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Doctor Apologizes For Ranting About 'Console Wars' From Operating Room (vice.com) 88

Posted by BeauHD from the wars-of-passion dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: People are review-bombing a hospital in India with one-star reviews after a doctor tweeted a video of himself during a procedure with an unconscious patient. The anesthesiologist, who goes by Dr. Shreeveera on Twitter and his YouTube channel, filmed himself supposedly in an active operating room where he had just anesthetized a patient and was preparing for an invasive procedure to remove a gallbladder. He claimed to be defending himself against people claiming he's not a real doctor, because they disagree with his passion for the "console wars." "Console wars" is shorthand for the decades-long argument between gamers about which platform -- Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo devices, PC gaming, and so on -- is the best.

Shreeveera posted the video to Twitter, writing, "Here I am after inducing anaesthesia, intubating & putting a patient on controlled mechanical ventilation for a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy case in OR. Slandering my identity, profession coz you Xbots can't Argue FACTS!" according to gaming news outlet Dextero. He added, "SAVING LIVES- My Job. CONSOLE WARS- My Hobby." He was allegedly trying to defend himself from accusations that he wasn't a real doctor. Dextero, which viewed the video before Shreeveera locked his Twitter account, says that he pans around an operating room holding up the phone to record himself, showing the patient on the operating table.

Shreeveera posted an unlisted apology video on YouTube on Monday, saying that he's received a lot of backlash and racist harassment because of his video. He says he regrets posting the video and acknowledges that his obsession with console wars is childish, but also tries defending himself and his hobby. "I'm a human being guys, I make mistakes, please let's move on ahead," he said. "I do not hate anyone on a personal level. If I do not like the console they're playing, I just make points regarding what that console is giving you... this is just a hobby of mine." Judging from his YouTube channel, Shreeveera is clearly a PlayStation fan and an Xbox hater.
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  • This is stupid (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    There is no debate, PC is the best.
    rest are just fighting for 2nd place

    pc master race

    • There is no debate, PC is the best. rest are just fighting for 2nd place

      pc master race

      OG Gamer, has spoken.

      'Nuff said.

      • PC gaming forever. Anyone who disagrees, is just wrong.

        This is probably because I am old. The current controllers are just not intuitive for me. Keyboard and mouse are better, because a keyboard has more buttons than any controller, and a mouse is SO much more precise than any thumbstick.
        • Try a DS4 on Steam... I agree with you as far as stick aiming goes, but with Gyro Aim? Mouse/KB is still slightly better, but Gyro Aiming makes playing PC games from the couch a fantastic experience
          • I already PC game from the couch. :) With a keyboard on my lap, and my mouse beside me. PC gaming on a 65" 4K TV is pretty awesome. (I generally run 1080, because my old eyes don't see a huge gain, but I can definitely hear the GPU fans at 4K.)

        • a mouse is SO much more precise than any thumbstick.

          yes, but the handicap is sometimes welcome/fun.

        • Comment removed based on user account deletion
          • How could I forget about retro gaming? I recently played through Starflight, and Starflight II. Every bit as awesome as I remembered.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      There is no debate, PC is the best.

      Well at least it's good for something.

    • There is no debate, PC is the best.

      Well, it was back when GPU pricing was still sane. Now you can spend roughly what an Xbox Series S costs just on a 1050ti. The bang-for-your buck ratio has gone horribly out of the PC's favor, ever since cryptocurrency mining screwed up GPU prices.

    • They all suck. Switch is the closest thing to a real gaming system available now, and that's fucking sad.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by I75BJC ( 4590021 )
      How Funny!!!
      LOL!!!

      How many of us have joined in vociferous rants about inconsequential choices?

      Isn't life more important?

  • > If I do not like the console they're playing, I just make points regarding what that console is giving you... this is just a hobby of mine

    He is just a giant troll, obviously a really nice guy.

  • a lot of backlash and racist harassment

    I like how "racist" was subtly worked into the response. Even if the harassment was using terms that are deemed racist, that does not appear to be the cause of the backlash (i.e., the backlash was cased by the actions not by the race of the person in question).

    • Comment removed based on user account deletion

      • It's more likely he called himself an n-word using an alt account so he could try to distract from his own ethical problems. Let's be real though, harassing minorities and violating HIPAA pale in comparison with being a console pleb.

