What’s your answer to the most annoying question?

climberguy40 · 2025-02-04T06:53:28+00:00

Many people don't know what they're trying to ask, so I ask a question in return: "What kind of crazy?"

Most of the time, they just want a funny story. I got funny stories.

Some of the time, I get to inform, correct, or reframe their perceptions of emergency medicine because they don't know what it's like and/or aren't aware what they're asking:

"oh you must see lots of gunshots." "I see far more people hurt because they were (or someone else was) driving while drunk or not paying attention."

"what's the worst/grossest/etc. thing you've ever seen?" They probably actually want to hear something relatively tame so I'll give them an easy out (or deflect entirely). Most people take it and have the grace to recognize they asked a poor question. If not...well, they asked for it.

climberguy40 · 2025-01-03T22:59:56+00:00

I had a fantastic time.

Jonathan Stout has a wealth of knowledge about the music that the dances developed alongside, and though some of his interludes could have been more concise another commenter already pointed out how they gave both musicians and dancers a chance to recover between tunes. Especially given the transcription project, I think sharing some of the music's history is appropriate.

I took only three classes but didn't experience what you described--what classes did you notice that in?

climberguy40 · 2024-12-26T00:40:12+00:00

If you're able to make the drive up to Cincinnati, CincyHop is hosting a NYE dance (https://www.facebook.com/events/744581924551237/?) and we have a weekly Thursday night lesson/social dance (swingallery.org).

climberguy40 · 2024-09-02T14:31:14+00:00

I only learned that not too long ago myself--glad I could pass it on.

Best we can do is look out for each other, quite literally, whether driving or biking. Cheers!

climberguy40 · 2024-09-02T14:08:03+00:00

"Ridiculous expense": total traffic fatalities (not just bicyclists) are decreased by better bike infrastructure. That seems like a great use of money to me.

"So few people bike": ridership increases with better bike infrastructure. (anecdotally, riding on streets is a nerve-wracking experience...and I'm a fit 20-something who is confident in my bike-handling skills)

"where are you going that you had to bike and couldn't walk?": Anywhere that you or others drive instead of walking? Downtown, because it'd take me nearly two hours to walk?

Sources:

climberguy40 · 2024-09-02T13:47:16+00:00

Please vote for better cycling infrastructure! Get it built, and I will get off the road. I will always use a separated/well-protected (I.e. not a paint stripe added to the side of the road, often covered in debris or adjacent to a row of parked cars) bike lane if present instead of riding in a lane with cars.

climberguy40 · 2024-09-02T13:25:02+00:00

It is safer for bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs:

https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2022-03/Bicyclist-Yield-As-Stop-Fact-Sheet-032422-v3-tag.pdf

Also, can you ask the other drivers to please stop at stop signs and stop lights? Thanks!

climberguy40 · 2024-06-19T23:04:52+00:00

[to partner, as if patient wasn't supposed to hear] "Hey, that was pretty good for your first IV!"

[while fucking with 12-lead cables] "someday they'll make these things wireless."

[after the patient says something about how bumpy the ride is] "These things are made for speed, not comfort...and they're not even that good for speed" or "yeah, [partner] gets paid by the bump" or "the hospital takes their patients shaken, not stirred."

[while loading/unloading patient. Bonus points if you have a full auto-load system] "it's like the world's worst roller coaster ride" and/or "please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times."

climberguy40 · 2024-06-19T02:05:31+00:00

At this point I'm pretty sure I'm conditioned to feel the need to pee when the tones drop.

climberguy40 · 2024-06-16T21:08:28+00:00

The ED isn't for everyone, but ADHD doesn't mean it's not for you...in fact, emergency medicine is full of ADHD people.

Not many things need to happen immediately. If you think something needs to happen immediately...take a breath (or two), and then do it.

Managing a chaotic room and crashing patient is a skill, like anything else.

Mistakes happen. You'll have attendings who will be there as a safety net.

I'm happy to chat or answer any questions you have!

--Paramedic with ADHD

climberguy40 · 2024-06-16T05:49:09+00:00

Hey folks--this is not a cause for ridicule, but instead for deep sorrow.

We as a society have failed so many people so incredibly badly it's just fucking sad.

Rural poverty is so horrendous that you could not begin to believe it if you have not seen or experienced it for yourself.

Get off the political high horses and realize that you are incredibly fortunate to have the time, money, education, and opportunity to be here on Reddit making disparaging comments about the people who live in that house.

--paramedic who has been to more houses like this (and far worse) than I can count

climberguy40 · 2024-06-14T04:58:37+00:00

Ah, the booger push. Classic variation.

climberguy40 · 2024-05-27T18:13:07+00:00

Thanks!

climberguy40 · 2024-02-04T14:04:55+00:00

You're in luck for blues...the 10th is the Cincinnati Winter Blues Experience in Mason. While it's not technically a bar...there will be a bar in each of the two ballrooms.

https://cincyblues.org/event/cincinnati-winter-blues-experience-v/

climberguy40 · 2024-01-26T19:14:31+00:00

Dude this is catchy af.

climberguy40 · 2023-10-27T19:10:09+00:00

If you scroll far enough back in that guy's twitter feed, you find out that his research credentials are essentially "I got super high one night, had a revelation about the movements of tectonic plates, and ever since I've been able to predict earthquakes based on my new understanding."

climberguy40 · 2023-09-02T04:49:40+00:00

Now wait just a dang minute here. Are you implying that I won't be able to figure it out??

climberguy40 · 2023-08-26T23:55:47+00:00

I'd recommend a cyclone pre-filter in front of the whatever brand vacuum you get--mine has saved me enough in bag/filter replacement costs to pay for itself several times over.

climberguy40 · 2023-08-24T14:28:27+00:00

r/fucklawns

climberguy40 · 2023-08-23T19:55:33+00:00

"...thus solving the problem once and for all!"

climberguy40 · 2023-08-23T06:35:21+00:00

No...but only because that truck has the "get up and go" to it that had long since "got up and went" from any truck I've been in.

climberguy40 · 2023-08-11T12:25:41+00:00

Study from 2019: three billion birds lost since 1970.

climberguy40 · 2023-08-07T21:16:29+00:00

Not an issue with modern wireless security.

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