you know since the cdc is now recommending we wear non-medical grade face masks, we might as well all bite the bullet and make plague masks to stuff with dried herbs that will keep out the miasma that carries the disease
it’s interesting to me that miasma theory was wrong but led to a lot of technically effective practices
wearing a plague doctor outfit that basically acts as a rudimentary hazmat suit? yeah, that might help somewhat
avoiding areas where an outbreak is rampant? probably a good idea, if unnecessarily broad sometimes
clean up waste to avoid a buildup of bad air? wrong reason; right thing to do
they were wrong, objectively wrong, about what caused disease, and even then the power of human observation was such that they still figured out some of the right behaviors to adopt
Have any of you heard of the Harvard MIT Pigeon Prank?
An MIT student dressed in a black-and-white striped shirt went to the Harvard football stadium every day of one summer, blowing a whistle while scattering breadcrumbs or birdseed to coax neighborhood pigeons down onto the field. At Harvard’s opening game of the season, upon the referee’s first whistle, it’s said that hundreds of pigeons descended onto the field, causing a half-hour delay.
who could have predicted the impact this image would have on the internet
stitch a pocket large enough for several books, a spindle, spare slippers, a loaf of bread, and your dignity
bad idea: new legal gender marker for nonbinary people
good idea: abolish legal gender, remove gender from identification
okay gays and theys of colour find out what type of white person you are. or if you're really and truly a poc after all.
COVID is straight up more deadly for people of color in the western world. Like we’re not going to be the ones screened. If you have mild symptoms they’ll say you’re overreacting. I know especially black people are more at risk because we have a 20% higher chance of having Asthma. 40-60% higher chance of having lupus. And Especially Indigenous and Black people have a History in the US of being denied healthcare
One of the things I’ve learned as a healthcare provider and a person of color is the strongest words you can use against any medical provider is “ I want it documented in my chart that you are refusing to test me OR that you deem this test unnecessary.” The most important part is getting a copy of your discharge paperwork with those words written. Everything in our notes is permissible in court and in healthcare we have a strong saying “ if you didn’t document it then it didn’t happen”. I’d love to say that 99% of physicians do believe they are doing the right thing or making the right judgement call and do not mean any malice or have ill intent towards any patient regardless of the persons race or socioeconomic status but we all know that shit just isn’t true. Trust your healthcare providers but if you don’t feel heard try explaing that to them and if not you can always ask to speak to another provider for a second opinion. We all have bosses just like you do.
if I had a wrestling persona they would be part demon part pharmacist and their name would be DVS (like CVS but pronounced Devious) and their catchphrase would be Welcome To The Harmacy
I’m the kind of person who wastes inventory space in games carrying around useless items that mean something to me or my character
ROLEPLAYING 👏 EVEN 👏 WHEN 👏 IT 👏 NEGATIVELY 👏 IMPACTS 👏 YOUR 👏 GAMEPLAY 👏 IS 👏 VALID 👏
absolutely heartbroken to see clickhole get bought out by cards against humanity and instantly become unfunny almost instantaneously
this isn’t even jokes. this is just nothing. this is like popular tumblr user humor. this sucks, how do you go from writing shit like “Gwyneth Paltrow tried to survive a week on food stamps and she died.” to whatever this is.
