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I'm Not a Fuckin Surgeon, but I Know What to Do
"i was once a concertified life guard, and i've done first aid class is, you know, allbe it in high school, 30, forty years ago, whatever," he says. "In this case, this guy needs to have the wound cleaned, disinfected, probably get some stitches, wrapped in clean gauze, not a dirty fucking rag." He adds: "It occurred to me that one very effective way to get him to do what i knew was the right thing would have been to say to him, dude, i'm a fuckin surgeon, ok? I do this for a living".