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STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Lightning Knight posted:

Anybody who makes up a [stupid thing] Syndrome clickbait idea for a thinkpiece should be run out of politics.

Or, you know, if its a NY Post editorial that includes a literal Thanksgiving prayer to Trump and the impending civil war brought on by the persecution of Trump supporters.

I dread that article being linked by people arguing from the left.

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Lightning Knight
Feb 24, 2012

Pray for Answer

STAC Goat posted:

Or, you know, if its a NY Post editorial that includes a literal Thanksgiving prayer to Trump and the impending civil war brought on by the persecution of Trump supporters.

I dread that article being linked by people arguing from the left.

I mean it's not like it's hard to find information about Cuomo and de Blasio being trash without going to that stupid gently caress lol.

Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room
Did Trump pardon a turkey this year?

Old James
Nov 20, 2003

Wait a sec. I don't know an Old James!

Crow Jane posted:

Did Trump pardon a turkey this year?

Well, Chris Christie is running free. So you tell me.

Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room

Old James posted:

Well, Chris Christie is running free. So you tell me.

Lies, Chris Christie has never ran in his life

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Crow Jane posted:

Did Trump pardon a turkey this year?

He pardoned two because he said the other was contesting the vote between the two and the ninth circuit was going to overturn the decision because they're biased and the other turkey would steal the election.

Just to be clear, this is not a joke post.

Neo Rasa
Mar 8, 2007
Everyone should play DUKE games.

:dukedog:

Crow Jane posted:

Did Trump pardon a turkey this year?

Actually he pardoned Arpaio in 2017.

KickerOfMice
Jun 7, 2017

[/color]Keep firing, assholes![/color]

Spaceballs the custom title.
Fun Shoe

Crow Jane posted:

Did Trump pardon a turkey this year?

Yes! There were 2, peas and carrots, and they had a facebook vote or something, peas won. Does that mean carrots gets killed and eaten?

Also, what crimes are these birds responsible for that they need a pardon from the POTUS? :iiam:

STAC Goat posted:

He pardoned two because he said the other was contesting the vote between the two and the ninth circuit was going to overturn the decision because they're biased and the other turkey would steal the election.

Just to be clear, this is not a joke post.

It's true! That's probably the goofiest, most lighthearted "obligation" of the presidency, and we have to try to turn it into a slapfight.

KickerOfMice fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Nov 21, 2018

Jealous Cow
Apr 4, 2002

by Fluffdaddy
https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/1065255517507985408

The invisible hand of the free market guiding corporate responsibility watching people while they sleep to justify denying benefits.

Caros
May 14, 2008

KickerOfMice posted:

Yes! There was 2,peas and carrots, and they had a facebook vote or something, peas won. Does that mean carrots gets killed and eaten?

Also, what crimes are these birds responsible for that they need a pardon from the POTUS? :iiam:

Sending pipe bombs to democratic politicians mostly.

HashtagGirlboss
Jan 4, 2005

Crow Jane posted:

Did Trump pardon a turkey this year?

That’s was Saudi Arabia

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


Jealous Cow posted:

https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/1065255517507985408

The invisible hand of the free market guiding corporate responsibility watching people while they sleep to justify denying benefits.

I used to use a CPAP in highschool and it took me like 5 seconds to find the key combo to get into the admin menu to change the airflow settings. The thing had no way of recording or monitoring me and I received new masks and hoses in the mail every 3 months without asking. That's how this poo poo should work.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



Jealous Cow posted:

https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/1065255517507985408

The invisible hand of the free market guiding corporate responsibility watching people while they sleep to justify denying benefits.
In a minor way ridiculous dystopian poo poo like this is just going to make the fight for single-payer easier.

Epicurius
Apr 10, 2010
College Slice
I'm just surprised that people didn't know that, because when I got a CPAP machine, my doctor explained all that to me...that it would send my usage stats using a wireless connection, that my insurance company would pay to rent the machine for a certain period of time and that I needed to meet certain compliance standards before they'd buy it, and so on. So I'm a little surprised this guy wasn't told this before when he got the machine.

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

Let President Trump heavy duty?

Did he run out of letters?

Drone
Aug 22, 2003

Incredible machine
:smug:




Let Heavy Duty Trump do his duty

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Sorry about your microscopic dick, bro.

Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty

Jealous Cow posted:

https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/1065255517507985408

The invisible hand of the free market guiding corporate responsibility watching people while they sleep to justify denying benefits.
Cool cool cool, my mom has the exact cpap machine in that image (unless they all look the same?), wonder if she's being monitored with it too. Christ.

