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They're going to catch sh*t for this.
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They're going to catch sh*t for this.
April 25, 2019 at 11:18 am
While I am no fan of our outrageous health care costs, much less cost of drugs or medical equipment, this is a shitty thing to do.

Side note, what would posses a medical equipment company to name a colon probe equipment "Olympus". Was the inventor a fan of Caligula? Was he a fan of the movie Airplane? "Johnny, have you ever been inside a Turkish prison?"

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April 25, 2019 at 12:05 pm (This post was last modified: April 25, 2019 at 12:14 pm by Athene.)
Olympus is the name of the company. They specialize in medical technology of various sorts including innovative advanced imagery. 
Those scopes probably have the best resolution available on the market.

Those thieves made away with $450K in equipment.
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April 25, 2019 at 12:12 pm
(April 25, 2019 at 12:05 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Olympus is the name of the company. They specialize in medical technology of various sorts including innovative advanced imagery. 
Those scopes probably had the best resolution available on the market.

Those thieves made away with $450K in equipment.

I got that. I was being serious about them being dicks, but at the same time finding irony in the name.

But even outside the issue of crime, it really is absurd the cost of anything medical related, doctors, insurance, equipment, medicine and supplies are still outrageous.

These thieves deserve to be punished regardless.
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RE: They're going to catch sh*t for this.
April 25, 2019 at 2:03 pm
(April 25, 2019 at 12:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(April 25, 2019 at 12:05 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Olympus is the name of the company. They specialize in medical technology of various sorts including innovative advanced imagery. 
Those scopes probably had the best resolution available on the market.

Those thieves made away with $450K in equipment.

I got that. I was being serious about them being dicks, but at the same time finding irony in the name.

But even outside the issue of crime, it really is absurd the cost of anything medical related, doctors, insurance, equipment, medicine and supplies are still outrageous.

These thieves deserve to be punished regardless.

I agree with the general sentiment, but I wouldn't say anything. Especially in terms of biomedical equipment, when one considers the extraordinary amount of money these companies spend on R&D.

Ethics aside, the markup you complain of isn't always quite as outrageous and absurd as you think.
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RE: They're going to catch sh*t for this.
April 25, 2019 at 2:12 pm
(April 25, 2019 at 12:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(April 25, 2019 at 12:05 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Olympus is the name of the company. They specialize in medical technology of various sorts including innovative advanced imagery. 
Those scopes probably had the best resolution available on the market.

Those thieves made away with $450K in equipment.

I got that. I was being serious about them being dicks, but at the same time finding irony in the name.

Sorry, where is the irony in a company called 'Olympus'?

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April 25, 2019 at 3:03 pm
(April 25, 2019 at 2:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(April 25, 2019 at 12:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I got that. I was being serious about them being dicks, but at the same time finding irony in the name.

Sorry, where is the irony in a company called 'Olympus'?

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April 25, 2019 at 4:14 pm
(April 25, 2019 at 3:03 pm)Jackalope Wrote:
(April 25, 2019 at 2:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Sorry, where is the irony in a company called 'Olympus'?

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The gods lived on Olympus so they could see what the mortals were up to. The origin of "God mode" viewing.
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April 25, 2019 at 6:45 pm
I agree with Brian that anything entering the ass should have a diminutive name. Less threatening for most of us. However the prep drinks for colonoscopies should have more ominous names. "Golytely" My ass! That shit should be called "Mega  Fucking Colon Blow"!
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April 25, 2019 at 7:49 pm
Yeah, after a century in business a name change makes perfect sense.
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