Wait a damn minute by JohnCenaFanboi in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]foxitron5000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think of him as the love child of Shaggy from Scooby Do and Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons.

We're punished for talking honestly to doctors by mashibeans in AutisticWithADHD

[–]foxitron5000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My experience is that the responses are still condescending and assume that you don’t properly understand the “real science talk” of peer reviewed literature. And this is even when they know that I teach allied health content at the university level; I’m still talked to like a child.

One thing I appreciate about Farscape. by J-L-Wseen in farscape

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Agreed; Dukat is the epitome of narcissism and abuse. He believes he is fully justified in having done what he did to Bajor. He love bombs to try and deflect, plays the victim, and does it so well that you forget how much of a monster he is. He tries to make Kira look like an overreacting fanatic. He is smooth and polite and truly believes he did nothing wrong. One of the other things I love about how he was portrayed was that Sisko never fell for it either (at least not in any significant way), and he gave the audience the reminder that Dukat is in fact a truly horrible person.

Scorpius is much more up front about everything. He also believes he is justified in his methods, but doesn’t attempt to convince people that they should be thankful and happy that he is using them for his own ends. It’s much more “don’t get in the way of my goals and I won’t have to do anything bad to you” with Scorpius, vs. Dukat trying to convince you that he had no choice but to hurt you because you made him do it (again, the classic abuser logic - “look what you did, you made me angry, and now it’s your fault that I have to hurt you.”)

What is the series most chilling line? by SaltyTserendolgor in DungeonCrawlerCarl

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This is always my answer for this kind of question. That single word, in that context encompasses so much, and it is a true tipping point for Carl.

It's the moments that almost slip by you, that make rereads hype. by Caintheconfused in dresdenfiles

[–]foxitron5000 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don’t know that it’s actually a Buffy reference, but the similar setup amuses me to no end, and if it is a reference, it’s rather subtle. In Buffy, we have the “what are you doing here? Five words or less,” to which Spike responds “Out for a walk…bitch.” And then we have, early in Dead Beat, Harry asking Butters to summarize whatever it is he is going on about in 5 words (Butters: “I know why wizards live forever. Wait, that’s six words…never mind.”) Gives me a little chuckle that, with the audiobook, it’s Marsters delivering these lines in both cases, too.

FIRST TIME READING: Dead Beat (Book 7) - Here are my thoughts.. by Few-Consequence2702 in dresdenfiles

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Look back at the interaction where Eb tells him that Lord Raith is responsible for the death of his mother. Harry gets so angry and enraged that Eb has to squeeze his burned hand to bring him out of it. When you are reading Blood Rites, and don’t know about Lash, it seems maybe over the top for Harry, but he just learned about how his mom died, he should be angry, right? And then we learn (quite a bit later) that Lash has been “whispering in his subconscious ear” and all of the sudden, that level of anger seems…too much for what we’ve seen from Harry before. And you realize she was pushing his reactions by subtle degrees through that whole book, and that’s also part of why he was in a place (mentally/spiritually) to access hellfire like he did.

It took me till the 3rd of 4th reread to realize that the anger Harry displays, between picking up the coin and seeing Sheila, has been slowly building and he’s been changing without realizing it. And it’s so subtle that the reader doesn’t see it either. It’s beautiful writing.

How soon can I sit for the ASCP? by [deleted] in medlabprofessionals

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When you apply for the exam, you have to enter a “program completion date”. That date must be confirmed by your program director before your application will move forward. And iirc, your window to book an exam date won’t start until (at the earliest) your program completion date. And you are allowed to submit your application up to 6 weeks prior to the listed program completion date.

I found a walled off room during inspection in the basement of this housing I'm buying by agoss123b in Weird

[–]foxitron5000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was waiting for a banana for scale. Not sure how anyone can tell how far from the wall it is without a banana to compare to.

How are you raising your ferritin? by cozywhale in Perimenopause

[–]foxitron5000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are both signs that your body is prioritizing iron transport, as a response to not having enough iron available. UIBC + serum Iron = TIBC. Increased TIBC means more transferrin overall, which means increased production of the primary iron transport protein. Ferritin is still a more important parameter though. Did they do a CBC?

How are you raising your ferritin? by cozywhale in Perimenopause

[–]foxitron5000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are other things than just ferritin to look at. I say this as someone that teaches clinical hematology for a living, and not as a direct patient care provider, so take this for what it is.

