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Reminds me of an excerpt from Tom Wolfe’s book The Right Stuff in which fighter pilots perceived doctors as the enemy, and heaven forfend you saw a psychiatrist
by vunderba 11mo ago
Reminds me of an excerpt from Tom Wolfe’s book The Right Stuff in which fighter pilots perceived doctors as the enemy, and heaven forfend you saw a psychiatrist!
A man could go for a routine physical one fine day, feeling like a million dollars, and be grounded for fallen arches. It happened!—just like that! (And try raising them.) Or for breaking his wrist and losing only part of its mobility. Or for a minor deterioration of eyesight, or for any of hundreds of reasons that would make no difference to a man in an ordinary occupation. As a result all fighter jocks began looking upon doctors as their natural enemies. Going to see a flight surgeon was a no-gain proposition.
- baiwl 11mo agoThis reminds me of when a friend became a cop. One day I saw him or I thought I saw him from far away but I couldn’t tell him that I wasn’t sure it was him because I couldn’t recognise him because of my myopia and, since I sometimes drive without my glasses on - what if one day he caught me?
- Gud 11mo agoWhy are you driving around without your glasses?
- baiwl 11mo agoMy prescription is very low and I can drive fine without glasses but I can’t recognise people at a long distance.
- taskforcegemini 11mo agoA lot of people drive fine when they are drunk.
- foxyv 11mo ago> since I sometimes drive without my glasses on It always baffles me how blasé people are about driving safety. The rules for driving aren't even that hard to follow. Yet people just seem constitutionally unable to do so.