Does anyone have this in New York City?
in Miscellaneous ·
Jesus, what an idiotic topic. 🤦
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Let the Right One in (2010)
in Movies ·
Why do American directors have this obsessive, freaking need to remake everything? Is the American audience really so pampered that they can't be bothered to read subtitles? Or is there just some weird aversion to anything Swedish?
Why don't they just put in the work and shoot something high-quality from scratch?
Why don't they just put in the work and shoot something high-quality from scratch?
Daily water intake: Let's discuss
in Health ·
Angela Wright said:By the time you actually feel thirsty, you're already about a third of the way to being dehydrated.
Usually, the recommendation is to hit eight glasses of fluid a day, and that includes stuff like soup at lunch, tea with breakfast, oatmeal made with water, or even the moisture from fruit and things like that.
So, your water intake really needs to be adjusted based on what kind of diet you're sticking to during the day.
I didn't think you'd fall for those marketing gimmicks. There is no such thing as being "one-third dehydrated."
Dehydration is a life-threatening condition. You either have it... or you don't.
If someone is thirsty, they’re just thirsty. They aren't "dehydrated."
As for this whole "eight glasses of water a day" thing, it's just some incredibly stubborn myth that women's magazines have been peddling for probably twenty years. It has zero scientific basis. Absolutely nothing.
Nobody *needs* to chug eight glasses of water daily just because some magazine said so.
The body needs a certain amount of hydration—on average, we're looking at about two liters a day under normal conditions and typical activity levels. Some people need more, some need less.
That two-liter requirement is met through plain water, the moisture in your food, and metabolic water, which is produced during biochemical processes during digestion.
Forcing yourself to hit eight glasses a day is just nonsense. You drink as much as your body asks for.
Men - should I tuck in my shirt?
in Miscellaneous ·
Missed the point entirely. I was just trying to demonstrate that it doesn't necessarily have to be Urkel-style. Looking at the photos, it's pretty obvious it isn't.
Reddit on a world map (online community)
in Feedback & Suggestions ·
Ever since we started seeing those symbolic, entry-level salaries trickling in, things have actually started looking up. Honestly, what else can I say? "I told you so."
But hey, people don't exactly jump to listen to me. ☕
But hey, people don't exactly jump to listen to me. ☕
Eat up, kid! Come on, get some food in you!
in Psychology ·
mistyseal11 said:Man, I only hold a grudge against her because I'm dealing with all these issues today trying to drop weight... partly just so I can finally smash those killer pies without feeling like crap afterward...
Back in the day, like ten years ago, I actually weighed more than I do now... honestly, I’m basically back to the same weight I was around fifth grade, give or take a year...
Honestly, looking at those numbers doesn't tell you much. Here's the thing: anorexia isn't defined by how much you weigh; it's about your headspace and your relationship with food. It's become this weird modern trend where we label skinny people as having eating disorders while making excuses for overweight people by blaming "metabolic issues." That's just a byproduct of our culture today—the media pumps out this filtered, unrealistic image of perfection that has absolutely nothing to do with having a healthy, well-proportioned body.
Eat up, kid! Come on, get some food in you!
in Psychology ·
brighttiger41 said:hahhaha, come on, don't get all philosophical now😬
🙂
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mistyseal11 said:Man, I was just a kid back then, this was over 10 years ago... yeah, I was huge...
I was hanging out at my grandma's with my cousin (we're the same age), basically she was babysitting us...
...I was the chubby one so I wasn't allowed more than one slice of that pie, while my cousin was super skinny and could eat the whole damn thing...
Now that I'm basically anorexic... now everyone wants me to bulk up... but man, it's just not happening right now 🙂
Nah, she lived out in the Midwest until she was about 16...
and after that, she was just scraping by in NYC, totally broke, struggling to make ends meet and all that stuff...
What I meant was, maybe she didn't exactly adore you back then, but hey, you're saying you were heavy. Sounds like you had a sensible grandma...
Or you're just making up stories about the sunce. 🙂
Matthew Castillo5 said:Maybe they're just from the Midwest? That kind of thing is practically a local tradition there.
I think that's just a "tradition" in pretty much any rural area.
