In my opinion, pimping is for loser attendings who get their rocks off trying to one-up others. You’ve got the attending with typically 20 to 25+ years of experience asking an intern or junior medical student some obscure question. Big deal.

Yeah, asshole, you do this every day. Quit trying to act like it’s “your OR” and stfu.

This gem was published in JAMA and is a partially-absurd commentary on pimping. Although meant to be comical, this is pretty close to what you can expect from the hardcore-type attendings. Those asshats need to retire anyway, but it’s unfortunate that they’re passing down their pimp methods to future attendings in training:

The Art of Pimping by Frederick L. Brancati, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. From JAMA 262(1):89, July 7, 1989.

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