insert xkcd 10,000 people obligatory everything is a repost
oh shit that totally makes sense thank you
didn’t they already sell out by going to Hollywood in the first place…?
I know, I just remember I used to use it with jabber xmpp but I think after everyone got gtalk and then everyone got cellphones everyone moved away from those types of clients
what happened to pidgin
lol was your ex a doctor? you’re not wrong that a lot of what we do today is dependent on massive supply chains and the work of vast armies of allied healthcare workers, engineers, scientists, and pharma, but most doctors offer common sense remedies for common ailments and can be as simple as rest and fluids for a cold and heating packs for a sore back. even as someone who did trauma surgery for a while and now does robotic surgery, sure I won’t be able to reconstruct your abdominal wall and safely reroute your intestines without modern anesthesia, ICUs, and antibiotics but even in modern times there are days that consist of hours of scraping old infected wounds, lancing boils/popping pimples, and talking about diet strategies to avoid hemorrhoids.
emts are valuable to stabilize and transport but can’t care for things long term. engineers can build mris but can’t interpret the fuzzy squiggles that pop up on the screen. I can distill my own alcohol for sterilization, hand weave silk/cotton sutures, and sharpen crude scalpels without modern technology. the biggest value I bring is my years of seeing sick people and figuring out what’s actually bothering them without WebMD or ai, even if I don’t have high tech solutions, ruling out the most dangerous potential diagnoses and finding the rare zebras.
edit: I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that you’re either very young or very lucky with good health. not that I’m hoping you get sick but eventually all of us end up needing doctors to help us and when you do you’ll see what I mean. even though I don’t currently need any doctors myself, I’m very glad there are people out there that can help me when I need it.
oh shit I am a little ashamed I didn’t know this existed but I am way more happy that I have this to treasure for the rest of my life
does pixelfed not… uh… federate?
I only used sync on reddit and that’s all I use on lemmy, tried many of the others and they’re good but not perfect, for both the closed source and open source projects
how is that a benefit
this is not a binary situation. you can be a master of one, two, or even more things and still have a broad base.
it’s also all relative and honestly just being happy with what you have, both in terms of material things as well as mental skills/knowledge is a good thing. doesn’t mean you stop learning or earning but you don’t have to be disappointed if you don’t get x amount of dollars or a y number of square feet in your house or z number of factoids in your trivia database
we’re not in Kansas anymore
Not sure how long can I go on working this way - I could of course go on sick leave, but doing that just after returning from a long holiday and kicking off a new project, will not make me too popular, and would guarantee that I miss the promotion I’m working for.
Capitalism~^TM
sounds like someone needs more fiber supplementation
haha it’s a godsend with 2 kids/car seats and regular Costco runs
I’m paying $599 for my 2024 EV9 with 280 miles
oh shit that’s awesome almost makes me want to not use sync anymore
almost