Know why I'm good at tech support? I quickly gauge my audience's level of understanding and speak to it. Once you get a doctor that can do that, hang onto 'em tight!

My doc rarely sees me, but after a minute or two she's dialed in to me personally. Best part? Old lady isn't afraid to give me her "stupid look" when I ask a dumb question. "Yeah, thought that's how it was."

Had a young doc at CVS one day. Once he figured out I wasn't a dumbass redneck, merely a redneck, we had a 45-minute bullshit session where I learned quite a bit. Left me angry that we can't ALL sit down with a professional like that.

anti-science garbage

Got so frustrated taking my ex-wife to doctors for her first pregnancy, seeing all the vaccination posters and being harped on about shots and breastfeeding, finally popped on a nurse:

"Look. We're not retarded. She's breastfeeding as long as possible and hit the kid with whatever vaccines are called for at whatever age. Just do it."

Look on her face was like Will Smith seeing that alien's head grow back. I felt bad, but my frustration that they have to even talk that way! And fuck me, all the talk I hear now days about "evidence based" treatments. "Yeah! That's how medicine works! I got it!"