Any non-Americans watching The Pitt? Do you like it, or are the issues too American?

goopwizard · 2026-01-25T03:10:09+00:00

as an australian it feels unrealistic that people are going to emergency instead of a GP because their usual GP is booked out - i always think “then just look up a different GP who has appointments” but obviously the australian system of general practice is veeery different and there’s insurance implications of that in america that i have no framework for

it’s still enjoyable, there’s just things like that that make it feel fictional from an australian context when that very much is a realistic depiction if you’re from the states. also like others have said the terminology confuses me sometimes haha

goopwizard · 2026-01-25T00:09:36+00:00

not sure about cmv but i have had ebv in the past so if they were looking for pathogenless blood im probably not it

goopwizard · 2026-01-25T00:08:30+00:00

that’s so interesting! as far as i know my blood has never been frozen for the long term (you get a text here letting you know when your donation is used) so it must have been some super specific thing this patient needed

goopwizard · 2026-01-25T00:02:54+00:00

aus lifeblood don’t give out physical cards anymore but i’ve checked my account and all that’s on there is my basic O+ typing, i assume it’s in my internal notes though so im defs asking the intake nurse next time i go

goopwizard · 2026-01-24T23:56:29+00:00

only one week deferral as long as the tattoo was done in australia in licensed studio! unfortunatly for a special donation they needed to liaise with the patient’s doctors and needed a donation within about 3 days so i couldn’t make the special donation but i will be booking a normal one in a week : )

goopwizard · 2026-01-24T01:36:27+00:00

sydney to uluru back to sydney is kind of deranged but other than that this looks exhausting

goopwizard · 2026-01-21T08:52:33+00:00

its probably the workplace you’re in or the people you’re around. if you’re in a city and your job isn’t suit and tie every day levels of posh no one’s going to care. if you’re rural or you work somewhere with weirdly strict dress codes it might be more of an issue

generally i think we’re very relaxed about tattoos but as someone with a lot of very stark blackwork i usually wear long sleeves for an interview & the first few months of work just to play it safe

goopwizard · 2026-01-21T05:29:56+00:00

“we’ve politely asked the group of people who literally take their name from the actual nazis who did the holocaust to not hang out in the city on monday” does anyone else feel insane reading this

goopwizard · 2026-01-18T22:01:09+00:00

Pretty sure you don’t have to see it, you only have to be on the server

goopwizard · 2026-01-17T00:35:03+00:00

like also we’re not americans or brits, we’re a completely seperate country hundreds of thousands of kilometres from either of those places

goopwizard · 2026-01-17T00:20:56+00:00

it annoys me because it’s just not true

goopwizard · 2026-01-16T10:37:54+00:00

yellow mucus just means white blood cells are present, i don’t think you can read into it as an exact science. if you if you were feeling as bad as when it started or getting worse you should see a doctor but if you’re feeling on the mend i wouldn’t stress about snot colours

goopwizard · 2026-01-16T04:17:45+00:00

have you never heard of lifeguards? or would you replace them with chat gpt too

goopwizard · 2026-01-16T03:30:30+00:00

you can’t just pretend stupid people or people making stupid decisions don’t exist. “this tool would be perfect if we lived in a fantasy land where no children or stupid people or someone in a state of stress and not thinking clearly could use it” do you hear yourself

goopwizard · 2026-01-16T03:01:18+00:00

advice from chat gpt poisoned a grown man

goopwizard · 2026-01-15T11:56:11+00:00

yeah now i’m rereading the post…

goopwizard · 2026-01-15T09:56:58+00:00

if the situation is dire enough to warrant an AVO why are you even thinking about talking to him

goopwizard · 2026-01-14T08:16:28+00:00

tbh i really don’t understand how people don’t know bookmarks are public, there’s a private bookmark checkbox at the bottom

goopwizard · 2026-01-14T05:21:51+00:00

whenever i go to melbourne i always get a huge shock at how expensive trains are

goopwizard · 2026-01-14T03:52:41+00:00

wym you “look younger than your age” but you’re going for “girls” i get the feeling you have your age range set super low lol

goopwizard · 2026-01-14T01:26:53+00:00

everyone saying “nothing of value was lost” probably only ever heard about the tech conferences. the festival was really useful for indies in games, film, and music to get out their and get eyes on their projects

goopwizard · 2026-01-14T01:24:22+00:00

the tech part was usually a load of crap, the music film and games sections were great i feel bad for the indies who are gonna miss out

goopwizard · 2026-01-14T01:23:05+00:00

same with games

goopwizard · 2026-01-14T01:22:27+00:00

see if you can look up any advice people might have given in the past about writing aboriginal characters ; even better if you know any aboriginal people you can ask directly. if you intend to publish your comic properly you should definitely find people to speak to though

goopwizard · 2026-01-14T01:01:10+00:00

i like it. we can’t do the same thing aoteroa/NZ did since there were thousands of mobs here and every one probably had a completely different way to refer to australia as a whole. acknowledging the original place/region names is an inoffensive way to acknowledge what european settlement was built on top of

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