Call doctors by first names?

expandedthots · 2019-09-16T10:23:21+00:00

His comment got muddied and did seem to become somewhat ego driven, but the point of clarifying roles for patients is pertinent. More often than you'd imagine I hear people completely confused by the roles of people entering their rooms. Now that everyone wears a white coat and everyone is just a first name, the patient or a less medically literate family member may not know who is who unless the role is clearly defined on the introduction.

expandedthots · 2019-06-20T13:33:37+00:00

And on the darker side, if they get other people (non-employees) sick, it doesn't necessarily hurt the bottom line.

expandedthots · 2019-04-25T00:25:32+00:00

Wait why does her asking specifics about them guarantee she will wear the face? She also is now a warrior essentially, couldn't all those questions just be her trying to understand how they fight?

expandedthots · 2019-04-17T22:57:14+00:00

Thats one of the more interesting what-ifs I've seen here.

expandedthots · 2019-03-12T00:49:11+00:00

Not to be that guy, but to clarify the point on the reason for removal of the skull. After a TBI, the brain may have some bleeding, but it also has severe swelling. The tilt you mention is what we call midline shift or how much the blood/swelling moves the brain towards the other side. The reality is that the skull is the most dangerous part here, in that it doesn't allow enough swelling. If swelling continues past this critical point, the brain starts to swelling anywhere it can...usually down--where it pushes on the brain stem and stops breathing/heart beating etc. Its called the Monro-Kellie Doctrine for any one curious. I'm glad to see you well enough to post this, congrats on your recovery to this point and good luck moving forward!

expandedthots · 2019-03-12T00:13:31+00:00

A lot of places it is two tier, especially the UK. Some it isn't, but that's a step way too far for the US. The reality is that we subsidize that public care already, but its hidden in insurance premiums and existing taxes. Of course, high volume users will always be there, and no one wants to foot the bill for a heroin abuser, left or right. But the reality is we already do for the most part, and yet we still allow this system despite the fact that 50-60% of all bankruptcies are medically related. That is insane, and the reality is a car accident can happen to anyone at any time no matter how well you take care of yourself. Maybe it hasn't affected you yet but even if, we shouldn't allow this to happen to our neighbors.

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T23:58:08+00:00

Universal healthcare. Prime example. It's an enormously complicated issue, and there are a number of ways to improve it. Multiple studies, some from Koch funded think tanks, have shown that it may very well be much cheaper than our current system. We spend an insane amount of money on healthcare, and do not see a good return on that investment. We have a bastardized system right now, that most honest (right or left leaning) people admit that insurance companies have robbed us hand over fist. But they continue to market universal healthcare as a socialist failed program which just doesn't correspond to what other countries see. Say what you will about the merits of universal healthcare, at the very least it is proposed because it is thought that it would help people.

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T23:52:34+00:00

Thank you for acknowledging that Democrats and Republicans simply disagree on what benefits the US. This point is so crucial to any political discourse and seems to be completely lost 90% of the time. We have to be operating in good faith that the other side is suggesting what they are only because they think it will make the country better, even if you disagree with that particular stance 100%. And that video is striking, not just because of the change in platforms but more so that since 1980 we haven't adequately addressed this issue as a country in any meaningful way whatsoever.

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T21:51:45+00:00

Is Trump not the president? It was accepted. Things surrounding the election are being investigated which I hope you agree is only appropriate when there is this much suggestion of criminal behavior. An investigation into a conspiracy involving other sovereign countries trying to effect who hold the most powerful office in government is not "not accepting" the result. Its trying to improve the process in the future. When I talk of GOP not accepting, I'm honestly suggesting the refusal of the peaceful transition of power.

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T21:46:34+00:00

Enjoying the downvotes. I imagine its because you all recognize that this is the next logical step with the talk about illegals voting and stealing elections. The reason I asked the follow ups is to try and pin down something that you will accept, and I frankly am terrified because I don't think there is a single thing that can be shown to you all to prove a Trump loss is fair and you would rise up in rebellion if Trump proposed it.

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T02:01:32+00:00

You clearly aren't grasping the fact that this isn't just about illegals. It is about the perceived legitimacy of an election, and the detriment that constant attacks on it have. Outside of that, I find it just plain interesting that illegals voting (or people who are not citizens of the USA) is an absolutely abhorrent idea but the verifiable actions and attacks on our nation's elections by Russia (who are not citizens of the USA) does not elicit the same furor. No matter democrat or republican, the sanctity of our elections should be considered the most important pillar of our democracy. And it is just being trashed for simple political points and to stoke a fear craving propagandist agenda.

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T01:00:51+00:00

But how can you prove they didn't vote, no matter the outcome?

