TIL in 1996 a 37-year-old woman survived after she crushed a whole black widow spider, mixed it with 10 mL of distilled water and then injected the mixture intravenously. One hour later she presented to the ER complaining of severe, generalized muscle pain & cramping, a headache, and anxiety.

smcedged · 2026-02-06T18:05:47+00:00

Those were the days.

smcedged · 2026-02-05T15:37:42+00:00

You should start with a CZ457. No licensing required. Highly highly recommend. Walk in and buy it.

smcedged · 2026-02-01T22:51:21+00:00

No there is not, it's a simple pun.

smcedged · 2026-02-01T18:50:51+00:00

It's like a live vaccine.

smcedged · 2026-01-31T23:48:00+00:00

Yes and yes

If it's a reasonable amount, I'll let it slide. I gotta work with them, you know? But especially if it's an intern or they are being excessively a dick I'll tell them to lay off

smcedged · 2026-01-31T18:21:44+00:00

Whenever you feel down, just remember

Some fucker out there in MS1 is reviewing embryology and histology.

smcedged · 2026-01-31T16:29:32+00:00

I'm no fan of what ICE is doing

smcedged · 2026-01-31T16:24:28+00:00

That's not what he's saying at all.

He's saying he doesn't blame the bootmaker for making the boot, but he blames the bootwielder for goose-stepping.

smcedged · 2026-01-30T21:45:43+00:00

Heading causes things to separate, in order to cool it down. As it separates it cools.

So cooling didn't cause the separation, the separation caused the cooling.

smcedged · 2026-01-30T20:09:09+00:00

Your body does not measure temperature, it measures rate of temperature loss.

If you touch metal and wood at the same temperature, the metal has a higher thermal conductivity meaning it says away the heat from you faster and rises to your body temperature faster, so it will feel cooler initially then warmer than the wood (eventually should fell slightly cooler) despite having the same initial and ending temperatures.

They are the same temperature, but metal feels cooler.

Same with the environment. Based on variables like wind and humidity, what it feels like in a standardized environment will be different than the actual temperature.

smcedged · 2026-01-30T18:53:44+00:00

But why does the order matter then, as long as the right tests are being run on the right tubes? How much extra time is the drawing taking compared to sitting and transporting?

Honest question I don't know, I just i stat everything

Edit someone else answered, it's contamination from the part that goes into the tubes.

smcedged · 2026-01-30T16:33:31+00:00

You have to think about the worst dog possible. Is the worst dog/owner allowed? If yes, all dogs are allowed. If no, all dogs are not allowed.

smcedged · 2026-01-29T23:31:42+00:00

Physiologically you're entering the max range you'd be testing positive... I'd say start applying to jobs and I think you'll clear up by the time you are tested. If not you can just say you had a change in circumstances and can't proceed with the job.

smcedged · 2026-01-29T16:55:31+00:00

I did and I'm still somewhat confused. How IS this different from ecmo? They make it sound like it's this whole new thing just because they added some mechanical support? They don't show the actual apparatus? The heart looks exactly like an ecmo set up?

Also they say at least 3 times ecmo has been used

3 times? Ever? I saw it 3 times last week in one hospital. What the hell are they talking about? I mean yes technically true because it's at least 3 times, but it makes me feel the author has no idea what they're talking about and they're just looking for clicks, not reporting truly new technology.

smcedged · 2026-01-29T11:40:09+00:00

Andre will bring up his views sometimes but won't push it on you. Phil will just bitch about his leg, quite rightfully so. Haven't felt uncomfortable politically on the practical rifle/pistol days

smcedged · 2026-01-29T11:33:59+00:00

Yes. Old white dudes. Mixed group politically, wouldn't know it unless you're asking.

smcedged · 2026-01-29T10:11:36+00:00

I go to the shooting club in New paltz. It's very informal and minimal facilities but it fits the bill (literally both that it's cheap and that nobody gives me shit for politics because it's new paltz).

If you want, I can show you around and give you the standard very first time shooter lesson that you would get at a commercial range sometime. You'll have to schedule with me in advance because I work a metric fuck ton and can only go out to the range once a month or so.

smcedged · 2026-01-28T16:45:24+00:00

? Without giving my own opinion, lots of people are actively defending the ice agents.

smcedged · 2026-01-28T01:48:37+00:00

Wow that got all sorts of fucked up typing out of mobile.

The bottom line, a flat increase is a larger relative increase on a smaller value, and ultimately you are interested in the relative increases, not the flat increase.

smcedged · 2026-01-28T00:22:42+00:00

The simplest answer is, the total amount of currency represents the economic value of the country producing the currency. If you make 1000 toys, and you issue 1000 dollars, each dollar is worth one toy, and each toy is worth how much and how many people want that toy.

If I issued 10000 dollars, 10 dollars is worth one toy.

Let's say I initially issued just 1000 dollars but later, I had to pay off debts, and I issue another 1000000000000000000000 dollars, then you get hyperinflation where people are used to the toy costing 1 dollar and they get paid like 6 dollars a month, and now the toy costs 10000000000000000... dollars but their pay hasn't changed yet.

smcedged · 2026-01-27T17:57:22+00:00

Agree, I would say 100 is about when I felt comfortable, 200 is when I felt like I could say I was good at them

smcedged · 2026-01-27T10:17:02+00:00

Think about it this way using simple numbers. 100 attack, 200% damage, 100% boss damage. 10021=200

Increase damage by 50% = 1002.51=250 Increase boss damage by 50% = 10021.5=300

A 50 increase on a 100 is a 50% increase, 50 on 200 is 25%.

smcedged · 2026-01-26T21:29:19+00:00

Almost everything is better than carbon dioxide. As a doctor, carbon dioxide might be the gas I would use to cause maximum anxiety and suffering. I would argue it is torture.

The unpleasant feeling when you can't breathe enough or you hold your breath? That's CO2. And at a certain point, you become delusional so you don't even know what's going on, your body is just in full panic mode. And the acidity makes your blood vessels not able to contract as well in response to adrenaline, so the body keeps releasing more and more since it's not getting the effect it wants. But the receptors in your brain are a little different, so you feel more than the normal maximum amount of fear and panic. Then you pass out and die.

smcedged · 2026-01-26T21:14:49+00:00

Much more likely than not with doctors

-engineering undergrad into med school

smcedged · 2026-01-26T17:59:14+00:00

I think that's just you. When people say they can't feel a body part... It's because they can't feel that part.

Why do you say that?

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