alt Hacker NewsTo examine why, a thought experiement:
Scenes: The doctor in his office, The consultation. The surgery.
We have a carousel of sound tracks. What kind of movie soundtrack fits best?
What's the difference between cutting out someone's liver in a garage or shed or car vs. doing it in an operating room?
In 2020, a mere 2 months before all the lockdowns, I was being wheeled in for an inguinal hernia repair. I was deeply engaged in chit-chat with the nurses and surgeon, and I had been listening to "Weird Al" Yankovic a lot, because he had released a song and video called "Living with a Hernia".
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ow1nlafOg&si=R3m4K3kDQiC...
I asked them if they were familiar with "Weird Al" and they said no, so I began singing a few bars of "Like a Surgeon" and they were mildly amused. That continued right up until they put the anaesthesia mask on my face.
The surgery was a great success!