I’m in the fucking emergency department. I’m not feeling very grateful right now. Read the room.

  • Rain World: Slugcat Game@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    it is beneficial to calm down for some things, as in, when blood is leaking out, or your problem is downwind of stress, but i don’t think rage counts as calming down

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Maybe they want you to be grateful that you could actually get to a hospital, instead of just suffering in the street? “Count your blessings”, instead of focusing on the negative stuff?

    You’re right, though. This isn’t a great message for an emergency room.

  • Rooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Haves a heart attack

    Ahh yes i need to invite peace and gratitude into my heart.

    • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I mean if I have one I’ll bet grateful if it kills me, but then again I take seven pills a day to stop myself from dramatically accelerating the process.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I didn’t even consider how many people with cardiac issues must be looking at that screen.

  • YeetPics@mander.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    "You’ve tried paying exorbitantly

    Now try being grateful we even let you in here you little shits"

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    The rain one is a subtle “Look, it could be worse. Stay positive. You aren’t dead yet.”

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Unless you were struck by lightning whilst dancing in the rain, in which case this motivational image does not constitute legal, medical, or financial advice. Dance in the rain at your own risk.

  • Veedem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I mean I’m sure your situation sucks, but I can’t believe this could be even mildly infuriating. Should they have a space screen saver? Should they have images that remind people how fucked they might be? It’s cheesy shit, sure, but sheesh.

    • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I can’t imagine getting worked up about it either, but then the whole mildly infuriating deliberate oxymoron turn of phrase is that it’s something that should only really be a little annoying but which nonetheless is really quite annoying. It’s a type of silent frustration where you feel it, but you don’t really express it or visibly react.

      In terms of what should they have put on these screens? If they felt they absolutely had to do this or really thought it might help make people’s situations feel even a modicum of improvement, then the glib messages could maybe have focussed on something other than gratitude as their common theme. It hardly seems like the appropriate time to bring that up. By their nature, any cheesy and overly broad phrase is probably going to have a sadly ironic and patronising tone to it in the circumstances but maybe something like “hang in there” or just about anything except what they went with has got to better.

  • NutWrench@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I would be grateful for shorter waiting times in their “emergency” department.

  • Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    ls this meant for the staff or for the patients?

    Either way it is time to talk to the responsible person to make it clear that this is neither appropriate nor helpful (and perhaps suggest some alternatives).