Desblade101

Desblade101 t1_j9aka1c wrote

Reply to comment by Beyond-Time in TIL that, as recently as 34 years ago, water from the Great Salt Lake was pumped into the desert so that the lake water level would not get too high. by SoBeefy

There was a geographer named John Wesley Powell who proposed making all western states based off of their watersheds to avoid water conflicts in the future. Obviously he was overruled because of politicians who wanted to make sure the right people were making money like taking Nevada away from the Mormons when they found silver there.

But that kind of system would lead to much better natural resource management than our current system.

https://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/defining-the-west-boundaries-john-wesley-powell

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Desblade101 t1_itppmcp wrote

Reply to comment by MedicalJargon-itis in TIL Michael DeBakey, developed over many years the technique of replacing the damaged aorta with a tube made of polyethylene terephthalate. He himself suffered aortic dissection at the age of 97 and survived for two years thanks to the technique he developed himself. by Bobba_fat

I was telling my wife yesterday that we should basically say no extreme measures to keep people alive past 85 years old unless they specifically say otherwise.

Then she was like so you want the 90 year old dancing her booty off for her birthday at the drag show to just give up if she dies?

Yes, literally yes, or we can break all her ribs, put a trach and a peg in her, and watch her be a vegetable for the last 5 years of her life instead of letting our last memories of her being the cool old lady that can still shake it with the drag queens at 90.

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