"One more thing," the patient says, right when I'm about to exit the exam room.
I used to be annoyed by it. Until one day, a patient's "one more thing" was actually "the" thing she wanted to say. But she needed to feel me out and make sure I was a safe person first. So, I sat back down and listened. Then we discussed and ran tests.
"You restored my faith in doctors." She took the bus just to tell me this today after making a full recovery. Her visit filled my heart with warmth and purpose.
If we ask people to wait for months for their appointments, then (sometimes) hours in our offices, we can hear them out for their one more thing.
If I want to give something away for free, I always list it on marketplace at a very low (but not too low) price.
And then when someone comes to get it, I just tell them it’s free.
It gets rid of the thing faster and with less hassle than listing it for free, somehow.
@daringfireball For what it’s worth, Dow apologized and investigated. They removed one of their subcontractors Yok Impex as a result of this impressive reporting story
https://t.co/u7YFUDcpG8
Stare at this image for a few seconds and it completely disappears. This effect (known as Troxler's fading) has been attributed to the adaptation of neurons vital for perceiving stimuli in the visual system
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it's honestly disorienting to go to europe and see that the cars there are just... smaller, and yet society keeps functioning and people are happy
turns out everyone does not need a massive pickup truck, who knew?
Last week, the IRS has stated that Americans must report payments on Venmo, PayPal over $600.
Last week, the Defense Department failed its fifth audit, unable to account for more than 61% its assets, worth about $1.8 trillion.
The exploitation of Christ for worldly power in this era is unconscionable. Leave his name out of your evil. Non-Christian observers, please do not to look to cultural Christianity for what Jesus is like but to the Gospels, Acts & the NT epistles. Look to the sermon on the mount.