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Some folks don't understand rants. They think that they serve some greater purpose. In my (few) rants I have had comments about how my "whiney" article wasn't going to make a difference, how it wasn't accomplishing anything. To them I dedicate the following:
You are stupid.
Sometimes the very act of ranting and getting it off of my chest does make a difference and accomplishes quite a bit in helping to maintain my sanity. Remember, no one forced you to read it, so deal with it.
Ain't I nice? So now that I have that disclaimer and insult out of the way let me just say that what follows is a series of mini-rants. If you want to read, great. If you want to comment, super. If you want to criticize, fine. If you want to leave, you know where the door is. Cheers.
To succeed in anything in life you need to have some drive. I realize that. And often those who are more successful have greater drive. And so one of the top medical schools in the country is inevitably going to attract driven people. But why do they have to be such suck ups? I am morally opposed to kissing butt simply to kiss butt. I have brown nosed in the past, and am sure I will have to do so in the future. But I only do it if it accompanies actual work. I am happy to take on a new project for my mentor. Some may see this as kissing butt, and to a degree it is. But I only say yes because there is also a real job that needs to be done and I think I can do it well. As a stood in grand rounds yesterday morning (standing with some of the residents) I was more than a little irked at the suck ups in attendance. Limited seating space was being occupied by some students that were there simply to kiss butt, while some of us who legitimately were supposed to be there stood for the duration of the meeting. Hey, guess what? You have your own mentor to work with, your own meetings to be at, so leave ours so we can actually enjoy it. I hate suck ups. I have no respect for them. Just so ya know.
One should not give advice regarding topics one is ignorant of. Why is it that those who have never had children think they are qualified to provide child-rearing advice? I finally hit my wall yesterday. As the two (childless) doctors I work with (one not yet in residency, one a resident - no attendings were present) were discussing how they had warned someone just how much having a child was going to change his life I had to interrupt. "What are you talking about?" I asked them. "Neither of you have the slightest clue how much having a child changes your life, and you are criticizing him for not being ready for the change? Until you have your own you really ought to just shut up." I advised. The resident has a funny habit of offering advice on what I should do with my children. Like take them to the doctor because they occasionally wake up at night (stuffy noses, bad dreams, etc). I had had enough. "You seem to have some misconception that my children are abnormally sick," I said. "It is sort of funny, since you have no idea what you are talking about. My kids are actually pretty healthy. Kids get sick. Especially in the winter, and when they are in school. If I followed your advice and called the doctor about every little thing I would constantly be looking for a new doctor," I pointed out. Her reply? "Well, my niece. . ." "No," I interjected. "Your niece has nothing to do with this. Until you have someone you are caring for all day, every day, you really should keep your ignorant parenting advice to yourself. Trust me, no one wants it." Yeah, I could have been more nice about it, but I didn't want to be.
I really don't care if you don't like so-and-so. Don't drag me into the middle of it. Lately I have been dropped right in the middle of a three-way power struggle. One which I refuse to participate in. I am simply not going to do it. And so the best bet would be to not talk to me about it because I just don't care. But they don't seem to get this. So I tell them again. Perhaps after the fifth or sixth time they will finally catch on to the fact that I am not going to play with them. They can argue and bicker all they want. They can choke on their own vehemence too. I'm okay either way.
Yes, our blogs are our own. Each can do with his or hers what they desire (within the TOS of course). But I detest copy'n'pasters. Have you ever had an original thought in your life? We all copy and paste interesting things we find here and there. And I know some (okay, one) who is actually using his blog as a database of sorts for different topics and links. That is cool. But some just copy'n'paste. No comments of their own, other than perhaps a "Yeah", "Idiots" or some such other brilliant comment. I would suggest they paste a link to the article and offer their own insights, but I fear they are incapable of offering them. Weak.
And finally, this goes out to one of our very own special bloggers here. One of those come and go types, too spineless to follow through with his own threats, and as duplicitous as they come. I find it humorous that you should think you have any right to tell people how they should live their lives and how they should procreate. From your armchair of ignorance you pass judgment and make idiotic proclamations. Frankly, I find you worthless. Once again you have demonstrated that not only do you have no clue into reality, but that you also have no tolerance for those who *gasp* actually think for themselves and don't fall into your own special, demented liberal group-think. A prime example of hidden hate, I simply say grow a pair and embrace your own lies. They fit you so well.
Well folks, that is all. Now, didn't that feel good? I thought so.