Posts by Gerald Rivera17

Brandon Castillo4 said:Just a quick nudge to the admins here... again.

And?

jadetrucker43 said:Just thought I’d let everyone know there might be some hope for getting our struggling coach back... He disappeared while he was messing around with the forum layout, so he’ll probably pop back up sooner rather than later. 🙂

;watchingforanhour;

man, late again... 😁

Daniel Ward87 said:Actually, I’m sticking to my guns here—there's no room for mercy... the permanent ban stays.

There’s an old saying floating around... something along the lines of "screw anyone who refuses to change their mind." 😉

Much appreciated

🙂

I opened this thread

And yet, here I am today, checking back to see what everyone was saying... only to find the whole thing locked.

Why though?

If the moderator felt the need to shut it down, couldn't they have acted like a decent person—you know, actually posting an explanation instead of just pulling the plug?

If there was something specific about the discussion that bothered them, why not just prune the offending posts and let the conversation continue?

jadetrucker43 said:Maybe try learning how to actually use browser tabs and URLs once in a while?

🙂

let's just get back to how things used to be 🙂

It’s gone—that little icon in the bottom right corner... seriously, can we just get it back?

Gerald Rivera17, look, let’s just settle on this—we agree on a specific day and time for her to be returned, I’ll make a quick copy of it, and then you guys can just wipe it again...

Sound good?

velvetharbor47 said:🤦
I mean, why are you getting so emotionally attached to—well, the thread itself...

Man, life is just...
it is what it is😳...

Chloe Green61 said:There was this old thread from years ago titled "Did you have sex today?" where hundreds of people would just reply with stuff like "yes," "no," "hehehe LOL," or "OH YEAH 😢😢((((" — and the answer was always no.

The whole thing is trash now because Ljesa has been cleaning up the Forum over the last few weeks, getting rid of all those ancient, duplicate, and useless threads.

Look, I mentioned that specific thread, and yeah, I remember the title—it’s no big deal if you guys deleted it—but my very first thread wasn't actually that one, it was a different one, started back on May 9th, 2005.

The title was short, something like Just yesterday or whatever... Please, seriously, see if there's any way you can bring it back.

If I’d had any inkling they were going to wipe everything out, I definitely would have backed it up 😢

Is there any way to actually get them back 🙂
?

Because from what I can gather—if I'm reading this right—only my threads over on Ljesa were deleted

mistywolf17 said:The Forum is being tidied up. They’re just deleting threads that the mods decide aren't worth keeping around...

Fair enough, but why don't they give me a heads-up before they wipe something out? That way I could at least save it for myself...

Especially that first 😢

Brenda Cook4 said:Gerald Rivera17's 187 topic Just a quick search on Google should do the trick... easy enough.

hollowtrucker77 said:Yeah, we'll see... but they don't exactly look the same...
It looks like these threads weren't actually deleted... turns out they're still hanging around here.

mistywolf17 said:Since you can't actually link directly to someone's specific search results—which makes the whole thing pretty much useless—it won't work that way... If you just click on Gerald Rivera17's profile and head over to "view all topics," you'll be able to see them for yourself...

So, I just took a look at my profile... and turns out I've actually started 186 different threads... which feels like a bit much, honestly—though maybe that's just me...

The first topic—if we’re going by seniority, which I suppose is how this usually goes—is... Regionalism? (Thread with multiple pages 1 2 3) Anyway, before I actually got around to her... I had already kicked off a few other threads—things like... So... did anyone actually get intimate today? Just wondering... anyway... It’s on the Ljesa—not listed, mind you—just like that very first thread I started back when I first joined the Forum. I can’t quite recall the title... it slips my mind... but it was definitely posted on the Ljesa...

Just for some context—the date I started my first thread is actually the same day I officially registered...

So, let me just run through this one more time—when I, or really anyone else for that matter, head over to my profile and click on... Find all the threads started by Gerald Rivera17. I see 186 threads here... though I can't seem to find the very first one—or even a few of the others I distinctly remember being around...

I’m scrolling through my profile under "Find all topics started by Gerald Rivera17" and I noticed something... all the threads I actually created are just gone. They aren't there.

What’s the deal here?

Starting a new thread here

So, the moderator shut it down right after posting what they apparently deemed a "high-quality response"—basically deciding there was nothing left to say. And the discussion had barely even kicked off... just a handful of posts, including the mod's own, really...

Is this some kind of new house rule now? Like, if the mods decide an answer is good enough, the whole conversation just gets locked up?

Or is this just that specific mod's personal take on things—meaning we can expect this kind of thing to keep happening?

Maybe the mod just got intimidated by the topic...

Or maybe....

Justin Gray81 said:Hahahahha I’ve been dealing with knee issues since I was about 19 or 20—it actually forced me to drop out of college. I saw four different doctors, and honestly, they were all just mumbling and playing pretend... nobody could ever give me a straight diagnosis 🤦. Then, about eight years ago, I finally ended up seeing Dr. Bojanić 🙏, who nailed the diagnosis in two minutes flat and scheduled me for surgery. But, by some stroke of luck, I stumbled upon a chiropractor (Bolkovac) just two days before the operation, and he fixed everything with his hands in about two minutes.