What is the value of a 1993 penny today?
in Miscellaneous ·
You can practically see the price tag written all over her forehead. 🙂
And honestly, I think the actual value is exactly what cosmicrider5 said it was.
And honestly, I think the actual value is exactly what cosmicrider5 said it was.
Eat up, kid! Come on, get some food in you!
in Psychology ·
brighttiger41 said:Especially those grandmas who start acting crazy over some guy they've only met twice in their entire lives.😂
It's mostly just a sense of obligation at this point, though nothing really changes in the grand scheme of things.
Shut up and eat, then deal with the consequences later. 😬
Eat up, kid! Come on, get some food in you!
in Psychology ·
mistyseal11 said:I actually managed to snag a comment from my grandma:
"You can only have one tiny bite of apple pie because you're way too overweight"
Was your grandma some kind of wealthy socialite back in her heyday?
brighttiger41 said:And what am I going to do? Because I love you, am I supposed to make you play darts all day just because it's good for your shoulder posture? 🤷
Man, if I tell you nineteen times "don't do it," then for God's sake, don't do it. What kind of "love" is that, seriously?
It's irrational. People tend to act completely irrational when they're in love.
Eat up, kid! Come on, get some food in you!
in Psychology ·
brighttiger41, she’s only doing it because she loves you.
Honestly, if you were tossed back into her prime for just a month, you’d come back ready to eat the damn table and the plates too.
So don't take it personally.
Unless, of course, she starts force-feeding you against your will... in that case, call 911. 🤣
Honestly, if you were tossed back into her prime for just a month, you’d come back ready to eat the damn table and the plates too.
So don't take it personally.
Unless, of course, she starts force-feeding you against your will... in that case, call 911. 🤣
Brian Murphy3 said:I’ve been saying this for years now—instead of moving forward, we’re just regressing. Honestly, psychologically (and probably physically) abusing a partner, regardless of gender, is nothing short of monstrous. I don’t wish ill on anyone, but I’d love to see that same psychological torment turned back on the people responsible for what happened to that girl. Just to let them feel what it’s like when someone systematically strips away who you are, piece by piece. Unfortunately, we live in a country where concepts like equality, tolerance, and empathy feel totally foreign. Anything "different" is immediately labeled as sick, twisted, or unacceptable. Some people really need to clean up their own damn houses before they start preaching about everyone else. Or maybe it’s just pure frustration manifesting as a way to tear others down? Pathetic.
It reminds me of that old song: "America, America, my sweet America..."
Interesting stuff, regardless of how you look at it.
I’m guessing it’s because the patient doesn't want to go public. It’s a common story, unfortunately. I’ve seen plenty of similar cases myself, and some were honestly much worse.
redharbor9 said:And one case is still way too many, don't you think?
Of course. This shouldn't even be up for debate. We’re talking about textbook examples of criminal behavior here. These aren't just "mistakes"—they fall squarely under criminal law, and they need to be handled with an iron fist, no compromises allowed. We already have perfectly functional tools for this: prison sentences and stripping people of their professional licenses. If someone betrays the very system that provides them with a paycheck, they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a government job ever again. Period.
Honestly, even if they shut that hospital down—which they absolutely should if they’re actually guilty—the whole investigation would probably be a total mess. In a country that isn't as dysfunctional as the US, the federal government would have sent an investigative task force to audit every single psychiatric facility of that kind nationwide. That’s standard procedure, something you shouldn't even have to ask for. On top of that, every single staff member at that facility in Lopača should be sitting in a police interrogation room right now.
Look, if you lock up the doctor but let all the technicians walk free, you’ve achieved absolutely nothing. It’s a total farce. It’s like when some high-ranking commander gets convicted for war crimes, but the guys who actually pulled the trigger or got their hands dirty stay out on the street. Or better yet, think about it like catching the big boss of a crime syndicate but letting all his foot soldiers run the streets untouched. You haven't solved the problem; you've just removed the figurehead.
We need to go in there and wipe the slate clean. Total extermination. No half-measures, no playing nice, and absolutely no compromises. If you don't pull the trigger on the whole thing, you haven't actually done the job—you've just moved the problem around.
redharbor9 said:Back to the point... I dealt with a case involving a minor where a psychiatrist (at some hospital in Chicago) decided they weren't gay just by looking at their facial features. They actually told the parents the kid was making it all up...
