• rustyfish@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    55
    ·
    3 months ago

    My immune system this weekend: also, we have to eject everything from your body any way possible.

    Me: …

    My immune system: hope you didn’t eat spicy.

  • lugal@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    48
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 months ago

    “You might die but that’s a risk I’m will to take.”

  • Skkorm@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    37
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    3 months ago

    99% of the time, a fever kills the bacteria then lowers. You’ll be fine, go take a nap.

  • Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    3 months ago

    Meanwhile my immune system killed my insulin producing cells and I haven’t had a fever since. I like to imagine it as a greaser with a switchblade casually leaning next to the thermostat.

    • BlackArtist@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      3 months ago

      I’m not a bright man and this is an honest question, are you a diabetic? If so that’s really interesting as my daughter is type one, I find that quite fascinating that you don’t get a fever and something for me to look out for.

      • Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        14
        ·
        3 months ago

        Yes sir I’m type 1. Didn’t even get a fever when I got Covid. I usually cruise around at about 97.7 or so. Think I hit 97.9 last time I was sick.

        • BlackArtist@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          3 months ago

          Definitely something for me to watch for, I always test for ketones when I suspect my daughter is ill, I’ve actually never seen her have a fever. 97.7 wow! I remember when covid was at its worst here, we had messages from the hospital telling us to test frequently and adjust doses accordingly.

          • Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            ·
            3 months ago

            Nice work on the ketones testing, that’s very helpful. Being sick raises my sugar levels, and I have to keep on top of hydration. I remember hoping if I got Covid i would have 2 other obvious symptoms because they were leaning pretty hard on the fever as an indicator. I’m glad you’re taking an active role managing it! I got it when I was 17 so I kind of worked things out on my own (because I was a teenager, not because my parents wouldn’t help).

        • summerof69@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          3 months ago

          I haven’t had a fever since

          Casually continues to live with a temp 61.1 degrees above the norm

  • VARXBLE@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    The way the text and image in this specific meme are utilized in the same context as the original source of the meme is refreshing. I feel like I see this meme template used in weird ways that kinda-work-but-not-really more than other templates.

    Anyway, good quality well made meme, got me laugh

    • Deebster@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      edit-2
      3 months ago

      Agreed - I think part of the humour in a meme is fitting new situations into the format and when this is ignored (or done poorly) it misses the mark, kinda like as if you’d attempted a limerick but got the meter all wrong.

  • doingthestuff@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    49
    ·
    3 months ago

    I generally agree with metric superiority, but 38° is such a random temperature. Whereas if you’re over 100 you’re too hot. Fahrenheit is the superior temperature unit. Fight me.

      • Carlo@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        15
        ·
        edit-2
        3 months ago

        ~98.6° is what I grew up learning, but it’s really a range of around 97°-99° depending on the person.

          • Gestrid@lemmy.ca
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            10
            ·
            3 months ago

            Because everyone has a different core temperature. So it really can’t be set value like 100°F.

            Generally speaking, a fever of 100°F is “fine”, albeit completely exhausting and not at all fun, but it’s good for helping the body to fight infections.

            Fevers higher than 102°F are when you need to start working on bringing that fever down. If it climbs higher than that, you risk brain injury. The proteins in your body will also start to denature (lose their ability to function) as your temperature climbs, including proteins that work within your brain and your nervous system.

            If it continues to climb or won’t go down even after taking medicine, you need to call your doctor or go to the hospital.

        • XM34@feddit.de
          cake
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          15
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          So, what you’re saying is that body temperature in Fahrenheit is also a completely random number?

    • DrRatso@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      3 months ago

      Celsius isnt too bad imo, you know the reference points by the time you are in elem school.

      36-37 normal, 37-38 elevated, 38-39 fever, 39-40 high fever, 40-41 very high fever, 41-42 okay, stop, really, 42+ shouldve listened

    • superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      8
      ·
      3 months ago

      I agree when it comes to weather as well. 100 is too hot to be outside and 0 is way too cold to be outside. You don’t have to have decimal places on thermostats

      • edric@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        14
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        3 months ago

        0C for freezing is better than 32F though. Then you can count by 5s and 10s in celcius for weather till you hit 30. Above that is hot. Having a range of 30 points on the thermometer for weather is easier to gauge than something that goes across almost double the number of points.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        9
        arrow-down
        9
        ·
        3 months ago

        Fahrenheit measures how people feel, Celsius measures how water feels.
        Kelvin measures how atoms feel.

        • XM34@feddit.de
          cake
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          11
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          No, it’s not. I’m people and I don’t feel like Fahrenheit. Lower than 10°C is cold, lower than 0°C is freezing (quite literally) and warmer than 30°C is too hot. See? Easy to remember numbers. Almost as if people feel numbers they’re used to.

          • dunz@feddit.nu
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            8
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            3 months ago

            Because they are accustomed to Fahrenheit. I have no idea how hot/cold 80F is, apart from knowing it’s colder than human body temperature, and hotter than inside temperature, but that’s just from knowing those numbers in Fahrenheit, via the internet. I have no relation to them, it’s like a foreign currency, know what I mean?