at least fun Twitter threads came out of it https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1471252000872570885
today, in “my knowledge about programming language design consists on reading the JS page of W3Schools”: https://twitter.com/lcamtuf/status/1470600456984399872
re: Context, vaccines
Okay, nevermind. I guess I'm only getting stabbed once today. But I did get my COVID booster, so there is that. I guess the Tdap booster and HPV vaccine will have to wait 'til another day.
(Probably for the best if the booster affects me the way it's affected others)
Context, vaccines
One of my life goals is to receive as many available vaccines as possible, and I further that goal today by getting my HPV vaccine, along with my Tdap and COVID boosters
Drugs
Incidentally, yes, those anaesthetics ending in -caine do tend to be related to cocaine in some way. Another fun fact for you.
Drugs
Feel free to use this info however you like. I just think it's interesting that cocaine is still used for this purpose when there have since been better topical anaesthetics.
wasn't aware of it at all in the 90s but CDE looks gorgeous too. i wonder what it's like to use in 2021
I've made some updates to my last blog post:
https://aurav.neocities.org/blog_posts/blood_dono_psa.html
I've added a disclaimer at the start to the effect of "I'm a USian, please research for your own country." And I've added a bit on asinine eligibility requirments (you can't give blood if you're a guy who's had sex with another guy) and how it's fine to say "fuck it, they don't deserve my blood then." I still think you should give if you can, but this and similar """requirements""" are fucking ridiculous.
@pinkvampire Basically, the need for blood products combined with the fact some of the eligibility requirements are asinine is something I'd consider reason enough to lie, but if you'd rather not do so, I can absolutely respect that. After all, it's easy for me to say "consider lying" when I'm lucky enough to not have to.
@pinkvampire ...I, ofc, can't say without knowing more, but whatever the case, I did say "if you're able," and I would consider a local organisation that has unnecessarily strict requirements a perfectly valid reason to not, much less actual reasons to not give blood (bloodborne STDs or anemia, among others). The one thing I list as something to lie about even is just a suggestion. A "consider it," not a "you should do this thing."
@pinkvampire So, I don't know enough to speak to the specifics of your situation, but I only gave one thing to even consider lying about. If there are "at least 2 reasons" you can't give, either we're counting things differently, your local organisation(s) have requirements that mine don't (which, tbf, I should have had a disclaimer at the top of "my experience is with the US, ymmv"), or there might be reasons you can't give blood...
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