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OmegaSeven t1_j90yffu wrote

It always reminds me of that community of people who by all accounts believe they were secret psychic warriors deployed to Mars to fight space Nazis, or aliens , or alien Nazis who then had their memories erased and we're returned to civilian life on earth.

The mind is a powerful and strange thing.

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jointheredditarmy t1_j90ye26 wrote

Dating young is a guy in his 40s serially dating people in their early 20s and breaking up with them in their late 20s as differences in life outcome around things like family and kids becomes apparent.

Leo is straight up a pedophile. I mean that in the least judgmental way possible because he’s clearly found a way to control those urges in a legal way.

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OmegaSeven t1_j90y6b3 wrote

She's currently an attorney, I don't expect that to be the case indefinitely.

There is a real reckoning happening in the legal profession in the last couple years, a lot of lawyers that act in bad faith are facing consequences for bad behavior that was previously more tolerated. Of course it's the legal community so it's happening slowly and methodically.

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Crizbibble t1_j90wvyg wrote

So you don’t believe that people who are disabled or incapacitated have an absolute right to dictate what happens to their body parts or to be treated within the established guidelines of the medical profession? The minute she cut off those limbs she was going against what her job was and what she is insured for and authorized to do. She knew this too but did it anyways because she felt entitled to someone else’s body parts to stuff and display for her gratification.

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gland10 t1_j90wqop wrote

Its an actual thing but usually for whiplash in car accident victims. Your skull can sever from your spine internally. Its why people get neck collars when paramedics show up to accidents regardless of severity because it doesn't take much force.

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widdrjb t1_j90rez3 wrote

My wife is a nurse in end of life care. I've just shown her this. Her opinion is that this woman is either insane, or that American nursing is in a very bad way.

I'd go with the latter. She's turned up to court neatly dressed, apparently alert, has understood the charges and entered a plea.

I would assume that the home owners had a policy forbidding staff to call a doctor because of the cost. Instead, the nursing staff probably carried out diagnosis, prescribing and minor procedures themselves. This was a necrotic limb, but the elderly regularly lose toes due to poor circulation. Frequently nurses will tidy up, log it and tell the doctor later. At this point, life expectancy is measured in days, and full surgery is lethal.

Basically, this wasn't a completely anomalous event, but the extreme end of a spectrum. She should do time for it, but so should the people who set the initial conditions.

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