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Praseodymi: Aug 26, 2010

Leper Residue posted:

And now those same quarters are worth 18.75, so congrats on your 8 dollar pay cut you dumb jpeg.

According to this website it's only worth $3.75 melted down anyway.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 01:50

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Zipperelli.: Apr 3, 2011; Nap Ghost

Bored posted:

This showed up on my feed, and instead of just scrolling past, I felt the need to snopes it simply because it is a horrible image. Also, it has a fake sounding anecdote.

And here's the snopes article as to why it's not a very reliable indicator.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/stroke.asp

I would think that the terrible quality of the image would be a red flag to anyone posting this that it might not be from a reliable source, but nope.

I mean, as a medical professional (paramedic) everything short of the tongue poo poo is sound advice. We only look for arm drift, slurred speech, facial droop and grip strength. However, the Snopes article gets a few things wrong, but maybe it just needs to be updated.

Point in case, they say tPA (Tissue plasminogen activator) needs to be administered within 3 hours, which is wrong. Ideally its supposed to be in the first hour, hence the term "golden hour" but recently, the area stroke/level 1 trauma center in my area that we transport patients to can administer tPA up to 6 hours after the onset of a stroke.

Also, instead of 2 types of strokes, there are actually 3. The third is more or less a "mini-stroke" called a TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack). The person suffering will exhibit the signs/symptoms of a stroke, but those symptoms will resolve themselves. Most often within an hour or two.

Only other thing I want to argue is the "2% of people reach the emergency room in time" statistic. I need to see the solid research on that, because in our area, I think the last assessment on strokes and STEMIs was somewhere around 70% got to the ED on time to receive tPA.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 01:52

Leper Residue: Sep 28, 2003; To where no dog has gone before.

Praseodymi posted:

According to this website it's only worth $3.75 melted down anyway.

That's per quarter, so if you have five of them it'd be 18.75.

And it's only one of the things wrong with the picture, I just deal with coins (and precious metals) all the time so that bugged me moreso.

Edit: And the picture decided on 5 quarters, which is one ounce (how convenient). So they probably didn't even do the actual melt value and just went by what an ounce of pure silver was at the time.

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# ? Jul 28, 2014 01:54

CrowsNestMutineer: Mar 9, 2009; _{* Juciano makes the best damned Caesar dressing I've ever tasted in my life.}

Moatman posted:

Each new video they show of Hyrule Warriors upsets me more than it should any normal healthy human being.

At least he's aware of it. That's more self-reflection than you usually find online.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 02:00

Praseodymi: Aug 26, 2010

Leper Residue posted:

That's per quarter, so if you have five of them it'd be 18.75.

And it's only one of the things wrong with the picture, I just deal with coins (and precious metals) all the time so that bugged me moreso.

Whoops, that's what I get for staying up reading lovely Facebook posts.

I still don't get that picture. If it was regarding inflation it would be relevant, but it's complaining about a coin that hasn't been minted in 50 years, it's not a problem anymore!

Impeach LBJ! End the New Deal! Stop the Crusades!

# ? Jul 28, 2014 02:03

Jolyne Cujoh: Dec 7, 2012; It's not like I've got no worries...
But I'll be fine.

Mister Adequate posted:

His first mistake is thinking the two are mutually exclusive.

e; In fairness though he's at least saying "Yeah this is making me mad so I'm stepping back for awhile", which is still bad because Hyrule Warriors looks rad as poo poo, but it's better than most of the nerds who get mad about these kinds of things.

It's still really dumb because he's saying "Man this sidegame is not like other games in the series so I'm giving up on this series right when the next main game was actually announced."

# ? Jul 28, 2014 02:42

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

Praseodymi posted:

Whoops, that's what I get for staying up reading lovely Facebook posts.

I still don't get that picture. If it was regarding inflation it would be relevant, but it's complaining about a coin that hasn't been minted in 50 years, it's not a problem anymore!

Impeach LBJ! End the New Deal! Stop the Crusades!

Taking bets on how long before someone posts a "54-40 or Fight!" meme.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 02:51

Zipperelli.: Apr 3, 2011; Nap Ghost

So this just popped up on my feed...

