Dude come on. Context alone.
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Both things can be true.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Hillary Clinton Says Young Americans Are Pro-Palestine Because They Watch ‘Totally Made Up’ Videos of Gaza HorrorsEnglish
179·26 days agoThey are. Less evil doesn’t mean great or even good. That being said I look forward to voting for your paragon “by any means necessary” movement.
That’s coming right? Not just an excuse for why you couldn’t vote for better rather than worse because it would inconvenience you?
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be poor and how close middle class is to being below the poverty
1·1 month agoThis is something I want to address. Firstly, youre correct. The vast majority of medical students come from VERY privileged backgrounds and it shows. Hell, applications fees can run from 75 to 300+ bucks a pop and the MCAT itself is almost 400 dollars.
That being said, if youre smart enough to get into med school, you should do it. I grew up about as poor as you could, I graduated early and immediately went into working fulltime. After the dotcom burst I became an EMT then a paramedic and started working 72+ hour weeks to save up for my premed. I was MUCH older than your standard 23 year old med school applicant.
But even if you have a relatively decent job (65k in a low cost of living area), the finances work out to pull the trigger and get your MD. Without doing any self doxxing, I can say a relatively uncompetitive specialty paid more in one year than I made in 5 years as a medic. I took 2 years for premed, a gap year, 4 in med school and 3 for residency. 10 years total. Which I made back in 2 years and thats not including the pay as a resident which was actually a bit higher than medic pay.
Your circumstances might prevent you from being a traditional applicant, and AAMCAS needs to work on the financial gatekeeping. You can absolutely swing going to medical school if you have the desire, will, and capability to though. It will be hard as hell though.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be poor and how close middle class is to being below the poverty
1·1 month agoOh damn. Well you can’t give plasma until youre 16, but I guess being homeless, having sleep for dinner and all of that growing up isn’t poverty because I couldn’t pass for a 16 year old as a child?
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•United Airlines says a window seat doesn't need to have a window.English
4·1 month agoExterior, medial, interior?
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Trump Posts AI Video in Which He Drops Feces on No Kings ProtestersEnglish
1·2 months agoRoughly 30-40%
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Peter Thiel: strict AI regulation will summon the AntichristEnglish
1·3 months agoShellfish, mixed fabrics, swearing, and you know, not helping anyone but himself. But im sure thats minor compared to the shellfish.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Peter Thiel: strict AI regulation will summon the AntichristEnglish
2·3 months agoCause money. Same as everything else.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If CEOs think they can replace everyone with AI, why do they think Wall St. will need CEOs?
7·5 months agoHey thats not true. You’d also have to feed them a prompt about how they can space out enacting a fucking idiotic idea over 6 meetings.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If CEOs think they can replace everyone with AI, why do they think Wall St. will need CEOs?
3·5 months agoBecause CEO is a complete bullshit job that works as a de facto caste system like 90% of management roles.
If they actually added any value and thats why they were hired? Sure, be scared. They’re not hired to add value though, so they’re not.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•2.06 meters tall volleyball player Anna Smrek (1.60m man next to her for scale)
8·5 months agoMan I enjoyed every bit of your info dump. Thank you.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place.
8·5 months agoI don’t think anyone is going to argue against that. You asked for people to name one time a life was ruined by false accusations. There’s been a ton.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place.
72·5 months agohttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/13/duke-lacrosse-rape-falsely-accused-crystal-mangum
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-67992342
Are we really saying any group of people are infallible and incapable of lying?
Don’t get me wrong, I believe the majority of rape accusations aren’t false accusations with a sinister motive. I believe Trump is a rapist.
We should never act like any group of people will never lie, and we absolutely should never compromise on due process.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why are most religious people so easy to manipulate? (serious)
6·5 months agoYourlve got the cause and effect backwards there big shoots.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Trump puts up AI video of Obama being arrested by the FBI in the Oval OfficeEnglish
4·5 months agoAmphetamine will do that to you.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•how many people came to this platform due to leaving / being banned from Reddit?
3·5 months agoThe ban waves were to lower the leftist presence, not to actually stop talks of violence.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•how many people came to this platform due to leaving / being banned from Reddit?
3·5 months agoI already know you’re pretty far left given they banned you for that. Right wingers im sure still say all of their unhinged shit there.
Alaik@lemmy.zipto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Solar powered personal umbrella with battery?
18·5 months agoIm beginning to see more people actually parasoling in the southern US and if im being honest… I’ve been tempted given how our heat and UV measurements are going.
This is the way. Fuck passive aggressive. Be aggressive aggressive.