The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[Funerary_Doom]

Bah I’ve been pretty out of gas this past few months. A friend of mine passed away after surviving cancer and it really changed my perspective and opened my eyes to how doctors really do dismiss black women. Because of that I’ve stopped drinking and started exercising more and eating better. No caffeine either. I use to even smoke weed occasionally when hanging out with friends and even that I’ve stopped. It’s weird, I thought this would be a lot harder for me but i enjoy it. I guess I finally realize how delicate people actually are.

In addition I’m in school and working now. Finally working on my speech degree. Hoping to apply to the masters program next spring. Sup, y’all. I have some time since I’m on break and this break is a staycation for me.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

im sorry to hear about your friend and it's great that you're making those changes! But i doubt black women are treated any differently by doctors and they surely are not the only people that feel like doctors didnt do everything they could. That's something that nearly everyone thinks. Ive lost quite a few people myself due to what i would say was a "doctor not doing their job right/caring enough" .. or like i said, maybe that's just something that just about all relatives/friends of someone who passed away feel.

 

[MasterpieceMesias]

But i doubt black women are treated any differently by doctors and they surely are not the only people that feel like doctors didnt do everything they could. That's something that nearly everyone thinks. Ive lost quite a few people myself due to what i would say was a "doctor not doing their job right/caring enough" .. or like i said, maybe that's just something that just about all relatives/friends of someone who passed away feel.

As a part black guy myself, I have to say she is making a point. I can tell they treat me differently as well, just from speaking to different people. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how my doctor at the time didn't really take me seriously when I got gonorhea four years ago.

 

[Bloopy]

Sorry to hear that @Funerary_Doom.

It's pretty well known that doctors do things like treat obese people harshly so I wouldn't be surprised. One of my online friends was a somewhat morbidly obese white guy in Japan. He died of pneumonia after being sent home from hospital. Will never know if he could've been saved if he was still in there though.

 

[Slammed]

I kind of agree with TB, the number of doctors that get into the profession to treat people with any kind of bias must be few and far between. It sucks when mistakes get made by doctors because their mistakes often have more ramifications than the average Joe who makes mistakes, but doctors are still human and as such will make mistakes like the rest of us. However as humans we are also not immune from looking for someone to blame when we don't have all the answers and the doctor is the easy target in most cases.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

As a part black guy myself, I have to say she is making a point. I can tell they treat me differently as well, just from speaking to different people. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how my doctor at the time didn't really take me seriously when I got gonorhea four years ago.

i was trying to be nice, but i find it HIGHLY offensive that anyone would imply that any of the numerous friends or family ive lost in the hands of doctors received any better care than someone else just based on the color of their skin. People who constantly keep using race as a topic or excuse for everything they find unjust are rather pathetic if you ask me. And this isnt even taking into consideration that most doctors in this country(or at least my state, which is the highest populated state in this country) are actually minorities. Im going to go ahead and tell you right now, as far as African Americans go .... they are by far the highest "privileged" group of people in this country and they get "passes" for saying and doing things that a lot of other people would get persecuted for if it was the other way around.

 

[MasterpieceMesias]

Im going to go ahead and tell you right now, as far as African Americans go .... they are by far the highest "privileged" group of people in this country and they get "passes" for saying and doing things that a lot of other people would get persecuted for if it was the other way around.

Lol as if you would have any idea about that

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Lol as if you would have any idea about that

let me guess, i'd have to be black to know?

 

[Slammed]

Maybe if you were black you wouldn't have to guess.

 

[CiG]

I actually had a weird dream about a train derailment (I think brought on by watching Train to Busan recently) and then I woke up to see this news. Can't even imagine going through something crazy like this, "bodies and luggage being thrown around inside the carriages."

 

[Slammed]

Heard about that just after it happened last night. Was obviously unlucky for the driver and pilot but everyone else walked off the train, that's pretty darn lucky. There has to be quite a few questions asked about why this happened.

 

[Slammed]

I'm not an expert on the subject by any means but it appears that the train crash above has several factors which are going to come under scrutiny.
1. V/line's constant insistence that trains be replaced with buses state-wide due to track maintenance issues.
2. V/line staff walking off the job recently in relation to maintenance on that specific area of track
3. V/line drivers refusing to traverse that part of the line in the last week
4. Speed of the train
5. Why the train was on a siding, presumably at speed.
6. If the train was not supposed to be on the siding why were the points sending it that way.

 

[Onder]

I can't wait to have a fucking beer today. (Read: smash fucking 10 different beers).

Right now I'm leannig towards the most asocial manner of doing it - buying the beers, bringing them home, and smash them while playing Minecraft and listening to obscure classical music. However, if someone wants to join, I guess I'm open to that.

 

[Krow]

Had a lot of fun (just home before 2am) last night at the Fasnacht festival in Helvetia last night. We were all pretty cold by the time they tossed Old Man Winter onto the fire but it was a pretty fun party in a tiny town. It was our first time going because the winter usually prohibits travel to the area in the winter but the wife and I (and my sister) are already planning for next year. We will definitely need to make our own masks and march in the parade this time.

I have a ton of pictures I can post but they’re between 4 phones at the minute. I’ll try to get all the best stuff from everyone and go from there.

 

[PrincessHades]

chillin listening to electric wizard...

 

[Bloopy]

So far my birthday has mostly consisted of watching two dogs shit on the lawn at the place I'm staying.

 

[Slammed]

So you get two cakes delivered and you're still not happy?

 

[CiG]

Watching this awesome time capsule.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Moving day tomorrow.... and the next and the next. Bout to be real shitty for a few. On the plus side since I'll have two bathrooms now and more square footage overall I get to go shopping. Since we're boaters/fisherman and the new place is on a canal I'm doing the half bath in an aged, black and white map style kraken theme. I'd go sepia personally but all the counters in the place are faux white marble with black lines running throughout.

 

[Onder]

Reading a study from 1932. Contains juuuuuust what I want. slurp slurp knowledge fuck yeah

This is sexual.