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HashtagGirlboss posted:This is a few years old now so idk what the current state of things is, but whenever somebody says this it’s the first thing I think of Single payer would protect most of these people. Oh well!
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May 17, 2024 00:33
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cant do single payer bc all the cogs in the massive health insurance/billing machine would become unemployed
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May 17, 2024 00:37
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Rectal Death Alert posted:when are they going to make missed debt payments punishable by prison this would only work if the debt collector could garnish their prison wages
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May 17, 2024 00:38
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spiritual bypass posted:cant do single payer bc all the cogs in the massive health insurance/billing machine would become unemployed bullshit jobs are a load bearing pillar
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May 17, 2024 00:38
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj2jcSABmdI
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May 17, 2024 00:39
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spiritual bypass posted:cant do single payer bc all the cogs in the massive health insurance/billing machine would become unemployed Couldn't they fill similar jobs in the single payer bureaucracy
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May 17, 2024 00:45
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loquacius posted:Couldn't they fill similar jobs in the single payer bureaucracy You mean like all the staff who do stuff like process claims and man phone lines and stuff? Yeah But you mean like all the senior managers and directors and vps and stuff who do marketing and strategy and market analysis and all the other real important poo poo Where do they go, smart guy?
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May 17, 2024 00:47
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fits my needs posted:https://x.com/AP/status/1791129465356943727 0 chance that they are even told that they are dealing with asbestos or lead paint
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May 17, 2024 00:47
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loquacius posted:Couldn't they fill similar jobs in the single payer bureaucracy no im pretty sure it'd be drastically simpler without all the structures of billing, enrollment, claims submission etc
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May 17, 2024 00:50
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spiritual bypass posted:no im pretty sure it'd be drastically simpler without all the structures of billing, enrollment, claims submission etc That would be a national health care system, which would still need plenty of administrative staff Single payer still has all the stuff you’re thinking would go away because it’s nationalizing healthcare insurance rather than nationalizing healthcare
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May 17, 2024 00:53
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fits my needs posted:https://x.com/AP/status/1791129465356943727 Adrian Zenz please investigate
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May 17, 2024 00:57
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loquacius posted:This one matches up with the discussion from yesterday or whenever about people's retirement dreams actually being small businesses too. What you want is to do a lot of baking and have people reimburse you for your expenses and tell you how good a baker you are, and what you end up doing is showing up for work at like 3:30 AM so you can be ready for the breakfast rush It's kind of a natural progression when you consider that a ton of hobbies are way too expensive/time consuming when you also work 40 hours a week, commute, and maybe have some kind of theoretical family life or social life on top of that. I get incredibly annoyed with the urge to monetize every hobby but it's also a really logical path from "I can't do this if it isn't self-sustaining" to "this is my whole life now."
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May 17, 2024 01:06
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Bikes are way too drat expensive including decent kids bikes (ones without pedal brakes). I hope prices fall drastically, there shouldn’t be such a high barrier for sports. E-bikes are going to be screwed once the safety regulations come out on those (which they should). They’re very dangerous and can lead to injury or burning down your house. 50% of e-bike owners don’t know they have a bike with a li-ion battery in it.
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May 17, 2024 01:18
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loquacius posted:Couldn't they fill similar jobs in the single payer bureaucracy A different version of this plot gets posted every few years and oddly the numbers keep getting larger. This one is from this Forbes article:  There's a lot of graft embodied in that discrepancy of US costs wrt other countries. Single-payer bureaucracies aren't nearly so bloated as the US system so moving to one would cut out a lot of bullshit jobs. It's not like things are going super great in single-payer countries though, on my last visit back to Canada I was a little shocked at the number of private health insurance television commercials. The UK NHS is self-destructing in real time. The US probably has it worst though as the health care is simultaneously both poor quality and one of the most expensive.
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May 17, 2024 01:25
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You say expensive, i say creating lots of value for shareholders
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May 17, 2024 01:26
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Glumwheels posted:Bikes are way too drat expensive including decent kids bikes (ones without pedal brakes). I hope prices fall drastically, there shouldn’t be such a high barrier for sports. State will sell you a hybrid bike for $400 or less, that ain't bad. https://www.statebicycle.com/collections/core-line
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May 17, 2024 01:30
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Glumwheels posted:50% of e-bike owners don’t know they have a bike with a li-ion battery in it. This is an absolutely insane statement, you have to charge the battery on the thing regularly to use it.
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May 17, 2024 01:31
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Glumwheels posted:Bikes are way too drat expensive including decent kids bikes (ones without pedal brakes). I hope prices fall drastically, there shouldn’t be such a high barrier for sports. you know you see price gouging when chips with 10 billion transistors cost only a few bucks to make
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May 17, 2024 01:33
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Also kind of ridiculous to assume that most people give a poo poo about lithium ion batteries or their risks. You've got them in basically every portable device in your house. A typical homeowner probably has a garage full of lithium ion power tool batteries.
