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The American Conservative Bible posted:30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. tax: 
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May 12, 2019 20:02
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fool_of_sound posted:Suggesting that people create an artificial history of pain in order to get disability benefits later in life doesn't sound like it's on the up and up. If you have genuine pain issues then it's fine. He said he edited. Maybe I misread it.
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May 12, 2019 20:04
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fool_of_sound posted:I'm not so sure it's a great idea to instruct goons how to commit fraud on a public forum. Or open up a road towards pain killer addiction. but what do I know?
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May 12, 2019 20:05
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1glitch0 posted:He said he edited. Maybe I misread it. Yes he edited it to fix my objection, like he said he would. It's fine now.
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May 12, 2019 20:05
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BiggerBoat posted:Or open up a road towards pain killer addiction. but what do I know? yeah pro advice for the working poor, get into pain pills. I honestly checked like twice to see if it was a quote from somewhere that we were making fun of but no it appears to be earnest
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May 12, 2019 20:17
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Tibalt posted:
Also cook and eat children.
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May 12, 2019 20:24
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I don't think Tibalt actually wants people shoving Vicodin into their mouths. He's just advising people with pain to get that in their medical records, which is valid.
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May 12, 2019 20:26
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BiggerBoat posted:Or open up a road towards pain killer addiction. but what do I know? But I understand why what I said is lovely given the context of the opioid crisis. Believe me, I'm aware of the issue.
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May 12, 2019 20:28
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fool_of_sound posted:I don't think Tibalt actually wants people shoving Vicodin into their mouths. He's just advising people with pain to get that in their medical records, which is valid. Yeah he was also talking about people doing under the table/manual labor. You’re basically guaranteed to have back/knee/body problems in general if you spend decades doing hard physical work. Which is a gigantic portion of US workers, making it even more egregious we don’t have universal coverage.
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May 12, 2019 20:31
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I edited it more. I apologize, what I said was wrong. I have a very cynical view of how we're dealing with the opioid crisis due to how I interact with Medicare and Medicaid members in PA and OH. While I feel like the system has gone too far the other way in reaction to over-prescription, and is now hurting people with pain issues in a misguided attempt to punish drug users, I should not tell people to ask for pain medication frivolously. While it's true that most providers will shut down even legitimate requests, pill mills still exist and there is a very real problem right now. The point I was trying to make was that you should bring your medical issues forcefully enough that they make it into your medical history, in this case by crossing a line that would be noted by providers. It's easy for someone to minimize their own issues, and its easy for those issues to be ignored by providers. Please don't minimize your own pain, and please don't let constraints put in place deter you from seeking the medical care you need.
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May 12, 2019 20:46
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RasperFat posted:Yeah he was also talking about people doing under the table/manual labor. You don’t have to strategically establish a paper trail over a period of years to get meloxicam though
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May 12, 2019 20:59
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As a court reporter for Social Security hearings, I hear a lot of social security cases. My biggest advice to having them go well is to be really honest and ideally share an interest with the judge Like there was one case, the judge asks "when was the last time you had alcohol?" -- "I've been dry for two full years." -- "It says here you have had a hospital stay two months ago resulting from when you went to a bar, got in a fight, followed someone home to continue the fight and they ended up calling you an ambulance?" The claim didn't go well for them. And the other end, "when was the last time you smoked marijuana?" -- "To be perfectly honest your honor, about 15 minutes ago" Approved I mean obviously the important parts of the case (!!medical records!!) make the difference, but don't lie to a judge you goobers
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May 12, 2019 21:01
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Tibalt posted:The reality of pain treatment in the US right now is that it's not real unless you've been complaining about it for years, and even then they might not believe you if the damage doesn't show up on an MRI. Dude, I'm under pain management and am prescribed pain killers so I understand the reality of it just fine. You seem to be offering economic advice or...something... towards frugality in this modern American age while missing the big picture here. You still don't seem to grasp that for most of us, there simply IS no extra to sock away. I do it - or try anyway - and I am quite frugal. I have child support payments and an hour commute to and from work every day. $80 a week in gas. Perhaps I should purchase a scooter? Believe me when I tell that whatever I manage to put away can get eaten up in a heartbeat when I need new tires, a timing belt or (in my specific case) when my son goes to the ER with and epileptic seizure (2x). You know what a deductible is? I repaired my sandals with velcro today, squirt my 2007 car windshield with a water bottle because my washer pump is broken, pack my own lunch, shop at yard sales and flea markets plus pick and choose when I can afford to seek therapy for any number of mental health issues. I wear the same t-shirts and clothes until they disintegrate and haven't bought any new furniture in over a decade. EDIT: redacted some stuff about pain pills in light of the apology BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 21:06 on May 12, 2019 |
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May 12, 2019 21:01
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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1127641362004873217?s=20
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May 12, 2019 21:13
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Fallom posted:You don’t have to strategically establish a paper trail over a period of years to get meloxicam though No but it will definitely help get approval for SSDI when your knee completely gives out at 55 and you have a full decade before you get regular SS.