Seriously? I won't argue that this particular phenomenon DOESN'T exist (because gently caress you, unfortunately it DOES happen), 71% is absolutely loving absurd. How about 1%... MAYBE... That and surprise surprise this link that's cited doesn't exist.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 04:57

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

Given how many rape victims were attacked by people they know, and probably in settings like the home, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the rapists used alcohol to make their victims more pliant. This could result in a lot of rape victims being drunk at the time, and it has no bearing on whether they are victims (they are) or any other aspect of rape.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 05:01

TinTower: Apr 21, 2010; You don't have to 8e a good person to 8e a hero.

EZipperelli posted:

I mean, as a medical professional (paramedic) everything short of the tongue poo poo is sound advice. We only look for arm drift, slurred speech, facial droop and grip strength. However, the Snopes article gets a few things wrong, but maybe it just needs to be updated.

Point in case, they say tPA (Tissue plasminogen activator) needs to be administered within 3 hours, which is wrong. Ideally its supposed to be in the first hour, hence the term "golden hour" but recently, the area stroke/level 1 trauma center in my area that we transport patients to can administer tPA up to 6 hours after the onset of a stroke.

Also, instead of 2 types of strokes, there are actually 3. The third is more or less a "mini-stroke" called a TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack). The person suffering will exhibit the signs/symptoms of a stroke, but those symptoms will resolve themselves. Most often within an hour or two.

Only other thing I want to argue is the "2% of people reach the emergency room in time" statistic. I need to see the solid research on that, because in our area, I think the last assessment on strokes and STEMIs was somewhere around 70% got to the ED on time to receive tPA.

I've seen NHS adverts that suggest the Face/Arm/Speech test, so even I know that part's sound.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 05:03

senrath: Nov 4, 2009; Look Professor, a destruct switch!

EZipperelli posted:

So this just popped up on my feed...

Seriously? I won't argue that this particular phenomenon DOESN'T exist (because gently caress you, unfortunately it DOES happen), 71% is absolutely loving absurd. How about 1%... MAYBE... That and surprise surprise this link that's cited doesn't exist.

The link definitely does exist. It doesn't, however, say what they think it says.

quote:

Correlates of Rape while Intoxicated in a National Sample of College Women

Objective: Heavy alcohol use is widespread among college students, particularly in those social situations where the risk of rape rises. Few studies have provided information on rapes of college women that occur when they are intoxicated. The purpose of the present study was to present prevalence data for rape under the condition of intoxication when the victim is unable to consent and to identify college and individual-level risk factors associated with that condition.

Method: The study utilizes data from 119 schools participating in three Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study surveys. The analytic sample of randomly selected students includes 8,567 women in the 1997 survey, 8,425 in the 1999 survey, and 6,988 in the 2001 survey.

Results: Roughly one in 20 (4.7%) women reported being raped. Nearly three quarters (72%) of the victims experienced rape while intoxicated. Women who were under 21, were white, resided in sorority houses, used illicit drugs, drank heavily in high school and attended colleges with high rates of heavy episodic drinking were at higher risk of rape while intoxicated.

Conclusions: The high proportion of rapes found to occur when women were intoxicated indicates the need for alcohol prevention programs on campuses that address sexual assault, both to educate men about what constitutes rape and to advise women of risky situations. The findings that some campus environments are associated with higher levels of both drinking and rape will help target rape prevention programs at colleges.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 05:03

Zipperelli.: Apr 3, 2011; Nap Ghost

senrath posted:

The link definitely does exist. It doesn't, however, say what they think it says.

Ah, good work. I couldn't get it to pop up in my lovely IE.

Also, I'm not even surprised that the link does nothing to support that lovely pic.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 05:08

Crain: Jun 27, 2007; I had a beer once with Stephen Miller and now I like him.

I also tried to ban someone from a Discord for pointing out what an unrelenting shithead I am! I'm even dumb enough to think it worked!

EZipperelli posted:

Ah, good work. I couldn't get it to pop up in my lovely IE.

Also, I'm not even surprised that the link does nothing to support that lovely pic.

You know, I feel like a lot of the people making the argument "it's not rape if you regret the drunk sex" do understand that getting someone drunk in order to get them in bed is rape. It's just that they were raised on the idea that it's "ok rape" and now it's "their turn" to partake. It's because of the stereotype that college is a drunken gently caress fest and "by god I'm going to get my chance for an easy lay and you're not taking that from me".

# ? Jul 28, 2014 05:45

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

The good old days.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 05:47

Moatman: Mar 21, 2014; Because the goof is all mine.