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May 17, 2024 01:34
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Justin Tyme posted:Before cash for clunkers u could get a car for a few hundred bucks off some sketchy guy. Now used cars are like ten grand so ur like alright guess I'll ride a bike.... then u see a "decent" bike costs as much as a piece of junk old car used to lol my first car was a white automatic mx3 the previous owner had driven up under the back of an suv which had bent the hood up so the latch wouldn’t lock. it was held down by coat hangers wrapped around the frame. every time I made a right turn the engine stalled for the first two weeks three hundred dollar bills and after a few tanks of gas and the hood popping up and hitting the windshield on the way off the interstate one afternoon, it never let me down
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May 17, 2024 01:35
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:State will sell you a hybrid bike for $400 or less, that ain't bad. That’s good if you’re just into neighborhood rides but I go mountain biking. I have a canondale hard tail I bought many years ago when they were not as expensive. Twerk from Home posted:This is an absolutely insane statement, you have to charge the battery on the thing regularly to use it. They know it’s a rechargeable bike but not the battery tech in it and don’t understand the dangers that come with it. There will probably be regulations around product safety and design that come out from the cpsc and strict labeling requirements of the warnings.
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May 17, 2024 01:37
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HashtagGirlboss posted:You mean like all the staff who do stuff like process claims and man phone lines and stuff? fits my needs posted:https://x.com/AP/status/1791129465356943727
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May 17, 2024 01:39
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Glumwheels posted:That’s good if you’re just into neighborhood rides but I go mountain biking. I have a canondale hard tail I bought many years ago when they were not as expensive. You're looking for something specialized, of course you're going to pay more. That said, Giant will sell you a hardtail mountain bike for anywhere from $530 to $5200. https://www.giant-bicycles.com/us/bikes/mountain-bikes/hardtail
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May 17, 2024 01:39
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Paradoxish posted:Also kind of ridiculous to assume that most people give a poo poo about lithium ion batteries or their risks. You've got them in basically every portable device in your house. A typical homeowner probably has a garage full of lithium ion power tool batteries. That’s why the cpsc is going after micromobility products like e-bikes, e-scooters and hoverboards. They’re extremely dangerous due to the impacts the receive and the batteries being capable of catching fire as a result.
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May 17, 2024 01:42
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:can we crowdfund a goon-ai? a proto goon if you will just do what I do; pay very little attention to usernames and engage with the forums as if you’re talking to a hive mind that allows you to be a part of it whenever you want 
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May 17, 2024 01:44
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Paradoxish posted:It's kind of a natural progression when you consider that a ton of hobbies are way too expensive/time consuming when you also work 40 hours a week, commute, and maybe have some kind of theoretical family life or social life on top of that. I get incredibly annoyed with the urge to monetize every hobby but it's also a really logical path from "I can't do this if it isn't self-sustaining" to "this is my whole life now." ive been struggling with this a lot lately, my last few creative hobbies fully consumed me as i went down the monetization path and now that im in a stable-ish position at work *knocks on every piece of wood in a 10 mile radius* i want to get back into creative hobbies but i constantly catch myself thinking about monetizing them either bc they're too expensive or bc having strangers react to it and giving me some small additional income would be awesome. its genuinely depressing to try and remember a time when i just had hobbies and a job and there was no crossover bc it was like 10+ years ago.
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May 17, 2024 01:45
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:lol forever It’s great that America decided roads shouldn’t exist and the speed limit should be 35+ everywhere next to sub divisions, businesses, crowded areas and schools. Also, lol forever at having freeways go straight through most downtown metropolitan areas lmfao.
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May 17, 2024 01:45
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my building has a no lithium battery vehicle rule now
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May 17, 2024 01:48
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Micromobility solutions are getting crackdowns because they're undermining car culture. The battery stuff is just a convenient excuse.
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May 17, 2024 02:07
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gradenko_2000 posted:Micromobility solutions are getting crackdowns because they're undermining car culture. The battery stuff is just a convenient excuse. and they're fun as hell. scootin around town smokin menthols. democrats hate this.
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May 17, 2024 02:12
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It'd be cool to have an e-bike but I don't go anywhere
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May 17, 2024 02:12
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net work error posted:It'd be cool to have an e-bike but I don't go anywhere it's great for visiting friends. or just strap a bluetooth speaker to it and go for a spin to clear your mind now and then, that's a good time too.
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May 17, 2024 02:13
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:ai can't shitpost Assimov's Law
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May 17, 2024 02:15
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philly is completely unbikeable unless you're okay with having a decent chance of being killed. this is from 2016 and it's pretty much unchanged as far as i know aside from the river trail https://bicyclecoalition.org/bike-lane-deserts-map-shows-transportation-unfriendly-areas/  the two arterial-type roads (just below the word philadelphia on that map) basically have pulled over cars in them half the time. also lmao at the idea of biking on columbus blvd, you may as well just bike on 676
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May 17, 2024 02:17
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America is a shithole.
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May 17, 2024 02:20
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triple sulk posted:philly is completely unbikeable unless you're okay with having a decent chance of being killed. this is from 2016 and it's pretty much unchanged as far as i know aside from the river trailust bike on 676 Last time I was in Center City (2019) it looked insanely bikeable compared to Pittsburgh just because the streets are too narrow for cars to go fast
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May 17, 2024 02:25
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FlapYoJacks posted:America is a shithole. just wait until the petrodollar really eats the curb
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May 17, 2024 02:26
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I just rode up and down this road today and it was a loving absolute nightmare because it's signed for 25mph and everyone does 45mph  Luckily there's a busway between where I went and where I came from and I can just take my bike on the bus. Bad for my exercise, good for not dying.
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May 17, 2024 02:27
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:State will sell you a hybrid bike for $400 or less, that ain't bad. and extra discounts on the Wu-Tang bicycle ChRomE-molybdenum frAMe
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May 17, 2024 02:30
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The Oldest Man posted:just wait until the petrodollar really eats the curb If America collapses all other countries turn into shitholes because big red buttons will be pressed during the chaos.
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May 17, 2024 02:52
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