Best doctors & medicine humor books according to redditors
We found 302 Reddit comments discussing the best doctors & medicine humor books. We ranked the 70 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 302 Reddit comments discussing the best doctors & medicine humor books. We ranked the 70 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
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Some of the reviews are funny, but overall, surprisingly it actually sounds like a book worth buying.
Hello, Cracked writer here.
I understand some of the frustration you feel, but I don't fully agree with your conclusions. I have done the Cracked list and it is a great launching off point for writing.
The format may be similar, but because it is popular and smarter than Buzzfeed or the many Buzzfeed knock-offs, it opens a lot of doors. I used my Cracked resume to get into contact with Fox Studios, and as a result I have had two seasons of a college sports web series called Suit Up, the second season now airing on DirecTV's Audience Channel.
There are several writers for the site who have gone on to be published. Among them
In addition, if you go into the Lounge section of the forum you will find threads about other sites that pay and offer other types of writing. I wrote for Playboy's The Smoking Jacket for a while.
Overall Cracked has made me a much better writer and prepared me for receiving feedback, collaborating with other authors and building credentials. It's not the end all, be all of crafting great writers, but it is a rare gem that it is a site that allows anyone to sign up, contribute whatever weird or obscure knowledge and get an article before hundreds of thousands to millions of readers, all while giving far more attention to developing writing far more than other sites.
The BBC series is on youtebe ... in parts(Part 1) Sometimes I just listen to it at work ... Yeah, the series is great.
If you happen to also be a Doctor Who fan you may be interested in SHADA ... It's bit of Doctor Who put together from a script that Adams wrote. A fun read if this is the kind of thing that you think you might be into.
Have you read the book Almost Black? Or are you just focusing on a couple of words without understanding the deeper context in how universities and employers have rejected Asians and American Natives because they're not the "right color", even though they're considered as being non-white? Affirmative Action served a good purpose in the past. But as I stated in my original post, Affirmative Action is being abused. It needs to be revisited and revised because it isn't as egalitarian as it was originally intended.
cs1098,
That's really thoughtful of you! I'll try giving you what items I think both gals/girls would appreciate.
All the best,
-wtffng
First thing: just basically do the opposite of what your parents did. :D
Seriously though, that's basically the gist of it. My parents were completely irresponsible. Mother was a total narcissist, and my father was not really qualified to be one. I only learned from them what not to do.
Also read as much as you can on the internet. There are tons of blogs and stuff about child-raising theories. Don't treat anything like the gospel, but it should give you ideas as to what is "normal".
I especially recommend this (hilarious) book you can get on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Traumatize-Your-Children-Deliberately/dp/1601063091/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487707694&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+traumatize+your+children
Basically this is your opportunity to treat your kids the way you wish your parents had treated you. I had a truly horrible mother (with whom I am no-contact), and now have 3 young girls who appear to be growing up very well adjusted. As long as you are aware that it was your parents, not you, who were at fault then you are on the right path to avoid being like them.
My wife came into the living room while I was playing guitar, stood there shaking for a moment, and when I asked her what was wrong she shoved the pee stuck at me and started crying. I was so confused, then I realized what it was and I started crying too.
That last face? Every guy that finds out he's going to be a father makes that face before the baby is born. To all the people commenting about the light leaving his face or how he looks miserable, this is a big realization and for a lot of guys, especially ones who don't expect it, it's a huge shock. I was happier than I'd been in months when my wife told me, but that didn't stop my panic attack and minor existential crisis later that day when she wasn't around.
To OP, congratulations! Don't let the haters bring you down. The next few months of your life are going to get absolutely insane. You're going to be tired, frustrated, and just plain worn out. You'll have some of the best sex you've ever had in your marriage. You'll have some of the most awkward sex you've ever had in your marriage. You're going to grow closer to your spouse, you're going to laugh, and you're going to cry. Once your kid is here, you're going to lose sleep. They don't smile right away, either, because they don't know how. Be supportive of your wife and patient with your child. She's going through some huge changes right now, and they're learning everything there is for the first time ever.
Remember that you're not alone, and that tons of other dads have been exactly where you are. There's a lot of "bad dad" stereotyping in the world, at least in the US, where every dad on TV is either obnoxious and oblivious or a bumbling idiot that can't do anything right. People will make jokes at your expense. You will hear "aw, is daddy babysitting today?" A LOT (I've found that replying with "No, I'm a father not a babysitter" shuts that shit down real quick). Don't let it get you down. It's the toughest job there is, but its also the best thing that'll ever happen to you.
There's a lot of literature out there to help you, but a lot of it feels patronising and condescending. This book was a huge help for me, I can't recommend it enough. There are several books in the "For Dummies" series that tell it like it is and don't talk down to you. The more you know, the easier it is to be supportive.
