u/lsherida

Last year we were dispatched on a suicidal subject. On the way the radio station started playing Green Day's "Good Riddance". Needless to say we couldn't stop giggling. Dark humor at its finest.

You know, I found this in bad taste like 15 years ago. Today? I can admit when I'm wrong; he was spot on.

WHAT is the incentive/impetus for CCW or open carry?

I do not carry a firearm, but I imagine the mentality a lot like having a fire extinguisher. I don't want to have to use it and don't expect to ever have to use it. But on the off chance I ever do need it, I'll be quite glad to have it. Some people just like being prepared.

As a side note, I've been in both situations before: Needing a fire extinguisher and not having one, and having my life threatened by an assailant with a weapon. Neither are very good feelings and I totally understand why people make the choice to carry a firearm, especially if they've previously been the victim of a violent crime.

Imagine being on an ambulance and having to listen for a dispatcher to call you while you're out and about (like getting lunch or something). It goes something like: "Medic 999, respond 13-5 for an MVC, 123 Any Street, cross street Main Street. Respond on west; 22:15." By the time I register the fact that they're talking, they're halfway through, I missed what unit they're taking to, and I way too frequently end up being the guy who sheepishly responds: "Dispatch from medic 999, was that for us?"

Good dispatchers try to get your attention first, but not always. I've had to just learn to accept that stupid feeling.

You know many times I seen them do that only to see them a couple blocks away buying shit at the store.

You know how many times I've been on the road in the medic, gotten a call, went lights and sirens for 30 seconds, got cancelled, and then pulled into a Wawa to get a consolation prize?

Well, OK, I don't often go directly to Wawa, but the point is that I very regularly get alerted then cancelled within the space of a minute. Usually it's something like another closer unit becoming available or someone else getting to the scene first and determining that we weren't needed. As such, I think it's not a valid assumption that someone going lights and sirens briefly and then ending up at a convenience store is doing so in bad faith. Does it happen? Probably, but I think it's pretty rare.

And honestly, for me at least, driving emergency is way more frustrating and exhausting than just sitting at a couple of red lights. People are stupid, flashing lights seem to make them stupider, and trying to navigate around them can be maddening. (My cynicism is probably exacerbated by being a motorcyclist where people are also frequently trying to kill me, but I digress...)

Another classic is "Asystole" on a clearly organized rhythm.

That's just its way of telling you that it's dead inside. A cry for help, really.

Headquarters here. Get back to work!

We're actually doing optical comms to relay data back from the moon beginning on Artemis II, the O2O system.

new technology being rolled out like CT and Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) machines,

You mean the machines that can't actually authenticate PIV credentials?

Same. Somehow I flew across the US the other day without reading Reddit once. So I guess I should say thanks, Reddit?

Arguably, the Civil Rights era is also a major inflection point for consolidation of federal power given the Supreme Court's broadening interpretation of the Commerce Clause. See in particular Katzenbach v. McClung and Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States. To this day there is argument as to whether the positive effects of such rulings (solidifying the legal basis for federal civil rights laws) outweigh the negative effects.

In NYC, we can bluntly refuse to take a patient off hospital property

I'm no expert, but the Kaiser in our area that has 9-1-1 on speed dial is apparently essentially just a large urgent care and explicitly NOT a hospital. So they get to essentially abuse EMTALA: They're not subject to its requirements and they can pawn off the problem patients to the actual hospital a mile or so down the road. I imagine that's basically the case for all of their facilities.

It's valid, but it requires extra steps. Per section 4.1.2.1

In expressions of calendar dates calendar year is, unless specified otherwise, represented by four digits. Calendar years are numbered in ascending order according to the Gregorian calendar by values in the range [0000] to [9999]. Values in the range [0000] through [1582] shall only be used by mutual agreement of the partners in information interchange.

You get asked for ID if you buy a ticket in person.

I made an argument that emergency services, including police, are accountable to follow laws that explicitly apply to them. That seems hardly worthy of such a label.

I'm going to play devil's advocate here for a second. Arguably he might be one of the good ones, or at least not entirely awful. Rules are rules, and we could use more LEOs who are willing to buck excessive "professional courtesy".

In reality, this sounds pretty over-the-top. But in my 30 seconds of Internet lawyering the Pennsylvania law in question, it does seem that in order to exercise special privileges (including speeding) you are required to use visual and audible warnings:

(c) Audible and visual signals required.--The privileges granted in this section to an emergency vehicle shall apply only when the vehicle is making use of an audible signal and visual signals meeting the requirements and standards set forth in regulations adopted by the department.

The cop's job is to charge violations of the law. Sure, he almost certainly should have used a bit of judgement here and this will probably ultimately be a waste of everyone's time. But the legislature explicitly wrote those requirements, presumably for a considered reason. And it's why we have a judicial system with judges whose job it is to make judgement calls about these charges when there are mitigating circumstances.

OK, off my soapbox. Please don't kill me.

It was pretty common to do your state’s history around 4th grade.

For those of use who grew up in one of the 13 original colonies, it's not altogether illogical to do it in that order. It's chronological.

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but toilet paper is always meant to be flushed.

Not always; it varies depending on where you are. There are whole countries where the plumbing was not designed to accommodate toilet paper.

Great! Now do Paw Patrol.

Lost mine a couple of months ago and they were annoyingly scarce for a while as I was trying to replace them.

I know why it’s called a “d-stick”

I would love to know why...

Some of these principles become super intuitive and obvious when piloting a parachute. The flare at landing in particular - when the landing gear is your feet, you really notice when you get that wrong.

If you ask me, the Gen-Z'ers I know are on the whole pretty darned awesome. My hypothesis is that they're the first generation that has lived their whole lives with the sum of human knowledge at their fingertips.

including the partner

I'm from Baltimore. In this town we disembark our partner first.

Yeah, as I understand it they're basically random now. But let's be honest, for the vast majority of our clientele it'll be a while before that affects us. :)