This is one of the snarkiest peer-review articles I’ve seen published. The authors “undertook a systematic review of randomised controlled trials [RCTs] of parachutes” to determine an academic consensus on whether parachutes prevent injuries for people falling out of the sky and reported that exactly 0 trials had been undertaken. Mocking the strictest advocates of “evidence-based medicine” in the research community who demand that the efficacy of medicine be determined by data collected by RCTs rather than just observational data, they then argue that this must mean there is no reliable evidence that parachutes save lives.
They conclude by issuing “A call to (broken) arms” to those researchers where they basically say: either you are wrong and some facts can rely on common sense, or y’all should conduct an RCT where you all jump out of a plane- some with and some without parachutes- and prove that parachutes do in fact prevent injury and death:
Only two options exist. The first is that we accept that, under exceptional circumstances, common sense might be applied when considering the potential risks and benefits of interventions. The second is that we continue our quest for the holy grail of exclusively evidence based interventions and preclude parachute use outside the context of a properly conducted trial. The dependency [on parachutes] we have created in our population may make recruitment of the unenlightened masses to such a trial difficult. If so, we feel assured that those who advocate evidence based medicine and criticise use of interventions that lack an evidence base will not hesitate to demonstrate their commitment by volunteering for a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, crossover trial.
Playing anything after playing assassin’s creed for a month: why the fUCK can’t I climb this
assassin’s creed was the first video game I ever played, and I finished the first game in a weekend more or less without pause. then I went to work on Monday and, being totally unfamiliar with the Tetris effect, was extremely taken aback by the immediate impulse to reach my teller station by vaulting over the counter. I mean, I didn’t even question it at first. I made it maybe two long purposeful steps forward before my brain caught up and I spent the rest of the day doubting my own actions.
One time I played so much Bioshock at the weekend that on my walk to uni the next day I saw a vaguely rectangular bit of trash out the corner of my eye and automatically thought “better pick up that first aid kit”
When fallout 4 came out, I played so much of it that when I saw a pile of wood near my house, I tried to scrap it and was perplexed as to why it wasn’t selectable.
after playing the sims i mistakenly thought i was alive and had feelings
Our dog Zorro hasn’t been eating for the past several days and has been really lethargic lately. I’m super worried that something might be wrong with him in his old age and I need the money to get him to the vet as soon as possible. There is a place nearby that can see him and run tests for $100-120. If anyone could please send some money our way to help us take care of him, we’d greatly appreciate it. Any amount would help.
Something is wrong with Zorro’s kidneys and it’s possible he might need hospitalization in the next few weeks to deal with it. We have been doing everything we can to help him but we already owe $500 from this last visit. We’re struggling so much financially and we just cannot lose him to this. Please, if anyone can help us, any amount would really be appreciated. If not, please boost.
So tests results are back in and Zorro has a serious kidney disease… It’s going to cost $1800-2000 to treat. Please boost this post. I’m so desperate right now for help.
Zorro passed away yesterday… We plan on getting him cremated. The hospital says it’ll cost $120 to get him cremated on top of what we owe them already. If anyone can spare some money to help ease the cost of this entire ordeal, it would be greatly appreciated…
You’re an ancient Greek man coming home from 4 months of war to find your wife 3 months pregnant. Now you’ve embarked on a solemn quest: to punch Zeus in the face.
Soon after you begin your quest, you encounter another man in a similar situation. You decide to join forces, as two mortal men stand a better chance at punching Zeus than one.
Two villages over, you encounter a woman who had relations with Zeus and was left with a highly aggressive half-boar half-man offspring. She too feels your anger and offers to join your quest.
By the time you reach Mount Olympus, you’ve amassed a large and formidable army of cuckolded/ravished mortals, demigods with daddy issues, mythical creatures with scores to settle, and a seamstress who you’re pretty sure is Hera in disguise.
My cat literally sleeps next to my face until she thinks I’m asleep and then she’ll move to the end of my bed. If I wake up at night she’ll go back up to me head and stay with me until I fall asleep again. In the morning she’ll follow me when I call her. She’s a precious lil nugget.
