Chit-Chat: The Feels

[Annber03]

7 minutes ago, chitowngirl said:

Even if one asks the Doctor about a drug and it does get prescribed to you, chances are good  insurance won’t cover it…

I think about this often at work - I'll hear some of the conversations patients will have with my coworkers when they're coming in to try and figure out their insurance stuff, and they're confused about why their bills are so high or why they got billed for this procedure or that or why their insurance isn't covering some treatment or something.

And I can't help wondering how many of them would support universal healthcare, or how many of them complain about this healthcare insurance stuff while continuing to vote for a party that wants to take away their access to any sort of affortable healthcare. 

Like, the solution to your problems is literally staring you right in the face, people, and yet so many refuse to take it. All because they're afraid someone else might get something they think only they should be allowed to have. 

I do not get it. 

[bluegirl147]

6 minutes ago, Annber03 said:

I think about this often at work - I'll hear some of the conversations patients will have with my coworkers when they're coming in to try and figure out their insurance stuff, and they're confused about why their bills are so high or why they got billed for this procedure or that or why their insurance isn't covering some treatment or something.

And I can't help wondering how many of them would support universal healthcare, or how many of them complain about this healthcare insurance stuff while continuing to vote for a party that wants to take away their access to any sort of affortable healthcare. 

Like, the solution to your problems is literally staring you right in the face, people, and yet so many refuse to take it. All because they're afraid someone else might get something they think only they should be allowed to have. 

I do not get it. 

I think for a lot of people they are willing to fuck themselves if someone else gets fucked harder.  Sure they might lose their Medicaid but some brown person they have never met will be sent back to some country where they might not be safe.  Or some teenage rape victim will be made to continue a pregnancy that will only further her trauma.  Yes there are people that cruel and uncaring.  

 

[tearknee]

5 hours ago, tres bien said:

Every democratic lawmaker that spent one second kissing up to Trump (Fetterman, Eric Adam’s and possibly Gov Polis of CO) knock it the fuck off

Be a Governor Janet Mills (D Maine) who stood up to Trump during a White House governor’s meeting telling him see you in court when he threatened he would cut off federal funding over her noncompliance of his executive order to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports 

Again every female, every member of the LGBTQ community is under threat by a nonsensical king wannabe 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_Protection_Society

[peacheslatour]

Sorry, I had to.

 

[SoMuchTV]

7 hours ago, tres bien said:

Every democratic lawmaker that spent one second kissing up to Trump (Fetterman, Eric Adam’s and possibly Gov Polis of CO) knock it the fuck off

 

1 hour ago, tearknee said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_Protection_Society

 

13 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Sorry, I had to.

 

I for one am willing to give @tres bien the benefit of the doubt, given my experience with autocomplete/autocorrect. 

[Dimity]

We are not writing term papers here, I think it's a little out of line to correct others spelling, grammar and punctuation. I know I am horrified by how I have deteriorated in all three of these areas. You all are just lucky you can't see my handwriting. And I used to win prizes at school for that. How are the mighty fallen.

[bluegirl147]

4 minutes ago, Dimity said:

We are not writing term papers here, I think it's a little out of line to correct others spelling, grammar and punctuation. I know I am horrified by how I have deteriorated in all three of these areas. You all are just lucky you can't see my handwriting. And I used to win prizes at school for that. How are the mighty fallen.

I was the copy editor of my school newspaper so I have to refrain from correcting posts here.  Lol

[SoMuchTV]

2 minutes ago, Dimity said:

We are not writing term papers here, I think it's a little out of line to correct others spelling, grammar and punctuation. I know I am horrified by how I have deteriorated in all three of these areas. You all are just lucky you can't see my handwriting. And I used to win prizes at school for that. How are the mighty fallen.

Yeah, mocking published sources claiming expertise when they get something wrong, fair game. Calling out fellow posters when they’re probably posting from their phone and missing autocorrects, not cool. Gently pointing out when someone misuses a  phrase like “should of” or “for all intensive purposes” well I’ll try to bite my tongue…

[tearknee]

29 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

 

 

I for one am willing to give @tres bien the benefit of the doubt, given my experience with autocomplete/autocorrect. 

my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek.

[ProudMary]

Kamala Harris was the recipient of the Chairman's Award at tonight's NAACP Image Awards. She gave a wonderful, inspirational speech. (4:32)

 

[tearknee]

I'm not a nasty person i was being playful. Many of my new friends on here have praised me for my kindness in their PMs. A mean person would have insulted tres but i did not.

[peacheslatour]

14 minutes ago, tearknee said:

my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek.

I totally wasn't throwing shade. It's just an internet cliche, I couldn't resist. ;-)