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I like the one that tells you what your poop means. Its accurate and god damn hilarious.
Edit: here's the link. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0811857824?pc_redir=1406027754&robot_redir=1
"Abortion. It results in less criminal charges than me drop kicking her stomach."
"If I find out I have a kid only one of us will be alive within 6 months."
"I bet people told Hitler's dad he'd make a great father, look how his kid turned out. Mine would be worse."
"I'd rather remove my testicles with a shard of my glasses."
"I've already picked up a book on parenting! It's called How to Traumatize Your Children. It's the only guide on parenting I'm going to use."
"Sorry, there's already over 20 court orders preventing me from being in any way responsible for children. In fact, I should even be within 200m in any direction of one, but my parole officer is pretty understanding."
"But I'm nearing a metric ton of aborted foetuses. I need to complete my collection first."
"It's the only way I can still consume the flesh of my victims, I actually am a doctor who performs abortions."
"My therapists are concerned that I might listen to the voices in my head which say to flay the flesh of all those related to me by blood, and so shouldn't have kids."
"How long do you think it'll take to have the kid drinking me under the table? Nobody can keep up, and if I can't make a person able to I might as well just stick to slapping down a grand every time I come across someone drinking."
"Pffft, my girlfriend is aiming to be in the Guinness book of records for the most abortions, and I'm not getting in the way of her ambitions."
"I won't allow any baby that can't beat me in a fight share my DNA. I'm nearly at 500 victories, no losses. All fights have resulted in fatality."
All that I can come with right now.
There's a book about it as well. A doctor I work with bought it and loves showing all the random crap.
Or a fork. How about sunglasses?
From the book Stuck Up.
Reminds me of the book about things found stuck up people’s butts.
The Postmortal by Drew Magary is amazing.
It's set in a world where a cure to aging is discovered, and made available worldwide. There's the standard government euthanasia programs and cults, but the author also does a really good job of talking about what it would actually be like to live in a world where no one aged - what would happen to the value of our dollar? Where would everyone live? How do we treat the people who choose not to get the age cure?
It's a book that stuck with me a really long time after reading it.
The downside with not aging is that you're almost guaranteed to die a shitty death.
Here is an interesting fiction book on the topic.
MS1 here:
Is she a coffee or tea drinker? If so, there are companies that do some really cool "coffee or tea" of the month deals. I've gone through quite a bit of coffee since I began...
Here are some really awesome books: House of God, Emperor of All Maladies, and Complications to name a few.
I wouldn't recommend getting her a stethoscope/medical supplies because they can be very personal. Sure, they're all roughly the same but it's an instrument you're going to be using for many years to come. "This is my stethoscope. There are many like it but this one is mine..." Just my 2 cents, at least.
I hope that helps! If I come up with any others, I'll post them here.
Coincidentally, there is a book about this (and other things).
Layman here: I'm fairly sure it's because of how humans develop in the womb. Up to a certain point males and females develop the same way - i.e. nipples, hands, feet, etc. Then cells begin to specialize depending on gender and other genetic differences. For example, the cells that develop into the foreskin on a male develop into the labia on a female. Nipples are developed before any of this specialization.
There's a whole book of these.
So, interesting tidbit, this is actually a promo bookmark for the novel Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. The protagonist spends the majority of the book with anal beads stuck so far up his ass he can't get them out. The climax is explosive.
Edit: It's been made into a kind of okay movie starring Sam Rockwell!
A lot of these were covered in the book Don't swallow your gum, which is a fun quick read if you're interested in this sort of thing.
The only episode I've truly liked so far is last week's, and I didn't care for the ending of it. Which makes me sad, because I want to love Capaldi so bad. I just don't feel that he is being given the support he needs to be a good character. What I want is some good ol' Douglas Adams type writing.
I highly suggest Shada for your reading pleasure. Compiled from Douglas Adams' notes and incomplete script for a six part finale to Tom Baker era season 7, to be fully formed and plot holes filled by Gareth Roberts.
The Postmortal?
Even the Minions version?
EDIT: What about this
The postmortalworld is one guess: https://www.amazon.com/Postmortal-Drew-Magary/dp/0143119826
I tend to think the knowledge that you have to live with your mistakes might make us more cautious.
Brain-chemistry wise I expect we'd become more and more incapable of remembering everyone we know, all the things we've done etc. over time.
The postmortal- drew margary http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0143119826?pc_redir=1406726645&robot_redir=1
You need you read this book. It's proven by studies and physicians. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/031253387X
How to Traumatize Your Children: 7 Proven Methods to Help You Screw Up Your Kids Deliberately and with Skill https://www.amazon.com/dp/1601063091/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_hP9FybM05FGDN
Have answers for the most basic questions:
"Why medicine?" - You will see this phrased a lot of ways. "What attracted you to the medical field?" "What do you think being a doctor is like?" "Tell me how you ended up in this room today."
