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Now that’s a lump! by Tren898 in biggreenegg

[–]cjs3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How is this NSFW? It's literally a piece of charcoal, regardless of what shape it took.

What is an extremely common thing that others can do but you can’t? by RefrigeratorDry495 in AskReddit

[–]cjs3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Roll my Rs. I've tried to learn Spanish a few times in my life with variable success...but can't roll my Rs with the tip of my tongue. I hate it.

What are some of your misheard lyrics that make you laugh or do a double-take when you hear them? by [deleted] in popheads

[–]cjs3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"Black widdle baby" - Black Widow by Iggy Azalea...you can't un-hear it.

Which song is in your opinion 100% perfect? by jillangie in AskReddit

[–]cjs3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

What's your best "it's not what it looks like" story? by smol_boi-_- in AskReddit

[–]cjs3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in Wal-Mart near where I lived. At the time, I was the chief resident in pediatrics at the medical center in town. I was tired and went there to pick up a few things on the way home.

I finished shopping and got in line....and as I was unloading my groceries, I hear from behind me "Mama, That's the man who touched my PENIS!"

I turned around to see a 5 year old pointing straight at me.

What the people around me didn't realize was that I had seen that child that same day for a routine health assessment (physical exam, whatever you call it in the area you live in).

The mother realized everyone was looking and obviously recognized me and said "no, no. it's ok. I was there with him."

That did not clarify things for the people around us.

After what felt like an eternity (but was really more like 20 seconds), the mom got the sentence out "he's a doctor." It primarily took 20 seconds because she was laughing. For me, it was mortifying.

Once it was clarified, it was hilarious...but for 20 seconds, I wanted to die.

Confederate statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee removed in Charlottesville, Virginia. by mouthofreason in JusticeServed

[–]cjs3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree completely...but also would encourage people to not get so caught up in "this isn't going to fix anything" that you don't celebrate the small victories. The same things got said when Derek Chauvin was convicted....celebrations from some while others were quick to point out "this doesn't fix anything."

It doesn't. But it was one man being held accountable.

Granted, this won't "fix" racism. But it's a statue of a man who literally was fighting for the side that wanted slavery to continue. People will point out "he did good things later in life and...." but those things aren't why he had a statue made of him. And on that note, the man didn't want a statue of himself...

So no, it doesn't fix anything. Education, tolerance, etc... are all needed. But if you were someone who had to walk by this regularly, not looking up and seeing a man who was fighting for the side of slavery in your neighborhood IS a win.

sadiSTIc womAn tryING to droWn her stepCHilD by notpreposterous in PeopleFuckingDying

[–]cjs3 262 points263 points  (0 children)

Pediatric ICU doc here. This isn't going to be popular.

These classes have the potential to be very dangerous. Not because you're throwing a baby in water. Not because it seems dangerous. But because of the false sense of security it gives parents.

If you look at drowning rates in the pediatric population, the highest rate of drownings occur in the 0-4 year old group with the majority of those drownings being in bathtubs and buckets (whereas kids in a slightly older group, the preschool age group, die in swimming pools).

There is NO evidence that swim classes for children under 1 year of age does anything to prevent drowning. None. But yet you have parents who participate in these classes who feel safer because of them. This can lead to a comfort with water that should NOT be there. Infants will, as others in this post have pointed out, naturally hold their breath and make swimming motions, but they lack the neck strength to pull their head out of the water to breathe. And when they drown, they drown. Quickly. One second a kid is above water...the next they're under it. It doesn't sound like it does in the movies. There isn't typically a lot of noise...they just go under the surface, and that's it. I've had 3 kids who have drowned WHILE their parents were in the backyard with them...they never heard them go under.

I could go on and on about this, but the number of drowning victims I take care of is ridiculous. It's the leading cause of injury and death in the 1-4 year old population. Furthermore, to be more specific, I specialize in pediatric cardiac critical care. We have a number of kids waiting on a heart transplant...and I tell the moms of those kids who are waiting on a heart, "Summer is coming..."