It’s not quite the same kind of aggression we’re debating here, but it’s a perfect example of how people view homosexuality these days...
Is that psychiatrist even licensed? Because they absolutely should be.
Look, let’s be real here. This isn't some progressive, modern take on homosexuality. It’s just the mark of a bottom-tier psychiatrist and a total hack who doesn't know what they're talking about.
redharbor9 said:
Look, when I mentioned choking, I wasn't talking about her. I was using it as an example of how a non-aggressive patient who actually *wants* to be hospitalized (because of suicidal thoughts) gets handled... just an example of how things go down in our psych wards...
By the way, there was resuscitation too...
Look, when I mentioned choking, I wasn't talking about her. I was using it as an example of how a non-aggressive patient who actually *wants* to be hospitalized (because of suicidal thoughts) gets handled... just an example of how things go down in our psych wards...
By the way, there was resuscitation too...
Well, just say it then. Look, at the end of the day, she’s got nothing to do with this. You’ve got to come out and say it right away, before people start making up their own versions of events. If you don't, sooner or later, those rumors just harden into what everyone accepts as the truth.
Look, I’ve said this before when it comes to resuscitation: suffocating someone is actually a pretty effective way to kill them. The media loves to paint CPR as this miraculous, high-success-rate miracle cure, but that's just not the reality. In practice, the number of people who actually pull through is incredibly small. And even among those who technically "come back," a significant chunk of them don't last very long anyway.
If patient neglect were actually widespread in our healthcare system, they’d probably just install a conveyor belt leading straight from the hospital beds to the cemetery.
redharbor9 said:I remember stumbling upon some stuff about that whole "noose" trend...
http://www.depresija.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=7003
Third post in a row...
Later on, my psychiatrist told my mom that when things get that intense, the technician is authorized to tighten the restraints—even if it means holding them until they can't breathe anymore, if that's what it takes to keep control.
If he actually said that, then he needs to lose his license immediately. He should be facing prison time right alongside those technicians. "Until death if necessary"... give me a break. It sounds like something a teenager would mutter while obsessing over some B-list action movie.
I haven't seen any posts from morbidangel lately. Anyone know where they went? kaže:
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You’re acting surprised like some clueless bystander, but you probably still have those vivid descriptions of "life" inside a state psychiatric ward burned into your brain. I remember a user who went by dozens of different handles over the years—she was Dubravka, someone struggling with schizophrenia. Then there were all those other people on this thread who had varying degrees of contact with facilities like Bellevue or various state hospitals across the US. I specifically remember one guy who described his time there with such dark, biting humor; if anyone remembers which user he was and has a link to that old thread, please drop it here. A lot of these folks wrote about how the staff actually treats patients behind closed doors.👎👎👎👎👎
I’m not even surprised at this point. All I’m saying is these aren't just isolated incidents. At this rate, we're going to find out the entire hospital system is being run by Helga's nurses and Doctor Death's private militia.
placidranger said:I agree. Proving attempted murder in this scenario would be a nightmare if you're weighing a professional diagnosis of a psychotic break against the patient's own claim of an assassination attempt. Even with physical evidence of choking, a lawyer could easily argue "excessive force" or some other technicality.What if it isn't just tall tales?
Are you suggesting that choking someone into oblivion is actually part of standard medical protocol? Or did you just show up to troll the thread and incite a riot by talking about murder with a sympathetic tone?
Antipsychotics are administered—it's a reality—and sometimes they have to be given forcibly (if the individual is aggressive, attacking others, themselves, etc.). As of now, I'm not aware of a more humane method.🤷It's possible, though certainly not something you'd expect everywhere. But it really is a possibility.
True, it's entirely possible. There are unstable people in psychiatry too.
Suffocating until you pass out? No way. Look, if someone hits that point, you have to jump on resuscitation immediately, otherwise, they’re gone in a heartbeat. And let’s get one thing straight: CPR isn't some Hollywood magic trick where you do a couple of chest compressions, blow some air into them, and suddenly the patient pops their eyes open, perfectly fine. In reality, CPR often doesn't even work. At the end of the day, manual compressions and rescue breaths aren't really meant to "bring someone back" to life—they're just a desperate attempt to keep a tiny bit of oxygenated blood moving through the system until a paramedic shows up with a defibrillator.
