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[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 points 21 hours ago

I've never been to a convention. :(

[-] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 8 points 21 hours ago

Honestly, I like to avoid them. They sound fun at first, but then you realize that you're going to be in a room with strangers for 8 hours and at the last minute you realize, "would anyone really notice if I just skipped out?" And, "why do I always get invited to the talc and sulphates convention and not the candy convention?"

I do travel a lot for work, and frequently see conventioneers at hotels. The Excruciating Implantable Medical Device Convention (with posters) looked amazing. I honestly thought about crashing that one.

[-] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 19 hours ago

Honestly, the 'Talc and Sulphates' convention sounds fun to crash at least once in your life. It's only when a topic is old-hat that it becomes boring.... I've always enjoyed listening to people who really know their shit talk about topics they like.

'Implantable Medical Devices' is either AWESOME or AWFUL depending on the kind/purpose of the device. Excruciating is definitely on the awful side, though, so pass on that one.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 points 16 hours ago

Hahaha, like the Ventricular Assist Devices.

They bore a one-inch diameter hole in the heart, suture a BLDC impeller motor (VAD) on, then cut into the aorta or whatever, suture fancy material stuff to a tube that then redirects the blood flow through the motor. And a fancy cable that exits your abdomen and connects to the electronics.

It was the single most disturbing thing I've ever had the displeasure of working with. I really wish I didn't know how it worked.

[-] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

And down the rabbit hole we go!

I found stuff about LVAD, but somehow RVAD seems to be much more phallic. But maybe that's what gets your heart racing....

Can't figure out inline images in lemmy. This should be the joke: https://lemmy.myserv.one/pictrs/image/0990c4e3-e575-4824-a018-0ce119eb3ad4.jxl

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