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Spamtasy		2012-02-20 11:22:01 PM

+1 and a cookie for this headline subby

FirstNationalBastard		2012-02-21 12:07:41 AM

Whar "DOINK DOINK"?

Elandriel		2012-02-21 12:21:39 AM

FirstNationalBastard: Whar "DOINK DOINK"?

It's inside all of us.

RoyFokker'sGhost		2012-02-21 12:58:58 AM

FirstNationalBastard: Whar "DOINK DOINK"?

In this case it's 'DUM DUM'

usernameguy		2012-02-21 01:24:57 AM

"With the help of Web MD, I was recently self diagnosed as a sex addict."

Trek Lightning		2012-02-21 01:39:28 AM

According to Dr G: Medical Examiner I should have been dead a long time ago.

MrEricSir		2012-02-21 01:54:45 AM

This is the only possible explanation for the success of ER.

wildcardjack		2012-02-21 01:59:35 AM

I think of the medical science used in TV shows the same way I think of CSI science.

So lousy it wouldn't make it into Trekkie fan fiction.

Dwight_Yeast		2012-02-21 02:08:03 AM

So is it wrong that I diagnose myself based what Dr Spaceman says on 30 Rock?

usernameguy		2012-02-21 02:21:57 AM

Dwight_Yeast: So is it wrong that I diagnose myself based what Dr Spaceman says on 30 Rock?

"Why's that baby covered in goop?"

"Because everything about this is disgusting!"

GentlemanJ		2012-02-21 02:50:18 AM

Well, one thing's for sure...it's not lupus.

John_David_Stutts		2012-02-21 02:55:58 AM

Anyone see Coronary Country on PBS last night? It was awesome.

Neeek		2012-02-21 03:57:52 AM

GentlemanJ: Well, one thing's for sure...it's not lupus.

I have a friend with lupus. She has generally negative feelings towards House, because she gets sick of people saying "it's not lupus" to her.

/Plus, it was lupus that one time.

xaks		2012-02-21 08:28:31 AM

My wife is a fan of that new anti-House show with Dana Delaney and Jeri Ryan....don't recall the exact title, like 'Body of ..." something...evidence, proof...

Anyhow, the first episode I watched with her, and the whole thing was so House it wasn't even funny. They even MENTIONED the "Its not lupus!" joke while, you guessed it, making it Lupus. Well done.

/not mentioning the mental images of being between Jeri Ryan and Dana Delaney.....

verbaltoxin		2012-02-21 09:12:56 AM

Childrens Hospital is the best satire of this crap on television. I'm glad somebody finally made a good parody of the glut of doctor shows on TV.

The Martian Manhandler		2012-02-21 09:26:54 AM

True story: I diagnosed my wife's genetic abnormality while watching a show about circus freaks.

chapman		2012-02-21 10:02:56 AM

FirstNationalBastard: Whar "DOINK DOINK"?

media.screened.com

cherryl taggart		2012-02-21 10:13:41 AM

Trek Lightning: According to Dr G: Medical Examiner I should have been dead a long time ago.

How do you know you're not?

GameSprocket		2012-02-21 10:16:11 AM

House is a doctor? Don't doctors (oh, I don't know) actually examine patients and base treatments on some sort of detailed analysis? House just spouts out treatment plans after hearing a one sentence description of the patient. No wonder they almost kill each patient five times before getting the correct answer.

chapman		2012-02-21 10:37:32 AM

GameSprocket: House is a doctor? Don't doctors (oh, I don't know) actually examine patients and base treatments on some sort of detailed analysis? House just spouts out treatment plans after hearing a one sentence description of the patient. No wonder they almost kill each patient five times before getting the correct answer.

He just picks the most "medically" sounding diagnosis the first time. Sarcoidosis is always in the mix. Between his slipshod diagnosis technique, his chronic drug use and his habit of trying to kill people during emotional outbursts, I might think twice about him as my doctor.

Cuthbert Allgood		2012-02-21 11:43:31 AM

It's not lupus

hugheric		2012-02-21 11:55:21 AM

"yeah, but he has the good Hodgkins right, like the kid on party of five?"

oren0		2012-02-21 04:24:01 PM

chapman: GameSprocket: House is a doctor? Don't doctors (oh, I don't know) actually examine patients and base treatments on some sort of detailed analysis? House just spouts out treatment plans after hearing a one sentence description of the patient. No wonder they almost kill each patient five times before getting the correct answer.

He just picks the most "medically" sounding diagnosis the first time. Sarcoidosis is always in the mix. Between his slipshod diagnosis technique, his chronic drug use and his habit of trying to kill people during emotional outbursts, I might think twice about him as my doctor.

You might get a kick out of this site (new window), where the medicine in each House episode is reviewed by a real doctor.

HulkHands		2012-02-21 08:29:05 PM

In the American healthcare system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the TV shows which write plots about diseases, and the viewers who diagnose themselves from them. These are their stories. Dun Dun

/ftfy

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