I was talking to an
Apparently Non-Idiot Other Person: "My friend has type 1 and doesn't have to take insulin."
Me: "Your friend must not have type 1 then."
ANIOP: "Yeah he does. The insulin made him sick. So he stopped and went on a diet"
Me: "Your friend has type 2 otherwise he would be dead."
ANIOP: "Nope, been doing it for 5 years."
Me: "There is no way your friend has type 1 diabetes"
ANIOP: "How would you know?!?"
Me: "Insulin is vital to life. In type 1 diabetes the pancreas ceases making insulin, therefore injected insulin is necessary for life."
ANIOP: "I know that"
Me: "Then what's your reasoning to how said friend can survive?"
ANIOP: "His doctor said he could"
Me: "Right..."
ANIOP: "Well he went to school and you didn't. You're NOT a doctor!"
Well there you have it folks. I'm not a doctor, apparently I just know more than some doctors. Either that, or this person just understood what the doctor said as well as he understood what I said.
Legal Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I just play one online.
8 comments:
Oy.
Megan, I'm not a violent person. That said, how you didn't reach out and strangle that person is beyond me. SIMPLY MADDENING!
Ug! I think I woulda smacked him/her too.
BUT - on the bright side, now you know better than to engage this person on any important matters...
You sure seem have some interesting conversations. LOL
That was frustrating to read ... I can't imagine how frustrating it was to actually have that conversation!
You play a great doctor online, by the way. :)
Stupidity should be washed off on a daily basis and avoided like the muddy morass it is. There is too much of it!!
People's stupidity never ceases to amaze me.
I'm impressed by your self-restraint!
lol, this is fabulous!
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