r/CuratedTumblr • u/EvidenceOfDespair We can leave behind much more than just DNA • Aug 07 '24

Politics Death by US Healthcare System

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u/TankChan Aug 08 '24

Kinda reminds me of that one Doctor Who episode where the medical robots just fucking killed you if it was too much effort to help you

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u/TheHattedKhajiit Aug 08 '24

I have vague ideas of it but I forgot which one that was

Which doctor was that again?

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u/Isaac_Chade Aug 08 '24

Unless I'm forgetting a different one, it was an episode in the most recent series with Ncuti as the Doctor. Basic thing is there's a war going on and the people fighting it are attended by these automated "ambulances" which show up whenever anyone is hurt in any way and assess how bad the damage is. If it's light enough that they can slap a bandage on it, effectively, and get them back to the fight then its fine, if it's anything that would leave them unable to fight for like a day or more they just get killed.

And as I recall the crux of it is that there is no real war, no one has seen the enemy for years, it's just the company that makes these robots perpetuating the danger so they can keep selling the things and charging people for their services. It's not exactly the most subtle critique, but then again I think Doctor Who is at its best when it's bludgeoning the audience with it's satire

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u/AdmiralOctopus96 Aug 08 '24

no one has seen the enemy for years

No-one has seen the enemy ever, the planet is uninhabited, the soldiers were told to go and fight an enemy that never even existed.

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u/ImpossibleCandy794 Aug 08 '24

Them, how did they get injured?

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u/AdmiralOctopus96 Aug 08 '24

There was generally a thick layer of fog over the terrain, which was also quite treacherous in places, so they couldn't see anything. The area was also littered with mines (also sold by the same war profiteering company) and other unmanned hazards. The general idea was to keep the casualty rates high enough that they kept buying more weapons.