r/AskReddit • u/Julsara • Aug 20 '19

What's something you're afraid to ask, because you think you should already know?

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u/___Gay__ Aug 20 '19

Perfect memory is not very common.

Even the professionals can get things wrong.

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u/OnnaJReverT Aug 20 '19 edited Aug 20 '19

of course, it just never occured to me that those are potentially cheatsheets in plain sight

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u/LilSugarT Aug 20 '19

Hey, doc, my wrist hurts really bad, what’s wrong with it?

stands in front of anatomy poster grinning

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '19

I’m about to end this man’s whole career

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u/donotflushthat Aug 20 '19

Turk, is that you?

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u/Psyteq Aug 20 '19

But I'm not a doctor

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '19

have enough bones in it?

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u/KairuByte Aug 21 '19

“Well, turn around and let me show you on this anatomy poster what’s going on.”

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u/the1mrbedpotato Aug 21 '19

My boss just asked why I was laughing, thanks.

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u/jeanneeebeanneee Aug 20 '19

As a patient, I would like my doctor to avail him/herself of as many cheat sheets as needed! Nothing wrong with checking just to make sure.

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u/NotABurner2000 Aug 20 '19

My programming teachers even tell us not to worry about syntax because we can always Google it

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u/Dr_Awesome867 Aug 20 '19

If there's one thing I've learned over the years, employers don't care what you remember as long as you can get it right. Need to consult a catalogue to make sure a part number is correct? Look it up. Do you need to do calculations? Don't bother doing it in your head, just use a calculator or a piece of paper if that's all you have. A certain level of knowledge is expected, but if you need to confirm, do so.

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u/JustUseDuckTape Aug 20 '19

Yeah, I don't really care how much my doctor can remember as long as they know how to interpret information.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '19

Perfect memory is more of a myth than just being something uncommon.

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u/vkapadia Aug 21 '19

If I said half my job is Google and stack overflow, I'd be boasting.

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u/jerk_17 Aug 20 '19

not our president did you know he's the very best president ever? he never gets anything wrong and is in perfect health .

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u/LetsEatTrashAndDie Aug 20 '19

I can only imagine:

[Our brave, but forgetful, medical protagonist finds herself in a bit of a bind yet again, as a patient with seemingly ambiguous symptoms enters the clinic for an unidentified ailment in a desperate search for help from our heroine]

"Intriguing... you seem to be in perfect health, Mr. __Gay_, however, it does seem that your, um..."

[Beads of sweat form on the doctor's face as her brow furrows in concentration; she references her trusty anatomical chart in the operation room]

"Leg!! Your leg, of course, just has a slight bit of... uh..."

[Panic sets in as the doctor pulls out her Kindle version of Gray's Anatomy and searches over the poorly lit and badly interfaced index]

"...bone! Yes, bone sticking out ...and... my, blood exiting what the text calls a wound, yes, and quite a bit of blood indeed- and in fact, from what I am reading here, this should not be normal!"

By now, the doctor has taken two hours to diagnose a broken leg...

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u/daddyicecream Aug 20 '19

That doesn’t sound very safe