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My works Asian American and Pacific Islanders employee resource group rented out an entire theater for employees to come watch Kung Fu Panda at $1/seat. Isnt that kind of racist?

boomgetchopped3 posted...

They do.

Yea, only at the end big climatic battle. Nowhere else.

Some questions, in no particular order:

1. Harkonnen seems like a macho/strong society. So why would they drug the Atreides prisoners before they have them fight the skinnier nephew?
2. Whats up with the cartoonish evilness of all three Harkonnens, where in almost every scene, they randomly kill their own people? How can that possibly be an effective society? Once or twice out of extreme emotions and to show how evil they are via a common trope, sure; but like every single scene?
3. Why would the emperor come to Dune instead of sending his army and his delegates?
4. Why is the emperors army just standing in formation waiting around? They had no reason to do this- they werent expecting an attack, they JUST arrived, and there is a storm coming (they should have rather been focusing on creating temporary shelters).
5. Why did Paul fire nuclear missiles behind the army, instead directly at them? These bombs dont seem to be world-ending powerful, so strategic missiles against the well grouped army seems to have been a better option.
6. Why would the emperors army decide to go for a charge in an open field with sand everywhere, instead of falling back and creating a solid line of defense?
7. When the line was lost and Paul and his folks got into the emperors chambers, why would the emperors personal guards of like 10 or so decide to walk straight into the door that they cannot even see (because of lots of sand) instead of falling back and bolstering the final defense soldiers?
8. How come majority of these soldiers seem to not have any of those shields up, and the fremen are tearing through them so easily? The first movie made it very clear you have to attack in a specific fast-but-slow method to pierce those shields; its very clear the fremen are not fighting like this, nor were there any scenes that showed them being trained to fight like this.
9. Why would the other great houses not agree to the ascendency of Paul, when hes marrying the emperors daughter, and have spice production (a critical component of the entire galaxy) literally under his control?
10. Paul releases the fremen to go attack the other houses in the air/space. How do the fremen know how to pilot the emperors spacecrafts?
11. Why was Zendaya so bitchy about Paul using his messiah-like influence to bring the fremens together to fight the foreigners? It should be one of us that leads arc makes no sense since clearly they cant do that.
12. I didnt understand the significance of walking through the desert in that dancing way. Why walk like that? If its to avoid the worms, how come they dont always walk like that?
13. If the worms can be summoned so easily, be driven around like trains and devour everything in their path, are bulletproof, and arent harmed by missiles, why havent the fremens used it as a weapon?
14. If the emperor can very easily tell the south has human activity, how did the harkonens miss that?
15. Why was the emperor so quick to get rid of the harkonens (destroying Barons life support and his spine thingy)?

I think that was it when I was watching the movie.

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This is what I wanted to know. I actually asked each OBGYN if I can be in the surgery room should we opt for the circumcision, and the answer was no. From my online research, there are three main methods for pain- ones do nothing, another is an injection, and the last is a cream; the hospital were choosing to deliver at is the cream apparently.

tehzeldafanboy posted...

Game Pass is a great deal when you get the 2 weeks (or a month if they still do that) for $1. I've finished like 3 or 4 games for a couple bucks doing that, heh

I'd never pay real money for it though, the windows store has too many shenanigans going on with it like randomly deciding to delete games and account-tying your save games

Or use a VPN and get a foreign one for like $30/year.

emblem-man posted...

What exactly are the adult complications of having foreskin?

I addressed this in the OP:
IdiotMachine posted...

they point out that having a foreskin could lead to problems with retraction due to improper "un-fusing" of the foreskin with the gland or the foreskin being too tight, infections due to poor hygiene, and higher STD rates.

But as I later noted, I have no concept of the likelihood of the probability of any of these. My judgement says it's not likely, because the younger OBGYNs told us that it's mostly done for religious or societal reasons, and not medical reasons.

boomgetchopped3 posted...

They kind of made it seem like a non choice at the hospital. The nurse was just like we have to take him for circumcision, I assume were doing that right? Im circumcised so I just went along with it. I do question it in hindsight tho.

That's not the case for our hospital network. We're told we have to sign documents and determine if we want to or not before the baby is born. We apparently can't change our minds after the baby is born (but can change our minds during labor); if we signed that we're not doing it, but changed our mind after the baby is born, we have to do it out-patient and not part of the OBGYN (but not vice versa; i.e., if we signed we're going to do it, but changed our mind after the baby is born, they'll have us sign to override our previous decision). Not sure why they do it this way...

IdiotMachine posted...

