Justin Fox said:Sean Hernandez5, don't go claiming medicine is the hardest major. There are plenty of others that are just as brutal, like law, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering. I guess most med students wouldn't even survive an engineering program because their math skills aren't up to par. Comparing how difficult a degree is really just comes down to personal preference.
Personally, I find the term "doctor" often describes someone who is self-righteous, rigid, and lacks empathy—though I suppose there are exceptions.
As for society at large, I believe the absolute priority should be fixing the judicial system. Without a functional legal framework, there are no clear rules for anything, including healthcare.
Like I said, I'm studying law, but medicine is harder (regardless of how much people try to deny it). And that’s coming from someone currently buried under 1,800 pages of Civil Law study material. If you think it isn't the toughest, then tell me which one is. You basically admitted it isn't the hardest by listing other majors that are also difficult.
I've already given my take on everything else mentioned.
I can easily relate to that feeling of not getting enough attention. It’s honestly the worst. That’s actually why I ended things with my ex. Looking back now, I wonder why I didn't just react the moment I realized what was happening. Instead, I spent months coming up with excuses for him, which just dragged out the whole agony. I really could have saved myself a lot of heartache. But, I guess I learned my lesson along the way.🙂
I wouldn't say the movie was anything special. It wasn't a disaster, but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece either. Though, I have to admit, that scene where the animals tear Dr. Moreau apart was something else.😍
I honestly think all these special effects have actually made acting harder. I mean, you're stuck there shouting into the void with fake intensity, trying desperately not to look like an idiot who’s just counting down the minutes until they can get home and crawl back into their hole for the next fix...
I guess it feels like fewer and fewer young people want to go into medicine these days. It seems easier to make a decent living with other degrees, and finding an honest job without some kind of connection is becoming a real struggle—which, I suppose, is just how things work here now. It’s a shame, really. Medicine is arguably one of the toughest majors and most demanding professions out there. I mean, I'm studying law, which is definitely a grind, but I have nothing but respect for medical students. You know how lawyers think they run the world, but doctors are on another level. Personally, I always viewed being a doctor as something profoundly important and dignified. It’s tragic that the profession has been painted in such a negative light because of systemic issues they didn't even cause.
It’s much like the legal system; healthcare needs deep, fundamental reform. But in both sectors, implementing real change is incredibly difficult and slow—if it happens at all.
So, according to you, every married woman is just automatically nurturing, warm, and overflowing with love for her husband and kids. I suppose I don't even need to bother explaining the simple FACT that it doesn't work like that.
Betty Patel17 said:I don't think single older guys are any better, but they seem less high-strung—more just depressed and pathetic. Women, on the other hand, tend to be more aggressive in their discontent, maybe even a bit pushy.
But you have to consider that this kind of outward aggression is generally more common in women than in men (at least, that’s my take). Just think about anyone you've ever met, regardless of age. You'll probably find, like I have, that you encounter far more "outwardly" high-strung women than men.
Then again, that's just the surface level. Since society tends to grant women more leeway with their emotions and gives them much more freedom to express them—though some might argue otherwise, I personally feel it's true—it follows that women will naturally show those emotions, whether it's irritability, crying, or pure excitement, much more frequently. How many women do you know who act that way compared to men? That’s just my impression...😈
I have one more observation here. Has anyone actually taken a closer look at single guys in that age bracket? It’s just as common to find people living in total despair. A massive chunk of them end up as alcoholics, or they're right on the edge of it. Honestly, they’re just as miserable as any unmarried women out there. I have a few examples in my own family, both men and women. For instance, two of my aunts—my mother's sisters—are single and well over 50. One is generally a bit eccentric, but the other isn't some >; she’s fully aware that staying single was her choice, and she doesn't regret it one bit. Then there are two of my uncles (second cousins) who are also single and over 40, and frankly, they’re in a much worse state than the women.
And don't even get me started on the whole saga regarding frustrated women. There are plenty of those types out there, too...
As far as I'm concerned, being miserable is being miserable, whether you were married or not. Nothing can provide true fulfillment to a person—not even having a family (we all know how much trouble that can bring, between difficult kids, spouses, whatever) and certainly not a career (I don't even need to go there). That sense of contentment is something you have to carry within yourself.
I actually sat through the long V for Vendetta trailer yesterday—the one with the behind-the-scenes commentary—and I think I might actually head to the theater to see it. Aeon Flux might be some decent entertainment, but I don't have any plans to hit the cinema for it; I'll probably just wait for the DVD release (and I suppose that goes for all the other movies mentioned here too).