HashtagGirlboss
Jan 4, 2005

Epicurius posted:

I'm just surprised that people didn't know that, because when I got a CPAP machine, my doctor explained all that to me...that it would send my usage stats using a wireless connection, that my insurance company would pay to rent the machine for a certain period of time and that I needed to meet certain compliance standards before they'd buy it, and so on. So I'm a little surprised this guy wasn't told this before when he got the machine.

Doctors are selected by promising ambitious young people lots of money, not for communications skills, empathy, or giving a poo poo about patients. I’m unsurprised.

Failed Imagineer
Sep 22, 2018
President Trump did a Heavy Doody

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

Epicurius posted:

I'm just surprised that people didn't know that, because when I got a CPAP machine, my doctor explained all that to me...that it would send my usage stats using a wireless connection, that my insurance company would pay to rent the machine for a certain period of time and that I needed to meet certain compliance standards before they'd buy it, and so on. So I'm a little surprised this guy wasn't told this before when he got the machine.

If it was all upfront that might be argued into reasonability, but then you get to this part later in the article:

quote:

In September, his doctor prescribed a new mask and airflow setting for his machine. Advanced Oxy-Med Services, the medical supply company approved by his insurer, sent him a modem that he plugged into his machine, giving the company the ability to change the settings remotely if needed.

But when the mask hadn’t arrived a few days later, Umansky called Advanced Oxy-Med. That’s when he got a surprise: His insurance company might not pay for the mask, a customer service representative told him, because he hadn’t been using his machine enough. “On Tuesday night, you only used the mask for three-and-a-half hours,” the representative said. “And on Monday night, you only used it for three hours.”

“Wait — you guys are using this thing to track my sleep?” Umansky recalled saying. “And you are using it to deny me something my doctor says I need?”

Umansky’s new modem had been beaming his personal data from his Brooklyn bedroom to the Newburgh, New York-based supply company, which, in turn, forwarded the information to his insurance company, UnitedHealthcare.

Umansky was bewildered. He hadn’t been using the machine all night because he needed a new mask. But his insurance company wouldn’t pay for the new mask until he proved he was using the machine all night — even though, in his case, he, not the insurance company, is the owner of the device.

So his doctor told him the CPAP needed a new part, but he can't get the part, because he stopped using the machine, because his doctor told him it needed a new part. He's now worse off than before as a direct result of doing what the doctor and medical supplier recommended and only because there was an insurance company involved.

Antifa Turkeesian posted:

Let President Trump heavy duty?

Did he run out of letters?

Let him spend even longer on the toilet so he can send more inspirational tweets.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



It’s cool and good that the official position of the US government is that if you are a US national and another government kills you, we will side with that government if they buy poo poo from us or sell us oil

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


If I was a bajillionaire, I'd buy all the brotrucks for sale near me and have them repainted with rainbow flags and antifa bumper stickers and a giant video screen of a CG Trump piss tape playing on repeat and pay people to drive them around the Walmart and Home Depot parking lots.

NiceGuy
Dec 13, 2006

This is my BOOMSTICK
College Slice
Easy, mr soros

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


NiceGuy posted:

Easy, mr soros

I never said I was a good person.

Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound

FlamingLiberal posted:

It’s cool and good that the official position of the US government is that if you are a US national and another government kills you, we will side with that government if they buy poo poo from us or sell us oil

Let's be fair: if you were rich, white, and not a journalist -- say, something important, like an insurance executive or oil field owner -- Trump would be much more likely to pretend to care about your death.

Toobly
Feb 19, 2013

KickerOfMice posted:



Also, what crimes are these birds responsible for that they need a pardon from the POTUS? :iiam:



jay-walking

Rigel
Nov 11, 2016

huh..... thats creepy.

The HSA + high deductible insurance combo is a poo poo Republican idea that they keep pushing, and we'd all be much better off with single payer, but for those with a good job who can afford it, it can have its benefits. It worked in my favor in this case, I was able to just buy the CPAP machine and pay for the exam with years of HSA contributions (both below my crazy-high deductible so insurance never got involved). So, at least I know I don't have to worry about something that I had no idea I needed to worry about in the first place.

CuddleCryptid
Jan 11, 2013

Things could be going better

Jealous Cow posted:

https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/1065255517507985408

The invisible hand of the free market guiding corporate responsibility watching people while they sleep to justify denying benefits.

God bless our boring cyberpunk reality

knox_harrington
Feb 18, 2011

Running no point.


