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And done with the 48 hour refresher. Time to hunt down my medical director to recert my NRP.
 
The Apache helicopter meme is pretty insulting to the transgender community.
 
Aprz said:
The Apache helicopter meme is pretty insulting to the transgender community.
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If people get butthurt over a internet meme then I'm at a loss for words...
 
ViolynEMT said:
What did you have to do to win?
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There was a thread awhile back where you selected (voted) your shirt size and replied "done".
 
Looks like winter finally decided to show up.
 

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EpiEMS said:
If you like winter, Buffalo is the place for you. (FWIW, you can buy a *really* nice house there for sooooooooooo much less than the rest of the northeast.)
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I drive an 80,000 lb semi truck all day...what makes you think I like winter?
 
ffemt8978 said:
I drive an 80,000 lb semi truck all day...what makes you think I like winter?
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Ah, I did not know that...
That would...change my...statement.
 
EpiEMS said:
Ah, I did not know that...
That would...change my...statement.
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No worries. Most people here didn't know that till now.
 
Well I had fun last night. Was doing the last 2 hour block for my 48 hour refresher and when they started talking about how NTG is a no-no for inferior MI's I threw a study at them saying it doesn't matter. Yeah for being contrary!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26024432
 
CALEMT said:
If people get butthurt over a internet meme then I'm at a loss for words...
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If it was the only thing they had trouble with, it wouldn't be a big issue. The fact that they have so many little and big problems that this is just one more thing to add to that. This image enforces the thought that their gender identity is not real; It is a joke. It is OK to be misgender them because I sure am not going to call someone an attack helicopter if they identify as one. The suicide attempt rate for transgender people is almost 50% compared to around 5% for cisgender people. I guess as the EMS professionals we want to be, it is OK to joke around and increase that number. If they kill themselves over ONE more thing (on top of the dysphoria they have, being abandon by their friends and family, looking like a guy in a dress for transwomen or a butch lesbian for transmale, being denied medical care, unemployed due to their gender identity, homeless for being unemployed, have to hold their bladder because it isn't OK for them to use either bathroom, etc) over something as little as an Internet meme/joke, their life wasn't worth it anyhow. Lets joke about something else through Internet meme like race, sex, or sexual orientation. It is okay if it is an image and/or a joke. People who care about this are just sensitive cry baby / trying to be PC. No big deal.
 
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Whatever happened to "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me"? All this is people playing the victim just for attention. Welcome to the internet, where everyone is a critic and your feelings don't matter. Am I biased or discriminate someone just because they're gay, lesbian, transgender, apache attack helicopter, or whatever there is nowadays? Absolutely not, I treat everyone with respect until they give me a reason not to. Do I necessarily agree with whatever it is they're doing? No, I have my opinions and views and others have theirs. People need to grow some thick skin, joking is going to happen wether your gay, straight, bisexual, transgender, white, black, hispanic, etc.
 
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