"Why do you want to come to [this school/ this program]?"
"What are your biggest strengths/weaknesses."
Be knowledgeable about basic medical ethics, and stay current with healthcare news. After all, general election is next year, right when you'll be starting classes.
If you're looking for a book to read that might give you perspective on aspects of medicine you may not have considered, you should start here. Avoid books like Mountains Beyond Mountains.
*Edit: and of course, congrats on your interview? :)
LOL, get any surprising colors? Also, I'd just like to drop a link to a good bathroom read (seemed apropos).
House of God
https://www.amazon.com/House-God-Samuel-Shem/dp/0425238091/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1480360800&sr=1-1&keywords=house+of+god
Zone One - by Colson Whitehead
and one to avoid - Warm Bodies -- thought it was reimagined twilight trash
Well, to be fair, some do - it's their specialty.
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/
Fight Club, by Chuck Pahlaniuk sounds like it's right up your alley.
In fact, a lot of Pahlaniuk's books are kind of anarchist at heart. If you've read Fight Club, maybe check out Choke or Rant or Survivor or Lullaby.
The premise reminds me of The Postmortal by Drew Magary. It's not a horror story, but it has the same dystopic kind of themes. Good stuff, both this and that.
Sleep as much as you can. Get a very nice bed. Get black out curtains and make sure you have AC after night shifts so you can sleep well and get up and do it again the next night. Do not be late. 80% of success is showing up. Don't forget to eat, pee etc. - plan it into your day...you may find yourself irritable and forgetful at 4am and it may be you forgot to eat or pee.
Invest in your education, or use education money (we got ~$800) to have an "ectopic brain," reference smartphone app (I like PEPID (Emergency physician) but its expensive) to look up everything you are not sure of, or have never heard before. I used this , a high quality monthly podcast, and test questions to get 2nd highest inservice exam score in my residency without doing any book reading, which I hate. (WARNING! YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY)
Trust no one - verify everything...you will get burned constantly by people telling you things then writing something else in the chart...think "prelim read".
Do it yourself - do not cut corners at this stage of the game - be complete. Never do the "patient looks good from door" note, or "nurse says patient okay".
Do it NOW...get things going early (consults, procedures, discharges, etc.)- write notes after if you are crunched for time. Short notes are much better than book chapters copied from the previous day's note. Think Haiku - focus on the salient points; minimize long swaths of negative this and that. Make sure the plan is clear and legible.
EXAMINE your patients! This includes looking under the diaper (peds and geriatrics!), looking in the ears, doing the rectal exam, practicing your fundoscopy, looking at the sacrum, taking off and examining all areas under dressings.
DO NOT LIE TO ANYBODY! "I don't know," or "I didn't check," is perfectly acceptable for an intern as a response. Lying will be quickly discovered and your reputation is all you got, my friend.
Do not accept abuse from anybody, especially attendings, senior residents, consultants, chief residents. Being called stupid or a dummy is NOT okay. That is completely unprofessional! But, do not respond, do not "fight back". --take it to your program director at once, let them deal with it, that is their job.
Do not feel inferior because you don't know something - if you didn't need to be taught, you wouldn't be in residency. Instead - bone up on the subject.
Always jump at the opportunity to teach, do case write-ups, short lectures - this is the best way to learn.
If you have tests in your future, study a little bit (15-30 mins) every day without fail and you will do well without freaking or having to cram too much.
Read House of God Timeless wisdom, like "gomers go to ground", and "if you don't want to find a fever, don't take a temperature".
Exercise every day - again - 15-30 mins is perfect...can be as little as a walk outside to a round of situps and pushups - mene sano en corpe sano!
I could go on forever. Before you know it, intern year will be over. THERE IS AN END TO INTERNSHIP!
Good luck!
Miguel de Unamuno "Tragic Sense of Life"
Paulo Freire "Pedagogy of the Oppressed"
John Ruskin "Unto This Last"
William Morris "News From Nowhere"
Marge Piercy "Woman on the Edge of Time"
Aristotle "Nicomachean Ethics"
Tommaso Campanella "City of the Sun" / Michel de Montaigne "Of Cannibals"
Habermas "Philosophical Discourse of Modernity"
Soren Kierkegaard "Either/Or"
Kafka "The Castle"
Lewis Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There"
Of each, I would do as the King says: start at the beginning, and go on until you reach the end: then stop.
She needs to read this book. She'll get her answer and then some.
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
Actually a good coffee table book for those interested.
