Yup. Didn’t say it was good for them

You haven’t seen the ridiculous quantities that some alcoholics will consume

I’ll be back when they get back up.

I wish all mine were as good as the best I’ve had.

Yes, though if the sponsor is doing it on the cheap then they might pick facilities and monitors who don’t care or don’t have the capacity to pick up on all the details, or scrutinise minutiae. The monitor can only QC what’s written down for example, and an investigator can be perfectly capable of having the bare minimum of a consent process and copy pasta as if it was done thoroughly.

I’m glad all my participants are of sound mind; the idea of navigating the world of incapacity and research gives me the heebie jeebies.

When it comes to therapies that are likely toxic, e.g. chemo, that’s why the sponsor has to demonstrate through pre-clinical data that there is a high enough likelihood that the benefits will outweigh the harm that it is a legitimate therapy to trial on humans. Even then there should still be thorough, audited processes for obtaining fully informed consent before recruiting patients into these trials, including making certain they are aware the trial may cause more harm than standard of care.

It’s the burden of evidence required in pre-clinical data that makes me defend animal testing despite being vegan.

Sure, it’s more than just encouraging people to drop meat and dairy. It’s also voting for people who will make it financially impossible for those industries to continue.

We took our toddler to see it and both my partner and I had multiple episodes of weeping. Lovely film.

Strange! I just wouldn’t work when I first tried, but I VPN’d from USA and it worked. Maybe something else happened the first time and I’m misattributing the success.

Thanks.

(If anyone else from the UK wants to read this link you’ll need a VPN)

Is there any background to their strike?

Thank fuck I have an absolute limit on my weekly working hours.

Difficult to read it behind a paywall

Yinz is definitely a Scots thing

She does, and it’s one of the key character points at the start of Aliens.

It was tender and sleepy the night before, but more fun and adventurous with a good night’s sleep and a meal inside.

Sometimes I just give them a dead stare until they stop talking then carry on with what I was saying, or alternatively “excuse me [optional] Dave, I wasn’t finished.”

Other times it’s not worth the drama, or they might actually be reasonably more excited about what they have to say then listening, in which case fair enough.

This is fucking cute

I worked with an ex-paramedic who alluded to a similar factor in leaving to become a nurse aide.

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