Loved ones with political beliefs.

Alligatorob said:
For my recent surgery I got a happy something just before, not sure what it was or if it was intravenous or a pill. No matter it worked pretty well.

The couple of shots of morphine I got after waking up were the best though, I could really get addicted to that stuff!
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You may have received Versed (Midazolam). I've gotten that early in surgery prep to relax me before the "serious" anesthesia. Man, I LOVE Versed. You're not "out".....you're just more "contented" than you've ever been before....you're "one with the world".
 

Geezer Garage said:
Is Demerol still in use? I recall getting it for pain after surgery. Basically synthetic morphine, if memory serves. No worries on that stuff.
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Lol, how does Demerol relate to "Loved ones with political beliefs"...maybe to reduce political talk at family get-togethers? 😅

Seriously, Demerol is still in use, for procedures such as Endoscopies and Colonoscopies. Great stuff, I would let them harvest organs just to get some. :cool:
 
jujube said:
You may have received Versed (Midazolam). I've gotten that early in surgery prep to relax me before the "serious" anesthesia. Man, I LOVE Versed. You're not "out".....you're just more "contented" than you've ever been before....you're "one with the world".
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I got that (or something) once. They didn't tell me what it was, and I thought it was the actual anesthetic. I stopped a uniformed person who was passing. I told him my anesthetic wasn't working and I was terrified that they were going to operate on me while I was awake. He was kind enough to explain that it I hadn't been given the anesthetic yet, just something to relax me. I wasn't relaxed.
 
I'm afraid my relatiotnship with my only sister has been a victim of the recent political madness.

She has had a hard life. Left school before high school and is barely literate as well historically clueless. Perfect fodder for misinformation and heated rhetoric. She is younger and basically left home and school after the family moved to Southern California while I stayed in the Bay Area. The only female sibling in a clutch of seven, with both my parents grooming her for a traditional home making role while we older boys took turns doing yard work in season. No girl should be forced to clean a bathroom used by six male children. So I've always felt sorry for her but didn't recognize the inequity while it was happening. Privilege can be transparent from the advantaged perspective.

But she has always seethed with hatred back when it came from Rush Limbaugh. In the current reality-is-optional climate I couldn't imagine being in the same room any more so have not gone back up to eastern Washington to visit and was relieved when she didn't want to stop in on their snowbird winter run. It is regrettable.
 
I'm a "blue state" guy, my brother is a "red state" guy. He believes in God, ghosts and UFOs. I'm an atheist and laugh at ghosts and UFOs. You kind of see where I'm going. He is my brother, we grew up in the same house, but that was 50 years ago. When he was a tiny baby I was holding him, and he squirmed out of my arms, landing on his head. About his beliefs, I think that's what happened to him. If he weren't my brother, I don't think we even have any relationship.
 
As a child, my family never talked about politics or religion for any gatherings. I never knew which party or candidates my mother and father supported. These days, I really am not politically driven where the conversation must go to politics when talking to family or friends. My husband and I are on the same page politically, so sharing our opinions of news of the day is always short and sweet, regardless of how unhinged it's been in the past several years. All we can do is vote and hope for the best outcome, I haven't been very disappointed of late. ;)
 
SeaBreeze said:
As a child, my family never talked about politics or religion for any gatherings. I never knew which party or candidates my mother and father supported.
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So, it was 1951 or two and the presidential candidates were Dwight and Adlai. I wanted a grandpa, so when Eisenhower appeared on our nine inch Philco I kissed his face on screen & said "Grandpa!" HE'S NOT YOUR GRANDPA! my dad yelled. IN THIS HOUSE WE ARE DEMOCRATS!

I love this story! 🤗:ROFLMAO:
 
Too many people are like my older brother, they feel the need to be belligerent and bullying to get you to believe them. My brother has learned to keep his mouth shut around me, not because I'm politically savvy and not because I engage in arguments but because I ask questions he can't answer. Things like where did the info come from, did he fact check, what's the end goal, who profits from certain policies.

Personally I have no tolerance for hate just for the sake of hating, it doesn't matter if it's from my brother, an organizations spokesperson or an elected offical. Once someone begins spewing hateful garbage they and their opinions lose all credibility in my opinion. I either shut them down, turn it off or walk away.
 
I ask, when "So & so said this..." arises, if they've read the transcript of what was actually said, or is it just a "Polly wants a cracker" recital.
 
Nemo2 said:
I ask, when "So & so said this..." arises, if they've read the transcript of what was actually said, or is it just a "Polly wants a cracker" recital.
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I would give you great odds that most of the time, the person is simply parroting what they heard on the news media, social media, or from another person.
 
Brookswood said:
I would give you great odds that most of the time, the person is simply parroting what they heard on the news media, social media, or from another person.
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Indubitably. My supervisor's older sister is one of those; when asked 'why' she has no idea...but she's sure it's a fact.
 
We had a moment of this nonsense when I was making holiday plans with my son on the phone right before the midterm elections.
Rather out of the blue he proceeded to tell me how " very disappointed " he would be if my husband and I didn't vote the way he thought best. He had, to me, very immature notions about the results if people didn't vote for his side.
After voicing the gaul on lecturing me how to vote as I never tell him what to do, I calmed the situation. Then we agreed politics would never be discussed at the holidays.
He blamed it on his Dad who he got every bit of that from except on a different political side. Funny he didn't bring all that up with him.
 
Nathan said:
Lol, how does Demerol relate to "Loved ones with political beliefs"...maybe to reduce political talk at family get-togethers? 😅

Seriously, Demerol is still in use, for procedures such as Endoscopies and Colonoscopies. Great stuff, I would let them harvest organs just to get some. :cool:
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While I see nothing political in Demerol, it can be a difficult drug and is used sparingly these days. For many, it has caused grand mal seizures in people who never had one. This drug really messes with the CNS.
 
Lewkat said:
While I see nothing political in Demerol, it can be a difficult drug and is used sparingly these days. For many, it has caused grand mal seizures in people who never had one. This drug really messes with the CNS.
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Those types of drugs are what the CNS loves. It is a very good thing that Opiods, synthetic opiods, herion, cocaine and methamphetamine are controlled substances, otherwise millions would just be dead, or hopelessly addicted zombies.
 
Brookswood said:
I would give you great odds that most of the time, the person is simply parroting what they heard on the news media, social media, or from another person.
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That's usually true for either camp. I've seen insane gibberish from republicans as well as democrats.

I've finally learned that it's no longer "What's good for the country, for we all live here" to "How can I score points against the other side?"
 
Like @SeaBreeze , my parents didn't talk about politics or religion with the many friends they entertained in our home.

I do remember them saying these things were none of our business. There were 3 no-no's as I recall-

Never ask a person about their religious beliefs.
Never ask a person about their politics.
Never ask a person what their income is.

Maybe that's why they had so many friends.
 
Nemo2 said:
I ask, when "So & so said this..." arises, if they've read the transcript of what was actually said, or is it just a "Polly wants a cracker" recital.
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Funny you mention "Polly wants a cracker", a comment I say often is "parrot news". People just repeating what they heard without with no care of authenticity, more typically with a dose of embellishment.
 
RadishRose said:
Like @SeaBreeze , my parents didn't talk about politics or religion with the many friends they entertained in our home.

I do remember them saying these things were none of our business. There were 3 no-no's as I recall-

Never ask a person about their religious beliefs.
Never ask a person about their politics.
Never ask a person what their income is.

Maybe that's why they had so many friends.
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Yes, finances were another thing that remained private and nobody's business unless someone wanted to share some issues they were having.
 

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