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2mo ago
If the triage admissions were packed to the gunwales I don't think they'd get bored
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2mo ago
Plus the myriad 'so long as your face is somewhat covered' mask policies that evolved. Like I'm sure if everybody had a medical hygienist giving them a top quality mask and ensuring they never breach best practice there might have been a difference but in any practical terms nah
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2mo ago
Yeah like the attempted ICE ambush last year where they missed the first salvo then proceeded to immediately shit themselves and surrender. Getting people to participate in actual violence with a real chance of retribution is hard
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2mo ago
Average American? British person versus Australia I'd agree they copped more but the vast majority of the Australian population lives in the areas that had the worst lockdowns
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2mo ago
Yeah. COVID was a great recruiter for the motte since everybody was bored off their asses, and there was such a dearth of spaces to be COVID critical online that weren't full of straight up Lizardpeople conspiracy posters
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2mo ago
Surprised that people are reporting this one. Feel that hardcore lockdown criticism is the norm in hindsight, albeit people uncomfortable with rhetoric on young sacrificing for old and whatnot
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2mo ago
Same for betting. Getting onto a PPH back in the day required some modicum of effort/connections, plus way more friction with the cash.
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2mo ago
Would they get recognized on the street, no. Would it make a sufficient impact on long-term relationship formation to present consequences, yeah probably
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2mo ago
Women also have loot boxes these days. Blind boxes for general fashion/labubuesque merch have conquered all fields of consumerism
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2mo ago
I could see a situation where I'm enemies with the ROC then retain enmity with Taiwan despite them being fringe and tiny compared to the previous entity
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2mo ago
I'd argue that other elite degree programs tend to have the ability to easily transfer credits to similar lines of work. If you can't crack Actuary you're still likely capable of landing as an accountant or data scientist or whatever with minimal disruption. Then you can still make a decent living.
Comparatively there's not really a ton of paths for a partial Doctor. I know in Australia a major university offered an undergraduate qualification in medicine that still required you to go through screening to get into Masters/actual practice pathway and people who couldn't clear that hurdle tended to have to go do an entirely diffeentg degree
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2mo ago
Australian system is similar as far as I'm aware. Rural/regional postings can command huge premiums for GPs over stuff in the capital cities, but also come with zero work life balance, recreational opportunities and being your own 24/7 emergency ward
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2mo ago
This is the issue that gives me pause with medical education questions. What proportion of procedures are fairly trivial and easily enough handled by a mid-level, and furthermore what proportion of high complexity procedures are creating equivalent value to their cost.
It looks to me that getting population life expectancy up to the mid 70s is fairly trivial for modernized economies. I'd imagine a lot of that is picking the proverbial low-hanging fruit of basic sanitization, improving maternal health etcetera. On top of that, a bunch of public health considerations like diet and general longevity seem to be worth half a decade or so. How much is endless battling over medical funding actually doing
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2mo ago
I'm pretty sure he's confessed to selling drugs in multiple songs from my familiarity with his canon.
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2mo ago
I'm curious what the logistics were of the godchilding. Did he just spray a mister over them or?
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2mo ago
My understanding was that he was cordial towards the gays by contemporary standards but it's pretty implausible he'd hold 2026 views
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2mo ago
How often do the actual beliefs of historical figures actually matter once they've been pedestalized? I'm fairly sure MLK would have a bunch of conservative cultural views that'd get him cancelled today
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2mo ago
If 'showing up at orgy island' is your benchmark for rape I'm pretty sure Gadaffi would have had some lifetime sexual encounters of that ilk. Didn't he have an all female bodyguard squad?
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2mo ago
Actually care? Left wing spaces also let you leverage claims like this a lot harder for your own future publicity and credentials.
I do agree that there's a general Hallmark of power that guys will push the envelope. On the other hand, women will also tend to be attracted to power and prestige. Consent can be retroactively withdrawn if the encounter doesn't live up to expectations.
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2mo ago
What is the global doctor workload though? Is it bringing every single human being up to the standard of care available to a billionaire in New York? Relatively small changes like antibiotics and hand washing seem to have narrowed the life expectancy gap dramatically between the developing world and the developed.
How much medical investment and man-hours goes to end of life care that's not likely to actually create real dividends?
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2mo ago
Isn't the issue with this that there's a raft of externalities. If ongoing citizenship were assigned at 21 on the basis of productivity it'd work, but the natives who got outcompeted don't suddenly phase out of existence. Especially in our current system where they will be supported regardless meaning the immigrant not only needs to be better they've also gotta be sufficiently better to deal with the increased social bill created by taking the native Born's job?
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2mo ago
This is more directed at female friends and acquaintances I have who are constantly bemoaning the dating scene. They tend to have unlimited matches with 6/10 kinda doofy but solid providers and could easily get a relationship if they just used a productive mindset and acted conciliatory. This is how the majority of human history functioned.
I met my wife and have kids due to the apps, it really didn't take much from her end to just be agreeable
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There's also a large element that in the current dating environment, if the average male and female singleton swapped bodies, the male-in-female-body would likely be able to secure a reasonable boyfriend within a week or two. The woman piloting a male body would be absolutely unfucked.
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2mo ago
I go to China for random meandering a couple times a year. Personally think Nanjing is #1 for cultural and tourism stuff despite not being megamodern. It's also less beset by domestic tourists than like Beijing and Chongqing.
Changsha is nice and a bit off the foreigner radar
How many people are still given medical aid despite refusing medical suggestions like losing weight or stopping smoking or ceasing their intake of their drug of choice?
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