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Wonder Why

(6,518 posts) Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:23 AM Dec 16

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How many people take their drugs in front of a judge? Just asking.

DEC 15 (Reuters) - A federal judicial panel said Monday it would centralize a growing number of lawsuits against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly alleging patients lost some or all of their eyesight while taking the companies' blockbuster weight loss drugs before a judge in Pennsylvania.

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How many people take their drugs in front of a judge? Just asking. (Original Post) Wonder Why Dec 16 OP

Much of the news media has determined that editors are a needless expense. cloudbase Dec 16 #1

Commas can come in handy. marble falls Dec 16 #2

....as can syntax. Sogo Dec 16 #3

I've only taken drugs in front of a judge when he offered some. LudwigPastorius Dec 16 #4

I was not in front of the judge... OldBaldy1701E Dec 16 #5

cloudbase

(6,144 posts)

1. Much of the news media has determined that editors are a needless expense.

Reply to Wonder Why (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:47 AM

Dec 16

It's not just Reuters.

My pet peeve: using nouns as verbs, which seems to be a trend in recent advertising.

marble falls

(70,484 posts)

2. Commas can come in handy.

Reply to Wonder Why (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:04 AM

Dec 16

Sogo

(6,953 posts)

3. ....as can syntax.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 02:29 PM

Dec 16

nt

LudwigPastorius

(14,049 posts)

4. I've only taken drugs in front of a judge when he offered some.

Reply to Wonder Why (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 04:31 PM

Dec 16

OldBaldy1701E

(9,992 posts)

5. I was not in front of the judge...

Reply to Wonder Why (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 06:01 PM

Dec 16

But I was hiding in the sixth floor bathroom doing 'pinch hits' in the stall under the intake vent.

(I was not there for a hearing.)

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