Last time, I used: “Anybody need anything while I’m out?” and that went over well. May not make it through this surgery on Friday, so I turn to Lemmy for top-notch suggestions for my potential last words!
I’ve had a lot of different injuries. On heavy morphine and pethadine, you definitely feel pain just as bad but you don’t care and just kind of forget about it. It’s like it dulls the nervous system in a way that it’s not blocking signals, it’s blocking how your system reacts to them. It’s hard to explain, but it’s a pretty surreal experience. You should be stressing, but you’re not. You’re very aware of the severity of the injury, but you’re totally calm about it and it slips your mind, like pain is the lowest concern.
I’m usually thinking like, “I wonder how the fix will go? What if I need to pee? I hope recovery isn’t months… Oh, yeah, and my limb is on fire with a bone sticking out, but they’re on it. I hope there’s no snorers in my ward and the food’s good. It’d be nice if they operate this evening because this sucks. I hope I can self-medicate morphine for sleep tonight. That really helped last time. I feel fucking great and am dribbling. Oh, yeah, and my limb is on fire with a bone sticking out. Meh…”
Ah. Mine was to set while waiting for surgery so things didn’t tighten up and be harder in the OR. I had tibia and fibula snapped and dislocated ankle. They got the joint back in place and straightened the leg, then put it in a splint to wait in.
They practiced the movements while I was with it and it seemed very violent and physical. Then they dosed me to do the real thing and the next thing I remember was sitting there wondering wtf just happened.
I’ve always found them the most scary. If someone has mastered one, able to control and time the weight, opening up opportunities for blows, you’re fucked. A light blow with a blade or spear, you’re taking shallow damage and can scamper back. But with a mace? You’re off-balance now or quite stunned and that’s exactly what leads to the skull being crushed in a second later.
So, sure they’re slower and harder to land, but patiently, just one good hit and it’s game very quickly and violently over. Not to mention, the wielder doesn’t have to worry about their weapon being stuck in the dead guy.
i was legitimately confused why i was getting zero replies in very active threads. and yes this is just a whine post about how horribly opaque fediverse moderation is these days...
I think their general gist was that of pointlessness and helplessness. Not an unusual stance, but in this case the pressure of the UN can actually be a thing because of Israel’s position amongst UN cohorts. Even the US wouldn’t go down sucking dick if it meant damage of itself within the much more valuable and powerful UN.
I try new hobbies to see if I’ll actually like them. Usually it’s things I’m attracted to, but often it’s things I’m not interested in but have the chance to try. It’s about equal positives for both and I’m much more fulfilled, skilled, and happy for it. I aggressively pursue hobbies when circumstances mean I can no longer do one anymore much, or things begin to feel like they’ve been plateuing for a while and I’m not getting much out of it anymore.
There are things that have changed my entire lifestyle. But, to think, I could’ve never tried these things and subsequently never had known what would’ve been. There are things so hard I give up, but only for a while, and then try again, and again, and again.
One might say my primary hobby is finding fulfilling things. It seems a pretty smart way to put worth to finite time. I encourage everyone to go nuts with hobbies.
And they seek my affirmation or opinion after. It’s already super awkward and now my options are awkwardly give advice or awkwardly tell them it’s way too awkward. I just wanted to clean my coffee mug 😭
One day I found myself waiting until 6:30pm to go to the pub, knowing all the parents and kids have normally left by then. Now I celebrate Diwali and I’m a non-religious white Australian. How did this happen? I have skincare products now, for fuck’s sake. It could happen to you!
What's an amusing thing to say before going under general anesthesia?
Last time, I used: “Anybody need anything while I’m out?” and that went over well. May not make it through this surgery on Friday, so I turn to Lemmy for top-notch suggestions for my potential last words!
It's (usually) already installed (lemmy.ml)
Bets on the next one? (startrek.website)
Do yourself a favor (slrpnk.net)
Truly an art form to use properly (lemmy.world)
Be amazed by the uses of Tech... (lemmy.ca)
it's a puzzling one i'll tell you hwat (lemmy.one)
i was legitimately confused why i was getting zero replies in very active threads. and yes this is just a whine post about how horribly opaque fediverse moderation is these days...
The art of saying nothing (thumbsnap.com)
that look tho (sh.itjust.works)
Should go without saying, but do not do this
Is it ok to use acronyms similar to those on an equally or more popular discussion forum?
For example:...
STRIKE OVER: Actors Make a Deal With Studios After 118 Days (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Tehc (lemmy.world)
Same. (lemmy.world)
UN approves Gaza truce [video] (bee-tube.fr)
bread of wisdom (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
What do you think happened to the hikers in the Dyatlov Pass Incident?
Here’s the wiki for those unfamiliar: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
Why you have to call me out like that? [ADHDinos] (startrek.website)
ADHDinos Source Links:...
What is your favorite type of inflation? (lemmy.ml)
Glad its Saturday Tomorrow (lemmy.world)
I didn't need to know your ex husband gave you syphilis Deborah (lemmy.world)
Some deaf children in China can hear after gene treatment (www.technologyreview.com)
Anthropology PSA (mander.xyz)