• Hikuro-93@lemmy.worldEnglish
    782·
    8 个月前

    I think I see many reasons why Debby is no longer in the picture.

    Anyways, how far along, truck chief?

    • medgremlin@midwest.social
      30·
      8 个月前

      As a former ER tech that had to hold up a belly that size for 30 minutes for a doctor to put in femoral central lines…I feel your pain. (literally)

      • P1k1e@lemmy.world
        28·
        8 个月前

        As a former sterile processing tech who had to clean the cholesterol out of reusable suction tubes…gross

        • medgremlin@midwest.social
          7·
          8 个月前

          I worked as an assistant in a plastic surgery office for a while as well, and I had to clean lipoaspirate out of the suction tube/syringe and the erlenmyer flask it was emptied into. That was still preferable to the time it got splattered on my scrubs because the surgeon emptied it into a kidney basin the first time. (The flask was my idea to prevent getting splattered again.)

          • P1k1e@lemmy.world
            12·
            8 个月前

            Human body’s just chalk full of gunk. Ok this one ain’t got the squeamish so if your easily grossed out quit readin here.

            One time the OR put out a memo stating that in order to save money we would start reprocessing (cleaning/disinfecting /sterilizing) colostomy bags. Now technically this is possible, as if you can scrub something clear of visible debris and biofilm the low level sterilization fluid “should” do its job. But I’ll tell yea, that’s not a task I’d wish on anyone. I spent 45 minutes cleaning the first (and only) one we got, gagging through my N95 till my boss came in and was like “DUDE THROW THAT SHIT AWAY WE AINT DOIN THAT!”. I thanked him, stripped my PPE off, scrubbed the metaphysical crap from my being and chain-smoked till I couldn’t smell anymore. I generated a phobia of human feces that day.

            • medgremlin@midwest.social
              7·
              8 个月前

              As an ED tech, I had to clean up C diff and chemo diarrhea off patients, beds, floors, and commodes multiple times. ED boarding meant that patients that should have been admitted to hospital rooms that had a bathroom attached were stuck in the ED for hours or even days.

        • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl
          30·
          8 个月前

          as a non healthcare person… I’ve now lost my appetite because of all of the above. thx

  • DUMBASS@leminal.spaceEnglish
    20·
    8 个月前

    🎶Now this looks like a job for me
    So everybody just follow me
    Cause we need a little controversy
    Because it feels so empty without me!

    • daggermoon@lemmy.world
      10·
      8 个月前

      🎶Little hellions kids feeling rebellious
      Embarrassed, their parents still listen to Elvis
      They start feeling like prisoners, helpless
      'Til someone comes along on a mission and yells"bitch"🎶

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 个月前

        I don’t really understand song lyrics (rap’s generally easier to understand, but not Eminem, lol), so that’s the first time I realized how it goes and I strongly identify with this.

        My parents were both born in 1950, and one of my aunts was born five years earlier. I know those are literally two different generations, but also figuratively. My parents’ favorite musicians were Eric Clapton and Donovan, and my aunt’s was Elvis, the latter of which seemed unbearably old fashioned to me as a kid (and I was born about 30 years after Clapton and Donovan became relevant, but they were still at least enjoyable to listen to even when I was very young).

        • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          8 个月前

          Dude those are not different generations. They are both early boomers.

            • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              8 个月前

              She’s postwar. Boomer by definition. Silent generation is for children raised during the war.

              Eta: I looked up the dates and I can see a lot of sources that give the 1946 date so consensus is on your side. I’m old, but the boundary used to be those who were raised during the war vs those who wouldn’t have any memory of it. There is the same argument on the other side as well where late boomers claim to be “Generation Jones” between boomers and X.

              • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
                1·
                8 个月前

                Yeah, they’re all pretty close to the border no matter what. I was honestly just throwing that in because I was saying that they seemed like they were different generations personality-wise (my aunt also married at 20 a man a decade older than she was, so that plays a role) and I figured someone was going to reply that they technically were from different generations.

                • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
                  2·
                  8 个月前

                  Im an Xer but my parents were born in the 1920s. My parents were the same ages as my friends grandparents. I grew up listening to swing music at home. Lol.

        • theangryseal@lemmy.world
          5·
          8 个月前

          Meanwhile, my goofy ass was born five years after you. I spent a huge chunk of my childhood sitting at the foot of my bed with an old Caliphone record player listening to the Elvis readers digest collection.

          My grandmother was obsessed to a level that was quite insane.

          My poor grandpa had to make love to his wife under a giant picture of Elvis Presley, and he knew good and well where she was pretending to be. Her cars all had a huge silhouette of Elvis on the back glass and one on the hood with the text reading something like “#1 Elvis Fan”. “‘at was ‘uh perdiest man who ever lived right ‘tar.” Said Grandma.

          You would think her obsession would have made me feel the way you felt about it. Something is wrong with me though haha.

          • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
            2·
            8 个月前

            Hey, you do you! I can enjoy a little Elvis now, too, but I had a hard time with anything pre British Invasion as a kid

            • theangryseal@lemmy.world
              2·
              8 个月前

              I will say, I rarely listen to Elvis now. If I do it’s just a way to connect with little kid me.

              The Beatles though, I listen to them every day and I have my whole life.

          • daggermoon@lemmy.world
            3·
            8 个月前

            I have a few Elvis 8-tracks and records I’d listen to. I’m in my twenties btw. Elvis gets shit on alot but mainstream music before him (with some exceptions) sucked so much ass.