Random Thought Thread

[SpyderPhreak]

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Timmy. I have some bad news for you. That was someone's pet. See his leash in the 2nd picture?

Not cool man, not cool...

If the cops come knockin', you best run out the back.

 

[clinton1]

Speaking of meteorites, jock straps and super glue…… what ‘Chall know about “3I Atlas”??

Has 31/ATLAS disappeared after perihelion because of aliens, and why has it lost its tail?

3I/ATLAS update: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered by NASAs ATLAS telescope in July 2025, vanished behind the Sun and has now reappeared without a visible tail, sparking both scientific curiosity and alien speculation. The rare interstellar visitor, only the third of its kind, poses no...

m.economictimes.com

 

[vkp78]

We need transparency. Its not going to fix everything, but its a start.
Everything needs to be openly advertised on every manufacturers website- from the price of cotton swabs to titanium implants. No deal making(if someone is getting a low price, someone is getting their prices jacked up)no influence peddling when procuring supplies, no kickbacks, nothing in secret. Hospital clicks on website, hospital likes, they buy, or move on to some other manufacturer.
Now its the hospitals turn- itemized bills to patients within reason( for example, the nurses can't be expected to quantify every syringe they used for a patient- especially in places like the ER or ICU- you start demanding that they do that, then patient care suffers and people start dying)
Have a website where patients can voluntarily post their bills online after their personal information is removed (use common sense- like dont post your bill for getting a gerbil removed).
Some may argue that the government may not have the power to force this to happen- one can only point to barely 5 years back when some of you couldn't leave the house on pain of incarceration. They do have the power.
I also dont believe in government single payer system. You dont want to make a phone call requesting assistance, and the response be- we recommend suicide( this has happened across the border).

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

We need transparency. Its not going to fix everything, but its a start.
Everything needs to be openly advertised on every manufacturers website- from the price of cotton swabs to titanium implants. No deal making(if someone is getting a low price, someone is getting their prices jacked up)no influence peddling when procuring supplies, no kickbacks, nothing in secret. Hospital clicks on website, hospital likes, they buy, or move on to some other manufacturer.
Now its the hospitals turn- itemized bills to patients within reason( for example, the nurses can't be expected to quantify every syringe they used for a patient- especially in places like the ER or ICU- you start demanding that they do that, then patient care suffers and people start dying)
Have a website where patients can voluntarily post their bills online after their personal information is removed (use common sense- like dont post your bill for getting a gerbil removed).
Some may argue that the government may not have the power to force this to happen- one can only point to barely 5 years back when some of you couldn't leave the house on pain of incarceration. They do have the power.
I also dont believe in government single payer system. You dont want to make a phone call requesting assistance, and the response be- we recommend suicide( this has happened across the border).

^ this

 

[Blues]

Sutures?

Bro is getting all bourgeois up in here

I only spend $30,000 a year on crappy insurance. We have to use super glue in this house

I'd be happy to go the super glue route, but over the past several years when I needed "stitches", I was bleeding too much for it to work...even the ER docs told me that. (And they were using it when applicable.)

 

[SharpBits]

Y’all need to add zip style wound closures to your first aid kit. Not a bad idea to build a stop the bleed kit as well.
Not an endorsement, just an example of the type.

 

[Blues]

I don't think I could do that one handed. I could apply glue one handed. I have a decent supply of bleed stop stuff on hand since the last time.

 

[SharpBits]

I don't think I could do that one handed. I could apply glue one handed. I have a decent supply of bleed stop stuff on hand since the last time.

There is a one handed version that I ran across. I don’t have a link, however.

 

[Blues]

There is a one handed version that I ran across. I don’t have a link, however.

I'll just be more careful in future. I'm up to about 50 stitches between both hands.

 

[yoko]

Paper towels and masking tape has been the choice band aid in my shop for many years

 

[beeinak]

I'll just be more careful in future. I'm up to about 50 stitches between both hands.

And keep in mind that if cuts are deep, they may need internal sutures to pull it together prior to external or glue. (I know you know)

 

[Blues]

Paper towels and masking tape has the choice band aid in my shop for many years

Are you afraid if you said "shop towels" that Nathan would say you're hoity toity?

 

[SharpBits]

I'll just be more careful in future. I'm up to about 50 stitches between both hands.

Got me beat. I’m only up to 14 or so. One severed ( and repaired) tendon and one damaged nerve.

For those keeping score at home, lower numbers are better, just like in golf.

 

[Hammer67]

For those keeping score at home, lower numbers are better, just like in golf.

Do I get to reduce my number by the number of sutures I should have gotten, but didn't? If so, I'm well under par.

 

[Blues]

Got me beat. I’m only up to 14 or so. One severed ( and repaired) tendon and one damaged nerve.

For those keeping score at home, lower numbers are better, just like in golf.

Don't get me started on nerve damage.

 

[SharpBits]

Don't get me started on nerve damage.

With 50 stitches, something must have hit a nerve at some point.

 

[bluemax_1]

I'll just be more careful in future. I'm up to about 50 stitches between both hands.

Do you pronounce it “Frank-uhn-styne, or Fronk-uhn-steen”?

 

[Blues]

With 50 stitches, something must have hit a nerve at some point.

Yeah, the last one did the most. My right hand ring and pinkie fingers have the worst neuropathy. (Only partial.) Most of the others are pretty good.

My right hand is always cold compared to my left since that injury.

 

[SharpBits]

Do you pronounce it “Frank-uhn-styne, or Fronk-uhn-steen”?

 

[Blues]