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bucolic_frolic

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1. Sounds to me like she didn't want to engage in the discussion professionally

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:08 PM

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She let you know she is with you and then shut it down. From a doctor's perspective, they never know what a patient will do - like making your discussion public. Everyone is treading carefully, for obvious reasons.

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Saw a dermatologist the other day and when she saw my "WOKE, it's not the insult you think it is" T-shirt [View all] Eliot Rosewater Monday OP

Sounds to me like she didn't want to engage in the discussion professionally bucolic_frolic Monday #1

You're most likely right and it's understandable in a professional setting. Maybe she'll be at a protest rally! Deuxcents Monday #2

Didn't see her at the protest today when I went but Eliot Rosewater Monday #4

Two of our docs have signs in their offices: AverageOldGuy Monday #9

In Bizarro-world Ignorance is Bliss B.See Monday #3

MDs and other professionals assume they know more than we do FakeNoose Monday #5

I know a lot of younger people who think us "old" people slightlv Monday #6

Social media, news as entertainment, and schools all fail youth. pandr32 Monday #7

Definitely agree on the celebrity thing jfz9580m Monday #11

With her huge fan following... pandr32 Tuesday #12

T-shirts AverageOldGuy Monday #8

I think she probably just doesn't have time or energy for any news. soldierant Monday #10

No my dermatologist was not trying to not talk about politics Eliot Rosewater Wednesday #13

I posted the other day that he's not leaving. He's gonna run in 2028. Swede Wednesday #14

You're right but he won't bother to run. He just won't leave Eliot Rosewater Wednesday #15