The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[KafkaX]

I dont anymore because I get sick more often then when I do.

 

[Dak]

surrounded by snotty undergrads spreading the plague like rats.

Ugh tell me about it. Between the pisspoor diet and sleep habits and the idiots who line up for a flu shot and subsequently shedding it throughout the halls, not sure which is the biggest threat. So glad I have all my classes in the same room this semester, aside from my thesis work. Since that room is primarily used for upper level phil classes I should be exposed to a lesser and more consistent litany of germs this semester. Worst thing about having kids is that as an adult you can usually withstand the average stuff you come in contact, but then you bring it and home and the kids pick it up and then being heavily exposed to it in incubated form for several days from them eventually you succumb. Even if it's usually no more than a stuffy/runny nose, still annoying.

 

[KafkaX]

^ Yeah one of my co workers has been going through the same problem.

Hes sick all the fucking time cause of his two kids. And hes got a third one on the way.

 

[Einherjar86]

Idiots who line up for a flu shot? If vaccination gets you sick, then maybe there are other issues going on in your body. Overall, vaccination is a good thing.

 

[Dak]

I'm not going to argue about the efficacy of vaccines in general, but the flu shot is no better than a shot in the dark. CDC finally admitted as much publicly this year, even though that reality was quite plain in the FAQ.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

This year, the wrong strain of flu was chosen for the vaccine. This happens every once in a while.

The flu vaccine cannot get you sick. It's not always effective (say, if the wrong strain is chosen), but getting the vaccine, even if it was the wrong strain, will still make symptoms less severe if the flu is caught. More often than not, people believe they have the flu after receiving a flu shot when they actually have a cold. Many people also wait until it's far to late into flu season for a vaccine to be effective. It takes at least two weeks after the vaccine is received for the immunity's efficacy. Getting a flu shot in the dead of flu season is taking a shot in the dark.

 

[Zephyrus]

Let's all write a metal song called "Litany of Germs."

On a hopefully unrelated note, I'm heading out the door in an hour or so to meet up with Pat/Einherjar in person at a tavern in Boston. I feel like one of Socrates' interlocutors about to join him at a symposium, knowing full well what he's getting himself into.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Woke up about an hour ago. I was up until 6 in the morning drafting a blog post - one of those freak inspirations you know will be gone after a night of sleep. Now thanks to that I'm skipping out on a social event tonight, and I'll probably skip volunteer work tomorrow morning.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

What's your blog?

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I think a lot of you babies call getting a cold being sick. So your throat is sore? Suck it up you little bitch. You ain't sick unless you are puking your brains out while shitting like a fucking pig.

 

[divine_torture]

I said I have a cold. I've withdrawn from drugs, I've seen sick. That doesn't make my aching chest and tired shit feeling feel any less shit though. Some dude I know just died of pneumonia, my age. Shit balls. That'd suck.

 

[Dak]

I sort of agree with Schmidt for once. If I get a runny nose or whatever whoopty do. Some people act like it's the end of the world - and clog up emergency rooms.

 

[Matt]

If I get anything that resembles bronchitis/pneumonia/flu/etc, I'm in the doctors office quickfast. Not having a deductible helps a lot with that.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Ain't nobody got time for that!

 

[rms]

If I get anything that resembles bronchitis/pneumonia/flu/etc, I'm in the doctors office quickfast. Not having a deductible helps a lot with that.

 

[Tonka Time]

Unless I'm coughing up blood or some shit I don't go to the doctors. I usually just assume "It's not that serious". This will probably be how I die.

 

[Dak]

Carlin on point!

 

[Nephilim96]

I think a lot of you babies call getting a cold being sick. So your throat is sore? Suck it up you little bitch. You ain't sick unless you are puking your brains out while shitting like a fucking pig.

Or if you can't breathe due to all the phlegm in your lungs.

 

[KafkaX]

One of my best friend's girlfriend made me a pair of lavendar bellbottoms. Few alterations to make, but god damn! All kinds of sexy comin my way soon. <3

 

[Mort Divine]

Having lived in Michigan all my life, I thought I knew what cold was. However, I was wrong. I was in North Dakota this last week and I now have dealt with -13F with a -39F wind chill.

Shit is unnaturally cold.