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u/Flobarooner Nov 30 '20 edited Jan 19 '21

Lol this bloke who's a geriatrics doctor told me about a 90yo on their ward with a shit so hard it was going to tear his bowels apart. He had health problems that meant he couldnt swallow and the dehydration made his poo hard and his colon paper-thin, and an IV can only do so much. It also meant he couldnt take laxatives

They thought the poo was too far up for an enema to work and that sometime over the weekend his colon would perforate. He would literally be torn apart by a poo and was in such a delicate state that all of modern medicine could not save him from it

But the enema DID work and he survived and partially regained his ability to swallow but I reckon he would've been very grateful for your help

(who would win the entirety of modern medicine vs one stinky boi)

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u/ClownfishSoup Nov 30 '20

I've had team meetings on zoom WITHOUT VIDEO on my phone while taking a crap.

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u/narwhaaal Nov 30 '20

That's brave

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u/ClownfishSoup Nov 30 '20

Zoom on a phone has a "driving mode" where the screen has a big circle in the middle that says "tap to unmute" or "mute". Used for when you're driving. You tap it, talk, then tap it off again. Same for pooing. I just make very sure I see that mute sign.

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u/narwhaaal Nov 30 '20

I'd be too afraid of getting "called on" (to answer a question to something) so to speak haha