Yesterday I did a first aid course with some other young people. I realized how serious first aid obligations are. I realized how I could now be responsible for saving a persons life. The dummy felt alive after hearing the instructors anecdote, well not alive but that floating place between life and death where cpr is required. People were laughing and joking and holding the baby dummies upside down. Maybe I should have some more fun, but I think its important to take life seriously sometimes.
The only way to take the fear out of medicine is by taking a stupid pic before going under, say it was because you went to Atlantic City w Lois Griffen or you tried to outsmoke the eraserhead baby. My personal favorite is saying these are the consequences of stealing Bobby Hillās purse.
Feeling upset about the state of the world? Feeling powerless to help? Try taking action by donating blood and directly saving up to 3 peopleās lives. I used to have sooooo much fear of needles but when I learned how important it is for people with traumatic injuries, burn victims, cancer patients, pregnant people and people with leukemiaā¦. I push myself to do an uncomfortable thing for the benefit of others. do it!!!!
I was fit AF, and found out a few months ago I was a ticking time bomb and had to have open heart surgery. In recovery now and passing on the kindness I received from others I met through this process. !!AMA!!
Sometimes I recommend being a hater. Iām not here to talk about the numerous quality uses of AI, how often it is actually used nor am I here to critique AI without strawmanning it. I donāt care if I strawman an account of AI because I genuinely despise the way most people use AI. I think AI generated images are ugly. I think that AI cannot hold a half decent conversation. Iām completely avoidant when it comes to showing AI my writing; Iāve never done it and I refuse to. I hate when you go to that one poetry website and there is AI āanalysisā there, because its not real textual analysis and it upholds a certain contextualised intentionalist framework of reading a text reinforced in high school English. I hate that the meta AI will influence what products will be advertised to you. I donāt care if itās the future. I genuinely love being called a dinosaur because I hate AI.
When we let go of the fear we hold towards the smallest creatures of our environment, and learn how to immerse ourself in an instance of nature rather than making an instance of nature our own, we learn to truly be alive. Bugs are great because you canāt own them, but you can admire their beauty. #bugnation2024