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The Midniter posted:Why does he need a kidney? Is it due to a life of poor dietary choices? I have a really hard time finding sympathy for those types of people, since their refusal to eat like a responsible adult means that you may have to undergo serious surgery just to prolong their lives, which will most likely be artificially shortened anyway due to other issues having to do with lifestyle. He smoked and drank his whole life, but that's not what killed his kidneys. Last year he had some kind of weird blood infection that knocked out both kidneys and ruined two heart valves. He had to have emergency open heart surgery and has a pig valve and a cow valve now but they couldn't do anything for his kidneys but wait and see if they would come back.
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CornHolio posted:Ugh, man. My dad's had kidney failure since October, and he's actively looking for a donor. He has five siblings but they're all apparently too old to be a donor. I have two brothers, but one is on high blood pressure medication and probably couldn't be a donor. Watch the HBO documentary "Tales from the Organ Trade." Among other things, it shows a family going through an identical issue with a daughter making the same choice. You can see how it looks externally from that video. They've made it tough to find. It's no longer on HBO properties, but it's only a few bucks to stream. I use it in class because it's an excellent example of a situation where there is no "right" answer, because it is so complex and intertwined with many moral issues.
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please do not sacrifice the rest of your life to give a boomer maybe another five or ten years (unless you really like them in which case idk)
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funny Star Wars parody posted:please do not sacrifice the rest of your life to give a boomer maybe another five or ten years (unless you really like them in which case idk) ??? FYI, people can live perfectly full and complete lives with one kidney. Your hated of boomers knows no bounds, I guess. Would you deny one of your parents a kidney if it'd give them another five or ten years? meatpimp fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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Complex issue, complex answer, and we don't have all the information. Do not devolve this into a shouting match about boomers or ungratefulness or whatever while CornHolio sits here having to make a big decision about his and his dad's lives. I'll ding you for it. Adiabatic fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Looks like it's baby o'clock y'all! Just got admitted to the hospital about 30 minutes ago. This little dude is about to make his entrance Hope everyone comes out okay! slidebite posted:I think I was about the only person left on the planet that never saw a single second of Game of Thrones, so borrowed S1 from the library yesterday. Had enough time to watch E1 last night. You know, on one hand it's kind of pulpy trash but on the other hand it's highly addictive. I absolutely love it. Every time a new season comes out I re-watch all of them first. It's a show that can definitely surprise you out of nowhere on a regular basis, which is drat hard to do these days. Also some of the characters are brilliant. One of my favorite exchanges: "The Lord of Light wants his enemies burned. The Drowned God wants them drowned. Why are all the gods such vicious cunts? Where is the god of tits and wine?" "In the Summer Isles. They worship the fertility goddess with sixteen teats." "We should sail there immediately."
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Adiabatic posted:Complex issue, complex answer, and we don't have all the information. I don't know if you're looking at sending me to dingtown, but it is a complex issue and CornHolio brought it up for discussion. You've pretty much stifled that discussion, because talking about either choice could be seen as shouting about "x." (BTW, I recommend that documentary to all reading this. There are many levels to both the decision and the multinational resources available to first-world kidney needers.) Top replying b/c I don't want to deal with this. I'll just remove myself from the conversation topic. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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I was talking about both you and fSWp. I'm asking for everyone to be civil in light of a pretty heavy decision.
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Waking up to the bed shaking and the sounds of jackhammers is always fun.  Guess they started foundation work on my building a couple of weeks early.
