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I know it's "just" a comic but I feel obligated to let every reader know that the burnt toast thing is a weird myth.
FAST: Face, Arms, Speech, Time. Check their smile, check if they can hold up both arms, check if they have slurred speech or can speak at all, and call emergency services asap because every second matters. Have them rest peacefully while you wait for help.
There is potentially life saving medication that can even reverse some effects of a stroke, but it is time sensitive.
The burnt toast is likely a mistaken reference to a Canadian Heritage Minute about an epileptic woman who smelled burnt toast when she had seizures. A pioneering neurosurgeon kept his patients awake while probing their exposed brain to find and burn out malfunctioning nerves. It is actually epilepsy not a stroke that the burnt toast thing is associated with, not that everyone with epilepsy smells burnt toast, that was just the famous one that most Canadians of a certain age will know.
Here it is for anyone curious. https://youtu.be/pUOG2g4hj8s
Edit: tracking bit removed from link.
Yep, not a myth just a misremembering/misassocation.
What a wild experiment! Thanks for sharing
That's good to know. So everything after and including the ? is not needed?
Exactly, that's their tracking parameter. I like to remove them because, for whatever reason, I find it odd for Google to know that you are the one sharing a video with me.
I like sharing that info with you! 😉