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[jeff2005]

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Have you seen what the ENT people are doing? They set up a website where people are posting where they matched and other info (including photos). Should we do that? Or are people too shy?

 

[deschutes]

Come July 1st when my butt is safely sequestered in a pathology residents' room, I'll be game for anything!

 

[jeff2005]

http://doctor.meetup.com/20/

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=172574

 

[cytoborg]

Cool idea. Would we need a separate website, though?

 

[jeff2005]

Cool idea. Would we need a separate website, though?

I don't think so.

 

[deschutes]

SDN is not very photo-friendly, if you are wanting to upload a personal photo from your own comp. Unless as an attachment.

 

[stormjen]

I'd probably be too shy. I'd especially never post a photo of myself, eek. But then I've never matched into a residency program before, so the excitement might be so great as to force me out of my shell.

Btw, this weekend was not a good time to be returning home from an interview--from the northeast no less! Thank god I was able to get home, albeit 12 hours later than expected.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I think once match day comes along, we can do whatever we want. I agree with deschutes that SDN is not a photo-friendly website so perhaps we should make a separate website as well. I'm not web-savvy but I heard that yaah is (in addition to all the other rumors about yaah floating out there). And since he's moderator, it is not only implied that he should do this, it is his duty and job that he imperatively do this

Photos should be optional and if people feel similarly to stormjen and myself, then this whole idea may not fly...but it's up to you all. In any case, we can post the results on here.

Just got back from my last interview too...but instead of leaving the snow, I flew head first into the snow. Digging my car out of the snow sucked. Driving sucked. Parking back at home sucked. Living here sucks. Screw the lake effect...I fart in the lake's general direction! 👎

 

[deschutes]

Photos should be optional

Why are you worried? Everyone knows all Orientals (and their descendents) look alike! 😉

We could do limited edition postings of pix. In which case it would be ideal that we each be in control of our own photo - which SDN attachments would probably allow.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Why are you worried? Everyone knows all Orientals (and their descendents) look alike! 😉

Orientals? Did you just say oriental? C'mon, I ain't no type of rug! I ain't no MSG-flavored version of Ramen! It's Asian please.

We could do limited edition postings of pix. In which case it would be ideal that we each be in control of our own photo - which SDN attachments would probably allow.

which means attachments are optional. got it! wow you're smart.

 

[deschutes]

It's Asian please.

It's also Far East Asian. And therefore, in your case - Oriental!

which means attachments are optional.

I think they would have been optional any which way we chose to go about it - except the one that involved sending a central authority figure all our personal details and photos so that s/he could put up a website.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

It's also Far East Asian. And therefore, in your case - Oriental!

Really? You've got me there. Hmm...well my people did invent the Oriental Flavor of 'Oodles of Noodles. Or was it the Japanese? Nissin is Japanese right? OK I'm thinking out loud. no more thinking...need to save my neurons for this friday.

 

[deschutes]

I sincerely hope it was not "your people" who invented the "Oriental flavour", or I would have to call you misguided.

What the heck is an Oriental flavour? How do you get Oriental flavour noodles?
It would be like trying to combine cream of mushroom, beef barley or French onion in the same soup.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I sincerely hope it was not "your people" who invented the "Oriental flavour", or I would have to call you misguided.

Oh so now my people isn't good enough to have invented the oriental flavOr?

What the heck is an Oriental flavour? How do you get Oriental flavour noodles?

secret ingredient = MSG

 

[deschutes]

Oh so now my people isn't good enough to have invented the oriental flavOr?

Ignoring the inherent grammatical irregularities in your sentence structure, my intended meaning in the previous post was that whoever invented the Oriental flavoUr sucks balls, and I would be pleased to not have to call you names.

secret ingredient = MSG

Apart from saltiness, MSG lacks flavour. Your findings are false!

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Come July 1st when my butt is safely sequestered in a pathology residents' room, I'll be game for anything!

Anything?

 

[deschutes]

It's called inducible insanity.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

It's called inducible insanity.

😕

you realize that you do have to go through drug testing at the start of residency right?

 

[yaah]

A good way to post pics, apart from using attachments, is to register at a site like photobucket.com or another. You can leave them up temporarily - what you do on the site is post it like any other image, the website you upload the pic to will give you the URL for it. When you want to get rid of it you can just go back and change the link so it doesn't work or something.

I don't think it's necessary to post pics unless you want to - knowing where people are going though is interesting to know - I know some people are concerned about anonymity and all that but frankly unless you are on here giving away trade secrets and bomb recipes then it really doesn't matter. No one cares. It's just us. And so what if others find out?

 

[deschutes]

Trade secrets and bomb threats aside, I think part of the concern re: anonymity is that some of us are not as diplomatic, glib or well-thought-out (you can see I'm fishing for words here) as others, and in a moment of temporary inducible insanity may misrepresent ourselves in a way that might (oh slippery slope!) harm our career prospects in the long term. Everyone's level of offendedness is so different. And not everyone who is offended speaks out here.

On a positive note, being able to post a pic often denotes accountability. (Which is not to say that someone who didn't, isn't a pillar of society!)

Keep in mind that once one posts one's residency institution, it tends not to be too hard to Google a name (and a pic).

So if someone really wanted to get you, chances are you are going to be bitten in the behind whether or not you post a pic!

I think I might just go with posting my pic as part of the whole Match celebration thingy. (Hopefully it will be a celebration! )

Like I said, everyone knows all Orientals look alike! 😉 Change my hairstyle, ditch the glasses - voila! Instant disguise. I might even be mistaken for Andy.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

that was well stated (no sarcasm this time). accountability is a bitch!

deschutes, are you trying to say that you look like a boy?

 

[deschutes]

No Andy, I'm saying you look like a girl!

 

[b&ierstiefel]

No Andy, I'm saying you look like a girl!

hmm...interesting. you don't know what i look like.