Good doctors...Crocs? Avocados? ??? What say you?

[Goro]

6 Things E.R. Doctors Wish You’d Avoid

We asked emergency physicians what lessons they’d learned from their job.

www.nytimes.com

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[RustedFox]

Paywall'ed.

 

[Janders]

All crocs all the time.

Story is fakenews

 

[gutonc]

Paywall'ed.

I read it. It's mostly dumb AF.

The TL;DR:
1. Don't wear Crocs. The argument is that they have no support, you'll roll your ankle just walking across the room. The reality is that they're ugly AF and you should be shunned from society for wearing them.
2. Don't slice avocados. You'll cut your hand off.
3. Stay away from trampolines. You'll break your neck.
4. Don't pet strange dogs without explicit permission from the owner. And even then, don't stick your face in their mouth. (This one is actually good advice...but people who ignore it deserve what they get.)
5. If you have chest pain, go to the ED. I mean...sure.
6. Wear a helmet on your whatever. Sure, this is often a good idea. And I always do (I was in a bike accident a few years ago where a helmet likely kept me from being a vegetable). But by the argument they make, you should probably wear a helmet from the moment you roll out of bed in the morning until you get back into it at night. And maybe just keep it on at night too, because you never know.

It's clickbait.

 

[DocEspana]

Paywall'ed.

NYTimes doesnt really have a paywall because (unless something changed) every article is free if you search the title in google. McClatchy has a similar deal with its local newspapers and yahoo.

 

[pkwraith]

It depends on how you slice the avocados. Because if mandolin. **** mandolins.

 

[eyeeye_captain]

It depends on how you slice the avocados. Because if mandolin. **** mandolins.

How on earth are you using a mandolin to cut an avocado? It would have to be extremely underripe and/or frozen, probably with the skin on, and you would have already needed a knife to open it. Mandolins are great for fast, consistently cut items (think raw potatoes, cucumbers, onions), you just have to actually use the guard unlike the chefs on TV.

Speaking of needing a knife, there’s no such thing as dangerously sharp, theres dangerously dull. Then the knife will slip and get you. If you don’t want to buy or hire a knife sharpener, a lot of Ace Hardwares will help you out for about $3 a pop. Totally worth it once or twice a year if you like to cook.

 

[BoardingDoc]

How on earth are you using a mandolin to cut an avocado? It would have to be extremely underripe and/or frozen, probably with the skin on, and you would have already needed a knife to open it. Mandolins are great for fast, consistently cut items (think raw potatoes, cucumbers, onions), you just have to actually use the guard unlike the chefs on TV.

Speaking of needing a knife, there’s no such thing as dangerously sharp, theres dangerously dull. Then the knife will slip and get you. If you don’t want to buy or hire a knife sharpener, a lot of Ace Hardwares will help you out for about $3 a pop. Totally worth it once or twice a year if you like to cook.

Cheap knife block plus cheap knife sharpener FTW. Yeah, a good knife will hold an edge better. Yeah, a proper whetstone setup will create a better edge. Both are expensive and require time and care.

A 5 dollar knife run through a 5 dollar knife sharpener once every 5-10 uses takes 30 seconds and works very well.

 

[Saddleshoes]

In other words...
If you are a klutz don't do anything.

 

[Jabbed]

Cheap knife block plus cheap knife sharpener FTW. Yeah, a good knife will hold an edge better. Yeah, a proper whetstone setup will create a better edge. Both are expensive and require time and care.

A 5 dollar knife run through a 5 dollar knife sharpener once every 5-10 uses takes 30 seconds and works very well.

Just buy a good knife. You can get a Wusthof chef knife for $50-75. Good steel makes such a difference.

You should hone a knife with every use, but only sharpen once a year. Unless you want to buy a wheel or get into whetstones you can sharpen them professionally for $5.

Also, if you like cooking you have try a Chinese vegetable cleaver. Handiest knife in the kitchen.
We Reviewed 10 Chinese Cleavers—Our Favorites Were All Under $100

 

[BoardingDoc]

Just buy a good knife. You can get a Wusthof chef knife for $50-75. Good steel makes such a difference.

You should hone a knife with every use, but only sharpen once a year. Unless you want to buy a wheel or get into whetstones you can sharpen them professionally for $5.

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Also, if you like cooking you have try a Chinese vegetable cleaver. Handiest knife in the kitchen.
We Reviewed 10 Chinese Cleavers—Our Favorites Were All Under $100

Looking at the link you sent on cleavers... "you’re worried about your carbon steel knife looking splotchy, we recommend investing in some Tsubaki oil, and rubbing in a drop on each side of the blade after washing and thoroughly drying."

This is why I go the 5 dollar route. It really isn't a pain to sharpen it (and yes, I mean sharpen it. The fact that I am taking metal off and will ultimately need to replace the knife doesn't matter seeing as it is a $5 knife) every so often and I don't have to worry about any of this maintenance.

I'm sure your knives are very nice and very sharp. Mine are very cheap and I can make them very sharp with minimal effort. I'm too lazy to have yet another item in my life that requires specific maintenance that I really don't care about.

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

6 Things E.R. Doctors Wish You’d Avoid

We asked emergency physicians what lessons they’d learned from their job.

www.nytimes.com

I’d add to the list, machetes.

Living in Florida it is shocking how many people own machetes but never learned how to use one. One of my co-fellows did a machete injury study and found Florida is the #1 state in the US for machete injuries by Medicare data.

Remember kids, slash across, not vertically - or you’ll skin your own shins.

 

[RustedFox]

I’d add to the list, machetes.

Living in Florida it is shocking how many people own machetes but never learned how to use one. One of my co-fellows did a machete injury study and found Florida is the #1 state in the US for machete injuries by Medicare data.

Remember kids, slash across, not vertically - or you’ll skin your own shins.

My very first job at age 15 was on an evergreen Christmas tree farm in West PA.

I was given a machete and a leg guard, and was told to "make triangles".

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

My very first job at age 15 was on an evergreen Christmas tree farm in West PA.

I was given a machete and a leg guard, and was told to "make triangles".

Its like peeling an onion with you

 

[RustedFox]

Its like peeling an onion with you

LoL. Whatcha mean, bro?
I do admit that I have found myself in bizarre life circumstances frequently. Some real good. Some real bad. All rather colorful.

 

[gutonc]

LoL. Whatcha mean, bro?
I do admit that I have found myself in bizarre life circumstances frequently. Some real good. Some real bad. All rather colorful.

I think that's what he meant. And I agree 100%. You were "Florida Man" before you moved there. You may in fact be the Florida Man archetype.

 

[RustedFox]

I think that's what he meant. And I agree 100%. You were "Florida Man" before you moved there. You may in fact be the Florida Man archetype.

I say to my friends back north:

"Anytime you hear a news story that begins with the phrase: 'A Florida Man ', there is a nonzero probability that I am involved at some point."

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

My very first job at age 15 was on an evergreen Christmas tree farm in West PA.

I was given a machete and a leg guard, and was told to "make triangles".

Surprised they gave you a leg guard. OSHA out here doing the Lords work.