Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 1 & 2

[muccamukk]

For all your chatting needs, as the show comes out. I'll hopefully post one of these every Thursday.

Rules:

1. Don't be a dick. Specifically (but not limited to):


1. Not liking something is fine, and negative comments are fine. Please do not directly tell other participants why the thing they like is bad or that they are bad for liking it.


2. Kink shaming will be deleted.


3. Racism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, misogyny, etc will be deleted.


2. Discussing material from the books is fine, but if you're going to discuss something that happens in future episodes, or the fate of historical characters, please put it under a cut and title the comment Book spoilers! or something similar.


3. Likewise, wanting to treat the show as a self-contained unit and not engage with the books/history is perfectly valid.

How to do an in-comment spoiler cut:
<details><summary>Describe what you're spoiling here</summary>All the spoilers go in this part.</details>

Comments

[partypaprika]

I did not realize sulfa was an antibiotic! Although that makes sense that's what they would put on wounds haha.

[muccamukk]

It's more like a proto-antibo? A really aggressive antibacterial? You could also get it injected, which didn't sound like fun AT ALL.

[sovay]

I did not realize sulfa was an antibiotic!

Sulfanilamide is an antibacterial because it's chemically synthesized rather than an antibiotic which is organically derived like penicillin; both are antimicrobials, but the sulfonamides were on the scientific market first.

(Crashing into this thread because I have not yet contrived to see any of this show, but I had an allergy to sulfa drugs for most of my life.)

[muccamukk]

I had, at one point, a plot where Dick Winters had a sulfa allergy, which he discovered after the ankle wound at Carentan, but never got around to it.

[sovay]

I had, at one point, a plot where Dick Winters had a sulfa allergy, which he discovered after the ankle wound at Carentan, but never got around to it.

Should you ever get around to it, I support this plot because (a) it's not an uncommon allergy (b) it was a pain in the ass.

[muccamukk]

I had found a manual for field surgeons in that period, and was having fun inflicting things from it on people. Not sure why I never went forward with that. I think I have a draft still.

[sovay]

Not sure why I never went forward with that. I think I have a draft still.

I am looking encouraging but not pushy.

[kore]

//looks at you with big cartoon eyes

Ah Dick, such a woobie.

[muccamukk]

This is true!

[partypaprika]

Fascinating... Are you no longer allergic?

[sovay]

Fascinating... Are you no longer allergic?

I survived a Bactrim challenge with no ill effects in 2017, so officially yes, but I still try to avoid them if possible just in case. They're still a widely used family.

[kore]

And not to get into gruesome details, but Elixir Sulfanilamide is why we have the FDA as a regulatory agency!

[muccamukk]

It turns out that drinking anti-freeze is bad!