And this isn’t a rich girl Trump tower problem - this is a kid in a big city problem. Many NYC kids both cannot have a lemonade stand, AND cannot have food security, reliable housing, healthcare...

Goodness, I have no idea, but that’s an interesting conjecture! I’m definitely not an expert - research period was very brief, but it was kind of fascinating to see what strong feelings long-term researchers have about various species.

Frankly, I’ve done some research with macaques (not vivisection research, behavioral genetics, where mostly you just follow them around watching what they do and occasionally take a blood sample which involves drugging them with nicer meds then family members have gotten post-root-canal, then rewarding them afterwards…

Doctor here - it generally works fine. I did it on a family member (long story), and it worked like a charm. It’s definitely worth a try. If it fails, frankly, you’re headed for a cricothyorotomy or death, and very few people can perform the former in the field. Heimlich is always worth a try.

An inexplicably evil cartoon turtle?

My name leads to a lot of pictures of McMansion interiors decorated with mid-priced furniture and decor? Very strange. For context, my name has nothing to do with any kind of furnishing (you know, like Kathy Sofa or something), also I live in a shitbox house in a crappy neighborhood, and I’m way too indifferent to do…

I’ve always wondered if it might provide a nice way to separate part of the PR/public appearance/tabloid part of government from the actual, you know, governing part? That way newspapers can run a jillion pictures of Prince George, obsess over Kate Middleton’s hair, and generally have some well-dressed, well-mannered…

So confused, and horrified, but let’s focus on confused. I investigate a woman’s pregnancy history and find out: 1. That she’s had 20 million abortions and one conviction for eating fetuses, 2. That she’s never been pregnant before, 3. That she’s had 3 healthy children, 4. That she’s actually a Martian. Okay, WTF do I…

Even if they didn’t, wouldn’t people constant ask for just a little to roll a joint, and act like you’re a bitch if you say no (because you have a whole damned crown of it). Moreover, once you start breaking it down for joints, won’t it begin to look kind of ratty and unfortunate pretty danged quickly? Better to just…

I love them all, although there’s definitely some variability in quality. If you’re not 100% a horror fan, I recommend the Dark Tower series, which is kind of amazing.

Yup. I chose long vacation. I’m a medical resident, and before that went to a medical school that had an accelerated program (not so you finished earlier but so you have a year to do research, yay? seemed like a good idea at the time). Basically for the last 7 years I’ve had some vacations, but mostly I just work, and…

“Crash” (Dave Matthews) lplayed at least 2x per hour for one 76 hour period by my next-door neighbor in high-school boarding school, loud enough be inescapable.

I once took a gulp of old coffee and felt something skitter in the back of my mouth. I spit the coffee back into the cup immediately, and there it was, a small live cockroach. I only drank clear liquids from clear glasses for weeks after.

My uncle once flew United Pass with my aunt. He had never done so before and didn’t know the rules so his outfit was deemed inappropriate because he was wearing sneakers and no suit jacket. This was remedied by raiding my aunt’s luggage. Of note, my aunt is several inches taller and many pounds heavier than my uncle.…

Yeah, Everything Is Free should come with the subtitle But If You Ask for Anything Your Mother Will Break Out In Tears And Claim You Are Trying to Emotionally Destroy Her And Just Slitting Her Wrists With A Rusty Can From The Recycling Would Be More Merciful (Because Being a Single Mother Without Much Income Is…

Yeah, that emoji mostly reminds me of campaigns I’ve seen at multiple hospitals recently urging people to be quiet to promote healing. The monochromatic, flat brown eyes are pretty creepy though.

Yup, my emergency medicine residency had one of these drills. They tapped a few local police officers, gave them Nerf guns, and let them try to hunt us down in an abandoned school (my local community is hecka impoverished, fyi, thus the elementary school that’s been abandoned for the entirety of my residency). You’d…

So, we already have the highest maternal death rate among developed countries. Doubtless withdrawing care from pregnant women will solidify this status - maybe Republicans don’t understand that in this case a low number is way, way better than a high one? Trump does seem to like being number one.

Hoo-boy, no kids but this is still an issue. When we first met, my husband and I were on a roughly equal footing (both impoverished liberal arts majors) but things have changed over time. I got into med school, and then emergency medicine residency. He was a great partner, and fully aware that he didn’t really have a…

Dunno its street name, but the formal name is carfentanil?