"It seems like you keep jumping around to all the different ER's in the area... What does your actual Doctor think of everything that is going on? You do have a family doctor, right? Keep this up and the next/. post is going to be your Obituary."
Wow, I can't believe this has a score of 3. I'm going to try to not let this offend me personally. Although, I could see it offending a great many people, because you are speaking from a deficit of factual information.
I've been to see a lot of doctors. What do you do when one literally walks out of the room while you are talking to him?
Would you make another appointment and pay the $70+ to have him do it again?
You don't know this man's situation. He's well spoken, and seems to be well-read on his condition. Someone before commented that doctor-shopping sets off red flags, what really sets of red flags is an intelligent patient.
Doctors, in general, do not appreciate that at all. And just like many here, assume you must be a hypochondriac because you took the time to read about why you feel so bad constantly. It's a position of ignorance, but doctors should know better and be able to tell the difference.
I've been blown off by doctor's numerous times. It gets to a point where they just say "That's all I can do," and (literally) walk out on you. I don't stick with doctors who do that. It's pointless, a waste of time and money.
I think you should think carefully before you propose to understand his situation and tell him he is playing games with his health. If anything, the doctors who won't run as many tests as he wants and can reasonably afford are playing with his health.
niche-driven or convenience driven?
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The Long Tail
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I could be wrong here, but I think you may be confusing some nebulous niche-driven economic model with good old fast-food like convenience.
Sure, you could go to a fancy french restaurant and get some good food, for I don't know, $50 a plate. Or you could waltz down to your nearest McDonalds and grab a plate of crap for $5.
This is why people use NetFlix and iTunes. Mp3s in general. The convenience of it. Why would I want to drive to the CD store, dig through CDs, come home and rip it, just so I can slap it in with the other gigs of mp3s I have. When I could sit on my ass, download it and be done with it?
Sure, there's a greater selection, but I sincerely doubt that is the main draw. It's a pleasant side effect of the lack of overhead, as you point out. But that's not why people do it. They see the recommendations, it becomes much easier to stumble across rare music online. And when it's not expensive, and convenient, I'll snag a no-name band and check them out. I probably wouldn't if I had to go actually go to the store and buy a CD.
And the fact that recommendations encourage people to look into new music/books/movies doesn't say much about people's tastes... as much as it says that they still do what they are told when it comes to taste.
And there's various posts from people, "I listen to X unknown band, and I have niche tastes." Well, in most of those cases, if the music isn't coming out of you or your neighbor's garage, it's probably not nearly as "niche" as you'd like to think it is.
And then there's the people who perpetually seek out obscure and shitty music just for the obscurity factor. Even they aren't really niche buyers. I think most of the time they'd buy whatever ISN'T mainstream. It's not a specific niche, as long as they is some shitty, mostly unknown music for them to rave about, they are fine.
It's very easy to please the two major groups. (pop-chasers, whether they realize it or not AND those who chase obscurity for the sake of it, the intellectual aftertaste.)
So, I don't think it's the "Long Tail" selection that is drawing in consumers. I think it's simply the price and convenience of it all, that gives people the opportunity to experiment with other, less popular movies and music.
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"It seems like you keep jumping around to all the different ER's in the area... What does your actual Doctor think of everything that is going on? You do have a family doctor, right? Keep this up and the next /. post is going to be your Obituary."
Wow, I can't believe this has a score of 3. I'm going to try to not let this offend me personally. Although, I could see it offending a great many people, because you are speaking from a deficit of factual information.
I've been to see a lot of doctors. What do you do when one literally walks out of the room while you are talking to him?
Would you make another appointment and pay the $70+ to have him do it again?
You don't know this man's situation. He's well spoken, and seems to be well-read on his condition. Someone before commented that doctor-shopping sets off red flags, what really sets of red flags is an intelligent patient.
Doctors, in general, do not appreciate that at all. And just like many here, assume you must be a hypochondriac because you took the time to read about why you feel so bad constantly. It's a position of ignorance, but doctors should know better and be able to tell the difference.
I've been blown off by doctor's numerous times. It gets to a point where they just say "That's all I can do," and (literally) walk out on you. I don't stick with doctors who do that. It's pointless, a waste of time and money.
I think you should think carefully before you propose to understand his situation and tell him he is playing games with his health. If anything, the doctors who won't run as many tests as he wants and can reasonably afford are playing with his health.
I could be wrong here, but I think you may be confusing some nebulous niche-driven economic model with good old fast-food like convenience.
Sure, you could go to a fancy french restaurant and get some good food, for I don't know, $50 a plate. Or you could waltz down to your nearest McDonalds and grab a plate of crap for $5.
This is why people use NetFlix and iTunes. Mp3s in general. The convenience of it. Why would I want to drive to the CD store, dig through CDs, come home and rip it, just so I can slap it in with the other gigs of mp3s I have. When I could sit on my ass, download it and be done with it?
Sure, there's a greater selection, but I sincerely doubt that is the main draw. It's a pleasant side effect of the lack of overhead, as you point out. But that's not why people do it. They see the recommendations, it becomes much easier to stumble across rare music online. And when it's not expensive, and convenient, I'll snag a no-name band and check them out. I probably wouldn't if I had to go actually go to the store and buy a CD.
And the fact that recommendations encourage people to look into new music/books/movies doesn't say much about people's tastes... as much as it says that they still do what they are told when it comes to taste.
And there's various posts from people, "I listen to X unknown band, and I have niche tastes." Well, in most of those cases, if the music isn't coming out of you or your neighbor's garage, it's probably not nearly as "niche" as you'd like to think it is.
And then there's the people who perpetually seek out obscure and shitty music just for the obscurity factor. Even they aren't really niche buyers. I think most of the time they'd buy whatever ISN'T mainstream. It's not a specific niche, as long as they is some shitty, mostly unknown music for them to rave about, they are fine.
It's very easy to please the two major groups. (pop-chasers, whether they realize it or not AND those who chase obscurity for the sake of it, the intellectual aftertaste.)
So, I don't think it's the "Long Tail" selection that is drawing in consumers. I think it's simply the price and convenience of it all, that gives people the opportunity to experiment with other, less popular movies and music.