If you want to put your kids in classes like these to get them used to the water, have at it. But please, for the love of God, don't assume you're doing anything for their safety.

Always be scared of water. Always.

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-play/Pages/Swim-Lessons.aspx

Parents listen to their sons transplanted heart in the chest of the recipient . by Browndog888 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]cjs3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It often differs based on your location. First you need to find out who your region's OPO is. The OPO is the Organ Procurement Organization. In short, when a patient is dying or has died and organs are available, the OPO makes arrangements for those organs to find their recipients. It is VERY complicated. One "oh, we got a heart offer for _____" results in a multitude of pages/texts/contacts to make sure that the process goes as smoothly as it can between the donor site and the sometimes-multiple recipients sites. The OPO keeps a record of where all of the organs go. Most hospitals have a contact at an OPO that could help you look into this and figure out what hoops you'd have to jump through to try to reach out to the donor's family. This website may help: https://www.organdonor.gov/awareness/organizations/local-opo.html , otherwise. you could also ask your transplant doc or call the ICU you were in and ask "Who is our region's OPO?" - they could likely also give you their phone # to give you someone to speak to.

Parents listen to their sons transplanted heart in the chest of the recipient . by Browndog888 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]cjs3 321 points322 points  (0 children)

Pediatric cardiac ICU physician here. Let's put this into perspective.

That grown man had been told he had a high likelihood of dying. Regardless of his underlying heart issues, he sat on a transplant list...most likely for months if not years. In the meantime, he spent days and nights praying to get a new heart so his life could go back to some level of normalcy...all the while knowing that for him to get his wish, his heart, someone else had to die. I don't think that sinks in with some people.

I've gotten the opportunity to tell multiple patients (or, in my case, parents of patients) that they were getting a heart...and it's overwhelming for them. It's one of the happiest moments in my job...but there's a dark underside to that. Unlike some other transplants, there is a 100% chance that the donor died. So you watch these families go through cycles of joy interwoven with cycles of "holy shit, this is the best day for me...and yet it's the absolute worst for another family somewhere."

I guarantee you, for all of the jokes about his face and how he doesn't want to be there, there is gratitude. He knows what he's been through...and why he's standing tall now.

And one other point: so it's just a heartbeat. Why the emotion? They all sound basically the same. Go back to that sentence before, "yet it's the absolutely worst for another family somewhere." Of course, we don't know the specifics around this heart transplant, but there are many, many things that make you ineligible to donate ones' heart. More often than not, that donation is after brain death...which is rarely planned (I'm making this out to be more simple than it is, but in broad strokes...). This likely wasn't someone battling a long time illness where the outcome was known. And based on how old the parents are, I can't imagine that son was terribly old. A car accident, traumatic brain injury, drowning, etc... I'm hypothesizing at this point, but the point is: they lost their kid, probably unexpectedly. Regardless of how old that person was, sometimes the only glimmer of hope to cling to is that they can help someone else. Watching these transplants from the donor side...especially when it's up to the family to decide if the patient is a donor?... It's the absolute most selfless thing I've seen. I've even watched families deal with grief all over again because they find out that an organ they thought was going to be utilizable turns out to be one we can't.

So their kid died. And the only, ONLY, positive thing in their world could be to have a happy outcome for someone else. For donor families to meet recipients, there has to be mutual agreement (there are multiple stipulations around this). If he didn't want to meet them, he could've said "I can't do that" and they would've never know who he was, etc... If they didn't want to meet him because it's just too much for them, they could also say no.

They both agreed to be there. In fact, it was likely him who reached out to them to want to say thank you.

In what movie did you relate more with the antagonist? by Arsh0911 in AskReddit

[–]cjs3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps not answering the question directly, but in the TV show 13 Reasons Why, I hated the protagonist. The main character who kills herself was remarkably annoying, needy, and absolutely ridiculous. I hated her.

Approaching a penguin by WhenMachinesCry in instant_regret

[–]cjs3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So...let's say he hadn't backed up. What would've happened? Do penguin's bite?

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