If you grab someone by the throat and squeeze until they stop breathing, you can be pretty damn sure you've sent them straight to the morgue. That’s why this whole thing feels incredibly sketchy to me.
I don't know, I've got a different take on this. If what redharbor9 is saying actually holds water, then maybe we're all just dealing with a bit of an optical illusion. It might just be a matter of perception.
What if she was having a psychotic break? Or maybe she was just struggling against them—trying to hurt herself, whether she meant to or not—and they had to pin her down and hit her with an IV sedative to get things under control? It’s entirely possible someone had a hand on her neck during the chaos, too. If that happened, the whole experience would feel completely different. It looked similar. It’s suffocating.🤷
Look, it doesn't even matter if the staff had good intentions or not—that’s beside the point now. The reality is that you can make anyone feel like they're suffocating if you physically overpower them and hit them with a stronger sedative. It's just how it works.I haven't even touched on antipsychotics or sedatives yet. We’re strictly talking about that choking sensation she supposedly went through.
Look, antipsychotics get administered. Period. And yeah, sometimes they have to be given forcibly—if someone is being aggressive, attacking others, or trying to tear themselves apart. Right now, I honestly can't think of a more humane way to handle that kind of crisis. 🤷 redharbor9 said:Honestly, the amount of shock over this thread is killing me. This kind of garbage is just business as usual in our psychiatric wards. We’re talking about tying patients to their beds because they got up to use the bathroom at night; doctors snickering, "Fine, you're getting a double dose now, let's see if you feel like messing around tomorrow"; laughing in a woman's face while she describes throwing her kid down a well; or just aggressively forcing meds on people without even trying a human approach first.
Dehumanization is basically standard operating procedure in a place like that. It’s clearly the only way anyone stays sane. Sure, there are exceptions—doctors who clash with administrators pushing these aggressive tactics—but the real question is whether they're too weak to fight back or just don't give a damn.
There was even a death at a hospital out in rural Maine due to workplace bullying. The director actually hung a memo on the wall where the staff were begging the state government for help, claiming management was running a "system of terror" (>). I guess she hung it there to show that they tried, but failed.
Look, people like that stay in power because that's how the politics work. You can't expect change when the system is rigged to keep them in charge, which makes any attempt to fix things feel totally pointless.
The real issue is the bigger picture—the mindset of the people here that allows this stuff to happen. In more developed countries, a politician who jumps parties loses their base instantly, but here, blatant corruption still wins votes. So how can you expect people to actually fight for "minor" issues like this?
I'm with you on this. There are ways to curb this kind of criminal behavior, but let's be honest—we live in a total circus where nothing ever changes.
That said, the level of dehumanization you described isn't exactly the norm. Sure, it happens, but seeing it on this scale is rare. These kinds of extreme environments are usually reserved for regimes like Nazi Germany or the USSR. Even back in the days of America, we saw flashes of it, but it wasn't nearly as widespread as what you're talking about.
placidranger said:http://www.libela.org/vijesti/422-za...mirjane-vulin/The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington has submitted a proposal to an investigative judge at the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington to initiate proceedings against an American citizen (born 1949). There is reasonable suspicion that between April 2004 and early July 2007, while working at a certain medical facility, she committed a felony against public health and engaged in official misconduct through gross negligence.
According to our unofficial sources, the individual facing these investigations is Dr. Mirjana Vulin, the former director of the State Psychiatric Hospital. She resigned from her position last summer—following our coverage in this publication regarding irregularities in the treatment of minor patients—which prompted inspections by both the Department of Health and Human Services and the American Medical Association. At that time, the Secretary of Health, Damir Milinović, publicly demanded that Dr. Vulin step down from her leadership role.
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Proceedings have started and the director has been ousted, but who knows how long this legal dance will actually take...
I haven't seen any official or unofficial statements from the accused—it would be nice to hear their side for once. I also suspect they won't be able to push an attempted murder charge, no matter how they try to spin it.
