Me during a vasectomy:
Doc: "We can talk while I'm working if it makes you more comfortable"
Me: π±"Nope"
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2026
500 points (99.2% liked)
Lemmy Shitpost
41611 readers
3352 users here now
Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.
Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!
Rules:
1. Be Respectful
Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.
Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.
...
2. No Illegal Content
Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.
That means:
-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals
-No CSA content or Revenge Porn
-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)
...
3. No Spam
Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.
-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.
-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.
-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers
-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.
...
4. No Porn/Explicit
Content
-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.
-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.
...
5. No Enciting Harassment,
Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts
-Do not Brigade other Communities
-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.
-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.
-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.
...
6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.
...
If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.
Also check out:
Partnered Communities:
1.Memes
10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)
Reach out to
All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
"a vasectomyβ? Like more than onceβ½
Vasectomies can actually "grow back". So yeah..." a vasectomy".
Why the fuck is that person not wearing their mask correctly?
Probably because it's fake
To allow dribbles of snot to fall upon the patient's open surgical area unencumbered! Jesus, read a book!
Oh, of course! How silly of me.
It builds character
Because surgeons are the absolute worse when it comes to sterile technique and OR safety.
Probably murican and the fully sedated option wasn't covered on their insurance.
"Are you sure you don't want to be under?"
"If it isn't covered, no. Figure it out."
"But the operation is 6 hours--"
"So like a regular day after work? I'll just scroll."
Sometimes full sedation is too risky, or at least not worth it for factors other than cost
True, there's always a risk that you don't wake up from full sedation. For most surgery you'll also be out of the hospital quicker if you take the epidural.
if you take the epidural
Doesn't that have like a pretty damn high chance of long term back pain? Because that's what I've heard from my ex (who's had it twice and claims it messed up her back, but also she just likes not working so she uses anything she can to get sick leave twice or thrice a month) as well as someone who was at the time studying to be a midwife (so a significantly more credible source).
And sometimes you're somewhere along the timestream where anesthetic hasn't been invented yet.
In the US though, it's definitely not for the bbenefit of the patient.
Hi, American here who can't be fully sedated because it'd kill me. It took my doctor a hot minute to find a surgeon who could do what I needed under local anesthesia, because almost everyone did full sedation for that procedure.
How exactly do you know this?
Long ago, I read about someone who used meditation to keep their attention away from the pain of having a root canal. Apparently, they only started feeling some 'discomfort' towards the end.
Unfortunately, I can't find the original source. And there are, of course, a slew of YouTube videos and what-have-you offering 'meditation for root canal' bullshit nowadays. I won't click on them, because I don't want my algorithm to be filled with 'Hey, root canal-lover! We've got hundreds of root canal videos for you to explore! But first, make sure to like and subscribe, and hit that notification bell! Now, open wide, and let's get into it!"
If it's a c-section they don't sedate the mother if at all possible, because it can sedate the baby too. It takes them a lot longer to recover from, and increases risk a fair bit.
Whyβd they bring two phones?
Work phone. Boss needs that sell through report dead or alive.
Could be aftermath of a C-section. Husband takes picture while wife gets sutures and baby is momentarily away getting initial check-up.
Probably not their first rodeo either.
You're supposed to watch the baby like a hawk, take note of any identifying birthmarks. Literally do not take your eyes off the baby until it has the bracelet.
One for the plug, one for the load.
1,5 h full body MRI and couldnβt do shit