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May 12, 2019 21:15
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border wall... good??? (still nope)
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May 12, 2019 21:18
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Daddy Putin nods approvingly
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May 12, 2019 21:22
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I mean...I'd rather they didn't build the wall either but...yay? Kinda? One fascist money pit being drained to fill another? With how Trump runs things I'm sure more of that money will be squandered/slushed than actually goes to bricks on the border so...I dunno we'll call it a wash.
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May 12, 2019 21:23
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Pellisworth posted:Daddy Putin nods approvingly lmao "our military budget might only be 10 times russia's, putin is going to conquer us any day now"
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May 12, 2019 21:24
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I hope the next democratic president tells the Pentagon that they can have anything that's left of their 2.5 billion in wallbux back and that's their only budget "increase" for 2020.
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May 12, 2019 21:25
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fool_of_sound posted:lmao "our military budget might only be 10 times russia's, putin is going to conquer us any day now" You were just complaining, rightfully, about other people using straw men yesterday. Come on.
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May 12, 2019 21:28
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https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1127611934134755328 Shocking.
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May 12, 2019 21:29
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fool_of_sound posted:lmao "our military budget might only be 10 times russia's, putin is going to conquer us any day now" if we don't send spy planes over Pakistan Putin will have his tanks in Anchorage by the next month!
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May 12, 2019 21:29
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RandomBlue posted:You were just complaining, rightfully, about other people using straw men yesterday. Come on. Fair enough. I don't really know how to take that sentiment as anything other than thoughtless jingoism though.
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May 12, 2019 21:32
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It is shocking that it didn’t all go to existing debts, drugs, and gambling, yes.
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May 12, 2019 21:32
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 What an unexpected turn of events
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May 12, 2019 21:37
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fool_of_sound posted:Fair enough. I don't really know how to take that sentiment as anything other than thoughtless jingoism though. I was just amused that we're pulling money to build the stupid loving wall from ICBM research and spy planes, two things Putin would be very happy for us to defund. I'm not defending our grotesquely huge defense budget or anything. It just nicely fits the "Trump is Putin's lackey" narrative.
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May 12, 2019 21:38
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Again I don't think putin gives a poo poo about a few billion dollars being pulled out of our enormously bloated budget
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May 12, 2019 21:41
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fool_of_sound posted:Again I don't think putin gives a poo poo about a few billion dollars being pulled out of our enormously bloated budget I agree, and you're taking an offhand quip about Daddy Putin way too seriously
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May 12, 2019 21:48
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Party Plane Jones posted:
Fun cameo by human garbage golem Jesse Singal there.
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May 12, 2019 21:48
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Seeing his chance Putin is sending the Red Army across the Finnish border right now
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May 12, 2019 21:55
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Feinne posted:Fun cameo by human garbage golem Jesse Singal there. It’s kind of amazing how the science “experts” on trans people sound exactly like eugenics “scientists” from 100 years ago. I have a strong feeling they recognize that fact, but consider it a bonus instead of horrifying and disqualifying.
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May 12, 2019 21:57
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OhDearGodNo posted:I wish someone would do that in my area with the confederate flag some rear end in a top hat has on a scrap of land right next to I95. It’s incredibly visible, and gives our area a bad reputation.
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May 12, 2019 22:01
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RasperFat posted:It’s kind of amazing how the science “experts” on trans people sound exactly like eugenics “scientists” from 100 years ago. They probably low-key agree with those eugenicists.
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May 12, 2019 22:06
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Only Trump could take money from a bloated and wasteful Pentagon budget and somehow spend it on something even more useless and wasteful.
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May 12, 2019 22:08
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Feinne posted:They probably low-key agree with those eugenicists. ...low-key? It isnt like they dont consistently post maps of IQ by country of origin with the oh-so-subtle suggestion that certain people should be kept out of the gene pool or anything.
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May 12, 2019 22:15
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BardoTheConsumer posted:...low-key? It isnt like they dont consistently post maps of IQ by country of origin with the oh-so-subtle suggestion that certain people should be kept out of the gene pool or anything. Yeah I'll be less fair, they probably believe in phrenology.
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May 12, 2019 22:15
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1127681373966409730
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May 12, 2019 22:18
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Feinne posted:Yeah I'll be less fair, they probably believe in phrenology. Those of them that can spell the word phrenology almost certainly do.
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May 12, 2019 22:20
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Feinne posted:Yeah I'll be less fair, they probably believe in phrenology. Moreso than the actual science they claim to be standing up for. And like actual neuroscientists and development experts and biologists and doctors offer to debate people like Ben all the loving time, but they’re smart enough to know not to respond to those and dismiss them as “trolls.”
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May 12, 2019 22:25
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