Also, if this is rather common for you, or you're interested in learning more about different poo's, may I recommend What's Your Poo Telling You?
I've got a few more:
https://www.amazon.com/House-God-Samuel-Shem/dp/0425238091
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312680082/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apis_1492713671983
This hilarious book full of X rays of weird stuff stuck up peoples Butts and other orifices and such.
http://www.amazon.com/Choke-Chuck-Palahniuk/dp/0385720920/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418779540&sr=8-1&keywords=Choke+book
Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be “saved” by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor’s life, go on to send checks to support him. When he’s not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park.
Its a pretty awesome book
There are whole books related to this. Source: I have a good friend who's a doctor. The stories he tells.....
You should read the book: http://www.amazon.com/Nipples-Hundreds-Questions-Doctor-Martini/dp/1400082315
Relevant
Try Colson Whitehead's Zone One. He creates a pretty good post-apocalyptic world.
I understand the universalizing of interests to mean that citizens should look beyond the "national interest" to create the European-wide public sphere that is necessary for a democracy that is not tied to the confines of individual nation-states.
As for whose interests those are, it should be of those citizens who must formulate in public discourse their substantive critiques and objectives.
Now, I do not know as much about his position regarding modernity. Ronald Beiner's Political Philosophy goes into how Habermas defends modernity and how it is most pronounced in The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, and ultimately how it is an imperfect formulation (as with the other major theorists surveyed in the book).
So I cannot really comment on his views on that at this time, but this makes me want to more thoroughly read that section.
By original intentions I referred more to the concrete formulation of the EU constitution and how it failed in the referendum. Surely the roots of the Union are more in the Cold War-onward economic policies of Western Europe, with the political union as an afterthought by the elites.
Most of the political elite desire the existing constitutional states as methods to consolidate power. But the pace of economic adversity that affects the citizens, combined with the nation-state's increasing impotence to alleviate it, will create an impasse.
Economic globalization will force nation-states to choose *between constitutional institutions at the supranational level in order to have coherent political and economic policy with functioning democracy; or the multi-national corporation model, with individual nation-states utterly incapable of holding corporate entities accountable while they employ or economically affect a significant number of the human race.
Interestingly enough, this was the title of a book: "Why do men have nipples?" Which was a pretty good read in case anyone was interested. Mainly men have nipples because nipples are developed during fetal development, many male and female traits are developed at the same time during this stage. Only certain traits that ensure genetic success in eaither males or females are differentiated. It's all explained quite nicely here. And yes many mammalian males have nipples as they don't necessarily impact reproductive success.
Oh, there's much darker. I think the book was ultimately very sweet and touching even amid the harsh setting.
I'm with you, I don't like dard for dark's sake. But I think there's a big difference between Choke and, say, The Alienist which is the darkest book I've ever read, but also one of the best.
Was it a joke? Because... that's a good joke gift.
Yes, yes you should use it to buy yourself a nice bottle of bourbon. I agree.
Only book I got was this one: https://www.amazon.com/How-Traumatize-Your-Children-Deliberately/dp/1601063091
Kill as few patients as possible
its a quick read about different aspects of outpatient practice from a GP. you can finish it in about two hours, but always good to come back to.
A lot of folks have been wanting to know how exactly I "conned" med schools. So I'm coming out with my book Almost Black to answer all your questions. https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Black-Medical-School-Pretending/dp/1483576043/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472949165&sr=8-1&keywords=almost+black+book
Anesthesia at root is applied physiology. If that appeals to you, give it a shot.
Others may disagree, but I found that The House of God was tremendously helpful in thinking about things. Read it before and after third year med school and before and after internship. It pulled everything together for me - I got to the end of third year thinking "you know, I haven't just loved any of these things..." and decided to give anesthesia a try. Came home from the second day of my M4 rotation and told my wife I had decided what to do.
His book is also really great.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Postmortal-Novel-Drew-Magary/dp/0143119826
You should get the greatest bathroom book of all time, "What is your poo telling you?"
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824
I owned it once, but then slipped it into some chicks purse during a party at my house. Otherwise, I would look it up for you.
The book House of God was actually based on the hospital this happened in (Beth Israel). Really a great read for anyone looking to find out more about (what hopefully used to be) the culture of medicine.
Edit: and apparently it's on sale.
I'm buying Zone One for Christmas for a friend. We both really loved WWZ. But I haven't read it and it just came out a couple months ago.
I really like post-apocalyptic books but read zombie books to get my fix. Here are some P-A things you might enjoy. However no zombies.
One Second After
Y: The Last Man
Already done!
