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- Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows 3 days ago:
Can you imagine how that family must have felt? Awful.
- Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows 4 days ago:
To be honest, I didn’t even think of anything else. I’d never done the Heimlich, wasn’t trained, it just seemed like the thing to try.
- Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows 4 days ago:
Funny enough a coworker told me “you’re not supposed to do the heimlich anymore”
Which is funny because in both your story and mine it worked.
- Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows 4 days ago:
What did the person you helped say?
- Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows 4 days ago:
Oh, wow. What did people do, applaud?
- Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows 4 days ago:
We’re such weird creatures. That woman was choking to death and she was too shy to ask for help and too embarrassed after to say much of anything.
- Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows 4 days ago:
Funny, when I sat back down, my wife just calmly said, “Did you just save that woman’s life?” It was weird, we just went back to eating and never really talked about it again except when someone would mention the Heimlich and my wife would tell the story.
- Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows 4 days ago:
I had a surreal experience once. I was at a busy, casual restaurant at a booth, sitting across from my wife. There was a lady eating alone at a booth a little way behind my wife, and I noticed she looked kind of distressed - looking around like she was trying to catch a waiter - but she seemed to be getting more panicked looking and her face didn’t look right. I got up and went over and said “Are you chocking?” and she looked at me with big eyes and nodded. I asked if she wanted me to try and help and she said yes and stood up. I never learned how to do the Heimlich except from TV shows, but seemed worth a try, so I did what I remembered, and she coughed up a piece of chicken. She looked really embarrassed and said “Thank you.” I said I was glad to help and went back to my seat. No one in the place noticed a thing except for my wife.
- Comment on Really tall people see others differently. For example, they see more of others' heads and less of others' bodies. They also see more of the background. 1 week ago:
I’m 6’1", and I don’t see the top of my fridge in any meaningful way.
- Comment on Really tall people see others differently. For example, they see more of others' heads and less of others' bodies. They also see more of the background. 1 week ago:
I remember talking to a woman who was like 6’5". She said when she went to visit other couples, she’d often hear the woman yelp when they realized she could see the tops of the fridge and stuff, where lots of people don’t dust.
- Comment on How come in movies tv shows books etc at court they make it seem like swearing on the bible prevents you from lieing? If my family or I was in danger I would lie my ass off to get out of it.. 1 week ago:
Deeply religious folks often believe that if you swear on a bible to tell the truth, then lie, you’ll go to hell. If you aren’t religious, it means nothing. For others it’s a spectrum in between.
- Comment on Where did this mic come from and how to make it go away? [Android] 1 week ago:
It’s likely for activating voice input, but you didn’t give the keyboard app permission to use the mic or something. Usually on keyboard apps there’s a key you long press to get to settings, and you might be able to get rid of it there.
- Comment on Where did this mic come from and how to make it go away? [Android] 1 week ago:
Makes it sound like it’s part of your keyboard app
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 2 weeks ago:
Doesn’t look like you’ll be affected for that. If I’m understanding the release right, it’s only needed if you’re trying to access age restricted content or to get messages from people you might not know. I use it the way you do, and it doesn’t look like that’s impacted.
- Comment on Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face 2 weeks ago:
Doesn’t look like this will affect everyone. From the release:
- Content Filters: Discord users will need to be age-assured as adults in order to unblur sensitive content or turn off the setting.
- Age-gated Spaces – Only users who are age-assured as adults will be able to access age-restricted channels, servers, and app commands.
- Message Request Inbox: Direct messages from people a user may not know are routed to a separate inbox by default, and access to modify this setting is limited to age-assured adult users.
- Friend Request Alerts: People will receive warning prompts for friend requests from users they may not know.
- Stage Restrictions: Only age-assured adults may speak on stage in servers.
I don’t use any of those.
- Comment on Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020 4 weeks ago:
I would desperately love for companies to lose big on LLMs. The vast majority of users just don’t seem worth the huge energy costs. I do think there are a number of worthwhile ML applications that could make the world better, but I have little faith that they’ll be allowed to unless they generate big profits.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Great idea: shoot the messenger
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 5 weeks ago:
Where I am, they’re very often cut into rounds and served with a meal.
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 5 weeks ago:
I have not and stand corrected
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 5 weeks ago:
Apparently it’s just not a thing where I am. I’ve seen them used for little hors d’oeuvre things, but not for a meal-type sandwich.
I stand corrected.
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 5 weeks ago:
The sandwich bread is mass produced, baked in racks of loaf pans, designed to give very consistent and convenient slices for making sandwiches.
The second pic is the way many people prefer to bake a more rustic loaf. The dough is just placed on a flat sheet, so there’s much more crust, and it can just rise however it does. It’s less convenient for sandwiches.
No baguettes aren’t used for sandwiches, they’re used to serve bread with the meal. If you’re eating dinner, you don’t really want a slice of sandwich bread, you want something more convenient to hold in your hand, dip in you pasta sauce, or whatever. Plus it has a higher ratio of crust to insides, which can be nice.
- Comment on Dell admits consumers don’t care about AI PCs 1 month ago:
I was kind of looking at the OnePlus Watch 3
- Comment on Dell admits consumers don’t care about AI PCs 1 month ago:
I care about AI PCs in that I actively do not want one. It’s not that I’m indifferent.
I’m looking for an android smart watch and I’m annoyed at how many come with interactive AI, which I also do not want.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 1 month ago:
I’m American, but I’ve heard in a lot of countries they hate how we start talking to someone who is still kind of far away. Like when your friend is approaching from the other direction and you say “Hey, how’s it going?” but you have to talk more loudly because he’s several paces away.
- Comment on 94.3° F 1 month ago:
It does seem so. Cats’ internal temp is a bit warmer than ours - like 101 or 102F. Lots of blood vessels near the surface in a butthole, so it’s warmer than most other areas, though would expect it to be slightly cooler than internal. Not 8 degrees cooler though.
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 2 months ago:
Because it’s a very popular, traditional ingredient in a lot of soups. You would have the same problem if you didn’t like onions or carrots.
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 2 months ago:
I don’t care for crunch in soup, but a like the celery flavor. I’ve added celery seeds to things I don’t want actual celery in. I’ll make stock with celery, onions, and carrots, and then strain them out.
- Comment on Banana 4 months ago:
The one that no longer exists where banana flavoured candy derives its flavor from.
That’s actually a myth. See Wikipedia.
The Gros Michel has a higher concentration of isoamyl acetate, the ester commonly used for “banana” food flavoring, than the Cavendish.[12] This higher concentration is responsible for the myth that banana flavoring was based on the Gros Michel, but artificial banana flavor was not based on any specific cultivar.
- Comment on Converted school bus turned into mobile retro computing museum — historic array includes Sinclair (Timex) ZX Spectrum 48K and Commodore 64 4 months ago:
I still have my Timex Sinclair.
- Comment on those of you with good skills to defuse a tense situation at the workplace, what advice can you give me? 4 months ago:
Your friend was feeling attacked, and you walking away made her feel abandoned and unsupported. She just wants to know that you have her back. Yes, standing beside her to help show a united front would do that some.
Usually to defuse a situation like that, I would try to understand what Karen was actually upset about, and let her know she’s being heard (which is, ultimately, what she probably wants), but also let her know she’s taking it out on someone who doesn’t deserve it. Saying “calm down” is just going to piss her off. Saying “Hey, I understand you’re upset, and I would be too, but the staff here has no ability to schedule your father for surgery when there aren’t any doctors, and you’re yelling at the wrong person” might.