Doctor_Satan
@Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee
- Comment on Oof 3 days ago:
The probable cause statement says the investigating officer contacted the Stillwater, Oklahoma, police department about a “past rape charge” against Sparkman and obtained information that case involved a 10-year-old victim.
Fuck it. Burn it all down. I think dolphins are next in line. Let’s hope they do better than we did.
- Comment on Something something far-left 4 days ago:
Yeah, this is a big problem with the early stages of practicing medicine in the UK. Once you make it past about the 7 year mark, it’s all well and good, but those early years, you’re kind of on par with retail workers, which can be demoralizing. A big mistake the UK made was when the pandemic hit, they didn’t raise wages for doctors to compensate for the absolute chaos. BMA should have gone to war over that the way the French did over retirement age.
Things definitely could be better, especially for young doctors, but I would still rather be a doctor in the UK than in the US. No amount of money is worth that kind of burnout, and I don’t want to be treated by any doctor who thinks it is.
- Comment on Something something far-left 4 days ago:
Yes, both are very important points. I’ve never met a British doctor who had to drive for Uber or suck dick on Backpage to pay off student loans.
- Comment on Something something far-left 4 days ago:
This comment doesn’t really mean a lot without context. The pay for doctors in the UK varies quite a bit depending on which level of their career they are at. Resident doctors (Foundation Year 1 & 2) earn anywhere between £33k and £37k, Trainees (training in a specialized area of medicine, CT 1-3, ST 1-9) can earn between £43k to £63k. All of these are considered Junior Doctors, who work under the supervision of a Senior Doctor. When they have completed full medical training in a specialized area of medicine (7-10 years), they are Consultant level, which is a Senior Doctor. This can pay between £93k and £126k per year.
For further context, the median individual wage in the UK is £37,430, which is about what second year Resident doctors earn on average. Much like the US, this can be good or bad, depending on where you live. In the North of England, an FY2 earning £37k is solidly middle-class. In London? He’s working-class, but still making far more than minimum wage, and his income will only increase from there.
Speaking of minimum wage… For people 21+ years old, it’s £12.21 an hour. At 40 hours a week, that’s £25,396 per year, or about £7k a year less than a first year resident. There are ZERO doctors in the UK earning “almost below the minimum wage, given the number of hours they actually work.” Unlike in the US where doctors work a billion hours a week, doctors in the UK are unionized (most with the BMA, but there are other unions), and their contracts prevent this. On average, the workload for F1 & 2 (Residents) is 48 hours per week. They do occasionally get hit with longer weeks, but it’s not normal. Their union contracts are designed specifically to prevent overworking and allow them time to work and study/take exams. Doctors working 80 and 90 hour weeks is mostly a thing of the past.
The bottom line is that Doctors in the UK generally make a good living and have strong unions that ensure they continue to do so. That’s not to say things can’t or shouldn’t improve, but their situation is far from bleak. If the only reason you’re getting into medicine is to get rich, then please get the fuck out of medicine. There are much easier ways to get rich than spending the next 20 years studying while you watch people die in front of you.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I have a lot of thoughts on this game.
First, the production and release of the game itself was like a living metaphor about how corpo assholes ruin everything good. It was obviously rushed for the Christmas release when they clearly weren’t anywhere near finishing the game. I think they could’ve used another solid year, but no, the suits upstairs needed you to hand over those holiday eddies ASAP. Everyone knows about the bugs, so I don’t need to go into that. My biggest complaint about the gameplay is that 90% of the dialog choices really don’t feel like they have any substantial impact on the story overall.
Complaints aside, it is one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played, and probably the best designed open world in any game, in my opinion. Night City really feels lived-in. The city itself is a character in the game, not just a backdrop. The different neighborhoods and districts all feel very unique without feeling like that uniqueness is forced. It just makes sense, and works really well. One improvement I think Night City could use would be more substantial random events happening independently of the player, instead of people just milling around. Like rock concerts, protests/riots, car meetups, parades, stuff like that. Not a big deal without them, but would be a big improvement, in my opinion.
The characters are also great. Judy and Misty are my favorites, and I wish there was a lot more story (or even side quests) with Misty. They are well written and have depth and their own motivations, and their stories were emotionally impactful. But all the characters are well done, and they provide a great experience, even when the main story itself feels thin at times.
Overall, I love the game. It’s been a while since I played through it, so I might go check out the mods and see if anything catches my eye for my next play through.
- Comment on The pipeline 3 weeks ago:
You should give his Wikipedia page a browse. It’s wild.
- Comment on I LOVE POTATO SALAD 3 weeks ago:
Let’s be clear: This type of person eats a very specific kind of potato salad that consists only of potatoes, mayo, and the tears of every customer service manager that dares cross her path.
Potato salad is like chili and meatloaf. It’s not a recipe so much as it is a formula with many variables. You can make it boring and bland, or you can make it exciting and delicious. There are no rules except for what’s in the name.
I love potato salad because I make it how I like it, which includes a lot of spices and vegetables and other stuff. I don’t think I’ve ever made it the same way twice.
- Comment on The pipeline 3 weeks ago:
White meat chicken nuggets. Some of us prefer dark meat, which doesn’t translate well to boneless nugget form. Also, I generally prefer crispy skin over breading. But I’ll fuck up some white meat nuggs from time to time, as long as they aren’t tossed in sauce.