There's a book you should read
Are you interested in medicine? House of God by Samuel Shem is about an intern at "the House of God" (read: Beth Israel Hospital). It's basically mandatory reading for anyone who works in healthcare. It's also extremely dark humor, so if you're offended easily I would avoid it.
You didn't mention books but I am going to give you two anyways: You must read House of God by Samuel Shem. It's a really fantastic satirical novel about first year medical students. You should also check our Into the Breach: A Year of Life and Death with EMS. Sort of a wacker book, but still worth a read.
Also check out the movie Mother, Jugs, and Speed
then you'd like this book
Ever read Zone One by Colson Whitehead? Fantastic zombie book. Set in NYC focusing on a dude that's part of a military 'clean-up' team trying to retake a part of the city.
There's a similar idea in that book where occasionally a zombie will be basically paused, stuck doing an action from their previous life or whatever.
Extremely well-written story and a lot deeper than just a typical zombie-fest, check it out.
OP, your experience reminds me of something similar. When I was pregnant (and had been NC with Nmom for about 4 years at that point) someone gave my ex husband and I this book as a joke. Everyone laughed at it while reading sections out loud reacting with comments of "who would actually do this stuff!?"
I wasn't laughing. All the things they read were things that had happened to me as a child. The really embarrassing part is that I didn't know that those things were considered ways to traumatize a child until that book.
A good parenting book should do :))  
If you want a pet but can't afford to feed it  
Or something to keep your pens with https://www.amazon.com/Carp-Zipper-Pouch-Weird-Pencil/dp/B014IJ4QC6/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1487141549&sr=8-10&keywords=weird
Woops, it's called postmortal
This has been done and been done better. Post Mortal was a pretty good book for a sports writer trying to break his mold.
http://www.amazon.ca/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824
You sound like a prime candidate for SAA.
Also read Choke.
Goes great with [this book] (http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343889726&sr=8-1&keywords=what%27s+your+poo+telling+you)
Atul Gawande - Better, Complications, and checklist manifesto.
Sandeep Jauhar - Intern
Jerome Groopman - How doctor's think
Michael Collins - Hot lights, cold steel and Blue collar, blue scrubs
Samuel Shem - House of God
Brian Eule - Match day
Paul Ruggieri - Confessions of a surgeon
Emily R. Transue - On call
Okay so I was in the same position you are in right now. I wanted to read as much as I could because I truly found it fascinating. I read these books and I'm glad I did. These books just give you an idea of how hard doctors work and what the life of a doctor is like. Another recommendation is Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential. It has nothing to do with medicine but I read it and I think you should too. He talks about the life of a chef and how perfection and long long hours are demanded of him. I feel like there are some overlaps between the different settings. Chef/doctor and Restaurant/hospital. Anyways, This list should last you a long time. Hope you enjoy.
Edit: Added links.
My sister is a lesbian and on the back of the toilet in their guest bathroom they have this book
Chuck Palahniuk wrote 'Choke'. Full disclosure, I've only seen the movie but I believe it's close to the source.
Pen Light It's probably a little too bright but it's still awesome none-the-less
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008BFS5 The stylus might be more appropriate
I have also heard great things about the book The House of God even if you are not religious. I have not had a chance to read it yet but it's on my list.
If you are trying to spend a little more money an engraves stethoscope (I recommend the Cardiology III) is always appreciated.
http://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Up-Inserted-Ingested-Shouldnt/dp/0312680082/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342288684&sr=1-1&keywords=stuck+up
There's a book by the same name that answers that:
http://www.amazon.com/Nipples-Hundreds-Questions-Doctor-Martini/dp/1400082315/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342245205&sr=8-1&keywords=why+do+men+have+nipples
Also noticed the 'Whats Your Poo Telling You' in the bottom left. They seem like wonderful people.
I've just finished reading a novel called PostMortal. You should grab it.
It's the authors first novel, but it's pretty good and he's ambitiously attempted to describe a world where the cure for aging has been discovered. Addresses this question and many others.
I don't know how to write spoiler hiding text, so I won't tell you what he does with this issue.
Have you read The Postmortal?
One of my favorite books, but I can't stand Drew Magary of Deadspin, he's always ripping on the Browns.
I got them all this book: STUCK UP
9 preceptors.
9 books.
They all loved it.
I have both Everyone Poops and this as light bathroom reading.
I purchased the book Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini for my dad after he asked me this question.
It's also a book;
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824
Honestly, I will NEVER BE THIS BORED in my life to attempt something like this.
...But there's MORE
I think I speak for everyone when I say this
http://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Up-Inserted-Ingested-ebook/dp/B0056DR5KY
Have you read Post Mortal? It covers one possible outcome of a "cure for aging". Scary stuff.
