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the brain is really good at blocking out trauma, and then suddenly remembering trauma at the worst possible time
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I am experiencing existential dread because I have a decent dental plan that I probably won't have in a few months and I have been procrastinating dealing with my wisdom teeth for nearly two years Cowcaster posted:farted real bad but still have chest pain, now i'm getting worried Having insurance but still worrying about going to the doctor or dentist because of time lost at work/bothering the professionals/maybe it's nothing is the real life equivalent of letting your RPG party get creamed in a fight but not using your elixirs because you might need them later. Only in real life your conditions can worsen and your whole life gets hosed.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:26
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A Sometimes Food posted:When I was like 6 I had crippling stomach pain to the point I was basically crying and screaming doubled over in the fetal position. Got rushed by my parents to hospital. Crying and weeping in the emergency room, brought upstairs sitting in an examination room as the nurses figured appendix or something, I proceeded to let rip the loudest longest fart I to this day can remember doing. Dead silent and then turned to my mum and said "I feel all better now". See, in the United States your parents would have seriously had to debate whether or not to take you to the E.R., that visit could have bankrupt them financially over here. A lot of Americans can't risk an E.R. visit unless someone can take them or call 911 once they pass out.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:27
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Sakurazuka posted:The pacing of DQ Builders is so weird, the start of a chapter is you running around scrounging stuff to make a single piece of equipment and two healing potion to hopefully survive the next mandatory fight up until you gain access to some metal at which point combat is utterly perfunctory until the boss. Yea it's minecraft
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Cowcaster posted:i got my wisdom teeth out probably 15 years ago, i don't remember much about the experience I got mine out when I was a teenager. I remember the procedure itself was nothing, except I did wake up near the end of it when they weren't quite done, but I still couldn't feel anything so I just experienced the guy basically struggling to get the tooth out, and I could hear the cracking sounds as it was happening. I don't remember anything else about that, but what I remember clearly was the full week afterwards where I was basically in the worst pain in my life and couldn't do anything.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:28
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I said come in! posted:See, in the United States your parents would have seriously had to debate whether or not to take you to the E.R., that visit could have bankrupt them financially over here. A lot of Americans can't risk an E.R. visit unless someone can take them or call 911 once they pass out. I am reminded of the epileptics I know whose first reaction after having a seizure was worrying if someone called an ambulance for them Macaluso posted:I got mine out when I was a teenager. I remember the procedure itself was nothing, except I did wake up near the end of it when they weren't quite done, but I still couldn't feel anything so I just experienced the guy basically struggling to get the tooth out, and I could hear the cracking sounds as it was happening. I don't remember anything else about that, but what I remember clearly was the full week afterwards where I was basically in the worst pain in my life and couldn't do anything.  I know in Europe they advise against proactive wisdom teeth removal, maybe I should follow their lead
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Feb 20, 2019 17:29
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I said come in! posted:See, in the United States your parents would have seriously had to debate whether or not to take you to the E.R., that visit could have bankrupt them financially over here. A lot of Americans can't risk an E.R. visit unless someone can take them or call 911 once they pass out. The best part about leaving the US. That and I can tap into anime at the source.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:30
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LawfulWaffle posted:Go to a dentist. Make an appointment today and schedule it around noon, then take a half-day at work and spend the afternoon playing games. Probably going to need two appointments - one for a cleaning and analysis and a second for the wisdom teeth removal. Stop hesitating and spend 15 minutes looking into who accepts your insurance and then call them. yeah once i got the new insurance i set up a visit just to get my name in the books and stuff and get a physical exam since i hadn't had one in over 10 years. their office is only a couple of blocks away from where i work too and i wouldn't be shocked if i could set up an appointment with a day's notice. it just seems pretty likely at this current stage that i'll end up over there, they'll say "well that's weird, can't tell what it is though, swing by again if it gets worse" and just wind up being a waste of time and money regardless of how good my health insurance is.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:31
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dentistry isn't that hard you can do it yourself. just need a mirror and some pliers
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Feb 20, 2019 17:32
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that sounds harder than the looney tunes method of tying a string to your tooth and a door and just slamming it
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Feb 20, 2019 17:34
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"You've got insurance so just use it" is pretty lol, like I have insurance and still recently racked up a sweet $3000 bill over a minor af kidney infection
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Feb 20, 2019 17:36
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come to think of it i know my deductible is pretty low but i assume it's still a non-zero number
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Feb 20, 2019 17:37
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Cost me a little over $400 for the immediate care visit when I sliced the top of my thumb and had to get the flap sutured back on. I am more careful in the kitchen now.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:40
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I used to work for a Canadian company and cashed that poo poo in for a necessary surgery and then quit like 2 months after I was fully recovered. Thank you Canada.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:43
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Cowcaster posted:yeah once i got the new insurance i set up a visit just to get my name in the books and stuff and get a physical exam since i hadn't had one in over 10 years. their office is only a couple of blocks away from where i work too and i wouldn't be shocked if i could set up an appointment with a day's notice. it just seems pretty likely at this current stage that i'll end up over there, they'll say "well that's weird, can't tell what it is though, swing by again if it gets worse" and just wind up being a waste of time and money regardless of how good my health insurance is. loving go to the loving doctor if you have chest pain that won't go away jesus christ people literally die from 100% treatable conditions because of talk like this and it drives me loving crazy.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:43
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Sorry, life-threatening pet peeve of mine. Use your insurance and go get checked. Urgent care is fine. "Urgent care" is a needlessly scary term that just means "last minute doctor".
