Dr. Glaucomflecken
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
Ophthalmologist. Comedian. Speaker. Jonathan.
The only hope of uniting this country is in our shared hatred of health insurance companies. We should lean into that.
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The only hope of uniting this country is in our shared hatred of health insurance companies. We should lean into that.
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Quite possibly the most important medical discussion of our time:
THE FIRST SPHINCTER DRAFT
listen/watch the latest episode of Knock Knock Hi on YouTube or anywhere you get podcasts.
let us know who’s team of sphincters is best.
Youtube: tinyurl.com/2n74fmnm
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
THE FIRST SPHINCTER DRAFT
listen/watch the latest episode of Knock Knock Hi on YouTube or anywhere you get podcasts.
let us know who’s team of sphincters is best.
Youtube: tinyurl.com/2n74fmnm
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Quite possibly the most important medical discussion of our time:
THE FIRST SPHINCTER DRAFT
listen/watch the latest episode of Knock Knock Hi on YouTube or anywhere you get podcasts.
let us know who’s team of sphincters is best.
Youtube: tinyurl.com/2n74fmnm
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
THE FIRST SPHINCTER DRAFT
listen/watch the latest episode of Knock Knock Hi on YouTube or anywhere you get podcasts.
let us know who’s team of sphincters is best.
Youtube: tinyurl.com/2n74fmnm
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
I think I’m at this point with the “doctors are pharma shills/root cause of disease” crowd. You do you buddy, I’ll see you for your cataract surgery.
June 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I think I’m at this point with the “doctors are pharma shills/root cause of disease” crowd. You do you buddy, I’ll see you for your cataract surgery.
They removed it through her medial orbit. I do not advise going through the eye to reach anything not inside the eye.
June 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
They removed it through her medial orbit. I do not advise going through the eye to reach anything not inside the eye.
There’s a stray cat who comes around our house. He was looking skinny, so we’ve been leaving out cat food. Haven’t seen him in awhile, but the food was gone every morning, so I assumed he was eating it. Turns out a fat ass possum has been eating it. Asshole has been living like a king on cat food.
May 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There’s a stray cat who comes around our house. He was looking skinny, so we’ve been leaving out cat food. Haven’t seen him in awhile, but the food was gone every morning, so I assumed he was eating it. Turns out a fat ass possum has been eating it. Asshole has been living like a king on cat food.
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one time i took my broken glasses to an old school eyeglass repair shop and the guy did a fantastic job, couldn’t even see the original break, but i saw a bit of smudge on the lens so i tried to wipe it with my t-shirt and he yelled “no!” at me and snatched them back to clean them properly
May 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
one time i took my broken glasses to an old school eyeglass repair shop and the guy did a fantastic job, couldn’t even see the original break, but i saw a bit of smudge on the lens so i tried to wipe it with my t-shirt and he yelled “no!” at me and snatched them back to clean them properly
People do this in healthcare and it always irritates me. “Look at that patient. They sit there with an iPhone but say they can’t afford their medications?” Buddy, you are mad at the wrong thing.
Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
May 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
People do this in healthcare and it always irritates me. “Look at that patient. They sit there with an iPhone but say they can’t afford their medications?” Buddy, you are mad at the wrong thing.
I made this video 2 years ago. I had a lot of people tell me I was being dramatic. Now we know UNH are pushing nursing home to get residents to sign DNRs. I’m so glad people are waking up.
youtube.com/shorts/ZZtHN...
youtube.com/shorts/ZZtHN...
Health Insurance Companies Don’t Care About You
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I made this video 2 years ago. I had a lot of people tell me I was being dramatic. Now we know UNH are pushing nursing home to get residents to sign DNRs. I’m so glad people are waking up.
youtube.com/shorts/ZZtHN...
youtube.com/shorts/ZZtHN...
When you’re an anti-vaxxer and also bad at Zelda
May 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When you’re an anti-vaxxer and also bad at Zelda
The tanking UHG stock price is cool and everything, but what really makes me smile is the thought of their investors crying and filling their diapers because UHC isn’t killing poor people good enough.
May 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The tanking UHG stock price is cool and everything, but what really makes me smile is the thought of their investors crying and filling their diapers because UHC isn’t killing poor people good enough.
I’d like to dedicate the DOJs ongoing investigation into Medicare fraud committed by Unitedhealth Group to one of the health insurance industries staunchest defenders
May 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I’d like to dedicate the DOJs ongoing investigation into Medicare fraud committed by Unitedhealth Group to one of the health insurance industries staunchest defenders
I am absolutely DELIGHTED by Unitedhealth Group’s latest misfortunes.
May 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I am absolutely DELIGHTED by Unitedhealth Group’s latest misfortunes.