The Postmortal by Drew Magary. I wish this book got more love. I'm terrible at descriptions so I'll post a link to AMAZON
This might only be peripherally relevant, but Habermas devotes a lot of space in his Philosophical Discourse of Modernity to discussing Nietzsche's project - and he's pretty sceptic. Habermas is obviously highly normative, criticizing Nietzsche with his own agenda in mente, so take him for what he is - but his analysis and insights are nevertheless pretty good, and extremely thorough. If you can disentangle his criticisms from his normative scope, I think Habermas' position could yield a good few critical points on Nietzsche's own critiques and project.
I'd love to read this:
Choke by Palahniuk! It's on my BOOKS wishlist
Here is the link to my books wishlist
Thank you for doing this contest! :)
You should read Choke! It's one of my favorite books, I guess it's a little NSFW but it's filled with fantastic quotes about life, my copy is filled with post-it's and highlighted verses, it truly is a wonderful read. Hope your day turns around :)
I'll guess $2113.88.
Link for if I win.
I love "Kill as Few Patients as Possible: And 56 Other Essays on How to Be the World's Best Doctor"
It's funny, well written and full of solid, good advice. I first read it in medical school and have carried it's lessons with me. I swear I remember it promising to make you "World's 2nd Best Doctor" though, because the author was already World's Best Doctor. Maybe they changed the title.
Well worth the $9!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580089178
The Postmortal
Its about a world where the cure for aging is found. You can never die from old age, but you can still die from everything else. It gets pretty dark at times, and assumes the worst about human nature, but I couldn't put it down.
1This always works for me..
2. Having 4 kids this looks like a must read for me
3. screw cancer x 1010230123123
If you liked John Dies at the End you might enjoy this, this, this or this.
Happy reading!
Indeed it is...
http://www.amazon.com/Choke-Chuck-Palahniuk/dp/0385720920
Postmortal everyone, you should read it ;)
The Post-mortal comes true.
if you are a fan of Dr. Who, Douglas Adams wrote a few specials for the show years ago, one of which was never produced, but was made from the original screenplay in to a book called Shada
Loved how 28 Days Later really rebooted the genre but all-time favorite has to be Dawn of the Dead (1978 version) with all it's glory and flaws.
If you'd asked favorite zombie story then it would have to be ZONE ONE by Colson Whitehead. Such an awesome story and could be described as "the Thinking Man's zombie novel."
Edit: What's your favorite?
>Why can't Warren be called on politics without dragging race into it?
The only offense was a white woman lying about being a woman of color. Getting called on it is not racial or an offense.
Universities enforce racist employment practices that exclude people based on race. Anything "racial" originates from institutionalized policies in academia.
Just like the Indian student that [lied about being black to get into Med School] (https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Black-Medical-School-Pretending/dp/1483576043), so did Elizabeth Warren lie about being Native American Indian.
is this your source OP?
There's a book that explains this called "Why Do Men Have Nipples".
Recent grad myself here, I just finished The Postmortal by Drew Magary, and it was both really exciting and thought-provoking. It is kind of a darkly comic dystopian thriller about what happens after we find the cure for aging. Lots in there for everyone, and so much fun to read (and talk about!). Here's Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Postmortal-Novel-Drew-Magary/dp/0143119826
Cheers!
http://www.amazon.ca/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322786838&sr=8-1
Poop analysis book?
http://www.amazon.com/Nipples-Hundreds-Questions-Doctor-Martini/dp/1400082315
Buy this book.
Because they read this book?
there is a great series of books that deal with sillly questions like these. http://www.amazon.com/Nipples-Hundreds-Questions-Doctor-Martini/dp/1400082315
Have you read The Postmortal
http://www.amazon.com/Postmortal-Drew-Magary/dp/0143119826
Already done: The Postmortal
Though the first book, Beat the Reaper is breathtakingly funny.
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342
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Amazon link
ISBN: 0312680082
I always marveled at immortality, thinking it would be neat to have a lifetime to achieve everything I wanted. After reading The Postmortal by Drew Magary, I became skeptical of it entirely. There emerged a business to kill those who had taken the cure for aging, and it's entirely corrupt. Great book, offering great perspectives on not just an infinite life, but our finite one as well.
You should read the book The Postmortal. I finished it a few weeks ago and found it really good from start to finish.
Book based on that premise
/u/EdgHG asking the real questions...
I found us some books that might be able to help us find out what we are doing wrong:
For [You] (http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405709811&sr=1-1&keywords=What%27s+Your+Poo+Telling+You%3F) and [Me] (http://www.amazon.com/Whats-My-Pee-Telling-Me/dp/081186877X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405709816&sr=1-1&keywords=What%27s+My+Pee+Telling+Me%3F)
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell. Mafia assassin medical intern, written by a med student. Try and put that shit down.
