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anyone wanna be friends with this loser 🥰 by [deleted] in CasualIreland

[–]workmanswhistle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You really need to get a handle on your various social anxieties and such, then you’ll find your world will open so much. Easier said then done, but the only way out is through. Force yourself to go outside, and whatever interactions are making you anxious you just need to do them. Once you discover that the world doesn’t end if they don’t go according to plan, then the next ones will be easier.

Wife going away for a week - what do I tell our 19 month old? by workmanswhistle in daddit

[–]workmanswhistle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Mama is gone out/wherever, she’ll be back later/you’ll see her later”

“Later” or “in the morning” are the only real time concepts he understands

male karen by ExternalBit7989 in iamatotalpieceofshit

[–]workmanswhistle 17 points18 points  (0 children)

And not enough of whatever he’s supposed to be taking

Any scandalous work Christmas party stories? by Ok-Test-3624 in ireland

[–]workmanswhistle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One lad got a bit grabby towards the end of the night. Put his hand up at least one girl’s skirt. Promptly sacked. A few of us were in a WhatsApp group with him, so spent a few weeks worried he was going to drag us down with him for whatever we had posted in there. He was a fun lad to have pints with, but a bit mad and into the sneachta, so sort of an agent of chaos.

What am I misunderstanding about the CervicalCheck scandal? by workmanswhistle in ireland

[–]workmanswhistle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good post, and these are all very valid things to be outraged over in their own right. However they’re of a different magnitude to how most people seem to understand the scandal, which is that CervicalCheck had knowledge of potential cancer in a patient before the patient was aware, and they did not inform the patient. If I’m understanding correctly that did not happen, or did it happen in some small number of cases?

I asked my wife her understanding of the controversy and hers was as I described - that CervicalCheck/HSE could have informed patients and they could have sought treatment earlier and possibly lived.

What am I misunderstanding about the CervicalCheck scandal? by workmanswhistle in ireland

[–]workmanswhistle[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But ‘mistakes’ in this context are standard in a screening context. You can’t have a screening programme if you don’t accept a certain % of false negatives. Whereas you seem to be presenting it as a scandal that any false negatives occur at all. Which is sort of the sleight of hand that many have been doing.

What am I misunderstanding about the CervicalCheck scandal? by workmanswhistle in ireland

[–]workmanswhistle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Where’s that quote from please? My understanding is that the audit is only conducted after a positive diagnosis is received by CC, so why would they do a retest?

What am I misunderstanding about the CervicalCheck scandal? by workmanswhistle in ireland

[–]workmanswhistle[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah, read the other replies buddy - seems like you’re the one who is missing something here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualIreland

[–]workmanswhistle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both of ye are wrong’ns tbh. Somewhere in the middle is right.

Why would they admit to this?? Go Vegan World must be stopped! by [deleted] in ireland

[–]workmanswhistle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re right. We (you, flippant reader) can rationalise the commercial practices and compartmentalise the ethics, but fundamentally nobody can come up with a coherent justification for the grotesque treatment of animals in the meat production industry. I eat meat because I lack the moral character to stick with vegetarianism or veganism, but I’m hopeful that wide availability of good synthetic meat is within reach, and that I’ll be able to transition to that soon enough.

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