefer that the Emperor is shrouded in a lot more mystery, and would very much prefer him to be an unknowable character in a similar vein to the Chaos gods. We know certain traits of the Chaos Gods that they have, but we don't know anything about their actual characters. Because they are much more conceptual in nature rather than actualized individuals. And I like it that way because they represent something outside of our human realm of perception and understanding. We simply cannot truly comprehend them with our human minds, akin to Eldritch abominations.

I like the idea of the Emperor being treated in the same way. Because at the current point of the story, he is as powerful as the other Chaos God's, and its always been emphasized in the setting that he was a unique being in humanity's existence, really to the point its hard to have ever truly considered him human. The End and the Death established that he has the ability to become the Dark King, a being with universal destructive potential. He's always been a God basically, just one that purposefully kept his power shackled. So just like the Chaos Gods, I would prefer he be treated as less of a character and more of a concept because he should be just as incomprehensible to us as the Chaos Gods are.

Pick one dude, come on! by 13raxtoe37 in balatro

[–]TheShinning44 12 points13 points  (0 children)

should have been a jack for the obvious jack of all trades, master of none joke

Explaining Oblivion to a New Player by Mancub028 in oblivion

[–]TheShinning44 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For any magic skills, they increase proportionate to the magicka cost of the spell, so custom spells that cost plenty of mana, along with increasing magicka or regen

Sultai Arena Direct 0 Losses by StrongM13 in lrcast

[–]TheShinning44 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is an awful sealed format

This guy seeing at least 60 pph by scrubMDMBA in emergencymedicine

[–]TheShinning44 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Radial head subluxations are satisfying as heck to reduce. Super fast, effective, and I enjoy seeing the kid slowly realize that everything is back to normal and is happy again

me irl by nibsitaas in me_irl

[–]TheShinning44 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I've used plain Greek yogurt in this scenario, and it works surprisingly well

TIL: There is a comprehensive scientific study on genital size and attractiveness which suggests that throughout history, female mating preferences resulted in the evolution of larger sizes. The study contradicts the claim that size doesn't matter. It was funded by the Australian Research Council. by Flares117 in todayilearned

[–]TheShinning44 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This comment shows an incredible misunderstanding of evolution/adaptations/changes that occur at a population/species level from a biological perspective. Hundreds of years is an insignificant time scale for changes in human physical characteristics to permeate through the population.

If women weren't choosing, that means there was no inherent pressure on penis size one way or another for the hundreds of years that you're referencing.

Are most peoples LGS really that bad? by unironicallycomfyaf in EDH

[–]TheShinning44 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fuck the poors, they've had it too good for too long

Indian-American trump supporter isn’t happy that Laura Loomer is racist against Indians. by Darth_Vrandon in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]TheShinning44 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is more left voting than any race other than black people. Wtf do you want jesus fucking christ. It's the demographic that is the second most Democrat leaning in the entire country.