Comments on: House — Episode 14 (Season 6): “Private Lives”

By: SuperAsterisk

SuperAsterisk — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:27:20 +0000

I seem to recall looks actually being VERY unimportant in how people choose who they want. Women especially.

In fact, the whole “unemployed” angle would turn away the vast majority of women right off the bat, no matter his looks.

Some that weren’t turned away by him being unemployed would be turned away by his lack of charm.

There is no certain way to turn away EVERY woman (in spite of what Hollywood and, of course, House says, different people are attracted to different things). Strangely enough, some women would be attracted to the lack of charm and unemployment, but I can’t imagine that he would have gotten more than one or two numbers. Even those looking for a purely physical relationship are attracted more to power than to looks.

For the record? Guys don’t go for looks first, either. Surprise! Hollywood got that one wrong, too. Kindness is more important to guys than looks. Yes, the girl with the great personality is actually the girl that you want to sleep with.

Assuming the smells match up (they’re important, too… but different smells for different people).

I’m sorry. This episode is on right now and it pisses me off SO much. It’s things like these that have lead to people having low self esteem in spite of the fact that they’re VERY attractive people, just not physically (by Hollywood’s standard).

By: Oh billy

Oh billy — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:58:32 +0000

Half the time they don’t get a full history is because the patient lies or withholds info.

By: kwh

kwh — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:09:01 +0000

Владимир Коротов, you are one weird and creepy dude.

By: Alek

Alek — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:40:09 +0000

Yeah, her hat. I thought it was cute how it fit her big giant head though. Anyway, ’twas a good episode, maybe not so medically correct, but fun. Prepon was nicely cast.
It almost makes me be not afraid for S7.

By: Tzvi L

Tzvi L — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:31:52 +0000

as a 3rd year MD student, I dont know enough yet, but doesn’t whipple’s entail a buildup of histocytes (macrophages) in the lymph nodes of the gut? where did the atypical lymphocytes comes in?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:52:16 +0000

did anyone else laugh at thirteen’s ridiculous russian mobster hat?

By: Aarthi

Aarthi — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:36:59 +0000

Pretty belated, but the bit about 2 people thinking she was still a vegetarian doesn’t mean they think fish are not animals, just that they equate “vegetarian” to “not eating 4-legged fuzzy animals” or “not eating animals with a higher-developed brain” and thus let fish slide. It sounds silly, but it’s a commonly held view.

Also, I don’t know if the speed dating was the best place to test the “looks” hypothesis. One, you only get 5 minutes to judge someone. It probably takes longer than that to evaluate someone’s personality or whether you two have chemistry, but just a moment to judge their looks. And two, the girls that go to speed dating are clearly actively looking to meet someone. More likely to be looking to be swept off their feet. It’s not quite a representative sample. Chase might have won his bet if it had been about how many of each guy’s friends would consider dating him.

By: LabbRatt

LabbRatt — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:33:08 +0000

Scott said, “… she complains that it is uncomfortable to lie down. Chase recognizes this as a sign of valvular heart disease”

Can someone be more specific about what sort of discomfort [when lying on her back] would a sign of valvular heart disease? Would it be pain (where?), difficulty breathing, or something else?

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:46:17 +0000

As a vegan, I can attest to the fact that eating more fiber (rabbit food) makes you have greater volume, not less.

As a sufferer of a chronic undiagnosed intestinal disorder, I’ve also had malabsorption issues and was immediately crying foul, since she had none of the dry skin, open sores, brittle hair, etc. *About to start on the doctor merry-go-round again. Hoping for a win this time.

Since it was an Egan episode, I was hoping for better. I was disappointed overall.

By: Владимир Коротов

Владимир Коротов — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:03:38 +0000

А я люблю обмазываться не свежим говном и дрочить. Каждый день я хожу по земле с черным мешком для мусора и собераю в него все говно которое вижу. На два полных мешка целый день уходит. Зато, когда после тяжёлого дня я прихожу домой, иду в ванну, включаю горячую воду…ммм и сваливаю в нее свое сокровище. И дрочу, представляя, что меня поглотил единый организм говно. Мне вообще кажется, что какашки, умеют думать, у них есть свои семьи, города, чувства, не смывайте их в унитаз, лучше приютите у себя, говорите с ними, ласкайте их…. А вчера в ванной, мне преснился чудный сон, как будто я нырнул в море, и оно прератилось в говно, рыбы, водоросли, медузы, все из говна, даже небо, даже Аллах!.