I'm so sorry, ita. When I went into the ER with my kidney stone, I told them honestly it was a 7, and then I had to wait four hours. I think the next time I'll exaggerate.
ION, quite possibly the best xkcd ever: [link]
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Oct 21, 2008 9:09:26 pm PDT #5782 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
erikaj - Oct 21, 2008 9:12:12 pm PDT #5783 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I think a seven sounds awful, Scola.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2008 9:37:44 pm PDT #5784 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, that xkcd needs to be sent to my sister right away! Too funny.
Yeah, I think about telling them ten, but I don't want karma to bite me in the ass. I went to the ER overnight with a nine, and then come home and have a ten, which, really, more exponential than anything else. I mean, I can't *get* to the ER with a ten.
Cashmere - Oct 21, 2008 9:40:00 pm PDT #5785 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, ita, that sucks.
Shir - Oct 21, 2008 9:52:31 pm PDT #5786 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
ita, God. That sounds horrible.
I understand the whole karma aspect, but I think it's a kind of reasonability test (not sure that's the right translation: I'm referring to the "what would the common person do in such case?" question in law). And I don't think anyone would point less than 9 or 10 in that case, ita.
I might also mention I know close to nothing about the American health system, but FWIW.
bon bon - Oct 21, 2008 10:01:36 pm PDT #5787 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The scale seems cruel -- does it affect your treatment? I can imagine how it would be useful for identifying meningitis. But given you have a chronic condition, what do they get out of your numbering?
Two things I am currently enjoying: The John Hodgman interview where his perspective on the election is really interesting from the POV of a pretend fantasist: [link]
And this incredibly elaborate fake company intranet site: [link]
Jesse - Oct 22, 2008 2:46:09 am PDT #5788 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesus, ita. I hope the morning is better for you.
Barb - Oct 22, 2008 3:48:17 am PDT #5789 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Question for the hivemind-- does a prescription dose of naprosyn have a tendency to make one sleepy/groggy?
ETA: Keeping in mind I'm the world's biggest lightweight. Half a dose of Dayquil makes me stupid.
Hil R. - Oct 22, 2008 3:50:10 am PDT #5790 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Question for the hivemind-- does a prescription dose of naprosyn have a tendency to make one sleepy?
Nope. Except when whatever the pain is has been bad enough to keep me from sleeping, and then relieving the pain brings back the tired.
Barb - Oct 22, 2008 3:58:13 am PDT #5791 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Huh-- I wonder if that's what it is, then. That I haven't been sleeping well and that relieving the pain is making me feel the tired.