Doctors are a mess. They are brilliant geniuses but they have issues. They never want to have to submit to anyone, especially when they're used to knowing all the answers. It's daunting being a patient and doctors need to learn how to be one, preferably without the dire consequences.
Redditor u/nja1998 wanted the docs of Reddit to speak out and admit a few things by asking.... Doctors of reddit, when you get sick do you go to another doctor and is it awkward?
No Pats!
GiphyYes, we see doctors. Not awkward at all. We make crappy know-it-all patients, though. Most of the time, I only go if I need something I can't take care of myself. I've had to get iv fluids several times for dehydration in the last few years. I can't do my own Pap smear. I choose not to write for any chronic meds for myself or my husband. DrScogs
Really Dad?
My dad is a doctor and is the worst patient. He always says "What, are they going to tell me something I don't already know?" But he's not a fricking heart specialist, so yeah I'd like to him see someone who actually had their training in that field. gambitgrl
Doing the rote!
We usually have doctor friends (med school, colleagues etc), and just prescribe for ourselves with someone else writing the script, diagnose ourselves, unless there is something you really need another opinion on. bobthelobs
Fun times....
I enjoy checking myself for prostate cancer but it's also nice to shake things up and have someone else do it from time to time. robojaybird
I'd rather anything else!
GiphyMy cousin is a urologist. He's has so little trust he gave himself his own vasectomy. Said he nearly passed out but got the job done. No. I haven't seen the scar. leaky_eddie
I cant even say Vasectomy without cringing, I'd rather just use condoms and take chances the rest of my life then get one and I'd rather shoot myself in the foot with a 12 gauge then give myself one lol. nja1998
Find the best!
I worked with a lot of doctors (used to be a nurse). I don't think it was awkward for them because most of the time they would be going to a specialist that wasn't in their field. You might be a competent general mechanic, but if you have a Subaru and this other person does nothing but Subarus all day long or it's an automatic transmission and this other person does nothing but automatic transmissions all day every day, you'd probably rather take your car to them for anything more than an oil change. CetteChanson
Trauma!
My wife is a trauma surgeon and says it's more like an elementary school teacher going back to college for their masters or doctorate and having to be the student instead of the teacher. It isn't that weird.
In my experience with teachers it's also common for them to view their child's teacher much differently than non teachers. They often hold them to a higher standard because they do the same job. My wife has said that sending our then infant son to have open heart surgery was the hardest thing she has ever had to do. He fully recovered and other than seeing the scar you would never be able to tell, but my wife still doesn't like to talk about it. With that said, injuries don't freak her out at all. She'll usually calmly ask how painful it is on a scale from 1 to 10 and will check it out to see if she can treat it at home. I think doctors tend to avoid going to the doctors if possible. Mannings4head
You don't know better!
I worked as a scribe in a cardiology clinic before medical school, and a few times I saw doctors (of a different specialty) come in for various things. The first time I was so excited, I always wondered what it would be like to watch a doctor be a patient at another doctor's office. But it was the most anticlimactic thing ever. The specialist made it quick, "this is probably what's going on, let's run these following tests and/or start on this medication." The patient doctor would normally say ok and maybe ask to look at their own echocardiogram.
I'll tell you who the worst patients were though were retired PhDs (of something even remotely related to medicine). They always acted like they knew better, ESPECIALLY if they were being seen by a midlevel. mctaylor241
Call it In!
They all just ask a colleague to "call it in" if they think they need something. When they really need a provider, like say an emergency room situation or something like that, they tend not to mention their work till after the important parts because they want the doctor to just do their thing. B0NERSTORM
I Got It!
GiphyFor minor things (mainly antibiotics or eye drops), I'll just prescribe myself whatever I need but obviously never with scheduled drugs. I once sprained my ankle. At work I called an ER doc I knew in the hospital, asked for a script and had the techs x-ray my ankle. I don't have a primary care doctor and haven't been to 'the doctor' in about a decade. Granted, I'm still pretty young and don't have any medical problems. If I did have a real problem, I would know exactly which doctors were the best in their field. It's incredibly convenient. I imagine it must be like a car mechanic having a car issue. fleeyevegans
H/T: REDDIT
"What is the craziest conspiracy theory that you secretly believe in?"
Or The Singers Just Wanted To Travel?