I don't know but this may help
http://www.amazon.com/Nipples-Hundreds-Questions-Doctor-Martini/dp/1400082315
Just thought of a great book that I'd like to share with you guys. Why do men have nipples? (Amazon Link)
I'm guessing people here would enjoy this BOOK.
I poop... about once a day. The thing is (T.M.I. WARNING) They used to be... substantial.... much more of a long softserve icecream (sorry for that) sort of thing. Now they are much smaller and firm. I think this is how they are supposed to be, once nice solid lump that comes out cleanly (which is a nice change) but the "urge" to go is much less strong now and the sense of satisfaction I get (poophoria as it is reffered to in "what your poo is telling you") is no where near the same. I'm pretty sure all is well... it's just very different from what I'm used to.
'Why do men have nipples' is actually a good bathroom book. http://www.amazon.com/Nipples-Hundreds-Questions-Doctor-Martini/dp/1400082315
Take a look at the two books from Douglas Adams (same guy as hitchhikers guide to the galaxy). Fantastic.
https://www.amazon.com/Shada-Doctor-Who-Adventures-Douglas/dp/0425261166
and
https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Death-Douglas-Adams/dp/0425283909/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S0KKMR7ZKZCKJMN1JYKQ
Buy This Book http://www.amazon.com/How-Traumatize-Your-Children-Deliberately/dp/1601063091
I'm a Dad, and my friend suggested Dad's Expecting Too! for me. It was broken down in to quick time-frames and was most valuable for the period leading up to and including childbirth. I had never had a close family member go through it before, so I was completely in the dark. The problem with most dad books, that I found anyway, was that many of them were too campy. Some either went the "snowflake" route: "daddy's have feelings too," and others were too "HEY BRO ITS A BABY, TIME TO STEP UP."
This one was a good balance. Though I took issue with how the book tended to treat expecting mothers as being made of fragile glass, both physically and mentally. Every woman is different, I suppose. I did love how it included personal anecdotes from actual readers of the book that were submitted over time. Those real bits were the gems.
Or God can be an expert on those areas? Everything is Going to Kill Everybody had a really good place for deodorant if you live in deptford would be elsewhere in sj.
This book suggest it isn't just sex toys that get lost
A specific book recommendation - Dad's Expecting Too
This one contained a lot of good information for guys about how women feel during pregnancy and how to be more understanding and a supportive partner through it. My husband found it a lot more readable than some of the other books, and I think it did wonders for his perspective on what I was going through.
Everything is Going to Kill Everybody had a really funny write up on that incident.
What if you already have kids? Do you have to kill them before you can become immortal?
On a serious note, don't think for a second that any law or legal barrier will stop people from acquiring the "immortality serum." The black market will provide what the legal market withholds. There's a really good novel about all this called The Postmortal that explores all of this.
Ottimo, userò questo post come promemoria.
Vorrei ricevere:
Elias Canetti - Massa e Potere
Friedrich Hebbel - Giudizio Universale con pause
Vollmann William T. - Afghanistan Picture Show ovvero, come ho salvato il mondo
Friedrich Dürrenmatt - Giustizia
Luca Simonetti - Contro la decrescita
Julio Cortázar, Carol Dunlop - Gli autonauti della cosmostrada
Roberto Esposito - Terza Persona
Alessandro Dal Lago - Clic. Grillo, Casaleggio e la demagogia elettronica
Pierre Bourdieu - Per una teoria della pratica
Samuel Shem - The House of God
Ma soprattutto:
Jacob Richard; Thomas Owen - Come vivere con un pene enorme
You should read this book:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Postmortal-A-Novel-ebook/dp/B0052RHFM2/ref=sr_1_1
It's about what happens when people stop dying.
I'm going to recommend the books of chuck palahniuk Preferably Survivor and choke
[I'd rather die] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Postmortal-Novel-Drew-Magary/dp/0143119826)
http://www.amazon.com/Nipples-Hundreds-Questions-Doctor-Martini/dp/1400082315
... along with similar books. I also want to say Quotationary, with over 20,000 quotes, but that book is MASSIVE.
There is a book about pretty much exactly this. It's called The Postmortal. It's really interesting and a pretty short read
My sister got me and my cousin books for christmas. i got "What my pee is telling me" and he got "What your poo is telling you"
http://www.amazon.com/How-Traumatize-Your-Children-Deliberately/dp/1601063091
How to Traumatize your Children. Read this, do the opposite.
Also brilliant as a wedding gift.
> I'm a guy and both of my nipples are inverted.
Reminds me of a rather interesting book.
