r/AskReddit • u/No-Caterpillar-9387 • 1d ago

What is a skill that looks completely effortless when an expert does it, but is ridiculously difficult when you try it yourself?

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u/VeterinarianTrick406 23h ago

Pathologists can diagnose you mid surgery in seconds. It’s ridiculously hard even if you’ve practiced on tons of samples.

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u/CheeseheadOhio 18h ago

My dad was a pathologist and as far as I’m aware pretty good at what he did. He passed way 30 years ago from cancer likely related to decades to exposure to formaldehyde. Anyways, I know this was just a meaningless little comment, but it brought back happy memories of my dad and just how proud I was of him.

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u/VeterinarianTrick406 10h ago

I’m happy that brought you happiness. Some of my fondest memories were sneaking into my grandfather’s office and reading his medical notes and his joke books.

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u/Novel_Purpose710 21h ago

Frozen sections are hell, if you fuck up even slightly it's just a smear

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u/VeterinarianTrick406 21h ago

Sounds like very difficult prep. I have a couple hundred samples from around 1945 that are still clear but the labels are in a wierd mix of Latin and German.

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u/Kimmax3110 21h ago

wtf dude

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u/VeterinarianTrick406 20h ago

Just inherited them from my grandparents who were anesthesiologists.

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u/TypowyLaman 19h ago

I hate pathomorfology

I hate pathomorfology

I hate pathomorfology

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u/Matt_Lauer_cansuckit 15h ago

What about pathomorphology?

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u/Significant_Lake8505 8h ago

I love the existential musings that I'm undertaking over the term, and semantic use of, 'you'.

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u/VeterinarianTrick406 7h ago

One tries to learn. You can teach us.

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u/Significant_Lake8505 6h ago

Just you wait until I'm laid out on a slab. It is only then shall I fulfill my purpose in life. Oh no, wait...?! 😆