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[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Man, that show really went to shit...

[–] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 hours ago

"I'm very concerned about my surgery, is the surgeon very talented?"

"Oh, he fucks"

"You mean that figuratively? As in, he's very good at what he does?"

"..."

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago
[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

If a retail worker did that shit they'd get fired on the spot. What a shit show smfh.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure if a retail worker was caught performing surgery, they'd be arrested.

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Harharhar you're so funny I'm belly laughing right now.

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Much harder to replace a trained anaesthetist than a retail worker, though.

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Not a good excuse

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 36 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Look he's been travelling through time and space for thousands of years and spent billions of years dying repeatedly in a time loop, i don't think he gives a shit about some patient in surgery when there's a chance to get his end away.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago

Specially if he gets to tap peak Billie Piper or Freema Agyeman.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

He will tap 'dat four times

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

A masterful joke.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

Best comment in this entire conversation thread!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

the everfucking fuck, he's an anaesthetist. anyone else in the OR can skip out for 15 seconds to fuck, he can't.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

oh look at johnny 20 seconds here

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 13 hours ago

Yep it's in the rules.

Anyone but the anaesthetist. They are supposed to wait until after the operation, but the advantages they get to take their time.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 19 hours ago

it gets bigger on the inside.

Timelords are canines, confirmed

[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

honestly I don't even care, at least the doctor wasn't fucking the patient

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 13 hours ago

That would have been better. The problem seems to have been leaving the operating room.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why did they put a time lord into the operations room, anyway?

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

Who is this doctor anyways‽

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

LIES! Doctor Who would never leave a patient like that!

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

... left the patient to have sex with a nurse who was allowed to practise.

I presume the nurse was practising having sex with patients

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

I presume the nurse was practising having sex with patients

yet another way the NHS is superior to us healthcare.... damn...

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Doctor Who is getting nuts these days.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Per the headline, it seems he's giving nuts more than getting nuts. But maybe both?

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A whole lot of you seem to prefer your narcissistic surgeon to operate on you while horny out of his mind. If he's got a boner to the point he can't concentrate, and I can be kept stable a few minutes, and he has a willing partner, be my guest.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 46 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It was an anesthesiologist. And yeah, I'd much rather be kept sleep throughout the entire surgery, thanks.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So that it's clear to everyone, anesthesiologists are usually the highest paid person on any surgical team, and there's a reason for that. Knocking you out without killing you is hard.

That said, the guy did leave someone else to monitor things, and wasn't gone for much more than a long bathroom break.

[–] Coopr8@kbin.earth 18 points 1 day ago

Open secret of the surgery business is that the CRNAs (specialty anesthesia nurses) do all the actual anesthesia work, the Anesthesiologist's job is really to pick the anesthetic based on patient history and bloodwork, do the calculations for dosing based on body weight, and attend for interventions if something goes wrong. The Nurse he put in charge when he left was almost certainly already doing all the work anyway and he was just twiddling his thumbs with a hard on in the corner.

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