That’s funny because I’ve had much the opposite journey. My whole life I never wanted to raise a fuss or put anyone out so I just looked with envy at all the squeaky wheels who got the grease. Over the last few years I’ve found it handy to be more assertive in certain situations where it’s justified and can be…

People like that should be tried and sentenced with community service hours to be served cleaning up at that very ED. If you lie to a medical professional you deserve absolutely everything you get.

Sounds like a blast. Glad you got treated.

Good perspective to have, indeed. One of my twin boys was diagnosed with NEC when he was 20 days old. We only caught it because he had a bloody stool WHILE we were in his pediatrician’s office. She absolutely saved his life that day because she called ahead and made all the arrangements to have him admitted directly…

I agree. I’m one of the few conservatives who would actually be open to exploring socialized medicine. I’d prefer a completely free and open market for health insurance where you can pick your provider across state lines, but I’m willing to admit that swinging the other way toward socialized health care would be…

The fact that you call it “ED” instead of “ER” tells me you’re probably in the medical field yourself? Regardless, excellent advice.

In situations like that humor is a GREAT tool to keep on hand. It can be tough because you aren’t there to cure your boredom, you probably have a real serious issue, but a little humor goes a long way as does being polite. Kudos to you.

My wife is a nurse and she’s told me that the general rule is that nurses treat people and doctors treat patients. There are obviously exceptions, but when you see a doctor for a problem they generally see you as a variable in the equation of getting through their day and killing as few people as possible. When you…

Sounds like your dad has a good head on his shoulders.

One thing that always works is to yell and scream irrationally at the person behind the desk. After all, it’s probably their first day and they obviously don’t know how urgent your situation is based solely on the six pounds of paperwork you just filled out. Also making snide remarks and insulting the…

Be... polite? But don’t you know how important I am?

Why is that a bad thing? Zelda having DLC is new to the series, but it’s not new to Nintendo and it’s certainly not new to console gaming. Plus it’s not like they’re withholding content just to charge more for it later. They’ve completed the game and are just getting going on the other content, meaning it’s being…

The problem is it’s not an open ecosystem a la Google Play or Apple App Store. It would be a lot more work to get a 3rd party app like that on the Switch than it is for tablets and phones. Still, though, I agree. I’d LOVE to see Chrome on the Switch.

I played NES, SNES, N64, and GC plus PC games all with traditional controllers before I bought my Wii and I adapted immediately to a split controller. Your brain automatically adjusts to “up” on the sticks because it’s based more on feel than it is orientation to the TV or anything else. IMO having two halves that you…

No, that’s Zelda.

They seem to be focusing a lot on ad-hoc LAN party style play, so this feature makes sense. Nintendo is all about getting people in the same room, which is nice. Unfortunately they seem to focus on that to the exclusion of some really common sense online features. Hope they can fix that.

Sounded like a light-hearted joke to me, but I’ve been wrong before.

I’ve read other reviews that said anyone who played the Wii using the nunchuck will be used to the feel almost immediately. Lots have also said that being able to rest your hands anywhere is far and away the best way to play rather than scrunching them up in your lap.

It’s got issues, no question, but a lot of those issues are software that can be added via OTA update. SD cards are really cheap and Nintendo hasn’t tried to compete with raw power since the GameCube days.

I see it the same way. VC is a non-issue for me personally, but the biggest news I could hear from Nintendo would be Netflix, Hulu, and a browser. I’ll buy this thing and sit on it for a while after I finish Zelda, but I’m really excited for a couple of years down the road when the games get stupid cheap. Yeah, I…