Who is Prometheus Lionheart

[tiredradsres]

Any information about this legendary man, please share.

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[Neopolymath]

Any information about this legendary man, please share.

There is a weird radiologist who lives in my neighborhood who runs at 4 am and has actually mentioned he doesn't like it when people stuff their face with chips.

I want to believe!

 

[Rubix8]

He lives in the shadows. Fighting the darkness.

 

[Cognovi]

It's this private practice neck beard who is listed on the radiologyronin website alongside prometheus as his unfiltered alter-ego. People who went to UVA when he was a fellow know this.

 

[SeisK]

neck beard

Why throw the shade?

 

[tiredradsres]

Our hero.

He chose teleradiology. I shall follow his path and wisdom.

 

[NDcienporciento100]

It’s this guy that has cauliflower ears that supposedly he earned who hates his mother in-law.

 

[Cognovi]

Why throw the shade?

I think his photograph on his work website is a scan of his driver's license photo showing that his beard grows on his neck

 

[SeisK]

I think his photograph on the site is a scan of his driver's license photo showing that his beard grows on his neck

I guess you’ve just never heard neckbeard used as a pejorative before.

 

[Cognovi]

It's an interesting style choice.

Also his books reek of a toxic masculinity.

 

[NDcienporciento100]

I think his photograph on the site is a scan of his driver's license photo showing that his beard grows on his neck

Totally a sweaty neck beard sporting kind of guy.

 

[SeisK]

It's an interesting style choice.

Also his books reek of a toxic masculinity.

His book is ok and his somewhat offensive humor doesn’t really do it for me most of the time, but I think a very large proportion of people find it funny/relatable and is in part why he’s so successful.

 

[NDcienporciento100]

His book is ok and his somewhat offensive humor doesn’t really do it for me most of the time, but I think a very large proportion of people find it funny/relatable and is in part why he’s so successful.

You mean you don’t like how he talks about breast reduction surgery?

 

[SeisK]

You mean you don’t like how he talks about breast reduction surgery?

I do not remember this.

 

[Clean7795]

Not really the humor I think ought to be in a medical/radiology textbook, but I can enjoy it sometimes, if only because of the absurdity of seeing it alongside dry topics.

I think he knows that evoking emotion (negative or positive) is more likely to get you to remember random facts and minutiae, and in that he's successful.

 

[NDcienporciento100]

It really is gold.

 

[Cognovi]

I do not remember this.

Some quotes from the 4th edition to jog your memory:

"Reduction Mammoplasty - Yes, there is actually a subpopulation of women who want SMALLER breasts. I know, it sounds impossible to believe (from a man's perspective)."

"Q: What might happen if you consistently inject through the pigtail like a pusṣy?
A: All the contrast will go out the proximal side holes and not the tip. Eventually, if you keep flushing like a pansy you will end up with a clot on the tip."

Iliac Anatomy: The branches of the internal iliac are high yield, with the most likely question being "which branches are from the posterior or anterior divisions?" A useful mnemonic is "I Love Sex, " Illiolumbar, Lateral Sacral, Superior Gluteal, for the posterior division. My trick for remembering that the mnemonic is for posterior and not anterior is to think of that super religious girl I knew in college - I Like Sex in the butt / posterior."

 

[Kuratz]

Seriously? People are offended by this edgy humour that is obviously just meant to make the book less dull? If it’s not your cup of tea, fine, but it’s very clearly not meant to be serious. Lighten up.

 

[SeisK]

Some quotes from the 4th edition to jog your memory:

"Reduction Mammoplasty - Yes, there is actually a subpopulation of women who want SMALLER breasts. I know, it sounds impossible to believe (from a man's perspective)."

"Q: What might happen if you consistently inject through the pigtail like a pusṣy?
A: All the contrast will go out the proximal side holes and not the tip. Eventually, if you keep flushing like a pansy you will end up with a clot on the tip."

Iliac Anatomy: The branches of the internal iliac are high yield, with the most likely question being "which branches are from the posterior or anterior divisions?" A useful mnemonic is "I Love Sex, " Illiolumbar, Lateral Sacral, Superior Gluteal, for the posterior division. My trick for remembering that the mnemonic is for posterior and not anterior is to think of that super religious girl I knew in college - I Like Sex in the butt / posterior."

