And then the movie patient pops up and smiles and everything is perfectly restored back to normal instead of, "Oh, we convinced your heart to start beating again, but you're still unconscious probably because you have brain damage, your kidneys are dying, your blood is acidic, and now we're gonna put you on a breathing machine. Best wishes!"
Chetzemoka
joined 1 year ago
That's incredible
There are a few things I wish we could really show the public. The first is how brutally savage and undignified CPR really is. And the second is what alcohol abuse really does to a person.
Chronic malnutrition, brain damage, hallucinations, anxiety, internal bleeding, fluid swelling your abdomen like a water balloon, literal ammonia building up in your blood that we treat by deliberately inducing massive diarrhea. That's not even mentioning esophageal varices and the increased cancer risk.
Alcohol is a horrifying drug.
Yeah, I grew up in a small American town and my cousins were more like my siblings than my actual sister because they were the same age as me. We all fled that small town, so the next generation are all growing up not surrounded by extended family.
I think there are good and bad sides to it. It was nice to grow up surrounded by family with a strong sense of belonging. But my cousins' children are growing up knowing people from far more diverse backgrounds than I ever had access to, which is good for them in a different way.
Overall, I think the effects are probably neutral
This is a painting? The texture on that fabric is perfect
Making noise is the only way things actually get done in this world. Asking politely gets you nowhere. Squeaky wheel gets the grease and all that
Yeah I like the characters, the concept, the aliens. But man those scripts are just so rough. They needed some serious writing workshops and like three more drafts. It always feels like they just took the rough concept draft and ran with it.
It was you, ok! I learned it by watching YOU! 😭
Ah yes, a staple on HBO cable TV when I was a kid along with the Phantasm movies
Seriously, this sub caused me to actually break down and subscribe to Paramount+ despite my adamant hatred of our current "just one more subscription service" hellscape
Y'all, I tried to watch Voyager. I really did. I just can't. I'm absolutely loving Strange New Worlds though. Can't wait to check out Lower Decks soon.
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Owl facts and adorable pictures abound.