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MineralMan

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48. So you wake up at midnight with pain in your

Mon Jan 27, 2014, 08:17 PM

Jan 2014

lower right abdominal area. You're vomiting and can't stand up straight. You take your temperature because you're feeling hot. It reads 101.8 degrees. What do you do? Who do you call? Your naturopath? I hope not. You need to go to the ER. They'll remove your inflamed appendix, give you antibiotics, and send you home by suppertime.

Funny how people act when they're actually acutely ill.

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Poo* advocates let patient die [View all] Berlum Jan 2014 OP

At the Staten Island Ferry terminal Turbineguy Jan 2014 #1

Really? scientific materialism advocates making people wait 8 hours for er care? Warren Stupidity Jan 2014 #2

You beat me to it! backscatter712 Jan 2014 #74

Difference being, if he had been seen by a doctor, he'd probably be alive. Liberal Veteran Jan 2014 #3

Thread win...nt SidDithers Jan 2014 #5

+100 Chorophyll Jan 2014 #21

Yep. hunter Jan 2014 #29

Agreed sakabatou Jan 2014 #43

Now now. If he'd been waiting in a crystal pyramid, he'd be fine REP Jan 2014 #36

+1000 baldguy Jan 2014 #37

That guy died waiting for real medicine. Just like a lot of people getting quack treatments do. LeftyMom Jan 2014 #4

What? cyberswede Jan 2014 #6

Is your post supposed to make any sense at all? etherealtruth Jan 2014 #7

It's a weak-assed response to this thread... SidDithers Jan 2014 #8

Pehaps the poster will reconsider the OP etherealtruth Jan 2014 #9

Congrats on the lamest OP of the year! zappaman Jan 2014 #10

OK, I'll bite ... GeorgeGist Jan 2014 #11

Speaking of "Poo" Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #12

I don't get it. If he had taken a tincture of bat shit diluted 10,000X times in water, he'd still be Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #13

Hell no that wouldn't be even remotely potent enough MattBaggins Jan 2014 #34

It's not too often you run across an OP that makes you do the ... NutmegYankee Jan 2014 #14

Ack what happened to Picard's arm? Egnever Jan 2014 #59

Not bad... Dr. Strange Jan 2014 #15

i literally LOL'd La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2014 #18

Survey says... LadyHawkAZ Jan 2014 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Jan 2014 #16

and an homeopath would have been able to save him? La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2014 #17

Greatest fail thread in all of DU history MattBaggins Jan 2014 #31

"poo" is getting no medical help for a health problem? What? uppityperson Jan 2014 #19

Triple facepalm nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #20

These posts (the OP) are really embarrassing etherealtruth Jan 2014 #22

Seconded Salviati Jan 2014 #27

Poo far more dangerous than Woo Berlum Jan 2014 #24

"It's a scientific fact" - You must be a fan of 90's pop! Scootaloo Jan 2014 #28

Seriously considering alerting... bobclark86 Jan 2014 #75

Speaking of Poo, Your "facts" and "statistics" are pure made up bullshit MattBaggins Jan 2014 #30

Yup, right nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #32

Some things call for the meta facepalm, actually Scootaloo Jan 2014 #51

Bless your heart! etherealtruth Jan 2014 #33

Well I'd rather be hit by flinging woo than flinging poo... SomethingFishy Jan 2014 #60

... 840high Jan 2014 #61

Did you notice that your example did not see a doctor, was not killed by a doctor? uppityperson Jan 2014 #63

Ooo Yeah - The double down! NutmegYankee Jan 2014 #68

Killed more than guns... sakabatou Jan 2014 #69

Speaking of poo. Solly Mack Jan 2014 #25

You had to reach deep into your colon for this load of crap. MattBaggins Jan 2014 #26

Baby Aerows Jan 2014 #35

Trying to make "poo" happen on DU kcr Jan 2014 #38

Um, what? JTFrog Jan 2014 #39

I've obtained X-rays of this post: REP Jan 2014 #40

Hahahaha... SidDithers Jan 2014 #41

Teh Fail Is Strong in This One. MineralMan Jan 2014 #42

Is thread satire? Adrahil Jan 2014 #44

No, it isn't... SidDithers Jan 2014 #47

Oh..... wow..... thanks for the info! nt Adrahil Jan 2014 #50

Lemme guess, some homeopathic remedy would've helped him? sakabatou Jan 2014 #45

Be fair: with enough homeopathy, he'd be a well-hydrated corpse. REP Jan 2014 #46

XD sakabatou Jan 2014 #49

So you wake up at midnight with pain in your MineralMan Jan 2014 #48

+1000 JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #55

After an 8 hr. wait. 840high Jan 2014 #62

Acute abdomen is triaged as emergent REP Jan 2014 #71

No. You'll move to the front of the line MineralMan Jan 2014 #80

Well, I do smell some bullshit, but it's not from a guy in the ER. X_Digger Jan 2014 #52

Well, points for not being Fukuwoo or radiowoo. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #53

In before the self delete. Paulie Jan 2014 #54

Science had nothing to do with it Warpy Jan 2014 #56

this is horrible Mosby Jan 2014 #57

Post and run away. Classic! n-t Logical Jan 2014 #58

He came back, post 24, link here.... uppityperson Jan 2014 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author uppityperson Jan 2014 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author uppityperson Jan 2014 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author uppityperson Jan 2014 #67

congrats, you've made the pantheon of DU OP fails Godhumor Jan 2014 #70

Science didn't kill him. Inaction by the hospital did. neverforget Jan 2014 #72

PROTIP: If you want to be taken seriously, NuclearDem Jan 2014 #73

Woo Punching Found to be cool; Poo Punching judged abhorrent Berlum Jan 2014 #76

And the triple down. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #81

*Smirk*... SidDithers Jan 2014 #82

How silly this is. Captain Stern Jan 2014 #77

Fortunately, the modern vernacular contains a phrase up to the task of describing this OP stevenleser Jan 2014 #78

Yup. Goes way beyond a normal Fail... SidDithers Jan 2014 #83

Huh? hatrack Jan 2014 #79