gregorum @ gregorum @lemm.ee

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I try to assume the best of people

All evidence to the contrary

And my assumption was that you were wrong

Your first mistake, but, unlike you, I don’t get all nasty when people make those. Also, you haven’t really proven that I was wrong, either.

You are right, it hasn’t been the best guess i could have made.

Nor was devolving into juvenile insults based off of hurt feelings.

Best of luck!

Changing the subject again?

Nice straw man.

So, it’s more ad hominem attacks rather than actually presenting an argument to defend your point.

In your very first comment on this post, you clearly lay out the risk (and hopeful outcome).

As an American man I only have a 40% chance of developing cancer in my lifetime, but with universal healthcare there’s 100% chance I will have to pay for it.

Seems like your memory problems are getting worse… too bad you don’t have health insurance, or you could go see a doctor to have that checked out ¯(ツ)_/¯

I am not responsible for your actions nor for helping you to gain absolution or forgiveness. If you lack the self-awareness to realize what you’ve said or have a such a poor memory that you can’t remember from one comment to the next, then perhaps you should be tending to those issues rather than arguing with strangers online.

Ya know, I’ve said this repeatedly, but you seem to be having memory problems, so I’ll repeat it:

I didn’t define anything. The dictionary did.

For reference:

Perhaps you should keep making assumptions. That doesn’t seem to be working out for you.

Have lost track of what you’ve said already? Are you having a sudden attack of very convenient amnesia?

I don’t have health insurance because I do not agree with gambling.

That is, itself, gambling. I’ve proven that by *posting the definition of the word “gambling.”

Again, for reference:

That is the entirety of my side of this conversation to you so far.

Except for when you tried to change the subject to unemployment insurance, crossing the road, or my usage of quotation marks.

You are telling me that I’m wrong to believe what I do and you seem very invested in doing so.

I have told you - repeatedly - that your “beliefs” are clearly (based on everything you keep saying) based on a complete lack of understanding as to what insurance is, what it’s for, and how it works as well as not really knowing the definition or the word “gambling”. If you heard something other than what I’ve said, that’s on you.

I don’t want to walk away from this conversation because I feel like it might be rude and that you might actually need someone to talk to.

Is everything going well in your life?

Oh, more ad hominem attacks and deflection. Seems like you’re all out of arguments.

I didn’t define gambling— the dictionary did. Blaming me because certain words have certain meanings is irrational, and is certainly not good-faith. And attacking me personally just because you have no other argument is just an Ad hominem.

We were talking about health insurance. Now you’re talking about quotation marks and the insecurities you have in your beliefs.

Those two subjects are not the same.

You have changed the subject. I can only surmise it is because you can no longer defend your “beliefs” and wish to distract with a Red Herring.

Coming from the person who doesn’t “get” what insurance is or the meaning of the word “gambling” means until I had to post the definition from a dictionary.

Changing the subject again?

Since you haven’t managed to make your point in nearly a dozen comments on this subject…. I doubt that…

Unless you’re saying that you wasted all this time discussing something other than your point, in which case… why?

You’re “beliefs” - as you’ve explained them - appear to be based on a complete lack of knowledge of what insurance is, what it’s for, or how it works as well as several attempts to redefine the word “gambling” tp what fits your “beliefs.” None of your “beliefs” are supported by the facts— they’re complete contradicted by them.

What are you getting out of this, by telling me I’m wrong in my beliefs and expanding the definition of gambling to literally anything?

you’re spreading false information (your “beliefs”) as fact which could be harmful to others of they’re foolish enough to believe you. I don’t have to gain something in return just to do the right thing by posting the correct information on response. Life isn’t some zero-sum game where I have to be motivate by personal gain simply because your feelings got hurt.

Oh, and I didn’t define gambling— the dictionary did. Blaming me for pointing that out is juvenile. Your interpretations of those definitions are entirely on you.

Then that’s foolish, but not really relevant to this discussion about health insurance… Unless your point is to illustrate that you have no real idea about what insurance is or how it works.

Good thing it’s typically mandated by state law. You don’t have a choice when it’s deducted from your paycheck in most cases, and you’re automatically enrolled. (In some states and situations, it’s paid for by the employers). Whether you ever take advantage of that is another matter.

However, that’s irrelevant. All you’ve done here is demonstrate poor decision-making skills, and a profound misunderstanding of the concepts of both insurance and gambling.

I’m not the one here with difficulty understanding what the word “gamble” means.

Hope this helps:

That is working.

Not if you lose your bet that anyone is willing to pay you your desired wage. Then it’s unemployment because you gambled and lost. And even if they do agree, it’s just luck that you won— but it’s still a gamble.