@DeepDishEnjoyer I pay monthly to my Doctor for his services and out of pocket for maintenance drugs and then I only have to deal with insurance if something crazy happens and Tax free HSA is a nice bonus that makes things pretty seamless in the event of a big problem.
@DeepDishEnjoyer I haven’t had a PPO in 10 years. I also hate dealing with insurance companies. I’m pretty happy with HDHP plan + HSA + Direct Primary care doctor.
@DeepDishEnjoyer The criminal punishment should be whatever time and fines a minimum wage cashier would get for stealing $1,000 from the till and we can just add zeros to the punishment as they are added to the amount stolen.
@fahren_box@DeepDishEnjoyer That’s not true, but if she goes completely over the edge she could occupy her time and find solidarity in those insane “My grandchildren were stolen from me” Facebook groups.
@DeepDishEnjoyer It’s so depressing. A plague of brain rot and we can do nothing about it. If they are still on it at this point you have a better chance of convincing them to root for their rival sports team than flipping their politics.
@qopsee99 No, I used to, but I leave it default now. I need plausible deniability that the number you have is even me and why is anyone leaving a vm in the year of our lord 2026 anyway?
@fredsoda That's doesn't reduce to nihilism, either. It's values, realtionships, & community. If you're still 'losing' there, well those aren't zero-sum and you should consider your priorities. No time like the present.
@fredsoda To be a loser, you need to be obsessed with winning. It's discontentment at the heart of it.
No matter what we accomplish in our short lives, we can always carve out some zero-sum comparison where we've lost.
@LudditeHacker@tolstoybb 2 generations, but otherwise same. Also I don’t understand the need for dudes to assume that their lives are so mediocre and boring that everyone else *must* have their same shared experiences.