My new old way

Good natured rant incoming!

I'm tired of hearing about how this ending is unrealistic and Starsky should have died. Ever since I discovered the show, my biggest pet peeve has been a good portion of the fandom griping about how unrealistic it is that he survives even if those same people are happy about the ending. Listen, I'm not trying to tell you how to consume and/or enjoy media, but this is a television show, my friends. You're telling me you watched "Satan's Witches" and were totally fine, but this is where you draw the line on suspending disbelief?

First, we never get a truly good look at Starsky’s injuries. We see the 3 holes in his back for a couple of seconds, but we have no information on trajectory, angles, potential exit wounds, etc. The writers weren't exactly medical experts. Lol! And we are never informed of the extent of his recovery. We only know he's alive and well enough to joke around with his friends while he's high as a kite on painkillers. The rest is left up to interpretation.

Second, if we're concerned about realism, Hutch should at the very least be medically retired and at worst dead several times over. The amount of concussions he'd sustained alone would have lasting, possibly lifelong side effects. That's without mentioning the mystery plague that was literally shutting down his organs, the rollover car crash into a canyon that pinned his leg to the ground for several days (that leg should be gone), the multitude of explosions he'd been standing mere feet away from, frickin botulism, and that one time in the episodes we don't speak of where both boys jump off a goddamn cliff. XD

"And what the hell do I do now? I’ve somehow lost the damn blind..."

Happy Birthday to Clint!

okay so here’s the Snakebite First Aid 101 that every Australian child is taught like ten billion times. If you get bitten by a snake:

- Try to get a look at the snake. Remember what it looks like. This will help emergency services get you the correct antidote as quickly as possible.

- Remain as calm as you possibly can. The faster your heart is beating, the less time you have.

- If the bite is on an arm/hand or leg/foot, bandage the area. This should be done IMMEDIATELY. Bandage it firmly, the same way that you would for a sprain. You are attempting to minimise bloodflow out of the bitten tissue. If you are not alone, it’s best to have somebody else do the bandaging. (A tourniquet is unnecessary in anything but the most dire circumstances. All this will do is lose you a limb for no reason.)

- If it is safe to do so, sit down immediately and keep the snakebite below your heart (opposite as for a sprain; you want the bite lower, not higher.) You can rest your back on a tree or something but it’s best not to lie down. This is to keep your heart rate and blood pressure as low as possible and make it as unlikely as possible that the venom will be pumped around your body.

- Call emergency services.

- If you don’t have a signal, send somebody else to find one and call emergency services. DO NOT go walking off to do this yourself if somebody else is available to do it. You want to do as little moving around as possible.

- If you are completely alone and have no access to emergency services, you are going to have to make the best decision you can and take a risk. If you can alert others without moving, this is ideal, but you may have to get up and move. If you’re in a snakeridden area, it’s best to never go alone or make sure you have a radio or phone (and signal), in addition to wearing snakeproof clothing. That way you can avoid this scenario. Being alone and unable to call for help with a snakebite is the worst case scenario, but it’s NOT a death sentence – bandage the bite, exert as little physical effort as possible, and if you have access to a vehicle, get to it as directly as you can to minimise walking.

In the meantime, I have to remind you that if you are overconfident and have no hiking experience, you are more likely to die in the forest, even knowing these facts.