"Ireland began deliberately entering bad songs into the Eurovision Song Contest in the 90s."
"After winning it consecutively for a few years it began getting too expensive to host so they sabotaged their chances of winning it."- Houlilala
They Weren't That Cute...
"Build-A-Bear came out with a bunch of new toys that were all the same shade of yellow right after their Minion launch severely underperformed."
"They had stockpiled yellow fabric in anticipation of the Minion toys selling well and getting a big production run and had to find a way to use it all."- everlasting1der
Be Careful What You Ask...
"I believe r/AskReddit is actually a data farming operation that is being used to feed AI algorithms in order to produce more effective propaganda, social control mechanisms, etc… but what do I know…" - Sackerson-502
Search Engine Instagram GIF by GiflyticsGiphyBut Where Do The Beans Go?
"This is dumb, but my mother believes that the coffee grinder machines at the gas station are fake..as in they make a lot of noise just to make you think what your getting is fresh coffee."
"When it's 'grinding' the beans, you never see the beans move."
"We called the gas station and the employee said he doesn't know how the coffee makers work since a 3rd party refills them up or changes the flavors."
"I've called her crazy but slowly i'm getting sucked into it, simply because it's fun."- james_castrello2
Which Would Be More Embarassing?
"Paul Pierce sh*t his pants during the 2008 NBA Finals."
"He sat on the floor apparently injured until he was taken off the court in a wheelchair and returned minutes later completely fine."
"Sitting on the floor and leaving in a wheelchair stopped anybody from seeing his dookie stains."- pierremanslappy
paul pierce GIFGiphyNot Exactly Helping Anyone...
"Micro plastics are making people dumber."- blackbeautybyseven
When They Could Broaden Their Client Lists...
"That the weight loss industry sets people up to fail, because if their products worked they wouldn't have return customers."- Funky_chicken89
What's Important, He's Out There...
"It’s not the cameras: Bigfoot is blurry."- QuillDidNothingWrong
Bigfoot Sasquatch GIF by MOODMANGiphyThe World May Never Know...
"North Korea had an underground nuclear testing site collapse."
"Kim Jong Un then went to China."
"North Korea declared in their state news paper that they have perfected the nuke, and will no longer do any more tests."
"My theory is that Kim Jong Un went to China to ask for help fixing their nuclear disaster."
"Xi told him to deal with it himself and to stop playing with nukes."
"Kim came back to N.Korea like a beaten dog."- Initial-Finger-1235
What Lurks Beneath Midtown
"Occultist architect Ivo Shandor outfitted most of the buildings in downtown Manhattan with a specific alloy which, when activated under the right conditions, would summon Gozer the Gozerian."- Rogue_Wallet
A Connection To Brag About?
"This is dumb lmao, there is a man who lived and worked as a teacher where I'm from in NC."
"His name was Peter Stuart Ney."
"It was during the early 1800s, there's a local legend that lives on that this man was in fact one of Napoleon's right hand men, and fought alongside him even."
"It's been disproven apparently by the French government over the years, it's just funny how this guy was supposedly executed in 1815, just to show up over in NC as a teacher with the same surname and military expertise just 1 year later."
"They say he was a skilled fencer, and he had precise military knowledge even though he was just a teacher for the local school system."
"On his deathbed he supposedly confessed to being one Marshal Michel Ney, the 'Bravest of the Brave', according to Napoleon."
"Wild story but part of me just fully f*cking believes it's crazy enough to be true."
"Records indicated he had shown up in Charleston SC in 1816, just a year after this Michel Ney was executed in France."
"Idk, it's just a crazy story."- actuallyjayft
pizza emoji GIFGiphy...Aside From The Fact That Fairy Tales Are Public Domain...
"Disney only do remakes to retain copyright on the stories."- AndPlagueFlowers
Likely True For Some Of Them...
"All those crazy Boomers have lead poisoning."- octavialovesart
Bodes Well For Online Dating Too...
"The Empty Internet Conspiracy."
"A large part of the population of the internet and, thus, a large part of interactions on the internet are completely fake."
"Just faceless chat bots tooling around; generating social media posts, YouTube comments, and opinion articles on news sites."
