Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/12/28/time-to-rethink-those-delete.html
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Don’t mess with fake medic alert bracelets.
This is what tattoos are for. Or divine intervention.
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So in other words, it’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.
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It’s a distraction in an English speaking country. Elsewhere it can be life threatening.
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I imagine that a carload of DUI douches with matching “blood type bud light” wrist bands and one “no vaccinations/fluoride” would sour you on the humor, whether or not it’s a safety issue.
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Someone dear to me is allergic to penicillin.
So, zero tolerance for any fake even possibly causing a distraction. Just Fuck off.
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How many people actually wear these? I can’t imagine it’s very many.
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It is difficult to judge, I mean, how many people did you think would vote for Trump?
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Hmmm. It would be nasty to invent and plant this trend: Bracelets with “Christian doctors only!” or other intolerant ideas.
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I don’t work in the medical field, but it seems very disrespectful and flippant to wear one of those bracelets. Especially if you end up in a situation where others are trying to save your life, if the bracelet is just a distraction i don’t think it wise to distract EMT from doing their job.
Edit: An alternative that won’t annoy responders. Write it into your will.
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Prayers and thoughts only.
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About as many as actually voted for him. I know my Americans.
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“Do not don’t do resuscitate.”
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I found it much easier to just disable the browser history as a rule. It’s just Easier if that shit isn’t collected in the first place.
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8 years working in the ER and I guess I basically forgot that they’ve ever existed (nurse).
I’d probably laugh. It’s not like we are giving people a lot of penicillin on arrival if they are unconcious.
They might be handy for diabetics but EMS usually checks 100% of every patients sugars anyway. Particularly unconscious people.
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“He’s unresponsive. Check his medical bracelet.”
“Um… it say, “Do not don’t do resuscitate.”?”
“Okay, call it. Terminal Arsehole.”
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I regret nothing.
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History serves a purpose. I personally find it very useful, indispensable even. Sites I want off the record constitute a small percentage of my browsing and then it’s easy to hit Ctrl+Shift+P.