Turns out the best way to get idiots on your facebook is to post about not being able to find idiots on facebook.

Right after I took the screenshot, people gave some rebuttals, but no reply yet.

More from the same guy:

# ? Jul 28, 2014 05:57

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

To be fair I would take a version of Facebook where everyone is trying to awkwardly hook up with each other over the daily flood of Gaza posts right now.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 05:57

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
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I hate to break it to you, but people have cared more about sex than music since before humans even existed

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:10

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

The White Dragon posted:

I hate to break it to you, but people have cared more about sex than music since before humans even existed

Holy poo poo this person is completely disconnected with reality.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:17

Professor Beetus: Apr 12, 2007; They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

The White Dragon posted:

I hate to break it to you, but people have cared more about sex than music since before humans even existed

As someone who was in high school when Blink 182 and New Found Glory were on the radio, L o loving L

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:21

canyoneer: Sep 13, 2005; I only have canyoneyes for you

kazil posted:

Holy poo poo this person is completely disconnected with reality.

Why yes, I remember those good old days.
You see, the black varnish/mohawk crowd were really into soft pop-punk like Blink 182, New Found Glory, and Green Day. And they were all the cool kids, you hear! It was just like that one movie.

Look up the Billboard charts from any year you choose in that era and whoever wrote that will probably hate every one of the top 10 singles

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:22

VidaGrey: Mar 19, 2009; The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.

I grew up during that time and everyone still wore skimpy clothes and cared a whole lot more about sex than lovely music. I mean, really? This was not that long ago. You can clearly see that the 90s was not some murder-free puritan music utopia.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:25

karl fungus: May 6, 2011; Baeume sind auch Freunde

The White Dragon posted:

I hate to break it to you, but people have cared more about sex than music since before humans even existed

Really? We're starting to get misguided 90s nostalgia already?

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:25

Hedera Helix: Sep 2, 2011; The laws of the fiesta mean nothing!

karl fungus posted:

Really? We're starting to get misguided 90s nostalgia already?

It has been two decades, and eighties nostalgia seems to have run out of steam, finally...

It's going to suck when the Bush years are considered retro.

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# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:34

doug fuckey: Jun 7, 2007; hella greenbacks

Not even, that's like early 2000s. It's happening. Now you know how it feels

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:35

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

Hedera Helix posted:

It has been two decades, and eighties nostalgia seems to have run out of steam, finally...

It's going to suck when the Bush years are considered retro.

Remember in the 2000s when not everyone had brain chips and you had to call people or post on facebook to talk to them? And people listened to good music like Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black instead of MusicBot 2030?

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:37

karl fungus: May 6, 2011; Baeume sind auch Freunde

It's going to be interesting seeing all of the Bush apologists in ten years.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:40

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

I too, yearn for the days when getting friends together was a pain in the rear end and music that isn't current and trendy was current and trendy.

Maybe i'm just to much of a young'un to understand, but i don't see much appeal in this?

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:44

GIANT OUIJA BOARD: Aug 22, 2011; 177 Years of Your Dick
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karl fungus posted:

It's going to be interesting seeing all of the Bush apologists in ten years.

Ten years...? :crossarms:

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:46

ToxicSlurpee: Nov 5, 2003; -=SEND HELP=-; Pillbug

Mister Adequate posted:

Given how many rape victims were attacked by people they know, and probably in settings like the home, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the rapists used alcohol to make their victims more pliant. This could result in a lot of rape victims being drunk at the time, and it has no bearing on whether they are victims (they are) or any other aspect of rape.

It's distressingly common, sadly. I don't know how it is everywhere but fortunately some places have laws to the effect of "if the person is somehow too disabled to be able to give consent it is automatically rape." I'm going to go ahead and guess that 70+% of rapes involve alcohol is a bullshit statistic, but yeah, if a person is too drunk to say "no" then sorry, it's a rape.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:54

RagnarokAngel: Oct 5, 2006; Black Magic Extraordinaire

GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:

Ten years...?

Should have elected him for a third term!

# ? Jul 28, 2014 06:58

SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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The White Dragon posted:

I hate to break it to you, but people have cared more about sex than music since before humans even existed

Someone clearly doesn't know poo poo about growing up in the 90s. Us girls wore tartan skirts, yes, but they were still skimpy AND we wore them with belly shirts. Punks have been one of the ultimate outcasts up until Avril Lavigne made the look a fashion statement popular with preteen suburbanite girls. And everyone wore thick black eyeliner to broadcast how loving unhappy they were.