        Who seriously goes to university for a decade only to think it's a good idea to pay $60/yr to play online games while hosting them with your own hardware and internet connection?

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Xenx ( 2211586 )
      The point you're trying to make is flawed. Yes, sometimes race/gender gets thrown around when it may not have been relevant. However, you're wrong in this case. What he is being harassed for, in this context, is not relevant to the content of the harassment he receives. This, if anything, would actually be more relevant as he is being racially targeted for something irrespective of race.
    • These are gamers posting comments on youtube. I'm not even sure what non-racist harassment from this group would look like.

      • These are gamers posting comments on youtube. I'm not even sure what non-racist harassment from this group would look like.

        If you really want to know, ask any female gamer.

  • Console wars are rooted in the times when your mum would only buy you one console. This guy has never grown past those schoolyard days.

    • This guy has never grown past those schoolyard days.

      You basically just described 90% of console owners.

    • No, it's nerd tribalism, like with football clubs on the other side. The guy sounds fun to me, although that video was a bit over the top if he didn't blur the shit out of everyone else in there. Children are fun and lively btw, not boring bitter dead meat.

  • I've never met a normal surgeon. It takes a bit of a compulsive personality to become one.

    • I've never met a normal surgeon. It takes a bit of a compulsive personality to become one.

      Given the social benefit of surgeons, I'll take that side effect of humanity.

      Justify Politicians if you seek to define "normal".

      • Justify Politicians if you seek to define "normal".

        One does have to be a bit fucked in the head to go into politics. No matter where you stand on an issue, there's going to be a substantial portion of the electorate who hates your guts simply for being associated with their non-favored political party. The job basically requires having a very high tolerance for haters.

        "It's a lovely morning and my inbox is full of death threats again! Yay."

        • Justify Politicians if you seek to define "normal".

          One does have to be a bit fucked in the head to go into politics. No matter where you stand on an issue, there's going to be a substantial portion of the electorate who hates your guts simply for being associated with their non-favored political party. The job basically requires having a very high tolerance for haters.

          It wasn't always that way. Social media narcissism infected politicians. Should I really care when political attention whores turn to digital shitslinging, devolving politics into the clusterfuck it is today, for their own personal fame? Please.

          They could make their job easier. They choose not to. Want a boring political job back again? Get the fuck off Twitter and go back to CSPAN. I promise people won't bother to follow.

    • I've never met a normal surgeon.

      Weird Al clearly agrees. [youtube.com]

    • I am related to a surgeon.

      They talk ALL SORTS of shit in the operating theatre and make all kinds of awful jokes. It's a mix of long periods of boredom (there's a lot of waiting), dealing with the periods of intense stress, familiarity with the topic (after your 1000th opened up human the impact is lost), and just the usual kind of things humans do.

      It's utterly a non story he was talking shit about consoles (consoles? wtf, NOOB) at the table.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by gweihir ( 88907 )

        It's utterly a non story he was talking shit about consoles (consoles? wtf, NOOB) at the table.

        Well, the usual clueless hysterics want something to be hysteric about. Non-story you say? Perfect!

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by tragedy ( 27079 )

        It's utterly a non story he was talking shit about consoles (consoles? wtf, NOOB) at the table.

        It's a non-story as long as he actually protected the identity of the patient. If not then it's a serious ethical violation.

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by ceoyoyo ( 59147 )

          I'm imagining a head OR nurse I used to know catching someone bringing a cell phone into her sterile operating room.

          • I'm imagining a head OR nurse I used to know catching someone bringing a cell phone into her sterile operating room.

            The one I know would start by sterilising your phone. Think autoclave, hot steam, and lots of it.
            That is just where she would start. You do not want to know the what else she would do.

            • Re: (Score:2)

              by ceoyoyo ( 59147 )

              Mine would probably do that too, but with your hand attached. After all, it touched the phone.

      • It's utterly a non story he was talking shit about consoles (consoles? wtf, NOOB) at the table.

        I think what makes it a story is that he recorded a video of himself in the operating room and posted the video online.

    • I've heard from doctors that Scrubs was pretty accurate.