- Comment on The pipeline 3 weeks ago:
I prefer bone-in because I prefer dark meat. I also like the crispy skin more than breading. When I do get a craving for white meat chicken nuggets, I’ll make them myself and won’t toss them in sauce. It makes the breading soggy.
- Comment on The pipeline 3 weeks ago:
Nick Adams has an unhealthy obsession with Hooters.
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Reminder that Nick is Australian. - Comment on The pipeline 3 weeks ago:
Nick Adams once said on Twitter that Alpha males never have to announce that they are Alpha males, with (Alpha male) right there in his name. For the longest time, I refused to believe he wasn’t a parody account. Then I looked into him, and the dude is 100% serious. Some people are just impossibly stupid.
- Comment on Ben Shapiro's sister 3 weeks ago:
he also grew out his beard because people were making fun of his chinless weak jaw as being feminine.
He doesn’t even have a chinless weak jaw. It’s perfectly normal. But people mocking him for his chin looking feminine (which it doesn’t) is exactly what’s going on with the MAGA beard trend.
Every one of these right-wing goons that grows a beard does it to emulate some weird idealized version of masculinity from the “good ol’ days” when men were men and women had no rights and gays didn’t exist. Between 2016 and 2020, an inordinate number of MAGA dorks all started growing beards, as if on cue. Matt Walsh, the Trump sons, Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, Ted Cruz, and a whole bunch of other dipshit podcast bro’s, influencers, and politicians all went for the same exact bearded look at around the same time.
The reason they grow the beard isn’t to cover up an actual weak chin or feminine jawline, so much as it is to shield against those kinds of accusations, no matter how unfounded (Shapiro is a great example of this). They are compelled to project an image of stoic masculinity because deep down, they are all incredibly fragile and insecure and terrified of anyone perceiving them as anything less than the very definition of manliness, and bullying them for it the way they bully others for it.
When the biggest part of your brand is attacking people for not conforming to gender norms from a century ago, you can’t walk around flaunting your luscious DSL’s. Better cover that shit up!
- Comment on I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device gatekeeps my gender 4 weeks ago:
Same. My girlfriend also used to have massive tits. We’re talking DDD’s. She ended up getting a reduction, but it was funny because she used to have to go to Lane Bryant for tops and Kids Foot Locker for shoes.
- Comment on women are the devil 4 weeks ago:
I grew up loving The X-Files, so conspiracy stuff was always interesting to me. I never bought into any of it, but it used to be fun.
I blame reality TV for our current state. They took what was probably one of the best tropes in sci-fi, started talking about it in documentary form, and a whole generation of brainless fucking idiots took it way too seriously, ruining it for the rest of us. Shows like Ancient Aliens took the whole “just asking questions” tactic to insane levels, and it bled over into politics and social issues, providing cover for people to “question” if wildfires may have been started by Jewish space lasers. It’s so infuriating.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
My girlfriend has a 15 year old daughter (I’m 49). I enjoy her company a lot. She’s a great kid. The thought of any kind of romantic or sexual relationship with her turns my stomach. It should also turn your dad’s stomach, and he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with “I enjoy her company”. But that’s just my opinion. I don’t know your family dynamics, and I know it’s easy to preach about what I think should be done from the outside.
Very tough spot to be in, and I have no advice beyond confrontation. I’m sorry you have to deal with this.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I can’t tell you why her parents would be okay with it, but I think you might want to ask your dad why he’s okay with it. A tough conversation, for sure, and I think we all kinda know the answer, but making him say it out loud might begin the process to put an end to it.
- Comment on Adult gamers of Lemmy how do you find time to game without being exhausted of the screen? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE 5 weeks ago:
As soon as I read your comment I saw it as “jaw breakers”. So yeah, I guess that’s a good thing.
- Comment on IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE 5 weeks ago:
Marxist banking parasites
Because for some reason, he’s afraid to say “Jew bankers”.
- Comment on What TV show were you highly excited for, but ended up quickly disappointing you? 5 weeks ago:
Great intro though. That song and the intro visuals were top notch. But yeah, that show got real goofy real fast.
- Comment on Wait, Jarod Leto in Tron? 1 month ago:
Under the right director, with the right story, Jared Leto can be absolutely brilliant. There are plenty of examples of this, from ‘Requiem for a Dream’ to ‘Dallas Buyers Club’. Unfortunately, the stars have to align perfectly for him to be anything other than a cringe factory of hammy over-acting. I don’t know who is directing the new Tron, but the odds of them being the right person to pull a good performance out of Leto are not great. I’d like to be wrong, and I hope I am, but probably not. He’s probably going to chew the scenes in the worst way, as he usually does, and be the worst part of the movie, as he usually is.
- Comment on What's the best "good-bad" TV series you've seen? 1 month ago:
I loved that show back in the day. Nigel Bennett is such a solid character actor. I don’t remember how it ended though, which I guess means I need to re-watch it.
- Comment on Clean butt 1 month ago:
“Hey, if some caked-up mud pie got on your face, would you just wipe it off with a dry piece of tissue and call it a day? No! You’d wash it. So why is your butthole any different?” - Detective Allen Gamble, ‘The Other Guys’
- Comment on Clean butt 1 month ago:
This is the kind I have, and I will never not have one again.
