• prole
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    6 days ago

    Were the masks really phallic? More like a bird’s beak.

    And I seem to recall there being a practical purpose too. Something about stuffing it with something to overcome the smell of putrid death.

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      8 days ago

      I sat in a German emergency room for about eight hours total with a broken eye socket and radius for initial diagnosis and treatment a couple of years ago, and the only inquiry into my ability to manage the pain was one doctor asking if I had paracetamol at home right before I left. When I said I did, the doctor nodded and left the room.

      In fairness to them, it was a Sunday and they wanted to do a full scan of my head (it wasn’t an MRI and I don’t think it was an X-ray, but I don’t remember what it was called- it looked like an MRI machine, just giant) and I needed to have a bunch of different types of doctor check me out. I was also able to manage the pain and didn’t actually need painkillers, but I was really surprised they didn’t at least check in about it.

  • Sergio@piefed.social
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    7 days ago

    1619:

    • learned their trade on corpses stolen from graveyards
    • collaborates with alchemists and exorcists
    • pay what you can, takes 10 minutes to either cure you or kill you

    2019:

    • might be able to see you 10 months from now in a virtual visit
    • “your insurance probably won’t cover that!”