[p/a/s, Patreon] Up As A

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[siderea]

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Re: Comment Catcher: Up As A

[jducoeur]

Heh. This reminds me of one of my SCA close friends, who is strongly Indian (as in the country) in persona. She was attending an Elizabethan costume ball event, so decided to come in "how an Elizabethan woman would have dressed as an Indian". Funniest costume I've ever seen: a sari with a bodice and hoop skirt...

Re: Comment Catcher: Up As A

[nuclearpolymer]

This rings true about why it irritates me, as an X, when people "dress up as an X". It emphasizes that to the broader culture, X does not mean the actual group of people who are X, it means a bunch of concepts that X is used as a shorthand for.

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[alexx_kay]

Editorial:
"stethascope"
Preferred spelling is stethoscope.

"What the appeal is"
Whatever?

"[*]"
Missing "6".

"lease uncool"
Least.

"that cue observer"
Missing "the"?

"that can be a problem to"
Too.

Re: Comment Catcher: Up As A

[lyorn]

Halloween seems like the sacred European festival

There seems to be a joke here that I'm not getting.

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Going off on a tangent:

At the large beerfest in town, in early summer, everyone's dressing up as a cheap copy of a stereotypical Upper Bavarian. The local traditionlist consider this Upper Bavarian cultural imperialism. I amuse myself with declaring it inappropriate cultural appropiation. Maybe they just want to live the concept of getting drunk as fishes on beer and getting into beer stein fights.

Hell if I have any clue what they are about. Maybe they lack a fandom to dress up for.

Digression

[cvirtue]

The Nurse/Doctor thing is probably because the stereotype of nurse hasn't caught up with the change in reality of nurse. You probably know about this, of course. But many people don't understand how extremely MEDICAL they are these days, rather than People Who Will Fluff Your Pillow For You, or whatever.

Re: Digression

[403]

Before automation, the nurse was your vital signs monitor. Going around and checking comfort / making conversation was the easiest way of getting the patient to cooperate with being poked at once an hour, as well as a test of their mental status.

Medical monitoring devices have freed up nurses' time enormously, which enabled them to become technical staff.

Re: Digression

[siderea]

I did not know this! Fascinating.

RE: Re: Digression

[conuly]

...has LJ always made it so replies by the OP had a different shade of blue than replies by other people? I don't know if I like this. The concept is good, but the execution kinda clashes.

Re: Digression

[cvirtue]

Thanks -- that makes sense.