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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's a super common prescription and most doctors probably couldn't spell it offhand. Combined with dosing info it would be more obvious. Also if they do happen to be wrong it's unlikely to actually cause harm with acetaminophen/paracetamol.

Edit: another benefit is disguising to a patient that demands something to take. Essentially a placebo.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In addition, there's a psychological phenomenon where our brains only need the first and last letter of a word in the right place, and all the right letters in between in any order, to suss out a word. Our familiarity with a lngaauge will put it together, so presumably the same is true for healthcare providers' common words.

Note: I included an example of this in my comment

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

In adtidion, trehe's a pshyocloigal pheonmneon where our bairns olny need the fsrit and lsat lteter of a word in the rghit pclae, and all the rghit ltertes in bteewen in any oedrr, to suss out a word. Our faiilamirty with a lagnuage wlil put it toehgter, so pseurambly the smae is treu for haehtlcare pvoerdirs' cmmoon wdros.

FTFY… I read this just as fast as the original.

[-] thelasttoot@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Your e-----------e d-----t w----k w-----------t the c-----------t of the l---------s i-----------------n.

If they're commonly used words the scribbles end up becoming a form of shorthand that doctors can recognize, but they're meaningless to anyone who isn't already familiar with them.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Your example doesn't work without the context of the (something) intention."

How'd I do?

[-] thelasttoot@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Pretty damn close.

"Your example doesn't work without the context of the letters inbetween."

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 4 months ago
[-] thelasttoot@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Because scribbles all have correct grammar and spelling, right?

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

An yet its common enough that people are able to figure out what is meant.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

I love that effect, but sometimes it can fail. For example:

Our familiarity with lineage will...

Is how my stupid ass brain read it first and I knew what was up

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago

Not sure but I think you mean chunking. When you know a word you don't need to read all letters by themselves but know roughly what the word looks like as a whole, so you can read it faster. This also inrotrozutes a failure rate of course, but works pretty well.

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