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Feb 20, 2019 17:45
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it's probably fine
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Feb 20, 2019 17:45
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even if you're in the US you should go to the doctor for mysterious chest pains that don't go away it's blowing inordinate amounts of money at the doc or dying- both suck but one is obviously worse gently caress our stupid, stupid medical care system
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Feb 20, 2019 17:46
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PantsBandit posted:Man gently caress Fary Cry 5 and all that spawned from it. I enjoyed the gameplay of Far Cry 5 but I quit and sold my copy about 7 hours in because the characters and those god damned story cutscenes sucked all the fun out of it. That poo poo was anti-fun and there was no point for it existing.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:47
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Ugh, why even loving have insurance then? Like, why pay for it? It's stupid on multiple levels. Chest pain is literally one of those things that should be checked by a doctor, and you are paying into the system that makes it possible to be seen by a doctor, but you're right, best to NOT take advantage of that.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:47
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It has always been a truth that fear of looking foolish is more powerful than fear of death.
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mutata posted:Ugh, why even loving have insurance then? Like, why pay for it? Those insurance company execs appreciate it.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:48
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PantsBandit posted:I don't really follow Pokemon, but Jan Ochoa over at GiantBomb does these Monday Night Combat streams of Let's Go Pikachu multiplayer battles, so I've been tuning in here and there. when you mega evolve slowbro the shellder on its tail gets huge and almost covers it whole
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Feb 20, 2019 17:49
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mutata posted:Ugh, why even loving have insurance then? Like, why pay for it? It's stupid on multiple levels. I get tax fines that exceed the cost medical care if I don't have insurance, even if the insurance is functionally useless
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Feb 20, 2019 17:50
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Ok, cool, but not really applicable to the person I was addressing who stated "I actually have good insurance" or whatever. I was more speaking to his situation directly.
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Feb 20, 2019 17:52
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In Training posted:I get tax fines that exceed the cost medical care if I don't have insurance, even if the insurance is functionally useless i nearly got hit with these the year after obamacare became a thing because the paperwork i submitted to reup my marketplace insurance for the year after never got processed so i was both without medical insurance for a year and almost paying fines for the privilege it was pretty great
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Feb 20, 2019 17:52
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i'm playing sly 1 again and it's still fun but also it feels like this entire game was submerged in vaseline for hours before release
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Feb 20, 2019 18:20
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Barudak posted:I quit playing Super Hot out of boredom, not difficulty. Super hot is like less than two hours long, just go finish it.
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Feb 20, 2019 18:31
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Thank you PC gamers who paid to play Anthem early and bug test it for everyone else. A patch dropped that fixed the endgame followed by Microsoft's corporate VP calling out all reviewers as weak.
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Feb 20, 2019 18:34
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If you bought anthem early, gently caress yourself. You're part of the reason games will continue to release in increasingly unfinished states. You deserve every loading screen the game throws at you.
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Feb 20, 2019 18:35
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sure yeah, but also I'm gonna buy the early access for dreams when it comes out
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Feb 20, 2019 18:37
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preorders are 100% a scam
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Feb 20, 2019 18:38
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homeless snail posted:sure yeah, but also I'm gonna buy the early access for dreams when it comes out Yuuuuup
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Feb 20, 2019 18:39
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Cowcaster posted:preorders are 100% a scam But what if I have expert taste in video games and also want to play the game the day it comes out
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Feb 20, 2019 18:41
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Cowcaster posted:preorders are 100% a scam also collector's editions
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Feb 20, 2019 18:43
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Cowcaster posted:preorders are 100% a scam I had Resident Evil 2, Smash Ultimate, Soul Calibur 6 and DMCV preordered since August but that was mainly because they were safe bets + I wanted to get the Amazon discount registered before it ended. Was the only time I've bothered to preorder poo poo way in advance and luckily I'm probably gonna be 4 for 4 with it Preordering stuff from companies like Ubisoft, Bethesda, or EA is obviously more of a risk than preordering a Mario game these days
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Feb 20, 2019 18:44
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corn on the cop posted:also collector's editions 120%
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Feb 20, 2019 18:45
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Help Im Alive posted:But what if I have expert taste in video games and also want to play the game the day it comes out Your taste is trash, no game is worth day one money.
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Feb 20, 2019 18:49
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bushisms.txt posted:Your taste is trash, no game is worth day one money. I paid like $400 (or whatever a PS4 cost at the time) for Bloodborne and I have no regrets
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What if it's a Nintendo game that's never going to go on sale then every day is day one
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