Hmm. Shame he got your money.

 

[Cognovi]

Not sure you guys recognize our field has a problem recruiting women. These jokes represent the male dominated culture

 

[SeisK]

Not sure you guys recognize our field has a problem recruiting women. These jokes represent the male dominated culture

I think I more or less agree with what most people feel already. I don’t particularly enjoy the boytalk humor, but people are free to choose what resources they prefer for Core prep and there’s an abundance of other avenues if Crack isn’t to your liking. Simply don’t purchase the project and contribute to it’s continued success. Let it die in obscurity.

But if I’m going to be frank, you are going to encounter more adversity within one month of a radiology residency than what will be provided by a book you have the privilege of not purchasing. Moreover, the slights that are occasionally stated in that text are so small in the broader context of a radiology education, that if it’s the above commentary you quoted in one review book among many that successfully dissuades a person from pursuing a radiology education, it probably wasn’t the book’s commentary that did them in.

There are far greater injustices than this that are more deserving of our attention.

 

[Cognovi]

Of course. These are merely microaggressions, and I understand it's no longer fashionable to point them out thanks to the anti-woke backlash and all.

 

[JM19009]

Of course. These are merely microaggressions, and I understand it's no longer fashionable to point them out thanks to the anti-woke backlash and all.

Some quotes from the 4th edition to jog your memory: "Reduction Mammoplasty - Yes, there is actually a subpopulation of women who want SMALLER breasts. I know, it sounds impossible to believe (from a man's perspective)."

As a female radiology resident, I don't see any of it as microagression.... The reduction mammoplasty joke probably comes from a pretty engrained male instinct that breasts may be beneficial for feeding a child. Do we dictate male sexual preference now? I don't think we should.

There are bigger issues when my husband and I cannot afford a house or childcare on an average American salary after years of loose government monetary policy. Something was deeply wrong. Not to mention the economy is headed for a cliff due to our plummeting birthrate. But I digress.

I do know I wont forget to flush the pigtail with some force next time. Hats off to his educational brilliance.

Living in perpetual fragility makes you easily broken. Here are some of his other quotes that I doubt anyone cares about:
- "People who are competing for Olympic gold medals tend to know dick about anything other than their sport."
- Or about mediastinal teratomas: “immature subtypes are exclusively seen in men (which should be easy to remember).”

 

[Cognovi]

I get it. It's April 2025 after all.

 

[JM19009]

Ya it's wild what happens after a decade of condescending preachsplaining, suppression of diverse viewpoints, and implementation of systemic discrimination. "The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination" per critical race theory after all.

 

[Cognovi]

Sorry, I did not study critical race theory. I'll have to take your word for it.

 

[SeisK]

🍿

 

[JM19009]

Sorry, I did not study critical race theory. I'll have to take your word for it.

Don’t worry I’ve got you. It is important because critical race theory is the fundamental force driving DEI. I already mentioned its declaration that "the only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination." It also says you must accept that white supremacy as America’s defining trait. Every thought and action, even in unrelated fields, must be filtered through this lens to avoid inadvertent racist thinking. Everyone must be actively 'antiracist' because being "not racist," is just a 'mask for racism.' Deviating from this, including exploring non-racial causes of inequity (e.g., class, family structure, or cultural norms), is to be racist. TLDR: racism is the sole cause of all racial disparities, and anyone who disagrees is racist.

The circular logic shuts down debate, suppresses dissent, and stifles reason. Any questioning of DEI is labeled as white supremacy. Neutral actions like colorblind merit-based hiring labels you a racist because it doesn't prioritize racial equity. Oregon’s education guidelines claimed emphasizing a correct math answer 'reinforces white supremacy culture' by valuing Western individualism over other cultural approaches. Professors are investigated for saying “hard work leads to success” (a not-so-micro aggression) because it allegedly denies systemic inequities. Studying Beethoven without simultaneously educating about classical music's “colonial” roots is complicit in white supremacy. Data not fitting the narrative is treated as heresy, like Thomas Sowell’s studies showing disparities are often tied to non-racial factors (e.g., socioeconomic status or family dynamics). You get DEI workshops on “antiracist knitting.”

DEI may aim to address real inequities but wayyyy overcorrected into ideological tyranny. I understand the desire to return to reason.