What, you think that duct tape can’t hold their Harvord degree? I got news for you, pal, it can hold it; and… hold it well.
There are none so blind…
Perhaps of the same school (or maybe even the same doc) as described by our resident Mercotan in this classic post.
TRUE story:
The late Art Hoppe, long-time resident humor columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, addressed this topic back in the early 1970’s, when sex-change operations were very new and very experimental at Stanford University, and very controversial.
He wrote a column titled “The Operation”, about a man who felt he had been born into the wrong body. So he went to Stanford for The Operation and came home as a gorgeous, long-haired blond Golden Retriever.
(I wish that article was on-line somewhere where it might be found.)
(ETA: I think that column was also sort of a spoof on the movie Myra Breckinridge which was current about that time.)
They aren’t. A clinic in the Netherlands is–one that has everyone else questioning their determination.
Got another example, or is this as transphobic as it seems?
Won thread in 5.
Geez, I got a chuckle from a silly pun. I wasn’t chuckling at the situation. I feel so scolded.
Did Left Hand’s joke blindside you, I wonder?
Yeah. I think this is someone trying to make a point about transgender people.
And now I feel stupid too.
:smack: I’m gonna need a second pot of coffee today.
Y’know, a little digging online reveals that, on the black market, apparently corneas are going for $24,000 a pop…
So, this woman and/or her physician would be not only potentially nuts, but stupid as well.
(Personally, I would have just given her saline drops, and when she complained that she could still see, told her that she just had Anton-Babinski Syndrome, and she was just hallucinating still having vision. I figure that’d at least buy me enough time to get away with my very reasonable fee for a dose of Doctor Ranchoth’s Painless Blinding Serum™)
I just didn’t see the humor in it.
Although repeated by multiple “news” outlets (probably just repeating the same script) I find it hard to believe a licensed professional would intentionally treat his patient this way. YMMV.
If s/he did, s/he should be arrested. If not, this woman is to be pitied. But does one get to apply for Medicare/Medicaid if the disability is of one’s own making?
A psychologist is not a medical professional. They’re not allowed to write prescriptions. I wonder how one would get access to “numbing eye drops.”
How about diluted toothache gel?
The original source for the story is something called “Barcroft TV.” I’ve never heard of it, but the story there says she acquired the numbing eye drops on a trip to Canada.
I see what you did there.
Clearly he was quite a visionary.
In a recent thread, I posted some things I look for in a news story that set off my hoax suspicions. One of them was when a news articles makes a point of saying it’s just reporting what another source said - this covers them for reporting when somebody else is lying.
In the linked article there are six separate times where the article says it is reporting what Barcroft TV said.
If you go to the Barcroft TV site, you’ll find that “Barcroft brings you the amazing side of life” and their sections are dedicated to HOT TOPICS, AMAZING REAL LIFE STORIES, UNBELIEVABLE BODIES, and INSPIRATIONAL LIVES.
Sigmund Fraud?
And if you’re not comfortable in your own skin, there’s always B.F. Skinner.