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Seminal Flu posted:??? FYI, people can live perfectly full and complete lives with one kidney. Your hated of boomers knows no bounds, I guess. Would you deny one of your parents a kidney if it'd give them another five or ten years? Oh hmm I thought that you needed more medical attention and were more susceptible to sickness with only one kidney. I guess I should have googled before  ingalso wrt boomer, in this case i mostly meant someone who does not have much time left (on average) compared to other people. Adiabatic posted:I was talking about both you and fSWp. I'm asking for everyone to be civil in light of a pretty heavy decision. yeah i never meant to come off as uncivil, i'm on 3 hours of sleep because the witcher 3 is v good and i am v irresponsible
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slidebite posted:I think I was about the only person left on the planet that never saw a single second of Game of Thrones, so borrowed S1 from the library yesterday. Had enough time to watch E1 last night. My girlfriend was given tickets to a Thrones tour in Ireland and asked if I wanted to go on the proviso that I watch the show. I relented aaaaaaaaaand it's actually really good. Basically don't fall in love with any character and your heart won't get broken. :'(
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Waking up to the bed shaking and the sounds of jackhammers is always fun. Are you sure it was foundation work? 
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Basically don't fall in love with any character and your heart won't get broken. :'( Except Dany because drat. Also the Bad Lip Reading is a must watch for both fans and haters. I think it's fairly spoiler-free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Krz-dyD-UQ
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Anyone need a used laptop before I list them in Goon Mart? I've got a Lenovo W520 and X220 I don't use anymore. Car related: Tracked down one of the Celica's owners... from 1994. Owns a DJ business in Cali. Going to give him a call today and see what he knows about the car.
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Thank you everyone! Babby Heroic arrived this morning about 8:30. It was a long night but labor progressed steady but slow for a long time. No complications though, mom and baby are great! Re: 3 kids and M3 - we will just have to wait until they outgrow car seat phase to take it out as a family. The Flex is still entertaining enough to haul the family around that I don't get bored. 
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the spyder posted:Anyone need a used laptop before I list them in Goon Mart? I've got a Lenovo W520 and X220 I don't use anymore. I'm still using my x220. Best purchase ever. I even bought another off-lease one for the wife. I'm probably about into about $300-400 for both of them but they've both got SSD's and are maxed out on ram and have the travel lenovo bluetooth mice. Does yours have that pretty IPS screen?
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the spyder posted:Anyone need a used laptop before I list them in Goon Mart? I've got a Lenovo W520 and X220 I don't use anymore. Depending on the specs and price, I might be interested in the x220.
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cursedshitbox posted:Are you sure it was foundation work? Now that you mention it, I think I saw my downstairs neighbor's boyfriend's truck this morning. He's welcome to mix up our apartments annnnytime.
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everdave posted:You can turn half that poo poo off in a deep sub-menu and most of the rest off with a Bluetooth code reader and torque or what have you. Also found it funny today on TTAC where a writer had such a poo poo show time with a rented $42k Durango and its start-stop engine (it turns the ac off wtf?) and the little shitbox baby Prius C I bought has near instant cold no motor running AC and it obviously keeps it on non-stop WTF FCA? Dodge is probably still using the engine-driven AC compressor. Prius , and most hybrids, have an electrically driven AC compressor. Folks doing EV conversions covet those and electric-hydraulic power steering pumps. Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Waking up to the bed shaking and the sounds of jackhammers is always fun. Either that, or you got lucky at the club last night. Hey-o! edit: cursedshitbox posted:Are you sure it was foundation work? Dammit!
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Seemingly out of nowhere the CRTC (Canada's telecom regulatory body) has banned cell phone locking effective Dec 1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crtc-wireless-code-cellphone-1.4161711 quote:The era of having to pay cellular providers to unlock your cellphone will end this year. In other news effective Dec 1, the mobile providers will up their monthly rates 10% which they will swear is in no way tied to losing the cash cow. slidebite fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Jun 16, 2017 |
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Funny, we've just started watching game of thrones too
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mariooncrack posted:Depending on the specs and price, I might be interested in the x220. I'll grab the specs tonight. Sadly I don't think it has the IPS screen.
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I haven't seen GOT but I also don't really watch any TV and read the first few books like 8-10 years back
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gimpsuitjones posted:I haven't seen GOT but I also don't really watch any TV and read the first few books like 8-10 years back So you are up to date on the book series then? 