My best friend!!!!
I LOVE HER.
That is a cat who feels the most loved it’s ever felt
For y’all that don’t know, Her name is Princess Tigerbelle! 😽💕✨
Boozhoo (hello), my name is Ken, I am a disabled Ojibwe artist from northern Wisconsin. I am writing this post because I am having a hard time making ends meet and any donations I could possibly receive at this time would be greatly appreciated. Recent events have left my bank account depleted and my cupboards bare, I have some food but it will not last and I still do not know how I will cover all the utility bills.
I do have PayPal, that is really the best way to donate at this time, the email I use for that is: baapimakwa@gmail.com, or you can click here.
Alright you guys, ‘tis the season again and I’ve already seen bullshit float about so here we go: what to do and what not to do when you happen to have a tick attached to yours truly.
WHAT NOT TO DO:
DON’T cover the tick in anything. Vaseline, nailpolish, whatever. Doesn’t matter. It’ll all suffocate the tick, making it panic vomit germs into your blood stream. That’s the opposite of what you want.
DON’T burn the tick. Same problem, plus the additional option of giving yourself a burn wound in the process.
DON’T squeeze the body of the tick when you try to remove it. Again this empties the tick’s digestive system into your body. Bad.
DON’T wait for the tick to detach itself. The longer it stays on you, the higher the chances it’ll transmit anything to you. Plus when ti detaches it may again vomit germs into you.
WHAT TO ACTUALLY DO
STAY CALM. A tick hanging on you is not a reason to panick. You’re not going to keel over just like that, and if you’re unsure what to do, there are many resources on the internet on how to safely remove a tick, like this one from the CDC (aka the professionals)
USE APPROPRIATE TOOLS. These can be suitable tweezers (the pointy kind, not blunt tipped ones), tick removers (there are cheap ones out there, those you can buy at the vets are totally fine for use on humans, too!). Ideally you can remove the entire tick in one go, however if that doesn’t work and the mouth part breaks off in your skin, that’s not a terribly big deal and you can totally remove it separately after you got the body remove. Again, don’t panic.
KILL THE REMOVED TICK. But not by squeezing it. Flush it down the toilet, submerse it in alcohol in a container etc. Ideally if the tick has bitten you and not your dog, keep the tick around in a sealed container in case you start having symptoms and someone needs to identify the tick species. Also IF you start getting symptoms like the tell tale Lyme disease rash, HIT A DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY AND TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR TICK BITE. Do not wait this out, ticks can transmit a whole host of diseases beside Lyme, so be mindful of that, too!
Some of those diseases you can actually get vaccinated again, such as tick born encephalitis. Check with the local authorities if you live in a risk area, and if so, get the shots to protect yourself.
Excellent post! I would like to add that ticks hide in tall grass and bushes mostly. They do not drop down from trees or jump to other people’s heads etc. Ticks aren’t designed to jump, they latch on somewhere on your leg and then crawl upwards in most cases.
my cousin’s cat was acting really weird today, freaking out and not letting anyone near her, hissing and growling, and it got so concerning they decided to take her to the vet
it took two adults to get the cat into the carrier and in the process my aunt got clawed so badly she had to go to the emergency room for shots/stitches, so eventually the cat gets to the vet
the vet has to sedate her to take a look and it turns out she has a piece of tape on her leg that’s scaring her real bad. and that’s all
with mother’s day coming up here’s a reminder not to post/reblog things shaming and guilt-tripping people who don’t have relationships with or positive feelings about their mothers.
people usually feel this way about their mothers for a good reason, people usually don’t want to be around their mothers for a good reason, and while it’s cool that a lot of y’all have super moms who never treated you badly a day in your life not everyone was lucky enough to have that. mother’s day is already a crap day for them and it’s not made any better by having strangers trying to make them feel like monsters for not loving their mothers on top of it, so please keep this in mind when you’re making and sharing mother’s day posts. it’s 100% okay to celebrate your own moms but you can do that without talking down to people who don’t want to celebrate theirs.
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