So the question for me is- is it worth getting circumcision when it's easy to do to avoid complications with foreskins later in life?

And to answer this question logically, I'd have to compare two sets of data- probability of complications due to circumcision at birth vs. probability of complications of having a foreskin. I have no sense of these likelihoods... as I mentioned, the older OBGYNs seem to believe circumcision is better, with the younger ones seeming to believe it's social preference.

Freddie_Mercury posted...

"well as long as he doesn't react to getting part of his penis cut off it's okay"

lol.

So here's my thoughts:
1) Assume the fact that getting circumcision at day 2 of life = no pain is true (per OBGYN's statements that babies don't react).
2) If you need to get a circumcision later in life, the surgery is significantly more involved, and will have higher chances of complications.
3) If you don't have a foreskin, complications with foreskin issues go away, and thus you would never have to deal with Item #2 above.

So the question for me is- is it worth getting circumcision when it's easy to do to avoid complications with foreskins later in life?

pretzelcoatl posted...

I'd say leave it and let him decide for himself, no real harm in waiting.

There's tons of harm in waiting.

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My firstborn was a girl and she had severe tongue tie. On day 3 of her life, we went to an oral surgeon to get it corrected. Once we got into the room, which looked like any pediatrician room, the oral surgeon came in and asked for final approval. Once we approved, he took her, turned 180, brought her over to an examination table, opened a brand new knife out, opened her mouth, and just cut the tie! No creams, no shots, nothing. I was thinking what the fuck just happened. Our baby didnt even wake up, didnt cry, there was no blood in her mouth, and it was all over.

I later found out for tongue tie, if you do it later than a week or so after the babys life, its a lot more involved. This experience is making me believe the OBGYNs statement that there is no pain for a brand-new newborn.

Scardude posted...

I'm going to get it as medical reasons in my adult age.

This is exactly what I want to prevent for my baby boy, per the older OBGYNs advices

Revelation34 posted...

You said they were paid off so you spending that much is fine.

Yea, but it seems excessive. Even with all these spendings, we have nothing to show for it (like its not a new car) I want to save more. Maybe retire early.

SilvosForever posted...

That is a lot. You each spend $2400 per month using credit cards. Can't be just mandatory expenses. Not sure what you're buying but it's like double what I do and there's two of you doing it.

Combining Amazon card, were spending a combined ~$6400/mo. Its insane. We need to stop.

Revelation34 posted...

$89 air travel?

That was an incidental on the flight (checked luggage).

Xenogears15 posted...

So you've paid them off fully, right?

Right?

Yup.

IdiotMachine posted...

even getting a premium card (like Chase Sapphire Reserve) and locking into Ultimate Rewards program.

The only reason I don't want to do this is because we are able to travel for very cheap, so miles/points aren't really that valuable. For example, we have a yearly-use timeshare property that was gifted to us (where we just pay the annual maintenance fee and no mortgage), which grants us access to the RCI network of cheap resorts (e.g., ~$300/week all over the US for timeshares that are vacant), we get our Hilton hotel stays for extremely cheap under government GSA rates for personal travel, and any flights we just book the cheapest possible flight (vs. being locked into one airline for loyalty).

Blue_Target posted...

What other cards do you have? If you split the Citi Double Cash purchases into other cards you couldve gotten more points back.

I have all sorts of non-annual fee cards, like Chase Freedom, Chase Flex, Discover, etc. I used to play the 5% cash back rotating categories game, and then just got tired of keeping track and started using the Double Cash for everything except gas, restaurants, and Costco purchases (these three go to the Costco card).

I'm sort of now thinking of getting back into the 5% rotating category game, or even getting a premium card (like Chase Sapphire Reserve) and locking into Ultimate Rewards program.

Forgot about our Amazon store card, because we use Amazon a lot... $17.5k on Amazon:
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This also doesn't include direct ACH transfers for three large house projects we did last year. God damn, we need to stop spending money.

My wife and I primarily use two credit cards (we have more, but generally only spend these two). Between those two credit cards, we spent almost $60k. Holy fuck.

Citi Double Cash:
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Costco Card:
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It was..... meh.

Who the fuck orders fries at a Chinese takeout?

Damned if you do, damned if you dont.

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I bet she has never purchased a Dorito or an Oreo before in her life. Id be willing to bet she also never knowingly ate a Dorito chip before either.

Realforce posted...

Shouldn't judge a book by its cover, FF16 was amazing and I'm enjoying FF7 rebirth for different reasons.

Does FF16 feel like a FF game? Or just a medieval game?

