#it is the GO TO

[more-gremlin-than-fae]

ahhhhh, a trained goddamn nurse in this book just told somebody with EMT training to bring him peroxide for a serious stab wound.

This man has been knifed across the gut and you're going to disinfect his wound with PEROXIDE, fuck right off.

[spritzes the author in the face with a water bottle] NO.

I am begging you all, if you're going to write a wound care scene do the minimum of basic research.

Take a single solitary first aid course, the absolute most basic one you can find will tell you all need to know to write a decent wound care scene. Especially do this if your character is supposedly trained in any level of first aid or first response.

Get your friend on facebook or your tumblr mutual or your best friend's kid who just finished their babysitting certification or their lifeguard course to fact check you.

GOOGLE IT "First aid treatment for [wound]"

and then also think it through, if your character is holding pressure on the wound, he is then relying on the bystanders to prep his equipment and to know the specific tools he's asking for and also how is he going to wash his hands and put on the gloves he asked for before starting on cleaning the wound or administering treatment.

Holding a towel or gauze pack on the wound is the unskilled job here, it takes minimal training - you get your bystander(s) to do that shit while you do the stuff that takes specialty knowledge like prep the gear you need for putting stitches in this poor sucker's abdomen. BONUS IF YOU'RE WRITING THIS SCENE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DESCRIBE THE EQUIPMENT YOU NEED, YOU JUST SAY "I got out the suture kit and the other basics I needed to start cleaning and sewing the wound up."

[valtsv]

been thinking about fantasy/scifi rule systems and free will

[muttmoxley]

sometimes im like "wow holy shit im being really fucking annoying. i should stop talking" and then i pull out my magic 8 ball and it says "youve always been annoying and your friends chose to talk you anyways. youll be fine" and im like wow thanks magic 8 ball. and then the ogre attacks me

[this-is-a-podcast-fanblog]

"Kamala Harris raised 50+ million dollars after Biden dropped out!" you fools.... that's the money she got from selling Biden to One Direction :(

[maudiemoods]

If life is a never ending loop of dirty dishes and laundry then that means life is a never ending loop of home cooked meals and comfy clean clothes

[ganondorf]

[cordspaghetti]

really factual recounting with no embellishments whatsoever

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

the curse of summer is buying and eating an inadvisable amount of fruit in single sittings.

[lambergeier]

the real danger of spending too much time with friends is you stumble out of ten days of happiness and good food like oh my god THAT was real life. my job means NOTHING

[mangosteen]

[girldraki]

[lesbian-moon-gf]

surviving the current age of internet means saying no to subscriptions and premiums for basic features. you must endure the inconvenience of not being able to use every server emoji in discord. you must build the patience to find alternatives like NewPipe so you can listen to music on youtube while your phone screen sleeps. do Not give these corporations your limited disposable income. tiktok not letting me view videos on my phone without downloading the app? i will outlast tiktok and the execs will be remembered as dull,disgusting capitalists. listen to me, listen to me. if you do not know how to pirate shows from hulu, learn. if you can't pirate it, it is not worth the money to rent it. please i'm on my hands and knees. do not accept this form of internet.

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

that article going around abt firefox's new ad program is annoying bc it's phrased as though "mozilla has finally TURNED on its people and is SELLING YOU OUT for cold hard cash!!" when. that's not what's happening. it is specifically being implemented to discourage tracking behavior, and literally all the data they are giving to advertisers is aggregate and anonymized, which is like, the opposite of what that post wants you to worry about, lol

[dredsina]

Ive said this before but swear the biggest skill to learn as an adult is how to resist high-pressure sales tactics. You do NOT have to answer questions with anything other than "Sorry I'm not interested." No matter how nice they are or no matter how many follow up questions they ask or even how agitated they get when you stand your ground. Just keep saying I'm not interested. Don't answer their questions. Don't give them an opening to try to push back on your reasons. Be a fucking brick wall of I'm not interested.

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[quietwingsinthesky]

im a fucking sucker for the “character gets so badly injured that they can’t think clearly and start calling for help in a distressingly vulnerable way.” characters who start using nicknames for their friends they haven’t used since they were kids. characters who start begging for their brother they haven’t seen in years to be there. characters who would usually use their parents’ names or call them mother/father/etc crying out mama when they go down. u understand.