otter
@otter@lemmy.ca
I live in Canada on the west-coast. I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer that I could use.
- Comment on Rotund 1 day ago:
- Comment on It's an old one but I'll just leave this here 2 days ago:
5 - FIVE GUYS 4 - IV GUYS 3 - E GUYS 2 - unknown 1 - I GUY
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- Comment on A riddle you must answer 4 days ago:
“Do you have any games on your phone?”
- Comment on Why do we need legal genders at all? 1 week ago:
That’s fair, and it was a poor example on my part.
If one treatment is much better, then yes that one would be preferred. Generally when there are two treatments being weighed, both will have consequences (else one would obviously be better).
My point was that knowing things about a person, outside of their physical biology, can get better outcomes. It should never be REQUIRED for the patient to share it, but we should educate medical staff about their community so that they can use that information when it is helpful.
Some other examples, that aren’t specific to gender
- knowing what pronouns to use would make the patient trust the provider more and feel more comfortable
- if you know the patients literacy level or knowledge of medical terminology, you can adjust your explanations
- if the patient belongs to a group that might have an aversion to a particular treatment, you know to either spend more time explaining it or to let them know another option is available
- if you know the patient is poor, then you might take that into account when recommending treatments. Even in publicly funded health systems, the lifestyle recommendations might not apply to every person
At the same time, the person shouldn’t be making assumptions based on someone falling into a particular group, and they should confirm whatever it is they are checking for.
IMO, knowing about gender is less important in places where it doesn’t carry as much cultural weight. As another example, if someone identifies as a woman in a culture where they don’t want to be alone with a male figure, knowing their identity might remind the staff to bring someone else who identifies as a woman into the exam room.
- Comment on Why do we need legal genders at all? 1 week ago:
Gender, and other factors that aren’t as “medically relevant”, might still be helpful if it helps the staff pick between two treatment options. The patient’s comfort and happiness can affect their overall wellbeing.
Say someone grows up in a culture where their gender (or some cultural group the person can belong to) usually has long hair. A particular treatment may have two options:
- shave the head
- something that doesn’t involve shaving the head
Knowing what gender (or other group) the person belongs to might inform their decision.
Note, this is about why medical staff might want to know about gender identity and not the original question of how many we should have.
- Comment on IYKYK 1 week ago:
What does the pear lapel pin refer to? I haven’t seen that before
- Comment on Drink up 1 week ago:
From what I remember, the original study was indeed about cockroach “milk”, from a species that births live babies and feeds them a slurry of crystals and proteins. That slurry is the stuff that is technically more “nutritious”
I don’t think anyone is actually trying to get humans to consume the stuff. There are a lot of mammals that produce milk that is more nutrient dense than cow milk, it’s just not as easy to collect it + theres little reason to do so
- Comment on With all due respect? Ew. 1 week ago:
Oh how could I forget
The word muscle comes from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus meaning mouse, because the appearance of the flexed biceps resembles the back of a mouse.
If someone has a better version of the diagram, please link it :)
- Comment on With all due respect? Ew. 1 week ago:
Here are some more fun ones:
The term coccyx is derived from the ancient Greek word κόκκυξ[18][19] kokkyx “cuckoo”;[20] the latter is attested in the writings of the Greek physician Herophilus to denote the end of the vertebral column.[21] This Greek name for the cuckoo was applied as the last three or four bones of the coccyx resemble the beak of this bird,[18][21][22][23] when viewed from the side
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus
The earliest description of the ridge running along the floor of the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle comes from the Venetian anatomist Julius Caesar Aranzi (1587), who likened it first to a silkworm and then to a seahorse (Latin hippocampus, from Greek ἱππόκαμπος (latinised: ìppókampos) from ἵππος (ippos), ‘horse’ + κάμπος (kámpos), ‘sea monster’)
Not as fun, but still interesting:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltoid_muscle
It is called so because it is in the shape of the Greek capital letter delta (Δ)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratus_anterior_muscle
The muscle is named from Latin: serrare = to saw (referring to the shape); and anterior = on the front side of the body.
- Comment on Fr*nce 2 weeks ago:
TIL
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Macron
It was at the after-school drama club of Lycée la Providence where she and Emmanuel Macron first met.[13] She was in charge of the after-school theater club he attended when he was 15 alongside her own daughter Laurence who was in his class.[14] Their relationship has attracted controversy, as she is his senior by close to 25 years, and he was a minor; Macron has described it as “a love often clandestine, often hidden, misunderstood by many before imposing itself”.