Sunburst posted...

If you want it for 1 game just buy it, beat the game in 2 weeks, and return it for a refund. Or finance it with a credit card. Or rent from a company like Grover.

I cant think of one retailer that will allow you to return, for a full refund vs exact exchange, a new game / game console. Financing, also, will result in me buying a PS5, which I dont want to just for one game. I searched Grover, and seems like thats not a US thing. I found a company that does something similar, but charges $30/week with a 48-week agreement. Thats INSANE!

Smackems posted...

It's barely ff anyway

I think thats a good way to describe it, actually. I watched the trailers and I had zero interest, and I couldnt explain why

TMOG posted...

Considering Final Fantasy 16 is nearly a year old and still hasn't hit PC... I wouldn't be optimistic about it being any time soon.

If I get impatient enough I'll probably see if my friend is willing to loan me his PS5 to play them, but I'm not spending $640 for two games.

I have 0 interest for FF16, even though I consider myself a diehard final fantasy fan.

Will_VIIII posted...

Is it available to stream?

Who cares? Not like you can stream to PC, and you can only stream to PS5.

Any idea when the PC version will be released?

I just got to the part where someone dies, and it makes no sense to me.

SPOILERS

How does Chidori and Junpei fall in love so quickly over absolutely nothing? What did Chidori even do to make Junpei love her so much, except look like some weird maid sitting on a bench drawing stuff? I get why Chidori liked Junpei, because Junpei kept her company when she was in the hospital for months, but there was no reason for Junpei to do that in the first place, and didnt make much sense for Chidori to fall in love with him so quickly either.

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Rharyx211 posted...

Well that's just not what happened.

But yeah, hanging with a little girl in a playground is pretty sus, even if MC is also a kid himself.

I mean at the end, she kisses him and says she wants to marry him. That ended on a very strange note for me.

IdiotMachine posted...

The game seems so slow, and I read the subtitles much faster than they can speak; combine that with the enormous amount of exposition, yes, I hit the start button quite frequently to fast forward through the dialogue to get to the damn point.

I also definitely skip those requests, because wtf is the point of them? Seems boring // for completionists.

Social Links- I skipped a bunch because theyre boring as fuck // creepy. I hit level 10 for Yukari, Chihori, Tanaka, Maya, little girl (the ending of that one was creepy as fuck; it suddenly turned to the MC grooming her wtf), and am working to get to level 10 for the dying young kid, but the other ones seem like a bore // I dont care. Namely the magician, star, track guy, and old couple, I really dont give a shit.

I got a list here, and here are my thoughts (spoiler warning?):
Magician arcana Social Link - Classmate (Kenji Tomochika)
I really dont give a shit for this guy trying to hook up with a teacher. I stopped hanging out with this dude.

Priestess arcana Social Link - Fuuka Yamagishi
I really dont care for her being bad at cooking either. I have no interest in continuing this one.

Emperor arcana Social Link - Student Council (Hidetoshi Odagiri)
Dont give a shit to this asshole trying to be a fascist running a student council lol.

Hierophant arcana Social Link - Old Couple (Mitsuko and Bunkichi)
Boring I also think I cant continue this one because I didnt save them in Tartarus.

Lovers arcana Social Link - Yukari Takeba
Interesting plot, and got to 10.

Chariot arcana Social Link - Track Team (Kazushi Miyamoto)
Really dont care about this dude either.

Justice arcana Social Link - Treasurer (Chihiro Fushimi)
Shyness was cute and it was interesting to watch her grow. Got to 10.

Hermit arcana social link - Online Game (Maya)
The thought of a game in a game seemed interesting, and I thought it would have some neat mini game, but nope. I also thought the MC and the teacher will meet in school, but it didnt happen.

Fortune arcana Social Link - Art Club (Keisuke Hiraga)
Dont care.

Strength arcana Social Link - Team Manager (Yuko Nishiwaki)
This girl seems like an airy ditz, and I had zero interest.

Hanged arcana Social Link - Girl at the Shrine (Maiko the grade-schooler)
Got to 10. She had the most interesting and growth throughout so far; but the last level 10 scene was creepy as fuck.

Temperance arcana Social Link - Transfer Student (Bebe)
This dude is a creep. No thanks.

Devil arcana Social Link - Businessman (Tanaka)
Funny, and got to level 10.

Star arcana Social Link - Rival Athlete (Mamoru Hayase)
I dont really care.

Moon arcana Social Link - Gourmet King (Nozomi Suemitsu)
Fat ass wants to be in a cult; whatever.

