What the insurance companies think of as “unnecessary care”. Not what the doctors, nurses, or patients consider necessary.

Hehe I have one. Most LEGO sets are like this… They don’t sell them forever.

Nothing says, “moral” than murdering people for what clothing they wear.

Just 1k/month? Some of us have to pay more than that 😞

More like $1.5k/month (covers whole family though).

Just like poop, it can’t happen.

…and that came after The Slashdot Effect which was–as far as I know–the original “effect”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect?wprov=sfla1

Upon further investigation, officers recovered a firearm on the man, as well as a suppressor, both consistent with the weapon used in the murder.

Ummm… That’s awfully convenient. He just happened to have brought that exact gun with its suppressor to McDonald’s. I’m skeptical.

One of your bullet items is (slightly) wrong: If your dishwasher was designed to use pods then you should use pods. That’s what the engineers engineered the thing to use and yes, it makes a difference.

Also, another tip: Manually spin the arms before starting the dishwasher. It’ll immediately reveal if anything will block the arm from spinning 👍

No: The behavior of the health insurance companies is what ignites anger. Maybe a better way to put it would be, “pours gasoline on to the fire.”

They still have the filter because they use it to conserve water. If they just flushed the water with each cycle it’d be very wasteful.

Oh no. No no no no. My friend, you are in for a horrible, terrible, awful surprise. I am so sorry.

I recommend keeping potential witnesses a good distance away from the entire kitchen and possibly wear a respirator and thick, protective rubber gloves to shield yourself from the horror you are about to extract from the “clean machine”.

No matter what happens don’t give up! Maybe have a bucket handy in case you need to exfiltrate the contents of your stomach.

That’s a totally fair take but in this case he really can’t do anything at all. It’d be like standing in front of a podium and declaring that the sun is black and then stepping away. Getting rid of birthright citizenship is one of those things where everyone has to agree to do it. Otherwise it’s just an old man yelling at a cloud.

Oh I can explain this: You were born with a destiny that doesn’t make sense anymore because the gods had to make some changes to the timeline. Sounds simple enough but some people have actually been given theirs or someone else’s prophecy so now they have to make it happen… Somehow.

To resolve this situation they often have to come up with clever solutions to make sure the prophecy still happens in a way that the (new) timeline can handle. Such as “experiencing plague” and “getting caught rolling with a naked woman in public”.

No need. I’ll summarize:

Trump says he’ll do something he can’t do. So in effect, nothing at all is going to happen.

Double pirate eye patches: Problem solved!

The doctors paint it as insurers cracking down on patients, when it is actually the plan trying to lower its overall costs and thereby save patients money.

BULLSHIT! There’s a 0% chance private, for-profit insurers would pass such savings on to patients in the form of lower premiums. They would take such savings in the form of increased profits and value for their shareholders.

Think about it: What is socialism? It’s collectively funding or working on things via the government. There’s many competing definitions but that’s basically all there is to it.

Under that definition we’re already living under socialism:

• Fire departments
• Police
• Infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc)
• Weather services
• USPS
• The entire military as a construct

With socialism the people get a say in how such things are run. In private institutions they don’t. That’s the biggest realistic difference.

Either way people are still paying for these things. If they’re not really competitive then private industry will fleece the masses because that’s what capitalism encourages (see: Healthcare). If there’s a robust, competitive market then socialism can fall behind in things like innovation and price.

Whether or not something is funded-and-run by the government is irrelevant. What matters is the value. If government can provide a better value for a dollar than private industry it should. If the people don’t like the result they can change it or use a private alternative.

Sure, they’ll be paying extra (on top of taxes) for the private alternative but at least it’s an option. If the government isn’t providing an alternative to private institutions then there’s really no option at all. Best anyone can do is vote with their wallet but as we can all see that just doesn’t work in certain industries (in fact, entire caregories of need!) and services.

I just want to say your comment reminded me of just how close we are to losing everything. So thanks for that. 🤷

Also, very prescient, cleverly worded, and necessary 👍

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