• MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’ve never been to New York, but as somebody born and raised in Southern California, lived in Portland, Or, and is currently living in Minnesota, I have never seen this. You always move over to the right. Immediately and without question. In California, Oregon, and Minnesota, at least, it’s the law, and you can be fined for not complying.

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    2 hours ago

    The transcription is almost correct all the way except for one part.

    When he says, “Whoever needed it, they’re dead”.
    The transcription reads, “Whoever needed it, they’re okay”.

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      because social media platforms will delete your content and ban you if you continue to talk about the “bad stuff”.

      • death
      • murder
      • suicide
      • rape
      • guns
      • drugs

      welcome to the dawn of the age of new speak. I heard a 13 year old kid last week say “unalive” instead of “kill”.

      we’re so fucked.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    NYC EMS story.

    Cab driver gets in a fender bender with a 911 ambulance.

    After arguing with the crew and supervisor he decides he has neck and back pain and he must go to the hospital.

    A second ambulance is dispatched and, following protocol, fully immobilizes him and takes him to the hospital.

    En route the cabbie complains about how slow the ambulance is going.

    “Everyone else is like you, none of them get out of the way.”

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    Kinda misleading. This dude is a comedian and “influencer” (not really in the typical sense but he films a lotta stuff for online content). He cuts filming just as people are moving out of the way for the ambulance.

    I ain’t saying NYC doesn’t have a problem with what he’s saying, but I am saying you can see how he’s not being entirely honest and he’s incentivized to be dishonest.

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      No amount of dishonesty can invalidate the fact that in a typical german city that ambulance would be going literally 10 times as fast without any issues. Its not just stupid drivers, but NYC is also just a complete failure in terms of road design.

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        Yeah he primarily posts English language content because his humor is mostly based off English speaking stereotypes instead of, well, jokes.

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      Even if they did eventually move out of the way, it would still be way slower than what happens in Germany (and many other European countries). Cars would begin to move out of the way as soon as they notice it approaching.

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      This dude is a comedian and calling things kinky is one of his catchphrases.

      Another reason I don’t like this idea of this dude being used as any source of information, I find his comedy routine exhausting and overly laden with tired, old stereotypes instead of actual humor. A lot of his jokes are “Germans are fetishists”, “Germans used to be Nazis”, “Germans are rigid and rules following” and “my wife is Jewish, isn’t that bizarre?”

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    Berlin is larger (892km^2 vs 783km^2) and less population dense (6 million vs 20 million in the metro areas). So… Kinda comparing apples to oranges.

    Edit: If you want a real comparison, look at Philadelphia or Chicago. Those are a little closer to Berlin than fucking NYC. But, I guess it’s our turn to start a World War this time, so maybe after NYC gets razed we can rebuild like they did with Berlin and focus on modernizing traffic patterns for mass transit.

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    Do people in Germany typically call for ambulances after their heart attack? Doesn’t sound like an ideal strategy

    Also #fuckcars

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      Why not? Ambulance at your house in 10 mins is not unheard of (where I am)

      That’s faster than I would be able to hail a cab or public transport. I sure as hell am not gonna cycle or drive if I am actively suffering from a cardiac arrest

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        10 minutes still feel like a lot. I don’t think I ever had to wait that much for an ambulance. Though I do live in an atypical town.

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        I just imagine an old grey haired guy sitting on the kitchen floor taking his pulse

        “Waaait for it not yet, still happening almost”

        While his family is there clambering for him to just call for an ambulance

        All the literature I’ve read states that getting help as fast as possible gets the best health outcome, not a doctor, just a dude who happens to have a heart

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          What? Do you think that people can predict when they will get a heart attack? When else would people call it if not after the person has it?

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              Chest pains and shortness of breath aren’t going to cause most people to preemptively call an ambulance. Also the signs aren’t 100% lots of people have heart attacks without knowing it, especially women.

              Why be so rude to people online? It’s not a good look especially when you’re incorrect in your statements.

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                I don’t know where the fuck you got ‘cause most people’ to do anything, all I said was the last guy is wrong for saying there are no signs of an impending heart attack

                I dunno why do loud mouths like you butt into conversations and make false accusations about shit that was never said?

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                  Well at least I know I can block you. Get some help with anger management.

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          I really don’t get your point. If people are around to help the person, they will and then call the ambulance. Where do you take the waiting from? Isn’t a heart attack something that happens suddenly? Why would you wait before you call the ambulance if you know it will happen? Where do you take that from?

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          I’m not sure if you two are just joking or if there’s actual some confusion here. What the guy in the video means by “before” the heart attack is before there’s any indication you’re gonna have one.

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          Ja, well. Good luck finding someone to talk to.

          In Germany, if you are seriously sick or injured, you need support from someone who can make demands of the hospital and the doctors, otherwise you get no info and probably not enough treatment and medication. If Mutti doesn’t have anyone actively engaging with doctors and staff, Mutti is pretty much f’ed in proverbial a. Why? Because everyone is overworked and disillusioned and very tired, and there is never enough time or money to treat people properly because of the way our health system has been restructured: to be profit oriented - even public hospitals.

          Still beats what they have in 'murica: at least you can get affordable treatment even as a nobody.