a more useful question would be,"out of all the ways you could make money why are you thinking about this one?"

I mean it was genuinely good sex advice the best saliva to use as blowjob lube is 100% the thicker mucus from the back of the nasopharynx vs the thinner saliva generally produced by the mouth. And unlike most popular sex advice it's not advising anything even remotely dangerous it's genuinely just a solid point of expert blowjob technique.

Also, psych nurse protip - this is how you use this to talk someone out of a panic attack. Use the above conversation template plus the following nonverbals / paraverbals:

• start by reducing stimuli (think five senses!). Reduce the noise and lights, and try to get away from any particularly offensive smells or sensations.

• you can try to get the crowds and stimuli out of the area, but it will probably be easier to move the person panicking. Getting crowds of people to do things is very tricky. It's usually just easier to move the one person.

• talk at about half to a quarter of your usual speed and volume

• use common English words (no SAT vocab). Enunciate clearly, and don't use more than one conjunction / more than two ideas per sentence. Their brain can't chew / digest as much as all at once.

• Do not stand directly in front of them and especially do not corner them. If you feel unsafe you can still stay closer to the door than they are but try to stand slightly to the side to give them line of sight to it.

• if you want to practice / really up your game, learn to deepen your pitch slightly / resonate / speak from your chest while still keeping your volume down. Imagine James Earl Jones reading a meditation script on YouTube. This has an added benefit if you work with seniors, most age-related hearing loss is in the upper pitch ranges.

the other downside is that I don't feel like it's my place to be the one rioting out in the streets because I specifically picked a patient population that will be THE FIRST to be abandoned. Many of my patients have physical as well as mental disabilities. We have at least three ID patients right now who would just get prostituted at best, and a good portion of the homeless people willing to fake or exaggerate psychosis or suicidal ideation for a bed are often doing it because they also have a bum leg or a broken back and won't make it on the street for an extended period. If I quit my job it's not some spoiled rich bastard who's going to suffer, in fact they'll probably do slightly better for not having to pay my wages. I'd probably adapt ok to health outside the system (I'm already making do with it's scraps on the daily) but I just... I'm also trying really hard not to think about the "wellness camps." Me being forced to abandon these people is just going to be the beginning.

i didn't think things through when I chose a job that would be needed through the end of the world.

my usual answer when I'm suspecting some kind of boundary-pushing behavior is "well you can ask..." ...but I have to hear out my psych patients, you don't owe strangers the same obligation.

the counting of birthdays specifically was what was interesting to me but I'm sure it's in there somewhere.

this fascinates me please provide search terms for me to do additional research.

months. hang on Mom is trying to make me eat peas.

It's still going my partner is super invested because he's a huge fan of his work. Meanwhile I'm looking at this like it has huge implications for all high reliability industries including stuff like ORs, ERs, nuclear power. I have difficulty watching because I struggle with cringe humor but I'm loving the overall topic.

I should also point out that public safety / high reliability industry workers just gotta be cringe sometimes. A plot point in one episode is that the miracle on the mojave pilot was a huge fan of evanescence and one of the most played songs on his ipod was "wake me up inside" and like. yeah I knew an ER nurse who loooved shinedown. you don't get into those industries unless you're an overdramatic bitch. (I also love shinedown).

Also called "jetpacking" (especially if the smaller person is gassy).

The person who empties the urine bag has entered the chat!