Here ya go: http://www.amazon.com/Nipples-Hundreds-Questions-Doctor-Martini/dp/1400082315
available via amazon https://www.amazon.com/How-Traumatize-Your-Children-Deliberately/dp/1601063091/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505488969&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+traumatize+your+child
There's an amazing book called "The Postmortal" by Drew Magary that's about exactly this. Highly recommended.
https://www.amazon.com/Postmortal-Drew-Magary/dp/0143119826/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1T25PGE0G7D9O&keywords=the+postmortal&qid=1572102497&s=books&sprefix=the+postmortal%2Caps%2C166&sr=1-1
Zone One is my favorite Zombie Novel. It actually has some character development. I found this on my public library's Overdrive ebook collection.
Tooth and Nail was also a fun read.
Krinberry mentioned Wool below, that was also pretty engaging.
One of the pages of my poo book, "What's Your Poo Telling You?" talked about these poop transplants. Interesting to see it work in the real world.
The Postmortal: A Novel
Just started reading The Postmortal by Drew Magary and it is perfect for your needs. Best book I've read all year.
$11.06. I had a few that were a little more and a little less, but this is the closest.
Read 1984 for the dystopian aspect, for sci-fi pick up Isaac Asimov as mentioned by the_thinker.. And if you want a good, fun and captivating read, pick up Chuck Palahniuk's works, I'm a big fan of those. Try Survivor, Lullaby, Choke, any of those are amazing
I plan on getting this book and reading it in front of my son till he can actually understand what he is looking at. Then I will add a bunch of mark up to it, make it look well used etc. On his 14th birthday I will leave it out somewhere for him to find.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052RHFM2/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
Good story about Immortality
Books are awesome I have been getting into this authors books and so far I love them and would definitely want to read this book.
Rad kindle Case :)
Perhaps not as relevant as when I was in med school but read "House of God" by Samuel Shem
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0425238091
No. Very no. A few reasons:
First, the social problems caused by overpopulation discussed by others in this thread and books like The Postmortal.
Secondly, at best it would be really fucking boring after a while, but more likely it would turn into a nightmare. I suppose that if you knew you were going to be immortal, you could make some uber-safe investments and ride them until you were a bajillionaire, and then do whatever you want on this world for as long as it lasts; go back to school and get PhDs in everything and make all sorts of discoveries and inventions, and basically be a superhero. But after you've done all that, then you still have a literal eternity left to live. If you're smart you'll have devoted substantial energy to figuring out how you're going to get off of Earth and onto some other habitable planet before the Sun becomes a red giant. Maybe that's not even possible, in which case have fun enduring whatever surviving is like while the Sun incinerates the Earth. Even if it is possible to travel to another inhabitable world, you'll inevitably run into a similar problem wherever you go next, so in the best case you're probably going to spend untold trillions of years just traveling between different star systems. Which I'm sure is a spectacular experience at first, but anything will get boring after a thousand years, let alone ten billion. In any event, eventually your luck would run out and you'd end up on a planet with insufficient resources to allow you to get to another star system (again, that's probably the one we're on right now), in which case ultimately you'd just end up in a near-endless orbit around a brown dwarf star, waiting for the heat death of the universe to finally annihilate you. (Or not? What then?) Anyone who considers true immortality desirable doesn't understand what it would mean to be alive for literally eternity.
Finally, life just wears you down after a while. Have you ever talked to someone in their late 90s? They're almost universally ready to go. Not just because they're always in physical pain either: they have seen and done enough. Life contains a lot of joy but also a lot of pain, and it all gets to be really tiring after very long.
So no, I just wouldn't want to live forever under any circumstances. If there were some magical way to extend my life an extra 20 or 30, I guess maybe all the way up to 100 years or so, I might cautiously consider doing it, just because I'm curious to see what will happen in the future. But ultimately, I'm glad my life will someday come to an end.
Bea, goto sleep or I will leave you random video messages saying weird stuffs. Like Chuck Palahniuk quotes. Used would be amazing.
The ebook is for sale on Amazon here. I think I will need a couple Martinis to buy this one.
I'm only halfway through, but [The Postmortal] (http://amzn.com/0143119826) by Drew Magary sounds like it is exactly what you are looking for.
Your post reminds me of a book I saw last time I was in Borders. Ah, here it is:
Poo Log
Also, be sure to check out the seminal companion guide What's Your Poo Telling You?. I'm sure you'll be enlightened.
A book by that title exists.
From what I hear, the book is quite interesting. The author, who is a proponent of Single-Payer healthcare (which is relevant to my interests, at least) is a regular guest on what I consider to be the best talk-radio show on satellite radio, Stand Up! with Pete Dominic. You should check it out! Tell your friends.
He only needs this book
https://www.amazon.ca/Almost-Black-Medical-School-Pretending/dp/1483576043