Haha this is awesome.

https://twitter.com/JosephPatrice/status/1065268600662081537

RuanGacho
Jun 20, 2002

"You're gunna break it!"

Solaris 2.0 posted:

Is Time even still relevant? Like outside of “Person of the Year” when was the last time anyone talked about Time or any reporting they have done? Do they even have investigative reporters anymore.

It’s a dying relic and we only care because our President is stuck in the 1980s and got spanked by a fake time cover with his face on it by a porn star.

I have bad news.

On the occasions I have gone on Safari into their dens, Times magazine is not only relevant but an arbiter of collective thought among the religious Chuds. I have seen pastors cite Times magazine as insightful as to why the "culture" is corrupt.

There is a digital divide in this country but not in the way that we might normally conceive of; it is a divide of what is knowable by data collection versus the fiat of established authority. Times magazine is in some places, highly relevant.

Alec Eiffel
Sep 7, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
YOU GUYS

YOU GUYS

I was driving on the 101 in LA last night and a black Mercedes SUV with the license plate “BASTA” was in the lane next to me (I couldn’t snap a picture, as the 101 is busy and dangerous). I nearly lost my mind — that had to be Avenatti, right?

That’s my story, thanks for listening.

Cefte
Sep 18, 2004

tranquil consciousness

GreyjoyBastard posted:

edit: frankly, the more i think on it, the loving weirder it is we don't have more pro-Iran tankies extolling the many virtues of the Revolutionary Republic
I'm reminded of Charlie Stross's Dark State, where he makes the point that Iran is really quite remarkable in its institutional stability in the face of hegemonic opposition.

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


It's unbelievable how much C-Paps loving cost by the way. Not comparable to some of the worst abuses by a mile but you can't tell me $800 fuckin dollars is a fair price.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

AlBorlantern Corps posted:

It's unbelievable how much C-Paps loving cost by the way. Not comparable to some of the worst abuses by a mile but you can't tell me $800 fuckin dollars is a fair price.

I've had one for years. They're hideously expensive. My first one was more like $1,500.

Thankfully the accessories can be bought more cheaply on various online sites (mask, tubing, headgear, etc) than through your insurance.

KickerOfMice
Jun 7, 2017

[/color]Keep firing, assholes![/color]

Spaceballs the custom title.
Fun Shoe
I'm starting to think reading D&D causes terrible sleep apnea. :ohdear:


Toobly posted:

jay-walking

I'll have you know I appreciated this.

Rigel
Nov 11, 2016

Your Taint posted:

I've had one for years. They're hideously expensive. My first one was more like $1,500.

Thankfully the accessories can be bought more cheaply on various online sites (mask, tubing, headgear, etc) than through your insurance.

Doctor had one used for me, but even then it was still $600. (by used, I mean the first owner bought it, used it for like 2 weeks, didn't like it, and returned it)

VH4Ever
Oct 1, 2005

by sebmojo

KickerOfMice posted:

Also, what crimes are these birds responsible for that they need a pardon from the POTUS? :iiam:

Well I'm not sure but the president assures us THERE WAS NO COLLUSION. NO RUSSIA COLLUSION.

AlBorlantern Corps posted:

It's unbelievable how much C-Paps loving cost by the way. Not comparable to some of the worst abuses by a mile but you can't tell me $800 fuckin dollars is a fair price.

I got one free under insurance before but yeah if you need a really sophisticated one like I did it's $1500 easy. Shout out to my "almost dies every night when sleeping without a machine breathing for you" crew on SA!

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Munkeymon
Aug 14, 2003

Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.



Alec Eiffel posted:

YOU GUYS

YOU GUYS

I was driving on the 101 in LA last night and a black Mercedes SUV with the license plate “BASTA” was in the lane next to me (I couldn’t snap a picture, as the 101 is busy and dangerous). I nearly lost my mind — that had to be Avenatti, right?

That’s my story, thanks for listening.

Sorry, we only accept stories from LA about overhearing stuff in hipster coffee shops ITT.

AlBorlantern Corps posted:

It's unbelievable how much C-Paps loving cost by the way. Not comparable to some of the worst abuses by a mile but you can't tell me $800 fuckin dollars is a fair price.

You're probably paying mostly for all the testing they have to do to make sure the machine doesn't fail in a way that suffocates the user. Medical device testing gets expensive fast and gosh if they kept making the same known-good models they made 10 years ago they couldn't use them to automatically spy on you and we couldn't have that.

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