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dingus, to asklemmy in Spotify Wrapped 2023 is out, what's your top artist and top song for the year?

What were your other top genres? Why do you think you’ve transitioned away from EDM? I feel like I’ve been slowly listening to EDM more over the years (and pop is always my staple), but this year R&B managed to sneak its way into my top five.

dingus, (edited ) to asklemmy in Spotify Wrapped 2023 is out, what's your top artist and top song for the year?

Bit of a pet peeve for me that the recap slide at the end doesn’t give the artist for the names of the songs. There are many songs out there with the same title.

I’ve been listening a lot of a song called “Box of Bones” recently for example, but mine isn’t from a pop punk band.

dingus, to lemmyshitpost in Yeah, yeah, yeah...

What do those first couple of smokes feel like?

dingus, (edited ) to lemmyshitpost in I hate getting up early.

I remember when I first got a full time job. I had finished school at that point. Every day I was just so fucking exhausted and wondered how the hell adults do this every day until they die. And then you have some people who do a zillion things after work and I’m just like how the fuck??

I still like working a milion times better than school because…1. I have the type of job that I cannot bring home with me. I don’t have to constantly worry about homework and can really just fully relax at the end of the day. I never could when I was in school. 2. I get to earn my own money and buy whatever the hell I want (so long as I can afford it).

dingus, to lemmyshitpost in Call it what it is

I dunno. Even Amazon doesn’t seem to have good Black Friday sales anymore. The sale prices are often a lie on their website nowadays when they used to not be. It will say the price is a Black Friday sale price, but really it’s always that price.

Even though sales aren’t as good anymore, at least brick and mortar stores seemed to have stopped the Purge-like frenzy of real life battle royales for products on Black Friday. Everything is much less insane because the deals aren’t as good and the time frame for the deals is longer.

dingus, to lemmyshitpost in Uranus is so big!!

😳

dingus, (edited ) to asklemmy in What makes video games addictive for you?

Similar for me. I played them constantly as a kid. As an adult, I try to get into them now and then but they never seem to hold my interest anymore. They’ve lost their addictive quality for me.

dingus, (edited ) to asklemmy in Those of you with lesser-known types of jobs...what do you do?

I work in the surgical pathology department in a hospital.

Anything you get removed from surgery comes to me to be examined. Then I describe what I have and what sort of pathology I can see with the naked eye. I select and cut out pieces of tissue that are important to the case. The tissue undergoes further processing and eventually reaches the desk of a pathologist (a type of physician) who examines the tissue microscopically, forms a diagnosis, and ultimately signs out the case.

My job can assist with several things depending on the case…

  1. To help the clinician confirm or determine what type of lesion or disease process the patient has
  2. To document and confirm that a surgery was necessary
  3. To stage cancer cases
  4. To determine whether or not a cancer or lesion has been completely removed from the patient and there is none left inside their body
  5. To make sure the patient does not have an unsuspected cancer

I see everything from tiny boring specks of tissue they biopsy during a colonoscopy to large cancer resection cases.

The other day, I got an almost entirely necrotic above the knee amputation with maggots. A few days before that I got a 9 lb spleen. It’s fun in the lab.

In the US, my job generally requires a very specialized 2 year master’s degree (on top of a bachelor’s degree in any subject). In other countries, the role of my job can be fulfilled by different types of people depending on the country and education will be different.

I found out about the job on Google lol. I was looking for something hands on in healthcare or anatomy related, but I didn’t like patient contact. I would probably select this career again if I had a second go around. It pays pretty well and is interesting. But grad school in the US is very expensive.

dingus, to science_memes in mantra that keeps me going through grad school

Years ago I was trying to get into med school. But I didn’t think I could so I stopped trying at the end and pursued a different route. One of the reasons I didn’t go was I was afraid I would kill myself if I went. In the back of my mind I’ve always been a bit disappointed with myself that I didn’t try hard enough to get in, but this sort of cements my reasoning for not going.

I’m sorry to hear about your friend.

dingus, (edited ) to asklemmy in What's an alternative to Spotify that doesn't play you the same fucking songs over and over?

What is the “DJ” feature you’re referring to? I don’t see that in my app.

Edit: Found it by going to home > music

The obnoxious voice that talks to you every few songs is irritating as fuck, though. I wish it would just silently change genres instead of talking to me it’s a person and interrupting my music.

dingus, to asklemmy in Do you have a mantra that keeps you going through tough times?

Not really a mantra, but I try to remind myself that the only thing that seems to be certain in life is change. If you’re in a shitty spot, just wait for the change. Will it be a change for the good or a change for the bad? You can’t always predict it, but it WILL change. Often, that means when I’m in a shitty mood or scenario, I wait for the change to happen in a more positive direction.

dingus, to asklemmy in What nicknames have you been given?

Probably Boring

dingus, to asklemmy in What's an amusing thing to say before going under general anesthesia?

There are a lot of good ones out there, but this just seems like a stupid move tbh and a way to get your surgery cancelled

dingus, to asklemmy in What's an amusing thing to say before going under general anesthesia?

Hoping the best for you

dingus, to asklemmy in What's an amusing thing to say before going under general anesthesia?

Jeez. Medical staff can have senses of humor too. Not everyone is a robot or the same person.

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