So, I have an exam on Monday. I just took a practice test and got a 52%. I need to get at least a 44% to even have a chance of passing the class (and that's if I get 100% on the last exam, which is unlikely.) I am freaking out and don't know what to do. And the worst part is that it's pretty much my own fault - I…

Yeah I mean, I see too many people with kids they're pretty disappointed in. I dunno - it's not a risk I want to take. My cat is never going to disappoint me, beyond maybe peeing on my couch. My kid could be a rapist, or an asshole, or a Republican. Or just grow up to hate me and never call me, for whatever reason - I…

You have the world's best user name - every time I see it I laugh.

It would be so worth it. Though I don't know if I'm down for the ping pong paddles.

What a cool story! I am desperately jealous of your job!

Duh.

This is how I feel about pets vs. children. 100% convinced that a dog / cat brings more joy and satisfaction to my life than a baby ever would.

That's not how residency interviews work in hospitals - you do in fact have one interview during your fourth year of medical school. You meet some of the doctors in your specialty but not all of them, and most of who you meet are the other residents, not the attendings. So it's totally feasible, actually. They also…

I really feel like the Times is just fucking with us - this CANNOT be real. I refuse to exist in a world where these people are real.

I think that's definitely a big part of it, but I also saw a lot of people who just kind of had the attitude of "dammit, I trained for this, I MUST finish." I wanted to shake them - you can always run another marathon and finish it, but not if you irreparably injure yourself trying to finish this one!

I don't disagree that it's a nicer way to go than cancer. I was more commenting on the sentence about her insisting on finishing the race like a "true runner." If she died of a head injury that could have been treated, that's pretty sad, and I don't really think it's inspiring - this woman seems like she probably had…

That's exactly what I was thinking - people don't often realize how serious it is, because they can keep going, hold conversations with people, etc. Her age isn't even the issue, it happens to a wide age range. You just have to hit your head in just the right way - and what sucks is that it is usually a fixable…

I don't like it being held up as an inspirational death. There's not really enough information on how she died, but if she died of the head injury that makes me sad for her and her family, not inspired. I'm completely fine with 86 year olds running marathons if that's what they want to do, but I really don't like this…

I actually agree with you, and from what I can tell about this lady it seems like this is probably the way she would have chosen to go. I was more referring to this sentence: "She fell at mile 20 and hit her head, but insisted on finishing the race, like a true runner." I wish we wouldn't perpetuate the idea that true…

I should have been clearer that I was more talking about this sentence "She fell at mile 20 and hit her head, but insisted on finishing the race, like a true runner." I hate the idea that true runners ignore injuries and keep going. That's not being a true runner, that's being stupid and putting your life / health in…

Yeah, I feel bad about myself outside when people lap me - I run really slowly, like 12/13 minute miles. But I always tell myself hey, my workout is actually lasting longer than theirs so I'm more hardcore anyway. :)

Have you tried slowing way, way down? I was never able to increase my distance until someone pointed out to me that I could easily run more slowly - and then bam. All of a sudden I was able to run more miles. I started working on speeding up later, once I had hit my desired distance.

Basically a lot of people who ignored their body's signals and made a bad situation a whole lot worse. People completely lose control of their bodies, so a lot of people pooping and peeing all over themselves involuntarily. I saw a runner who had tripped, stretched out his hand to catch his fall, and likely broken his…

Did she die because she hit her head? Because if so... :(

I mean, this is better than the Chick-Fil-A guy, who basically said I stand by my hatred. The best we can expect from people, other than not fucking up in the first place, is for them to genuinely apologize and learn and grow from their experience. I don't care if it's motivated by the bottom line, I'm not going to…