Sun arcana Social Link - Dying Young Man (Akinari Kamiki)
Im interested in seeing this one to level 10.

Rharyx211 posted...

Have you skipped every cutscene, social link, and request from Elizabeth...?

Super_Slash posted...

wtf? You must be skipping stuff. The first few months are short but the length really picks up around July.

The game seems so slow, and I read the subtitles much faster than they can speak; combine that with the enormous amount of exposition, yes, I hit the start button quite frequently to fast forward through the dialogue to get to the damn point.

I also definitely skip those requests, because wtf is the point of them? Seems boring // for completionists.

Social Links- I skipped a bunch because theyre boring as fuck // creepy. I hit level 10 for Yukari, Chihori, Tanaka, Maya, little girl (the ending of that one was creepy as fuck; it suddenly turned to the MC grooming her wtf), and am working to get to level 10 for the dying young kid, but the other ones seem like a bore // I dont care. Namely the magician, star, track guy, and old couple, I really dont give a shit.

Im 19 hours in and on 10/17. Seems like a very short game so far.

Temperature ranging from freakin' 30F lows to 64F highs... need to use furnace overnight, and then when the sun comes up, the house gets to be like upper 70s because of the latent heat and added heat from outdoors, necessitating either opening all the windows or turning on the AC. Feels like such a waste of energy.

Bah.

PraxagoraKassan posted...

That's a good question with an answer

I mean is it just exclusive to politicians? I don't think I've ever heard someone regularly use "Mr. Engineer" or "Mr. Nurse".

Instead of using your name, you use their job title, like Mr. Ambassador, Mr. President, etc.

I'd say it depends on the age.

This is like asking what's the difference between midgrade and premium fuel?

megamanfreakXD posted...

Not true, or maybe you are misunderstanding.

1. It's not about "patient turnover", it is about patient hand off. We have the responsibility to signout or "give handout" of the patients we take care of (like giving the summary of the patient, what needs to be done tonight, etc). Often times during this process, some things get lost in communication which can lead to delay in care or a bad outcome. If you shorten the number of hours per shift for each resident, then there will be more sign outs, and more information gets lost in the process.
2. The culture nowadays is shifting to less 24 hour calls. But it really does decrease the amount of learning and clinical training if they don't do 24 hour call. You really do in fact learn more and become more independent and build confidence in your skills if you work at night time because of decreased support staff. You will still have one supervising attending watching you, but you are limited on your resources to call, so you triage and figure out how to prioritize. Residents learn on their feet when they do this and it is what makes them competent physicians. Nowadays these residents don't even know how to order the proper dose of antibiotics and they waste my time and call me asking what dose to give, instead of spending time to look it up.
3. Getting rest or sleep really depends honestly. If you have a quiet night with nobody calling you, then good. If you have to see and deal with a sick patient, then you work it through.
4. Frequent hand offs lead to poor continuity of care for residents and overall worse training.

Yup, I meant hand off and not turnover; my bad...

archizzy posted...

Just a reminder that 24 hour shift doesnt necessarily mean no sleep or 24 hours straight of work though you can have days that are very busy. When I was in the military I regularly had 24 hour duty days. Similar situation.

Military is just "hurry up and wait" tho.

Oh boo hoo, you had to fill out some paperwork and wait for it to get processed to get free money from the government. No sympathy.

hockeybabe89 posted...

It should be illegal. Long shifts in healthcare put everyone at risk

Well actually, one justification I read is that it reduces mistakes due to reduced patient turnover; in other words, info missed during increased number of patient turnover may harm more than a doctor being tired. No idea how true this is though.

cray cray

$6 with coupon-
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$18 my ass. Its $11 without any coupons-
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Was at an OBGYN visit with my wife, and the OBGYN casually mentioned that she delivered 5 babies her last shift. I asked how long her shift was, and she said it's 24 hours long. I asked how often is her 24-hour shift, and she said 4 times a month; could be once a week or more than once a week, it's really up to how scheduling works. Even so, she has to work three 10 hour shifts per week outside of that for patient care. She then said she's been doing this for 26 years, so she probably delivered over 2,000 babies and laughed.

That's fucking NUTS! I Google'd it, and saw this recent Reddit post that confirms such crazy shifts, all over the world (there are comments that say that in Europe, Germany, etc. they also do this):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Residency/comments/15jq0ws/are_24_hour_shifts_still_a_thing/

Why in the world would you ever want to become a doctor if you have to regularly, for decades, have to work 60+ hours a week?!