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I can't watch GOT, or The Walking Dead for that matter. It just got too brutal for me. Real life is bad enough for me.
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CommieGIR posted:I can't watch GOT, or The Walking Dead for that matter. It just got too brutal for me. Seriously. TV makes me anxious as hell. I started watching Breaking Bad and it was great but it stressed me out too much. So I just watch Simpsons reruns and try to forget about what's outside my door.
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CommieGIR posted:I can't watch GOT, or The Walking Dead for that matter. It just got too brutal for me. monsterzero posted:Seriously. TV makes me anxious as hell. I started watching Breaking Bad and it was great but it stressed me out too much. So I just watch Simpsons reruns and try to forget about what's outside my door. Me too. Years of working in stressful environments means that I now don't enjoy watching TV with lots of arguing or fighting. Even a couple of episodes of Black Mirror messed me up for a day or two. Probably an indicator of some undiagnosed anxiety issue.
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Same here, just not into it. I usually end up watching documentaries and anime on Netflix. And before you judge me for watching anime, living in Japan ruined me that way ok
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Same here, just not into it. I usually end up watching documentaries and anime on Netflix. No excuses for Anime-watching. 
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I lived in a place where Dragon Ball Z was prime time must watch TV, like literally the top rated TV show.
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CommieGIR posted:I can't watch GOT, or The Walking Dead for that matter. It just got too brutal for me. Doesnt bother me. Personally I think it's rather interesting and in a lot of ways, reflects the absolute brutality of what GRRM took inspiration from - The War of the Roses. - and how the good guys actually don't win most of the time, they get a sword through the guts. And rulers in the Middle Ages were pretty drat hosed up. To me GOT suffers from the fact that until the Red Wedding, the source material was pretty good (with some notible exceptions). After that point.... GRRM clearly loses the plot and has no idea how to rescue it. He just throws more and more poo poo at the wall, creating needless bullshit too hard to work out that is written by a toddler with crayon. The TV series follows the same decline in quality. The other issue goes back to the notable exceptions part. There is some complete loving poo poo GRRM rear end blasted onto paper that the TV series has to follow as it's important to other plot threads, like Daenerys esp later in her wanderings. We cant skip that because dragons are obviously important vs White Walkers.. and yet it is dire writing and how bad it is is reflected on the TV. However all that I suspect wont mater jack poo poo for season 7 as the TV writers have only the main plot points to work with now and hence a vastly narrower scope of story to base from. This is a good thing as it will allow a tight focused story without ridiculous side steps. One thing that both GRM and Robert Jordan never learnt from Tolkein was don't loving plot bloat. Keep it focused - in all honesty Tolkein started to have this problem about the point Faramir was introduced int he Window to the West chapter but he managed to refocus and also turn the love interest trope that Eowyn looked like being into Eowyn the epic bad guy slayer and Faramir the love interest of said epic warrior.
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WOW SPOILERS GUYS CMON
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QuarkMartial posted:Me too. Years of working in stressful environments means that I now don't enjoy watching TV with lots of arguing or fighting. Even a couple of episodes of Black Mirror messed me up for a day or two. Probably an indicator of some undiagnosed anxiety issue. I never really thought about it but I'd say this is me to a T. Its pretty unusual for me to watch anything other than a comedy or Roadkill et al
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angryrobots posted:I am tom bombadil irl Neither a merry dong, nor dillo. I'm not buying it.
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Say there dol, merry dol, your truck is stuck-a-dillo in a field ahum-brum
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angryrobots posted:Say there dol, merry dol, your truck is stuck-a-dillo in a field ahum-brum 
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angryrobots posted:Say there dol, merry dol, your truck is stuck-a-dillo in a field ahum-brum Answer me this please then to decide the ever aged argument.... what the everliving gently caress are you exactly?????
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Answer me this please then to decide the ever aged argument.... what the everliving gently caress are you exactly????? if u actually read the books u would see that tom bombadil is jesus christ ok
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