• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    bites tongue

    I GOTTA BE ‘WELL ACTUALLY GUY’. I can’t help it.

    A defib would actually be the Hearty Less Retardy.

    Edit: And if that offends you, sorry. But it’s literally accurate.

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      1 year ago

      Instead of pedant maybe we can say (and I don’t actually mean this as an insult)… picky pricky?

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        1 year ago

        Despite what happens in movies, defibrillators are used to stop arrhythmia and don’t jump start hearts back up. Arhythmia is when the timing/pace is out of sync, which is also known as timing retardation. Although we usually use that term for engines, it’s essentially the exact same thing.