Richard Hernandez13 said:I guess in this State, Roland Emmerich and Devlin took themselves way too seriously after this movie... and decided to film godzilla. 🙄
Man, that Godzilla movie is honestly just terrible...👎>
No matter how many times I watch it, the whole thing feels ridiculous and overdone, yet here I am watching it again. Honestly, I only made it through the first half—up until the end of "Fourth of July." I really wanted to revisit those opening ship scenes because they’re genuinely badass. Even after watching a ton of Sci-Fi lately, those moments still rank in my top five. But I had to skip the rest; that speech from the "Mr. President" figure honestly makes me sick...
As for the decision regarding ID 2, I think it’s actually a smart move. It doesn't feel like there's much substance here for sequels. Plus, there's the question of whether it would even work today—which is what they care about most—since cinematic tastes have shifted so much since then. It's better to leave it as a standalone; otherwise, they'd just turn it into another exhausting franchise that never should have been. There's Star Trek and Star Wars, and then there are movies like this...
I’ll admit, I’ve definitely done things just for the hell of it before... but this feels more like a compulsive disorder (you know, like when someone feels they have to wash their hands three times or double-check the door locks five times in a row). at least, that's my take...
I live with anxiety. The only people who actually get it are my older relatives—they have more sense than most, I guess—my best friend, and my ex-boyfriend. It isn’t even that I'm embarrassed to tell someone else; I just don't see the point. Out of all the people I know, I'm closer to some and distant from others, but I've never really felt anyone being completely honest or open with me, so why should I bother doing that for them? Besides, most people don't even understand what anxiety is, which just highlights how clueless society can be, considering it's one of the most common issues out there alongside depression. Honestly, I just can't be bothered to explain myself to anyone.
My absolute worst experience involved my cursed tonsils. I was 16 at the time, and I was getting strep throat roughly every month. Since I’m allergic to penicillin, they just kept giving me other antibiotics until my tonsils eventually became resistant to them, meaning that last infection just wouldn't clear up. So, they basically decided to butcher me with a puncture procedure—cutting into the tonsils while I was wide awake. They sprayed on a little anesthetic that didn't even work, then started squeezing them just to get the pus out. I’m pretty sure the entire military barracks heard how much I was screaming. A few hours later, once things calmed down, they sent me in for surgery. It was a total nightmare because I could actually feel them pulling and slicing at those tonsils (it wasn't "painful" per se, but I definitely felt it). To top it all off, a week after the surgery, my wounds started bleeding because blood had pooled on them (they told me that happens quite often), so I had to go back in for cleaning. And so, they took cotton swabs and squeezed my already raw wounds again, totally raw, and this time without any anesthesia, to stop the bleeding. It was "thrilling," to say the least. Basically, it was horror upon horror.
Even though I haven't read every single post here, I can tell you that all my struggles with those tonsils and everything regarding childbirth aren't actually that bad compared to others. An older friend of my best friend recently had spinal surgery. If they hadn't operated, she would have been paralyzed. Essentially, her back was a chaotic mess of tangled nerves and vertebrae (she was immobile before the surgery). They had to cut from the front and piece it all together (the surgeon explained the process to us before she went in). Now, after a ton of physical therapy, she walks with crutches, but damn, she's still in pain. I also know a girl whose story was literally featured in the news. One day she just woke up completely stiff. She went to her massage therapist—who had treated her back before—and he told her to head straight to the hospital without even touching her. She went in for emergency surgery, something involving that freaking spine. More than six months after that operation, she was completely paralyzed from the waist down. And she was only 18.
So, let's cut the whining about teeth and tonsils. If anything, we should be grateful for how well things turned out for us...
Arslan said:I suppose if we're talking about killing someone who expressed a desire to die during a momentary lapse in judgment, then the law actually makes sense in preventing it. But when it comes to banning euthanasia—or assisted suicide—the legal framework seems poorly defined. I mean, someone could just set up a mechanism where a person injects themselves with poison via a needle, perhaps by simply pressing a button to release the toxin.
There is also the matter of aiding and abetting suicide.
This just reminded me... my biggest gripe with the Academy Awards is how they completely overlooked *Goodfellas*. It wasn't even nominated for anything, which, in my opinion, is a total travesty considering it's easily one of the greatest pieces of Hollywood filmmaking ever made. I don't know who was calling the shots that year, but they definitely missed the mark. To me, it just proves that they aren't solely looking at cinematic quality; there's always something else at play. There’s no way a film like that just slipped under their radar. Every single year, people ask why Scorsese hasn't walked away with a trophy yet, but if you ask me, he absolutely deserved one specifically for that movie. I suspect there might be some "outside" factors involved—honestly, who knows what kind of backroom deals are actually happening behind closed doors?