Someone is so disillusioned with the 90s, it's fuckin hilarious. People were themselves, but they weren't loving happy.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 07:17

bulletsponge13: Apr 28, 2010

Just catching up on this thread (I was over 700 posts behind. Stupid moving).
The fact that someone longs for lovely bands like Green Day, Blink 182, and New Found Glory over Bieber and whatnot just means they think their older sibling's lovely taste in music is cool. And I can assure that moron that being in High School during the heyday of Blink 182 and Green Day (1999-2002) everyone was concerned with getting laid and staying out late to do dumb poo poo like trespassing and scoring weed, and that the fashion was just as revealing. And jesus, I thought I felt old before, but the fact that someone is yearning for some of the worst days of popular culture of my youth makes me feel way worse.
Strokes- I was having serious neurological issues and went to the VA ER. After sitting for nearly ten hours and not seeing a Doc, I bailed. 6 months later after seeing various Specialists and what not and not being told poo poo, my Primary Care asked why I wasn't in the TBI program, seeing as they found loving brain damage.
No one in the VA told me I had loving brain damage that affected my everyday life, even though they had known for several months. The VA makes me dread the prospect of an American socialized medical program. I mean something has to be done to fix our healthcare system, but the idea of a government run healthcare program for everyone is terrifying.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 07:20

Yngwie Mangosteen: Aug 23, 2007

bulletsponge13 posted:

The VA makes me dread the prospect of an American socialized medical program. I mean something has to be done to fix our healthcare system, but the idea of a government run healthcare program for everyone is terrifying.

I'm sorry that your one bad experience in an underfunded, somewhat socialized healthcare system soured you on a method of distributing medicine that works (very well) for every other western country in the world.

But I agree with you about the stupid nostalgia, sadly it's just a fact of getting older than our high school years become some younger generation's misguided view of a 'perfect before time'.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 07:38

The Time Dissolver: Nov 7, 2012; Are you a good person?

GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:

Ten years...?

No kidding, I started seeing "Miss me yet?" type stuff literally inside of a loving month after Obama's inauguration.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 07:51

Experto Crede: Aug 19, 2008; Keep on Truckin'

The White Dragon posted:

I hate to break it to you, but people have cared more about sex than music since before humans even existed

Well, this is one of the first time I've felt old and a bit "Those darn kids". I grew up in the 90s and A) It was actually a bit poo poo and B) I'm still young and hip goddamnit :smith:

# ? Jul 28, 2014 09:31

Aerofallosov: Oct 3, 2007; Friend to Fishes. Just keep swimming.

Henchman of Santa posted:

To be fair I would take a version of Facebook where everyone is trying to awkwardly hook up with each other over the daily flood of Gaza posts right now.

Yeah, I have a rabidly pro-Isreal person posting on Facebook. I had to hide his posts or risk giving in to the urge to correct him.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 09:38

Fashionable Jorts: Jan 18, 2010; Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you

Experto Crede posted:

Well, this is one of the first time I've felt old and a bit "Those darn kids". I grew up in the 90s and A) It was actually a bit poo poo and B) I'm still young and hip goddamnit

As a rule, anyone who says a certain decade was the best decade is a bit of a dipshit.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 09:50

Beartaco: Apr 10, 2007; by sebmojo

Wizard of Smart posted:

I've got some idiocy. Behold!

Pink is my ex-wife, blue is her current boyfriend I guess, and green is his ex. This would be idiot enough, but then hours later, this happened.

Yep, that's the same blue.

Jesus dude, just go to a doctor and get your clap sorted out. :psyduck:

If his ex is telling her he has chlamydia she probably isn't the one who gave it to him. He's carried that poo poo through at least three relationships.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 09:59

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

nucleicmaxid posted:

I'm sorry that your one bad experience in an underfunded, somewhat socialized healthcare system soured you on a method of distributing medicine that works (very well) for every other western country in the world.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=va+horror+story

# ? Jul 28, 2014 10:14

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Ninjasaurus: Feb 11, 2014; This is indeed a disturbing universe.

I grew up in the 90s and had a great childhood. That image made me feel really old though. Also, LOL @ the things they miss about that decade.

# ? Jul 28, 2014 10:37

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