- Comment on Malaysia 2 weeks ago:
ROFL:ROFL:ROFL:ROFL _^___ L __/ [] \ LOL===__ \ L \________] I I --------/
- Comment on If a community keeps posting post will it show up as more active and thus drawing more users? Even if it's one person who posts a lot? 3 weeks ago:
It depends on the type of community.
If its only one person but they’re sharing neat photos or articles about a topic, then yes I’ll still subscribe. Some of my favorite communities on here have one or a few dedicated users. Over time more users do begin to post, even if the majority of the content is by one motivated person.
- Comment on Blast off 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Probably not the best idea.. 3 weeks ago:
There’s audio
As the kid runs across the background, he screams “SOMEBODY GAVE ME FIREEE”
- Comment on Is it okay to have more than one account on here? 3 weeks ago:
I do that for the same reason you’ve mentioned.
From the admin side, it makes next to no difference so I don’t think an admin won’t care. It’s only a problem if someone goes voting on the same piece of content from two accounts, or commenting in the same thread to steer a conversation
In your case, if you segment activity into different topics, there’s little risk of that happening
- Comment on Who 4 weeks ago:
I think the point of the meme is that it’s a silly premise, and few people actually believe things like this
- Comment on One Lucky Koala 4 weeks ago:
Little guy looks exhausted, good on those guys for helping out.
Does anyone know why it went for a swim in the first place? Did the tree fall in?
- Comment on The second-hand business 5 weeks ago:
They might not even be from toilet paper. People buy cardboard tubes for crafts, and it’s possible they have a bunch left over after a project: michaels.com/…/12-pack-cardboard-tubes-for-crafts…
Seems more likely than someone has been collecting toilet paper roles in order to sell them for super cheap
- Comment on Scientists discover how narwhals grow nature's only straight tusk 1 month ago:
I was curious about what the tusk is even used for
oceanconservancy.org/…/exactly-narwhal-tusk/
There’s research that suggests the narwhal tusk is used primarily for hunting, but contrary to what you might be imagining, they don’t actually spear their food. In fact, there’s video evidence indicating that they instead give a quick and firm “tusk tap” to momentarily stun their prey (usually fish, shrimp or squid) and then quickly suck them up.
TIL that narwhal tusks are for smacking and not stabbing
The video link, although I haven’t watched it myself and didn’t find the timestamp: m.youtube.com/watch?v=OoTjLIN67Bw
- Comment on Bunnies are metal 1 month ago:
Is this a certain type of rabbit or is it normal to shave them while leaving a moustache?
- Comment on found this helpful map of which countries are turkiye on turkiye's government website 1 month ago:
To be fair, wikipedia does this too and I find it helpful. The problem is the color scheme
- Comment on Is it time for eggposting 🥚 1 month ago:
My friend managed to find a compatible eraser at some stationery store while travelling, but he couldn’t tell me exactly which one he went to. This was before we could just order everything online, The best part was that you could use up the eraser a little bit to get a snug fit, you can’t do that with the yolks.
I don’t know why more stores didn’t carry those erasers
- Comment on mean, lean, dean machine keeping you animals under control 1 month ago:
Why is this marked nsfw 😄
- Comment on Delish 1 month ago:
:(
- Comment on Republicans are arguing over if trans people can play sports while the world laughs at us 1 month ago:
As a Canadian, I do want to point out that it’s not enough to be above the united states, considering how their bar is dropping lower and lower.
I am very thankful for our existing healthcare system, and I want to see people protect it against the american inspired groups that are trying to privatize parts of it.
There are also areas where we were originally SUPPOSED to have coverage based on the original plan decades ago (ex. pharmaceuticals, homecare, dental), but those phases never got implemented.
- Comment on How does Nostr work, and what are the pros/cons compared to ActivityPub? 1 month ago:
That was a very helpful deep dive, thank you for taking the time to write it :)
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- Comment on It do be like that 1 month ago:
What is the gameplay like, the screenshots make it look like a mosquito simulator 😄
- Comment on It's taking forever 1 month ago:
Sometimes full sedation is too risky, or at least not worth it for factors other than cost