Happy 5 year anniversary of the worst Mother’s Day gift I have ever given my wife: The opportunity to perform chest compressions on me for 10 minutes.
May 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Happy 5 year anniversary of the worst Mother’s Day gift I have ever given my wife: The opportunity to perform chest compressions on me for 10 minutes.
I’m fascinated by scientific breakthroughs that were universally hailed in the moment, like pasteurization, that are now vilified by some people. Is this a uniquely American thing? Anybody written a book about why/how this happens? Like the psychology behind it. I’d love to learn more.
May 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I’m fascinated by scientific breakthroughs that were universally hailed in the moment, like pasteurization, that are now vilified by some people. Is this a uniquely American thing? Anybody written a book about why/how this happens? Like the psychology behind it. I’d love to learn more.
youtube.com/shorts/CuSwN... I made some people big mad with this one
The Dangers of Raw Milk
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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May 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
youtube.com/shorts/CuSwN... I made some people big mad with this one
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You are also cooked.
May 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
You are also cooked.
My wife just used chat gpt to successfully diagnose a bad ignition coil in her car. Doctors are so cooked you guys it’s only a matter of time.
May 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My wife just used chat gpt to successfully diagnose a bad ignition coil in her car. Doctors are so cooked you guys it’s only a matter of time.
I’m curious why Casey Means actually quit in *year 5* of ENT residency. Like I get burning out and leaving medicine to own a bakery or something, but the stated reason is bc she wanted to treat the “root cause” of disease? What? ENT gotta be top 10 in specialties that cure disease. It’s surgery.
May 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’m curious why Casey Means actually quit in *year 5* of ENT residency. Like I get burning out and leaving medicine to own a bakery or something, but the stated reason is bc she wanted to treat the “root cause” of disease? What? ENT gotta be top 10 in specialties that cure disease. It’s surgery.
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I can tell Casey Means was not a “top performer” in ENT residency or whatever they’re claiming cause none of her social media has ever mentioned the use of Q-tips
May 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I can tell Casey Means was not a “top performer” in ENT residency or whatever they’re claiming cause none of her social media has ever mentioned the use of Q-tips
This is part of what makes health care feel so hopeless. We should have more power as consumers, but where do you go if you don’t like your health insurance company? Just die, I guess?
This is what #TeslaTakedown is about, to me: fascists have ignored all of the nice, polite, norms of how we are supposed to wield power in politics, which means those of us who oppose them must find and embrace other means of wielding power as well.
Our power as consumers is massive.
Our power as consumers is massive.
I really hate the creeping idea that consumers don't have any agency. It's all part of enshittification, we will take what they give us and we don't have a choice.
What car you drive is a choice!! Use whatever bits of power and agency you have.
What car you drive is a choice!! Use whatever bits of power and agency you have.
May 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is part of what makes health care feel so hopeless. We should have more power as consumers, but where do you go if you don’t like your health insurance company? Just die, I guess?
I posted this last night as a joke, but after sleeping on it, I’m even more convinced it’s a genuinely good idea.
Bring back the stocks. Bad consult for some stupid kidney thing? Spend an hour in the stocks. Public humiliation is underutilized at the attending level.
May 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I posted this last night as a joke, but after sleeping on it, I’m even more convinced it’s a genuinely good idea.
I still check in on the bad place & post there occasionally. I’m used to people shitting on docs, but these MAHA appts have brought out the worst of humanity. I honestly don’t think it’s safe for physicians over there. These are people who find your address and report you to the medical board
May 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I still check in on the bad place & post there occasionally. I’m used to people shitting on docs, but these MAHA appts have brought out the worst of humanity. I honestly don’t think it’s safe for physicians over there. These are people who find your address and report you to the medical board
Amazing. UHC shareholders are suing because after the CEO shooting, the company was “no longer willing” to use “aggressive, anti-consumer tactics” to generate the profits they were promised.
A gift from the content gods.
A gift from the content gods.
Hey @glaucomflecken.bsky.social I'm not sure how to process this. Can Jimothy help?
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
UnitedHealthcare sued by shareholders over reaction to CEO's killing
The group of investors alleged that the company misled them by not adjusting its forecast after Brian Thompson's killing.
www.nbcnews.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Amazing. UHC shareholders are suing because after the CEO shooting, the company was “no longer willing” to use “aggressive, anti-consumer tactics” to generate the profits they were promised.
A gift from the content gods.
A gift from the content gods.
What if I told you erythromycin ointment at birth obstructs newborn vision, preventing light from entering the eye and depolarizing rod photoreceptors, resulting in lifelong night blindness.
May 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What if I told you erythromycin ointment at birth obstructs newborn vision, preventing light from entering the eye and depolarizing rod photoreceptors, resulting in lifelong night blindness.
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The rats have chosen a new pope.
May 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The rats have chosen a new pope.