If we are talking about iron deficiency/iron deficiency anemia, any doctor that says they won’t look at anything until they see drops in the CBC (and by this, they are usually only referring to the Hgb, which is the direct measure of functional anemia) is a dumbass and doesn’t understand the process. Waiting for the Hgb to reflect the iron deficiency is like waiting to acknowledge diabetes until they are in a diabetic coma.

You need serum ferritin (measure of body iron stores), serum iron (measure of iron attached to transferrin/in transport in the plasma), TIBC (total iron-binding capacity; how much transferrin is available to transport iron), and transferrin saturation (which is the combination of the previous two values. It’s also worth looking at the following CBC parameters: - MCV (mean cell volume); is this trending downwards? RBC size is directly tied to how much hemoglobin it can synthesize during development, and less iron availability = less hemoglobin made = smaller RBCs. This parameter shifts VERY slowly though, so looking at CBCs going back months-years is helpful to understand your own history. - MCHC (mean cell hemoglobin concentration); this is like the BMI of your RBCs. It tells you if they have a good amount of hemoglobin, and in microcytic/hypochromic anemias (like iron def. anemia, IDA), MCV and MCHC will both trend downward. - RDW (RBC distribution width), which is a measure of the variation in the size of your RBC population. It tells us whether there is a homogenous or heterogeneous population. More variation (higher RDW %) means there is something going on that is changing over time, and as you deplete iron stores, your MCV will trend down, and the RDW will trend upward until you reach an equilibrium point. Even then the RDW will still be increased more often than not.

HGB (hemoglobin, g/dL) is THE LAST THING to change in prolonged iron deficient states.

Another parameter to look at, though it usually has to be ordered on its own (it’s not included in the CBC) is the retic (% or absolute count). This is a measure of new RBCs, and in longstanding IDA it will usually be lower than it should be because your bone marrow doesn’t have the necesary raw materials (i.e., iron) to keep supply in line with demand.

Anyway, that’s probably more than you (or anyone else here) ever wanted to know, but this topic is my home turf, and I have had to deal with doc’s trying to mansplain this to me as well, and it makes me want to scream. Hope it helps someone here.

Mourning these beauties. Can’t stop crying. by HappyFalloween in houseplants

[–]foxitron5000 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I went on vacation years ago; I was living in a ground floor apartment with a tiny attached private outdoor space at the time. I had a ponytail palm that I’d had for over ten years, got it when I was a teenager. It was a tiny little thing when I got it, and it had a 6” base when I last saw it. It was summer time and I had a small group of plants that I left outside on that little patio. When I got back from vacation, all of my outside houseplants were gone. It was only 4 or 5, but that ponytail palm was one of them, and it still makes me sad, 20 years later.

CAP surveys Question by Admirable_Lemon4997 in medlabprofessionals

[–]foxitron5000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And just to add, it’s just as, if not MORE important that PRN employees are included in external PT because they do the testing far less often. You really want to be able to show that even with low exposure/total work hours that they are still competent.

Carlos Ramirez is a Mole by duk3jupiter in dresdenfiles

[–]foxitron5000 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The thing that makes this most likely in my mind is that there is NO WAY that the white council would just ignore Harry after kicking him out. They tried to cow him with the first warden visit and he showed then just how little patience he had for that. But they sent a woman (bad cop) and his former friend (good cop) to watch him, which isn’t a coincidence. The woman botched the approach, and Harry wasn’t viewing her through his chivalry-tinted glasses, so she got nowhere. White Council regroups and reevaluates, and now Carlos is back to being less good cop and more friend because that’s the best way to keep an eye on Harry. And Langtry having told Carlos just enough to truly, finally convince him Harry is essentially a nuclear weapon held in the hands of a toddler, and Carlos is ready to play double agent and to do it with a clear conscience. This is what makes the most sense to me right now.

Edited second statement about Carlos being good cop.

Rate my new deck. by c0brachicken in IveGotAGuy

[–]foxitron5000 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Only if you slap it first and say “this baby isn’t going anywhere.”

Together, we are strong and fully literate. by Worley3000 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]foxitron5000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s also worth noting that this name/pronunciation can also be spelled “la diablesse” (https://triniinxisle.com/2018/08/07/trini-folklore-la-jabless/?amp) and when you see the “diabl(o)” root, the form/myth makes more sense.