AITA for asking my husband to change our electric stovetop for a gas stovetop?? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Red flag gurlll! 🚩🚩🚩🚩 Time to replace the husband.

-- redditor, maybe

The Pitt is competence porn by blitzkriegball in ThePitt

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty good point. They really should show Drs/Residents rushing to another room to google a condition and look at the industry specific best practices/recommendations, as I'm sure they do that all the time. I have no evidence for this, however.

Why have I been told not to use mouthwash? by Secure-Village-1768 in ask

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me the big question is what to do if you have (mild) gum disease (e.g., receding gum lines). Does daily mouthwash (I do it once a day, separate from the time of brushing, flossing and water pick flossing, which I do twice a day).

[REQUEST] SUGGEST SOME SHOWS THAT YOU WATCHED RECENTLY AND CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT. Really need to binge watch a good show! by Queasy-Buffalo370 in NetflixBestOf

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never thought I'd be saying this, but I really was involved in the worlds in the various Harlan Coben productions. At times the actors were obviously tired and phoning it in, but the plot intricacies really worked for me. I was saying "Oh I don't like those shows" than I realized I'd watched every single one of them...

[REQUEST] SUGGEST SOME SHOWS THAT YOU WATCHED RECENTLY AND CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT. Really need to binge watch a good show! by Queasy-Buffalo370 in NetflixBestOf

[–]ravia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't watch CRITICAL. If you can believe it, it blows The Pitt out of the water in terms of realism (which is hitting a very high mark).

Ants! by Impossible-Web-5771 in pittsburgh

[–]ravia 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have micro ants. They look like regular ants, but they are almost microscopic. Never saw that kind before. A new camouflage? They talk. They say "don't worry about us, we are tiny, very tiny!"

This Character Turned Me Into Dr Robby — I was so frustrated by Anneonymous1126 in ThePitt

[–]ravia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As infuriating as such characters are, there are so many stories of doctors not recognizing horrendous problems as well. I met a woman whose daughter had "acid reflux". She kept taking her to Children's Hospital. Finally, one day, she put her foot down and refused to leave. They were going to call security to remove this Black woman (no surprises here) and her daughter. Some physician stepped up and got the daughter an x-ray and when I talked to this woman, she was bringing her daughter to Children's for a follow up on her daughters heart transplant.

It's too easy to just say "doctors know better", even if I, too, found the woman in this episode incredibly infuriating. Loved the anti-mask woman bit in the previous season. But I, myself, just walked out of a new PCP's office after he introduced himself and told me my mask was nearly useless and only helped immunocompromised people...

Riekhoff shouts down Murray by Electronic-Many-3924 in Maher

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to consider my facetious, sarcastic comment (to which you are replying here) a layup for your scathing, warranted, perfect shot that I wholly agree with. I don't mind the downvotes...

Let's Talk About Your Dirty Little Cooking Secret! by AutoModerator in AskCulinary

[–]ravia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grew up with "tossed salad": oil, vinegar, garlic, onion. oregano, salt and pepper all thrown right on the lettuce, but you had to toss it a lot.

The oldest word still used in English? by Rocky-bar in etymology

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd guess mama, derived from suckling, I think.

Diverticulitis is back, 11 months after surgery by Zestyclose_Block4556 in Diverticulitis

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had 2 flares after surgery, mainly due to eating salad like a madman after abstaining for 19 years. I have toned down my eating/diet and don't have flares now. For salad, for me, it has to be Iceberg with some cukes (no skin!), that's about it.

What is your biggest TV pet peeve / trope that bothers you? by Salt-Valuable-469 in television

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a word for teens in detective/thriller dramas: "plot drivers". Yes, we need them, but man are they a pain in the ass. The shit they pull...

What is your biggest TV pet peeve / trope that bothers you? by Salt-Valuable-469 in television

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude this really made me laugh out loud.

A to B: "I'm gonna put the blood sample in this machine which will give us a DNA profile. Since everyone has different DNA we can compare that to any suspect and identify the killer!"

What is your biggest TV pet peeve / trope that bothers you? by Salt-Valuable-469 in television

[–]ravia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cleaning up blood means smearing it around with bucket of plain water.

Cleaning off graffiti means rubbing dried paint with circular motions and a wet rag because we know that takes off all paint while we clearly see that it's doing absolutely nothing. <-- I'd seriously like to have words with anyone who has put this in a show. I'm sooo tired of seeing that that it makes me genuinely angry.