Intrusive Metaphors

[Waldeinsamkeit]

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Hello, this is just a random thread for the medical students who can't party all weekend, work out everyday, get hella laid, and get all honors with both hands tied behind our back 😛

I just had an interesting conversation with some of my medical school friends, and it seemed like we each had some metaphor that would pop into our heads once and awhile during the rigors of school/STEP1 prep. For example, one had an image of a tank rolling over him, another with a gun literally pointed at his head, and another of just endless falling out of control.

Does anyone else have these? Please reply what they are if you do, I am just curious. Maybe I just hang out with weird people.

 

[Oso]

Maybe I just hang out with weird people.

Ya

 

[Dr. Scribe]

One of the common ones is: "trying to drink from a fire hose"

 

[Goro]

One of the common ones is: "trying to drink from a fire hose"

More accurate: trying to drink from a fire hose while running after the fire truck

 

[Dr. Scribe]

More accurate: trying to drink from a fire hose while running after the fire truck

Barefoot and with your pants around your ankles*

 

[Osteoth]

Ya

Savage.

More accurate: trying to drink from a fire hose while running after the fire truck

So true it makes me sad.

 

[Roxas]

I prefer the pancake analogy. It's like eating 5 pancakes a day. It's not hard to do a few times, but eventually you want to have a day or a weekend off because you are just sick of pancakes. Then before you know it you have an exam in 2 days and 25 pancakes to eat.

 

[libertyyne]

I prefer the pancake analogy. It's like eating 5 pancakes a day. It's not hard to do a few times, but eventually you want to have a day or a weekend off because you are just sick of pancakes. Then before you know it you have an exam in 2 days and 25 pancakes to eat.

I ****in hate pancakes.

 

[Osminog]

I prefer the pancake analogy. It's like eating 5 pancakes a day. It's not hard to do a few times, but eventually you want to have a day or a weekend off because you are just sick of pancakes. Then before you know it you have an exam in 2 days and 25 pancakes to eat.

Is it like eating 5 pancakes every day... while drinking maple syrup from a fire hose?

 

[Roxas]

I ****in hate pancakes.

Me too. I really should have chosen a different....course

(See what I did there?!)

 

[libertyyne]

Is it like eating 5 pancakes every day... while drinking maple syrup from a fire hose?

I think the firehose analogy makes it sound like it's impossible to do,it's not, it's just that most of us don't want to eat pankcakes everyday.

 

[Osminog]

I think the firehose analogy makes it sound like it's impossible to do,it's not, it's just that most of us don't want to eat pankcakes everyday.

I think the point of the fire hose analogy is that there's a torrent of information that you can't possibly swallow entirely, but you can still masochistically embrace it and take in as much as you can. The analogy isn't saying that med school is impossible; it's saying that it's impossible to fully absorb all of the information you're exposed to while in med school. That's my interpretation, at least.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I think the firehose analogy makes it sound like it's impossible to do,it's not, it's just that most of us don't want to eat pankcakes everyday.

I would eat pancakes every single day of the week. And that’s not a metaphor.

 

[Stagg737]

My personal analogy for how I felt studying was more to do with just generally feeling burnt out. I kept picturing dumping more water on a sponge that was already sopping wet and all the water was just hitting it and pouring away. I just felt like I was doing all this work and busting my butt while nothing was actually sticking.

I would eat pancakes every single day of the week. And that’s not a metaphor.

Only if they're chocolate chip...

 

[mistafab]

Yup - I feel like i’m on an airplane surrounded by a bunch of screaming babies.

Just enjoy the flight already... YOU BOUGHT THE TICKET!