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Doctors fascinate me.

What fascinates me even more is that doctors see other doctors.

I wonder how those appointments work. Do they both show up 40 minutes late after a nurse announces “the doctor will be right in” to an empty room?

Doctors are heroes. But they’re the only heroes who can get away with being late. If a firefighter is late, he’s not a firefighter – just another guy who tells you how sorry he is you lost your house in a fire.

Doctors get a lot of grief for being late. They also get a lot of grief for their bad handwriting – which is warranted. A lot of them write like the English language is a modern art piece. I like to imagine doctors writing just completely illegible love letters. I think of their partners squinting while reading their note and muttering, “Either I’m the light of his life or he’s prescribing me Lactic acid.”

Sometimes I don’t see an actual doctor – I see a physician’s assistant. Physician’s assistant’s are medically-qualified professionals, but they definitely need a new name. Their name sounds like they’re main job is to get the physician’s Starbucks order correct.

Sometimes I see an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and I know I’m in good hands because practice makes perfect. I always tell her that if they keep practicing, maybe she’ll go pro someday.

I assumed the Registered Nurse is a woman – which always gets me in trouble. People tell me I shouldn’t assume that just because someone is a nurse that means they’re female. I’m sorry, but the term nurse is a multi-purpose word, and I see very few men breastfeeding.

“Nursing” is definitely one of those words that gets too much use. Nurses live in apartments and houses and absolutely none live in nursing homes. And the people that DO live in nursing homes haven’t been nursing in a LONG time.

If they were, I would recommend they see a doctor.

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Five Channels to Binge

If you run out of shows to binge on streaming platforms such as Hulu or Netflix, you should hop over to YouTube and check out these channels.

First We Feast

First We Feast is best known for its segment, Hot Ones, an interview show where guests have to answer questions while eating spicy wings. The wings get hotter and hotter as the interview progresses and most celebrities are chugging water or milk by the final one. Host Sean Evans is often praised in the comments for asking interesting and very appropriate questions. He has even surprised celebrities with the information he knows about them.

WOWPresents

World Of Wonder is the network that gifted audiences with hit shows such as RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. This YouTube channel has videos like Untucked, which shows behind-the-scenes footage from RuPaul’s Drag Race, and UNHhh, a show hosted by the iconic duo Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova. (If UNHhh was an hour long show on VH1 it would win an Emmy. I’m serious this webseries is HILARIOUS).

D’Angelo Wallace

D’Angelo Wallace talks about whatever he wants. He makes commentary videos on basically anything that interests him and he does it extremely well. He created amazing videos on the toxic trio, Shane, Tati, and Jeffree, where he explained all their shady activity and called them out for it. He has a great way of explaining each topic he’s discussing and makes the videos extremely entertaining.

Chris Klemens

Chris Klemens has been on the internet for many years, but he has been (FINALLY) getting the recognition he deserves. Not only are his video hilarious, he uses his platform to raise money for various charities and urges his audience to become informed on important social issues. During the pandemic alone, Chris has used his platform to support local small black owned businesses, donate to individuals impacted by COVID-19, and gift teachers supplies they need to fill their classrooms this year.

Kurtis Conner

Folks! (Watch his videos and you will get this reference.) Kurtis Conner is another commentary YouTuber that makes videos on cringe-worthy topics. He normally calls out weird people on the internet for creating really weird (and typically offensive) content. He’s also a stand-up comedian so his videos are full of silly jokes and plenty of one-man skits in front of a green screen.

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