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  • The fact that whether or not I get medical care is almost completely determined by whatever insurance company I have at any given time is so depressing.

    I have thankfully been pretty healthy in my life but the few times I've actually needed help I have been told to go fuck myself pretty much every time by my insurance and since I'm not a millionaire I can't afford anything that's not covered. Don't even get me started on the Russian roulette at the doctor's office where anything can cost seemingly any amount at any time and no one has any damn clue until the bill's arrived.

    So whether or not I need the help really doesn't matter at the end of the day most times. All that matters is if the insurance company is feeling nice or not.

  • Kinda unrelated but holy balls did you see that Tucker Carlson crap in Russia? The interview and the several videos after that... It is the most blatant ridiculous propaganda I've seen in a long time and it's strange. That combined with the crazy amount of Russian bots on those videos puts you in such a weird weird environment it's crazy

    He even says

    "Coming to a Russian grocery store, the ‘heart of evil,’ and seeing what things cost and how they live, it will radicalize you against our leaders. That’s how I feel, anyway, radicalized."

    Lmao usually they try to be just a smidge more sneaky with the propaganda

  • Duuuuude I haven't been to McDonald's in forever but fuck me sideways with a lunch box $3.50 for a hash brown??!! You could go to McDonald's with $10 and come home with... Two hashbrowns lol wth is going on.

  • You're totally right. I misspoke. I should have said the largest demographic I suppose. I meant that users under the age of like 21 are by far the biggest "piece of the pie" of users.

    I'd push back a little that it's not a kids app tho. I think they are targeting teens and young adults as the primary demographic but I could definitely be persuaded out of that. But having worked in a high school for the last 4 years, I can at least say that tik tok is those kids LIFE lol. It is all they think about. Eat sleep and dream tik tok with like YouTube and Instagram in the background.

    Also I didn't mean at all that the app was pushing "minor" content or fetishizing young kids or anything in any way. That's my mistake if it came off like that. I more meant to ask if the user was okay with users giving their data away even if they were a teenager as they would obviously be either much less "informed" or just don't care about where their personal data is sent or why.

    But I guess it doesn't matter. This is like the tenth time I've asked an honest question just got down voted a ton and not even answered lol I guess the lesson is to just not ask questions idk my bad

  • I've been in this game for a good bit now and while I've seen a bunch of go getters put in ridiculous hours and slave away and actually get promoted, I have seen faaaaaaar more just get promoted for being in the right place at the right time or, most times, being the child, spouse, in-law, or friend of someone high up in the company. In my experience your social standing or just plain luck accounts for about 90% of it. The other 10% isn't the work you do, it's the work they think you do.

  • 23 corporations, including T-Mobile US and Xcel Energy, paid zero (or less) federal income tax over the five-year period

    So... Does that mean they paid zero taxes and got a return? How the hell do you pay less than zero dollars in taxes?