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

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[-] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 111 points 3 months ago

A great example of toxic positivity, that shit sucks.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 3 months ago

I guarantee you the people who actually work at the hospital hate them as much as the patients, if not moreso.

These were put in place by a hospital administration that gets paid way more than the doctors to waste time doing exactly stuff like this, while claiming they deserve to be paid so much more because of how much value their leadership brings the hospital.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

Bosses like that think every problem can be solved with "better motivation" and a "can-do attitude". They are the main reason everything sucks. You can't pep talk failing infrastructure into fixing itself, you dumb mother fuckers.

[-] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

I didn't think otherwise, only makes it worse.

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 11 points 3 months ago

Let's turn that frown upsidedown.

[-] mrecondo 7 points 3 months ago

Here in Brazil, some time ago, people started to say "gratitude" instead of "thank you". Annoying as fuck

[-] wesker 32 points 3 months ago
[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 months ago

Copyright 1968. Hmm, determined or not, that cat must be long dead.

I was wondering if anyone was gonna do the Marge Simpson quote

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Some say its corpse is still hanging to this day.

[-] don@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Cat’s got the look like, “This is the 75th fucking take, Jerry, for fuck’s sake, how many more is it gonna goddamn take?!

[-] wesker 3 points 3 months ago

He's got a sweet lil baby one orange braincell face.

[-] Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 3 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).

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago

(and perhaps suggest some alternatives).

But i don't think they'll want this tv up their ass

[-] Rooki@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Haves a heart attack

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

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 3 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.

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Sounds like you just need to learn to dance in the rain

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago
[-] apocalypticat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

this would unironically make me feel like I succeeded

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"You've tried paying exorbitantly

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

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 11 points 3 months ago

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

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 points 3 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.

[-] n3cr0@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Stay positive and count the days until "weekend".

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

It's Friday today

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 9 points 3 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.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

the Kahlil Gibran quote smells fake

[-] Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago
[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes but you'll need to intercept the HDMI cable with a beefy microcontroller to turn it back on when displaying patient data again so you don't get fired. At this point, I'd be looking to disable the corresponding software if the computer is accessible.

[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 5 points 3 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.ml 7 points 3 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.

[-] die444die@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Wouldn’t these be more directed at the employees of the ER and not the patients?

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[-] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 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

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