in my first-aid class today i heard about a 90 year old lady who gave her husband CPR in the walmart parking lot for 10 minutes before they were found/an ambulance came. he survived, which is insane because there's a 10% chance of surviving a heart-attack when it takes place anywhere other than a hospital. on top of that, ANYONE giving CPR for 10 minutes straight is unheard of. that's amazing. she was exhausted and had to be taken to be taken to the hospital afterwards. good on her, what an awesome old lady. they don't get much older than that!!
don't try to hug someone thru a car window. you'll just end up hurting yourself.
i don't like skeptical people. well... that's rude of me... i don't appreciate over-skepticism. when people say stuff like "how am i supposed to know that they don't just take my recycling to the dump with the regular garbage?" come on!?!? how can a person say such a thing. they're totally just looking for an excuse to not bother with recycling. sheesh. some people are suspicious of all the wrong things. or perhaps they're just cynical towards the things that oppose their agenda. which is all the more frustrating, because at the root of it is a control issue. it bothered me when people argued with the first-aid instructor. i don't care if they don't understand why you should only administer one shock from the defibrillator if the casualty is suffering from hypothermia. you just don't because the experts are telling you not to. that answer should be enough. there's a time to question authority for sure, but when a superior is trying to save lives or the planet, conceding should be a no-brainer.
it all works out in the end.
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There is a janitor at work who takes the recycling that we seperate out and throws it in with the trash. He's been seen doing this on numberous occasions. We have tried reasoning with him. Tried saying that WE will take it out to the big bin ourselves, but we haven't made any inroads. He said that it's not written in his job description that he has to take the recycling seperately, so he doesn't.
hm... that isn't skepticism. no. because i am a skeptic. that's laziness and stupidity and that janitor, aphra, needs an atomic wedgie. a skeptic just questions everything... they don't automatically trust authority, but they don't necessarily disobey. a responsible skeptic usually considers whether toeing the line is going to help or cause any harm. that person might hate sorting the recycling because they feel it's probably a waste of time, but they might still do it because they should recognize that their skepticism isn't some mystical insight into truth. it's a hypothesis.
can't have you maligning my natural state of being: skeptical. :P
ps i love the line about the car window hugs. perfect.
lol i really love devious' response.
shan... do you know who devious is?? you know her in real life ;) ;)
i agree... aphra that's a crazy story.
i'm not convinced that it's just being lazy and stupid. it's being skeptical of the system, but in a really dumb way. you don't strike me as a skeptic. you're an independent free thinker, but you're not wary of the unknown.
I love that a 90 year old woman still loved her husband enough to save her!
i love that too.
jordin... you'd TOTALLY do that for thomas when you're 90 :)
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