The worst part is we’re here now and most of us are intrinsically forced to deal with whether we want to or not.

I can see a company implementing this through their shitty chatbots paired with an IT layoff tbh. No malicious/negligent user necessary.

This is what i do. Just ensure version control is enabled. Works perfectly.

Sub link says it was an elderly employee. So that could mean either they were in dire straits with their own cost of living looking for $50k, they were working for a social outlet during retirement, or they hold a strong belief in a US that [didn’t actually] existed for white people 25+ years ago… The first is more empathetic of course but i can’t help but feel this is yet another “olds screwing the youngs” situation.

Health insurance companies are simply the wrong actors to be the vanguard against medical overcharging.

If im feeling very charitable and it’s unclear whether the question is honest they get one answer/reply to show it.

If they’re clearly baiting/trolling/negative then block is great because I’ll never meet them in real life and they’re not here to engage critically.

If they show thoughtful criticism then it’s just a matter of whether i have the interest or energy to reply, which i often don’t. If i do I’ll engage as long as they seem thoughtful. The second i sense my mood faltering I’m closing the app. I can’t have any more days ruined by random people on the internet. I’ll most likely forget to reply after that.

Camping when a herd of very large deer passed through to wave us up after seeing bear tracks several miles back.

Also back in high school, the marching band bus on longer trips.

Back of my car in the crescent city Walmart parking lot after a Yosemite trip.

Is it common for ibuprofen to not really help? With physical pain it does nothing for me. It kind of helps with head aches sometimes. I use it maybe a couple times a year, so it’s not tolerance.

Damn degenerates and their hip blue jeans.

Yeah, too glitchy (missing functionality) with wine and the cloud services are unreliable if working at all. Work stuff so gotta use it 🫠

While FreeCAD has made huge leaps forward it’s just not there yet, and it may never be what’s needed to replace windows exclusive CAD software.

I’m stuck with the windows second boot, for better or worse, unless i change profession.

Im mainly angry at ACA for the exact reasons you present here. Many benefited from it but the people i spent the most time around people who still couldn’t access care. Healthcare must be universally free to be meaningful.

That said it did benefit people. Just not what it needed to be.

ACA wasn’t even a bandaid. It only helped the middle class by reducing and capping costs and removing preexisting condition clauses. The poors still couldn’t afford it, and were punished for that either by having to pay for the still expensive insurance or being fined at tax time. It’s not an insignificant reason we got trump in the first place.

50/50 on that one. It’s just as likely they keep an opposition party to keep up appearances as many dictators do and have sham elections.

My dog associates food time with my meals. Food time is food time for both of us, and not based on what a clock says. So i can sleep in on the weekend. Works out since i generally only eat twice a day anyways. But she gets a treat if i have a third meal.

She used to free feed and maintained a healthy weight. Not anymore 🙃. Having meal times at all has been an adjustment, but she learned over a few days.

Don’t worry, the reunion tour is in 35cmy

I don’t understand your response then. If it doesn’t then why would it be a consideration here?

Fine but why does one potential future genocide justify the realized genocide currently under way?

No. I said they’re a convenient excuse. If they were to return then a new excuse would be found. The impetus for this campaign started as “self defense” in response to the Oct 7 attack. Then when that was no longer sufficient to justify things they moved onto the hostages as a bargaining chip.

Not really. Israel has a vested interest in continuing this land grab. The hostages are a convenient excuse, but separate from the inciting event. Furthermore it’s just as likely the hostages have been killed in israeli bombings.