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by Sycorax
10 Jun 2024, 21:48
Forum: Random
Topic: Things I hear at work
Replies: 4
Views: 22741

Re: Things I hear at work

A Haiku about the new EMR at work:

I am going to
Put my head through a window
EPIC is the worst.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Systems
by Sycorax
28 May 2024, 20:28
Forum: Books & Writing
Topic: Orwell: A Critical Revaluation due... ?
Replies: 10
Views: 4162

Re: Orwell: A Critical Revaluation due... ?

I am becoming progressively more infuriated with this book. Last 2 chapters I have read concerned lesbianism (which went exactly as I predicted in my previous post. What a dumpster fire of a chapter. "The lesbian is characterized simply by her refusal of the male and her preference for feminine...
by Sycorax
22 May 2024, 02:43
Forum: Health & Self-Care
Topic: Euthanasia: When and If
Replies: 7
Views: 1588

Re: Euthanasia: When and If

https://www.parl.ca/Content/Committee/441/AMAD/Reports/RP12815505/amadrp03/amadrp03-e.pdf Page 13 "distinguishing MAID requests from suicidality" "Some witnesses told the committee that there is no way to distinguish requests for MAID MD SUMC (Assisted suicide for mental health issues...
by Sycorax
22 May 2024, 00:50
Forum: Books & Writing
Topic: Gothic Horror Tropes!
Replies: 21
Views: 8351

Re: Gothic Horror Tropes!

Hi Alex, I don’t know off the top of my head if there exists an English translation of her letters; however, I have several contacts I will tap and see if any of them are able to direct me to what we are looking for. I read her letters in a university library a decade ago. No shame in being a monogl...
by Sycorax
20 May 2024, 17:33
Forum: Health & Self-Care
Topic: Euthanasia: When and If
Replies: 7
Views: 1588

Re: Euthanasia: When and If

I have asked my co-workers about the article and we are currently debating the finer points of this psych journal article: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/assessment-of-decisionmaking-capacity-in-patients-requesting-assisted-suicide/EDA80CF11197CF4C3...
by Sycorax
20 May 2024, 01:21
Forum: Books & Writing
Topic: Orwell: A Critical Revaluation due... ?
Replies: 10
Views: 4162

Re: Orwell: A Critical Revaluation due... ?

White feminism is definitely not limited to just white women. As you correctly observed, white feminism is more about class and wealth than it is about skin colour. Think white as in “white goods” rather than “white skin” (although white skin is also a significant factor in all of this). It pisses y...
by Sycorax
19 May 2024, 23:27
Forum: Health & Self-Care
Topic: Euthanasia: When and If
Replies: 7
Views: 1588

Re: Euthanasia: When and If

When we put people in jail, society gets the satisfaction of enacting a punishment or retaliating against a criminal. Western society loves to punish and control. So yes it costs us (dearly and in various ways) to imprison people, but there is a dark satisfaction received from doing so. That's why w...
by Sycorax
19 May 2024, 03:30
Forum: Random
Topic: Things I hear at work
Replies: 4
Views: 22741

Re: Things I hear at work

“I don’t know what antibiotic I’m on, but it’s the one that smells like meth”.

05/20: Keflex
by Sycorax
19 May 2024, 01:28
Forum: Books & Writing
Topic: Orwell: A Critical Revaluation due... ?
Replies: 10
Views: 4162

Re: Orwell: A Critical Revaluation due... ?

Absolutely with you re: hating the hell out of Sartre. I don't like the man, don't like his politics, don't like his prose, don't like that he was a narcissist predator. Sartre is a great example of what the youths call "main character syndrome". His conception of "bad faith" and...
by Sycorax
18 May 2024, 23:59
Forum: Books & Writing
Topic: Gothic Horror Tropes!
Replies: 21
Views: 8351

Re: Gothic Horror Tropes!

You could potentially get away with having a female character with a strong sense of morality..if she was wealthy/aristocratic. I was immediately reminded of this woman as I was reading your post. Belle overwhelmed European society at the time with her originality and caustic power, frightened all h...