• Skullgrid
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    “FEVER 102,WHEEZING, IRRITABLE” uses them.

    It might probably be “unabe to eat diarrhea” on purpouse

    • Aremel
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, someone’s just having a bit of fun.

      Unless there are multiple people registering patients, and one of them doesn’t use punctuation.

    • foggy
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      10 months ago

      Are you or a loved one unable to eat your diarrhea? Try talking to your doctor about metamucil.

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      10 months ago

      It seems very likely that this drop-down menu was not populated by one person, or perhaps was even populated by multiple databases written by very different people with highly disparate levels of grammar knowledge - maybe even different first languages.

      Or someone thought it was funny, like you said. I’m not here to judge.

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      10 months ago

      The only cure for “unable to eat diarrhea” is to put the patient into an induced comma.

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    10 months ago

    Comma for what? I also am unable to eat diarrhea

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    10 months ago

    Ah the old helping your uncle jack off a horse or helping your uncle, jack, off a horse.

  • rotopenguin@infosec.pub
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    The database is running on an IBM made in 1954. Commas literally weren’t invented yet.