I just want to say... whenever I’ve had health issues—or my family has—the number of diagnoses is always equal to the number of doctors we see. I can't recall a single time where two doctors gave me the exact same answer ☕... which really makes you think. I mean, exceptions exist, sure, but most of them seem to think they have it all figured out based on the very first sentence you utter. Every time I tried to explain more, they’d just cut me off and start lecturing. It’s always the same pattern. Not one of them actually listens to what you're trying to tell them. Well, there is one. Dr. Mladen Miškulin (an orthopedist) 🙏—I’ve had two experiences with him, and both were perfect. Hats off to him.

Every seventh doctor... actually gets it right 😉 😁

My situation was a bit more extreme—they did a scan of my head and the doctor tells me it’s a brain tumor. So I asked if she could email the image over to New York City. She sent it, and then the doctor looks at it and goes, "Forget the tumor, it's an aneurysm, get here immediately for surgery."

wiredcanyon2 said:I can accept that mistakes happen—they happen in every profession, really, and you can't expect someone to work without hitting a snag now and then... 😁 But I have to disagree with the premise here
"In modern healthcare, doctors spend less and less time with patients because they're chasing the money, since every patient visit is basically just a transaction for their pockets" because the real issue in America is simply having too few doctors for the sheer volume of people... clinics are just overwhelmed, and honestly, it’s physically and mentally impossible to provide quality care to everyone under these conditions. Take a primary care physician, for instance—some days they might see 70 patients. It's hard enough to say "hello" to everyone, let alone actually listen and figure out what's wrong with each individual... And the idea that our doctors are rushing through visits just for the cash doesn't hold water—it makes no sense, because an internist gets paid the same whether they see 50 patients or 20 in a day. The truth is, hospital doctors (and I'm not talking about private practice here) spend little time with patients because the government is being stingy... we have outpatient clinics sitting empty in the afternoons, filled with expensive equipment just gathering dust, because the Administration won't fund enough shifts to reduce waiting lists or give patients more dedicated time. We need to distribute specialties better, hire more doctors, run clinics in two shifts, and actually use the resources we already have...
You have to look at it this way—doctors and patients are essentially a cost to a social welfare state like ours. Every test a doctor orders and every procedure performed is incredibly expensive, and it all gets billed back to Medicare (the government). The state tends to squeeze doctors at the expense of the patients, so I blame the Administration most of all; it's not that our doctors are "unintelligent" or anything, it's not like people born in Denmark are suddenly "smarter"...
To my mind, the most vital link in the whole system is primary care. If we hire more family practitioners and cap the number of patients per doctor at a reasonable level, then everyone will finally get the time they deserve. As long as primary care doctors are juggling 2,200 patients, nothing is going to change... plus we need more specialists, two-shift coverage, and fair pay for the work they do, but of course, all of that costs money—money this corrupt state seems reluctant to spend. The future looks like a shift toward private insurance companies and boutique clinics where doctors are better compensated and incentivized; those who can afford it will naturally gravitate toward where the care is better and the wait times are shorter...

That observation was actually referring to the situation in Germany, so obviously things are different here in America... 😉
Around here, it feels like every other diagnosis is wrong... ☕

One in seven medical diagnoses is wrong

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15132809,00.html

No, you aren't seeing this kind of chaos in America—it’s happening in Germany, an efficient, highly organized place... which makes you wonder. If things are tripping up there, I can only imagine how much messier the situation likely is back home.

In today's healthcare landscape, doctors are spending less and less actual time with their patients—and honestly, the motivation is usually the bottom line, since every single consultation is basically just another transaction for the clinic...

Which really leaves us asking ourselves: did my doctor actually get the diagnosis right?

It's probably worth seeking out a second opinion... just to be safe.

Sandra Wilson38 said:I honestly can't get over how much everyone from Florida (at least in this thread...) seems to be on the exact same page. 😍

Well, folks from Florida just have a really refined sense of justice, I suppose...

Sandra Wilson38 said:Is it really that bad? 🙄😁

Honestly, yeah—at least from your perspective...
What actually bugs me more is how the major networks just pick sides...
And how little airtime they give to the "niche" sports where we’re actually crushing it at the EP and WC—you know, things like sailing, rowing, taekwondo...

Sandra Wilson38 said:Are you serious??? 😲

🙄

Yeah, Kostelić and Fak were granted monthly stipends after their success at the Olympics in Zoe Vancouver—that was per the decision from the Vijec HOO. Before those Olympics, that didn't happen...
So why act surprised when Blanka gets a stipend after her success in New York City?

And?

If he were actually being decent, he’d say, "Hey, I make plenty, let's give a stipend to some promising young athlete"—or he'd just do it himself. At this rate, a few thousand bucks just covers his coffee habit...

Sandra Wilson38 said:By the way, Ivica came in 5th today, not 4th. 🙂

I figured he had a better standing—he was 4th in the second run... 😉