cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42349257

This is why you should respect our vets

I'd say I'm sorry for the title, but that would imply I was sorry for the title.

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[–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

If the NSR says it's true, who am I to argue?

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    [–] 65 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    My vet is so good! 15 minutes after i leave i have an email that gives details of the appointment, explains any issues, and tells me when to follow up. I've asked her to be my primary care physician.

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    for some reason this comment spawned a situation in my head:

    petplay/med kink scenario where the handler is an actual veterinary, who during an "inspection" diagnoses a real problem with their partner's health

    depending on the severity of the issue this could either kill the mood immediately, or elevate it to a 100

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    The older I get the more I relate to Elaine being a "difficult patient." I feel like my chart got marked with "anxious" when i was at the ER a few years ago. Now multiple Drs keep trying to push pills on me for "anxiety." I'm like yeah I was anxious at the ER because I went to the ER, I think everyone there is anxious.

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  • [–] 35 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    As Sir Terry Pratchett puts it:

    “When a human doctor, after much bleeding and cupping, finds that a patient has died out of sheer desperation, he can always say, "Dear me, will of the gods, that will be thirty dollars please," and walk away a free man. This is because human beings are not, technically, worth anything. A good racehorse, on the other hand, may be worth twenty thousand dollars. A doctor who lets one hurry off too soon to that great paddock in the sky may well expect to hear, out of some dark alley, a voice saying something on the lines of "Mr. Chrysoprase is very upset," and find the brief remainder of his life full of incident.”

    ― Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    In zombie media, the other reason they find a vet instead of a human doctor is that it ups the drama by showing how desperate they are to find any medical help, even if it's suboptimal.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    It also means that the people are being treated with meds meant for animals, not for humans. That means the audience / reader never knows if the meds are going to be effective, or if the dosage is going to be correct.

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago

    I’d say I’m sorry for the title, but that would imply I was sorry for the title.

    "I would like to take this moment to apologise.. TO ABSOLUTELY NOBODY"

    and nor should you, that title is solid gold.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    I wonder what the numbers are, as well.

    Like, if there are more veterinarians in total, or if they're more spread out, then you'd expect that more of them would survive, just from that, than surgeons.

    As an adult, I know, either as friends or family, two people who studied veterinary medicine in college, but only one who actually became a vet. I know four nurses. But I don't know any medical doctors or surgeons.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Quick Google, at least for the US, but I imagine it's similar for the rest of the world. There are about 1 million licensed medical doctors and about 100,000 veterinarians.

    It makes sense, people go to the doctor a lot more often than animals.

    I'm not sure how this plays into it, but doctors tend to be much more specialized and many specializations wouldn't be useful in a zombie apocalypse, though their general knowledge would probably be valuable.

    Rural doctors would probably do very well, though, a lot of them are going to have similar setups as vets.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    The thing to also keep in mind is that only a small portion of doctors practice surgery (or even have credentials to do so). In contrast, almost all veterinarians are performing surgery on a regular basis

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    A Certified Nurse is the person that does all the real work. I've had more stitches tied by nurses than surgeons, been treated completely by a nurse without seeing a doctor. They're the ones that work crazy fucking hours, sleeping at the hospital. But they are going to be at the hospital when the zombs hit so...

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Last time I had a surgery, I accidentally insulted the lead nurse and instantly felt like I made the biggest mistake of my life, even though she said she thought it was funny.

    We were having a friendly chat before the surgery and I guess I was too relaxed, and at one point, she said that if she makes a funny face, it was just her normal behavior and not something bad had happened, and I jokingly said, "How would I know?" and instantly died inside.

    It's like an automatic joke I'd say with my friends, but I barely knew this lady. I hadn't even really noted what she looked like. And when I actually looked, she had a very alternative look. I think she had a lot of tattoos and green hair.

    She thought it was funny, but I started sweating.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Does that happen a lot in zombie stuff? I can't remember any atm.

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    Who tf is out here using serifed fonts on their phone?

    Y'all know serifs make it harder to read on screens right?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Hockey players are the second most likely athlete to survive, due to having heavy armor and a long stick in their starting kit. Long-distance bikers are the first, especially if they know how to do repairs.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    seriously, in an actual apocalypse scenario bikepackers are going to be gods among men, because they're used to transporting large amounts of cargo long distances on a bicycle that needs no fuel and minimal amounts of maintenance.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Doctor Pol can make a fully stocked OR after a 15 minute run to a hardware store. A surgeon probably can't even find the cabinet with extra gauze.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Considering the correlation between surgeons and psychopathy I'm not entirely sure you'd want to find a surgeon in a post-apocalyptic world.

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    Absolutely. Makes sense if you think about it. You got to be a little off to be able to cut into people easily.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    Yeah. I've gotten to know too many surgeons too well. I know one who hasn't got the God complex and isn't the whole walking stereotype. If he were still practicing I'd recommend him to you for any surgery you wanted so long as he'd agreed to do it, he's legitimately the best I've ever met. He was going to disassemble and research me when I died, but I outlived his career (everyone expected me to die about twenty years ago, ten years ago at the latest). Every single other one? I do not have polite words to describe them.

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  • [+] -17 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I am sorry for the title for you. Most vets dont deserve special respect.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    wrong vet, this is about the vets that do deserve respect

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Yes obviously its about veterinarians, i read the post, but what was that sub title about the title then?

    I’d say I’m sorry for the title, but that would imply I was sorry for the title.

    To me thats supposed to be a joke about the title being intentionally misleading until you read the full post. Which i then followed up on.

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    [–] 29 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    We should be funding the National Shitpost Registry, it's work is necessary.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    My mother-in-law used to be a vet. When she sold her practice (to a national chain that told her explicitly that they were buying it to close it down and reduce their competition yay capitalism) she took home enough euthanasia drugs and syringes to take care of herself and everybody in her family if it ever comes to that. That's probably the only thing you would actually want in a real apocalypse.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago

    As a veteran, I thought this was going a different route when it mentioned "vets." But it's very true. I'd trust a veterinarian as a doctor in the zombie apocalypse.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Thanks to all vets for your service 🫡

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It's easy to know the biology and anatomy of 1 species. Someone that can take care of a fish, a bird, and a platypus is the real MVP

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    OP in the image's user name is that of the first woman to hold federal office in the US. I've been to a museum about her

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago*

    Not to mention, it's a policy in a lot of US hospitals that the doctor should begin and end all appointments with a customary deep french kiss to express their financial gratitude.

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