    • My brother had a conversation with his surgeon about the Star Wars series. During his vasectomy. While smoke was rising from his opened ballsack.

      I think I'd opt for general anesthesia for that.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by BranMan ( 29917 )

        You've never really lived until you know the scent of your own burning flesh.

            Good times.

  • Arguing with haters is like playing chess with a pigeon

    They will knock over the pieces, shit all over the board and strut around like they won.

    Their goal is to get you to quit, so ignore 'em & keep doing your thing

  • ... since modern consoles are PC's inside. They both use nvidia/amd hardware at this point.

    • It's a stupid debate because you can just about buy another gaming console for what it costs to fill the average SUV with gas twice. Maybe it's an issue if your TV has run out of HDMI inputs and adding an HDMI switch is too confusing (judging by some of the doctor's I've met while doing air conditioning work, I wouldn't be surprised)..

    • They are still way different.
      For example the PS is based on BSD, while Xbox is of course a branch of Windows.
      Does the The PS not have some super fast storage to GC bus thing?
      The PS has VR support.

      That is like saying you cannot have an opinion on Intel vs AMD cpus, they both perform computations really fast and like Windows will run on either.

      • They are still way differen.

        Nope, they are x86 PC's at this point making games super easy to port. PS2 and P3 were funky architectures which made porting a royal pain the ass. The gamecube had weird dvd's which also made porting games in the ass (4.5GB DVD vs 1.5GB gamecube disc).

        Either way the fact you think they are special means you're easily swayed by the marketing bullshit. I've seen 23+ year of video card marfketing.

        You don't seem to get all those "special busses" were common marketing in the PC space since forever, AKA we ha

  • Can we talk about something relevant. Like iRacing vs GT7.

  • Oh yeah, I read two weeks worth of twit feed today. I just assume everything is supposed to make me angry.

    Now get off my yawn, punks.

  • hi doctor nick!

  • You know, having to see people die regularly is enough to necessitate some mechanism for escaping conscious thought. This guy winds himself up pestering people about a real unimportant aspect of life so he doesn't get emotionally crushed by the weight he carries at work. Kudos to him. Sounds like a healthy distraction mechanism to me.

  • Really, a doctor, someone who studied for 7 years, is this immature?

    We all dabble in occasional gaming barter. But not to the point to jeopardize other people. Yes "our choice of acquisition" is better than than yours, or whatever. But there are literally millions of people on all platforms.

    And again, you are a doctor. You can buy them all. There is nothing wrong, and everything right with abandoning loyalty to a multi-billion-dollar company, and just enjoying your games.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Viol8 ( 599362 )

      The intersection between intelligence and maturity isn't as large as you might expect. Witness most students.

  • The correct way is to dox or SWAT the people who have a different point of view than your own.
  • When your good your good I guess. What matters is the doctors success rate. If you can do your job well who cares what employees talk about. Honestly health professionals are people not robots, yes they have a serious job but hell some things just aren't worth the effort to complain about.
  • Is that the problem? Did he show the patient's face, or some embarrassingly exposed part of their body?

    If not, why should anyone give half-a-rat-turd about this other than the people he was arguing with?

    • Regardless of the Surgeon's console opinions, tweeting a photo of the patient is a huge HIPAA privacy violation. I don't know what kind of privacy laws they have in India, but I think the hospital's director should look into this.
  • ...was a VT05. An LA-120 is a more modern choice, although it uses more paper -- I love that "catch-up" sound at the start of a line.

  • I mean... as much as I may or may not agree with any of the things he has to say... is there any evidence that he was not doing his job in managing the anesthetizing of the patient? If not, then this is actually an example of "cancel culture." Now, if there's evidence that he was not properly managing the anesthetizing of the patient then that should be a matter for the hospital administration and whatever equivalent to a medical licensing board there is in India.

    Sometimes distraction can paradoxically be a

  • ... who has shipped games on PC and consoles this trolling and artificial segmenting is nothing but a waste of time for everyone.

    Before the term "console" got hijacked (to mean cheap entertainment devices) gamers didn't give a shit what system they played on. They just wanted fun, affordable games. The advantages of consoles used to be plug-and-plug, inexpensive, and relatively crash free games. Games are no long stable, now requiring HUGE day-1 patches because there is never time for "soak tests" to pass

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