"With the rise of AI generated essays and research papers, it's becoming easier to draw lines between those papers and how random news articles can read in a way in which a human would never write."- Karmit_Da_Fruge
Internet Netneutrality GIF by Ryan SeslowGiphyAs long as people keep these beliefs to themselves, and don't try to promote them, then they have every right to believe these rather dubious stories are true.
And who knows, some of these stories are so far-fetched, perhaps the only way they came to prominence was because they actually happened.
Redditor pambannedfromchilis wanted the wealthy to spill the deets on being wealthy, so they asked:
"What is something only a wealthy person would know?"
Tell me the secrets. Just first let me get a pen and paper.
Private Listings
I Am Rich Nene Leakes GIFGiphy"You can opt not to be on those 'wealthiest people' lists - for a price."
draggar
"The number of people that actively avoid those lists is far higher than the number of people on those lists. Also, some people actively manage the amount the list shows."
Ragnel
Call Me
"The phone numbers from people who could help you out of any (even bad) situation."
purevenuscookieslog
"All you need is one person with the right phone number and worth that level of protection."
There is a neighborhood in Colorado Springs with a large number of former generals, nuclear scientists, corporation directors, etc. Within 5 minutes of a burglary alarm going off, the criminal was dead. I can assure you that the Colorado Springs police can't respond that quickly."
jeffh4
HELP!
"The less help you need, the more you get."
manIDKbruh
"You have access to favorable credit lines with better rates than ordinary folk. They just throw money at you when you have money."
dbx999
"Bob Hope used to say 'a bank is a place that'll lend you money, but only if you can prove you don't need it.'"
tommytraddles
Premium Help
"How to fully use a hotel concierge service."
Firebolt164
"Was in Australia at a nice hotel. Wanted to go to Royal Observatory but there were no tickets that evening - only the evening we could make it. Ended up in casual conversation with the hotel concierge. At some, told him how much we were enjoying our visit and he asked if there was anything disappointing."
"I said only that we could not get into the Royal Observatory. He said he’d see what he could do, catching me by surprise having been unfamiliar with what a concierge does before then. That night my wife and I were looking at the Jewel Box through the telescope at the Royal Observatory."
arriesgado
Celeb Encounters
Rihanna Boat GIFGiphy"You can rent celebrities for your private events. Not just musicians, but bonafide actors and actresses."
MediumRareTaint
"I remember a few years ago the founder of Lululemon, Chip Wilson, had the Red Hot Chili Peppers play in his backyard here in Vancouver. We could hear them from the beach below."
madam1madam
If had the money to rent people for private events, Adele would have plans forever!
What is Rent?
Alicia Silverstone My Bad GIFGiphy"Have a friend who is moving to the Bay area. To work for a non-profit. Part-time. She didn't know what her salary would be."
minervazahara
Fly High
"Private jets come with different size luggage compartments."
thinkx5
"I mean, do all cars have the exact same size trunk? No, some are roomy as sh*t and some are teeny. It makes sense that different models from different manufacturers would have different sized/shaped compartments, especially given there are some that seat 4 passengers and some that seat 14."
fireandlifeincarnate
Member-Owned
"The difference between an equity country club and a membership country club."
smurfsundermybed
"Some country clubs have vested ownership (ie 100% member-owned) while others are owned by corporations. It really isn't always a prestige thing, many older clubs in the sticks only came about because they were member-owned and built by a group of families."
"Of course, nearly all of today's old-school elite courses started out as member-owned but that doesn't mean all member-owned courses are elite."
Salamok
"Yeah, this is a good one. Also, the understanding that you can't just walk into most private clubs, write a check for whatever the fee is and become a member. Most of the equity clubs have a white ball/black ball system too, similar to fraternities, where two or three blacks DQ you."
xkulp8
When in Need
"The VIP hotline number at the children's hospital when your kid needs urgent care but there's a big wait in the ER (but your kid isn't sicker than anybody else's kid in the ER), and you won't get to the front of the line. Blew my mind when a very wealthy friend told me he did this for his child (the friend's father was a huge donor to the hospital). More power to him, but there is the wealthy and then there is the wealthy."
off_mode_auto
The Most Valuable
Seth Meyers Time GIF by Late Night with Seth MeyersGiphy"That wealth is not what people see. It's what people don't get to see. That the most valuable asset is not things, but time."
shidored
Whoever said money can't buy happiness is lying.
There is the biggest secret.