Restraining someone until they lose consciousness is attempted murder, no matter how you frame it.
The issue is that everything we know here is just forum chatter, which makes it hard to say anything concrete beyond condemning the act.
Jose Barrett said:Give me a break!
When you have patients experiencing psychosis, they get an antipsychotic via IV. I mean, what else are you supposed to do if a patient suddenly snaps, punches a nurse in the eye, or breaks a doctor's collarbone? 🙄
For those kinds of "patients," you need to have a few trained professionals nearby who can actually handle someone having a sudden psychotic break.
Otherwise, you'd just sit there having a nice little chat with them, telling them their behavior isn't okay and suggesting they swing by for psychotherapy tomorrow at 4:00 PM to learn some anger management. 🤣
And what if it isn't nonsense?
Are you suggesting that choking someone into unconsciousness is part of the standard medical protocol? Or did you just come here to troll and incite people by calling attempted murder "just part of the job"?
driftinggull21 said:This isn't just about one psychiatrist colluding with parents to lock up a perfectly healthy girl.
There are other psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, and occupational therapists on staff. There are rounds. Someone should have noticed a completely sane individual and raised an alarm. Is it even possible that the entire State Psychiatric Hospital was complicit in this conspiracy?
It's possible. It’s not exactly what you’d expect to see everywhere, but it’s definitely possible.
If everything the media is reporting is actually true, we’re looking at a crime that feels more like something you'd see prosecuted at the Nuremberg trials.
But is that really the whole story? And more importantly, is it even true? Look, I’m not saying it isn't, but think about the implications here. If this story holds water, the consequences would be massive. The victims would have an open-and-shut case if they took this to the human rights courts in Washington, D.C., and we'd be seeing heads roll at the highest levels.
The reality is, we’re living in a total circus of a country where the government employs all sorts of criminals. You find them embedded in our high-level courts, which is why we even bother with outside oversight—though even then, you have to say "relatively independent" rather than just "independent." It's a necessary precaution because you have to assume these crooks have connections everywhere; there isn't a single clean institution left in the US.
Has the victim actually done anything besides give statements to the press? If things are truly as dire as they claim, they should have those big NGOs backing them up. I wouldn't dream of thinking an organization dedicated to fighting for these specific rights wouldn't be milking this case for every bit of publicity possible. (The American nonprofits dealing with general human rights are pretty weak and mostly exist on paper—which is exactly why so much horrific stuff happens in this country without anyone ever finding out.)
So, what are we waiting for? Where is this glorious, landslide victory they're supposed to have?
But is that really the whole story? And more importantly, is it even true? Look, I’m not saying it isn't, but think about the implications here. If this story holds water, the consequences would be massive. The victims would have an open-and-shut case if they took this to the human rights courts in Washington, D.C., and we'd be seeing heads roll at the highest levels.
The reality is, we’re living in a total circus of a country where the government employs all sorts of criminals. You find them embedded in our high-level courts, which is why we even bother with outside oversight—though even then, you have to say "relatively independent" rather than just "independent." It's a necessary precaution because you have to assume these crooks have connections everywhere; there isn't a single clean institution left in the US.
Has the victim actually done anything besides give statements to the press? If things are truly as dire as they claim, they should have those big NGOs backing them up. I wouldn't dream of thinking an organization dedicated to fighting for these specific rights wouldn't be milking this case for every bit of publicity possible. (The American nonprofits dealing with general human rights are pretty weak and mostly exist on paper—which is exactly why so much horrific stuff happens in this country without anyone ever finding out.)
So, what are we waiting for? Where is this glorious, landslide victory they're supposed to have?
Proposal for a new "Current Events" subforum
in Feedback & Suggestions ·
In my opinion, this is totally unnecessary. Some subforums—take Natural Science, for example—already have dedicated threads for breaking news, plus they have the option to spin off a whole new discussion thread if things actually get interesting.
The subforum you’re proposing would basically be a miniature version of Reddit, which is just redundant. It would overcomplicate everything and honestly just end up becoming a playground for trolls and spammers.
The subforum you’re proposing would basically be a miniature version of Reddit, which is just redundant. It would overcomplicate everything and honestly just end up becoming a playground for trolls and spammers.