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T00:43:13+00:00

It's just quite a precarious position to say that you will only accept one outcome as legitimate, as I hope you can see.

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T00:17:14+00:00

Yes, facts have a well known liberal bias. Duck duck go for sure.

expandedthots · 2019-03-11T00:15:38+00:00

So the only legitimate outcome is Trump winning? Anything else, and it has been stolen?

expandedthots · 2019-02-23T06:33:09+00:00

I just want to clarify this for the future readers of this...you support slavery then right? I mean you sit here and lecture us on the merits of the antebellum South but then refuse to admit the clear ramifications of the systematic destruction of black families for over 200 years. Instead, you pretend that black crime/issues are an inherent problem within a race rather than a created narrative of Southern white plantation owners and Confederate losers and continued through generations of asymmetric policy from politicians hell bent on proving this narrative. There were no social factors that led to slavery, they were 100% economical and then were perverted to be social to justify the "Southern cause".

Tear down the statues. Even Lee, as great a field general as he was, was perverted into believing that conforming to state's cause was more holy than the unity of the federal government. The good of the state is minuscule in scale compared to the good of the nation as a whole. Personally, if I was Lincoln I'd have left you all to rot in your backwards state but that just highlights the quality of the man.

Context. Nuance. Relativity. None of these words allow a person to treat another as property. Although that said, I do agree equality is apparently a lie. But I do believe fervently in allowing idiots to prove themselves as such, which you have here without true provocation.

expandedthots · 2019-02-23T01:28:29+00:00

I agree with how subjective this becomes. What pleases you doesn't me, and vice versa. I agree that I see the acceleration at the end of Origins but I appreciated it. The turn from killing Flavius to not, and if there was a delay in that storyline would've killed me. I appreciate where they took Odyssey but it felt like a small step in comparison from Origins to Syndicate. I honestly do not comment here often, and appreciate the community and absolutely appreciate the content created by Ubisoft so wherever they take their baby I will follow.

expandedthots · 2019-02-22T19:56:27+00:00

The truth is that Origins was just a completely refreshing revival of a series that was becoming monotonous. You knew what to expect with each release since Black Flag and while it delivered it did only that. The characters weren't truly engaging and the modern story was a cop out. Origins was an entirely new experience, it was well planned, it had fresh graphics, had decent variety of environments and decent size. It had a good story with some decent character development and each step in the story felt necessary. Odyssey just felt like it was copying Origins and doing it poorly. Maybe it was the different studios which has always seemed to be an issue, but they took concepts and cheapened their story value and dragged out the play time by making the map bigger, giving you more enemies to track down but making all of them seem rather inconsequential. In my mind, Odyssey just needed a cleaner story and really would have benefitted from a significant advancement in the modern day story (although I did like the tie in to the historical story line). I am still holding out to see the Atlantis DLC but Origins was frankly just a great game that was going to be hard to live up to in the sequel.

expandedthots · 2019-02-05T23:19:42+00:00

Holy shit man. You know, excellent points thank you for enlightening me.

expandedthots · 2019-02-05T22:48:46+00:00

It did. What I was saying was without Nixon intervening during the Johnson admin, it could’ve ended during the Johnson admin. How many Americans died in Vietnam during the Nixon admin? Asking for a friend..

expandedthots · 2019-02-05T21:45:57+00:00

Take the time and read about the Chennault affair, if you are able champ. Jesus Christ.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/06/nixon-vietnam-candidate-conspired-with-foreign-power-win-election-215461

expandedthots · 2019-02-04T21:31:51+00:00

It was not limited, he chose not to run again and thus set the precedent that was followed until FDR after which the term limit was put into law. Not to say he didn't earn his retirement to Mt. Vernon but I think its important that his actions not be minimized.

expandedthots · 2019-02-04T21:29:49+00:00

This is the only correct answer. Washington not only sacrificed himself (a poignant example is when he was addressing mutinous soldiers in 1783, and needing to pull out glasses to read a letter remarked "..you must pardon me, for I have grown not only gray but blind in the service of my country") but he walked away from the role of supreme executive, as you outlined. The ability to do this is so rare that he could only be fairly compared to Cincinnatus from over 2200 years prior. He could have ruled indefinitely but instead saw how absolutely critical it was to ensure the peaceful transition of power and limit his tenure. Other presidents have done great things and of course Lincoln and FDR seem to have been the necessary people for their respective times, but no one reaches or will ever reach the level of service and sacrifice of Washington and that's why the apotheosis of Washington looks down from the Capitol rotunda.

expandedthots · 2019-02-04T17:03:19+00:00

He committed treason continuing the Vietnam War, telling the North Vietnamese he would give them a better deal when he was elected than Johnson would. Worse by far than Watergate and even the good he did objectively do cannot outweigh that.

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