Question of the day


If the dentist mis-judges how long his work is going to take, and the anaesthetic wears off while he's still drilling around, causing you intense pain, and you yell about this, but he says he'll just finish up quickly, causing you further intense pain, can you sue him for malpractice? This is not a hypothetical.

Answers from actual lawyers or people who've done research will be given extra credit.

P.S. They weren't terrorists, they were just Asian. Is anyone surprised? I feel like the other passengers on the plane should all have to pay these two compensation or something, hysterical racist fucks that they are.

Laurie Voss is a developer, writer, and recovering npm co-founder. Writing about technology and what it means for humans since 2001.

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