30 “Unfun” Facts That Are Both Fascinating And Terrifying

What they did to I, Robot was a crime. If they want to make an Asimov detective movie, they should have gone with Caves of Steel. I still re-read that one ever few years.

That was such a scary time for many, and such an unfair stigma that people who got it had to endure. It's just a random disease like any other one, taking advantage of an easy transmission route. But I think that the initial reaction of disgust that so many people had actually in the long run helped people see how badly gay people were treated, and people like Princess Diana highlighted the unfairness and paranoia and showed society that compassion was the way, not condemnation. So, amidst the suffering, some good came out of it. And I am so glad that there are good treatments for it now, so that it doesn't even have to progress to the active stage of illness.

Asimov also wrote an incredible guide to the Shakespeare plays. It is one of my cherished possessions, as it is no longer in print.

Those were some of my fave books in HS, but I didn't find many.

Glad that you’re Dad was okay❤️‍🩹

agreed. despite how young i am, i will do a lot to fight against HIV/AIDS stigma… it even got to a point where i had to correct my teacher on a few bits (nearly ended up in detention, but it’s for the best)

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After not being there for my childhood dog at age 18 (I wasn't living at home at the time), I've been there for every pet I've had to have euthanized. I hold them and talk to them as they pass. Sometimes they pee on you at the very end. Sometimes they're in pain. It's traumatizing, but SO much better for them (and me) than not being there. I also chose to be at my dad's bedside the night he died. No one else in my family stayed. I held his hand as he died. I am so glad I did. Grief will blunt in time... regret is forever. I still regret not being there for Split when she was euthanized when I was 18... that was 23 years ago.

So was I. The thought of not petting and talking to my cat gently at the moment of departure was a completely impossible thought. Unfortunately, at the time where I live, it was not possible for a veterinarian to come to the home to perform the procedure, so unfortunately I had to stress the cat on the last car trip.

I'm 62, and have made this sad trip to the vet more than I would've liked---my preference being that our pets live way longer lives. I have held onto every single one until the vet said they were gone. I have openly, unashamedly cried my eyes out saying goodbye to them. I've even used up most of a new box of tissues crying. Even when they're old or sick, and you know it's coming soon, it's still a shock when it actually happens. All you want is just a little more time with them, because they were always there for you. Aw hell, I have to stop. I'm tearing up just writing this. To put it succinctly, your pets are there for you, through all your good times and bad times. It may be sad for you, but it's scary for them when they die. The very least you can do is be there for them, the whole way through, at the end.

Absolutely - it’s heartbreaking but it’s part of the contract. I hugged my cat and told her I loved her as they gave her the injection. Only decent thing to do.

I wouldn't have dared not to be there for Tap and you can bet I'll be there when Tana's time comes

I couldn't have left my dogs a lone. I had 2 of them on my knee while they was put to sleep. The other one was to big for my knee so I hopped up on the bench with him

Thank you for being there with your pets. To us, pets are part of our lives. To them, we are their whole lives.

While this is a wonderful thing to do, some people like to cherish the moments they see their pet last as happy moments. Seeing their pets and having their last memory be seeing them die and then dead WILL hurt too. here come the downvote bots...

It’s awful but you just have to be there ❤️

I have, over the past 15 years, adopted cats who would have been euthanized if I hadn't. All bar 2 had neurological issues. Be it an in utero virus, deliberate or accidental head trauma, delayed development etc. Heartbreaking as it is saying goodbye, never once have I not been there at their end. They gave me so much in what was sometimes only a few years but they had quality over quantity.

My parents had to put their dogs down and asked me to be in the room with the dogs because they couldn't bear it. Even then, we were all adults, I thought my parents could do anything like that.

I did not know about this fact. For every pet I've had I've been with them during their last moments. I thought that was normal!

I’ve had to not be there a couple of times - one a dog who had neutering surgery and a small inguinal hernia repaired. He somehow got the collar off and ripped out his stitches overnight. He was euthanized immediately on receiving our permission. The other was the ancient Guinea Pig that I’d rescued. It was the 4th time the poor old lady had been “rescued” and the first time anyone (me) got her an at least adequate place to live in. It was a 4’ square cage, and she raced madly around it for at least 10 minutes. She’d been living in a 5 gallon aquarium. She got a huge bladder stone and by the time I could find an exotic vet, she was moribund. I’d held her all of Sunday and missed work Monday. I was wrung out and the poor baby wasn’t there anymore. What was outrageous was the vet insisting on examining a creature clearly dying before they would do it. She didn’t need to be handled, she needed peace. She was at least 8 years old.

My cat had a lung collapse and was in huge pain when we emergency rushed her to the vet. They couldn't save her anymore at that point, just make her passing painless. I was there when she was put down and held her in my arms. I am sure she knew she was dying even before they gave her the sedatives. I wouldn't have ever left her alone in her last moments.

Exactly thank you! Also the process usually involves giving a pet some calming shot before as well.

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Why should it ever be humane in any way or just less painful for the guilty, tho'???

I once lost consciousness from peeing and sneezing at the same time. I’d proffer having one’s head lopped off might have a slightly more dramatic effect on one’s blood pressure.

Thank you, Joe. As a huge history fan with a particular interest in the Tudor Period, I've made quite a study of beheadings and decapitations. The historical record is ENTIRELY anecdotal while current scientific evidence proves that these stories are physically impossible in terms of retained conciousness after decapitation. Yet people still go on envisioning Languille's ghastly post-mortem face emoting like he knew exactly what was up.

Respectfully, and politely, this is not true. On A number of levels.

Lots of things in the US are for profit that shouldn't be, prisons, hospitals, schools, etc. And, here's the real sh!tty part, they're all connected

The school-to-prison-pipeline ensures a more modern form of slavery. It's no coincidence that an exorbitant share of prisoners is black, and that black people, especially young men, get long sentences where white people get a slap on the hand for the same crime.

Living here is like being one of the few sane people in an asylum for the criminally insane. And I live in the most progressive state in the US. I can't even imagine how horrible it is in regressive right wing states.

Driven by the American ruling class trying to make a profit off of incarcerating people, or make examples to keep everyone else in their place.

How does a country keep slavery alive and flourishing without a Draconian penal system?

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It's not the American psyche that is to blame, but our corrupt "justice" system and the fact that most of us feel powerless to stop it...

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Blah, blah, blah.......

My boyfriend is a psychiatric nurse practitioner in a prison. The number of medications available to inmates is insanely low and are rarely given as prescribed. Transferring facilities delays proper medication, possibly by weeks. He sees a huge portion of the population in the prison; so many inmates need hospitalized and treated, not imprisoned. It's incredibly sad and frustrating.

No profit in rehabilitation. Doing what best for society is socialism you know....

When I was released from federal prison, I was not eligible for halfway house placement due to my health. The halfway house kicked me out. My mom called the local probation office to ask what to do with me. The HEAD of the office said to drop me off at a hospital and hope I'm admitted.

Now they have " have you ever been arrested?" on applications. Not convicted mind you.