peopleproblems @ peopleproblems @lemmy.world

woah holy shit a bio?

---

Read more

Posts

13

Comments

1,871

Joined

2 yr. ago

You know what's pretty neat about this?

It's not mob justice. Mob justice is when people get together and come up with bad ideas. This is an individual that the public has now rallied around.

While we only see comments from a select few number of people in this country (relative to it's size of 350m) it seems that democracy is voicing itself. I know a lot of people who were initially shocked, but then quickly came to the conclusion that FAFO is a real thing.

And health insurance companies have done a lot of fucking around.

Something with diphenhydramine or doxylamine? They aren't great to take for very long at all.

But if you notice a dependency, I don't recommend the RX sleep meds I've been on for so long. One was effective for a very long time (15 years? Lunesta I think) but has gotten weaker and weaker. I'm terrified of stopping it though, its a nonbenzodiazapine so it binds to the same stuff as benzos. Taking something so long like that is bound to cause problems when I stop.

I've heard therapy helps. But I'm not sure how. Hasn't done much for me.

Hmmm.

I got the magnesium supplement, but I didn't know about zinc oxide and I didn't know they were hard to absorb.

I better look up what foods those guys are in, make it a little snack before bed instead

Wait hold on

Aren't you basically just taking a shot then?

Often they have quite a bit of experience in the military right?

I added an edit to clarify my reflection.

It's one of the reasons I couldn't go into the defense industry. Not just working on weapons that are deadly to enemy combatants and innocents; but making profit off of doing so.

If there becomes a point in my career where it's clear that my work doesn't make things better, then I know I've made a mistake.

It’s the right moment to pierce those layers of abstraction that allow you to get through each day, and question why it’s so financially lucrative for the system you’re building to exist.

I'm glad someone said it because this thought popped in my head yesterday. Been thinking about the consequences of my system, and really if it brings benefit to the users, but also who it affects indirectly.

So far, I'm ok with it. There is part of it that adds some safety for the business, the users, and people affected indirectly. But it still has a profit motive and that's the uncomfortable part.

Edit: I should clarify that I'm talking about my software system. Not the healthcare system in the U.S. like the author is. It's nowhere near as lucrative as making money off of people literally suffering from life. But the author mentioned how the CEOs see numbers not people. If the numbers my system collects ends up hurting people, that's what I was reflecting on.

I'm pretty sure NBC, and ABC news, as well as several articles, have mentioned the similarity to the book title. Plus, deny, defend, depose has a VERY different statement.

"Deny claims, defend legally, remove from power." The insurance companies deny the claims, know they can avoid court because the insured can't possibly afford lawyers when they get buried under medical debt, and the last one has multiple purposes. Remove the power of medical professionals in their care expertise, remove the power of the patient's voice, and remove the insurance companies and executives from having this power.

However, I acknowledge that the media shills for the owner class, and I see where the suspicion that they would change the words to fit that agenda is very possible. Unfortunately, without seeing the bullets, we have no way to verify what the actual words are. The only way we get that is from NYPD's evidence storage which would need a criminal case.

This is the part thats exciting to me.

Who hasn't been affected by this? Or hasn't seen health insurance denials hurt people?

They can pay security all they want. But the security better be truly sociopathic because whatever the salaries they get paid still won't bring back friends, family, neighbors, mentors, etc.

Greed is common throughout history. One might say it's human.

I disagree. The worst monsters wear human faces. At the top, you have the dragons with their hoards. The billionaires. The owner class. The ones who just accumulate. Then you have the dragon's monsters. They may well be far worse than the Dragons themselves, but the dragons just demand more, they don't care how. These monsters line up to take a bit of the hoard. The more they can deliver the dragons and their fellow monsters, the more they get themselves.

And what do the monsters do? They lie. They cheat. They swindle and con. They budge their way into things in the phrase of "efficiency" and "improvement."

I think it's far more than that though. I think a lot of parents would agree with me that Christmas morning and birthdays are probably the most exciting time of the year.

Debt is debt. It is nothing compared to the joy your child gets. That joy you see in your kid is worth more than most could ever earn anyway.

And I've seen the poorest families happily dip into that debt. They know it doesn't make things easier.

The problem is that he represented the hoarding dragons. The dragons believe they can keep affording these lesser beings to take the blame for their wealth.

He took measures that made things actively worse for the insured to make him and the owners wealthier.

You can't just skip to the boss fight. You gotta carve a path.

"Thompson lacked personal protection despite known risks."

Oh. Oh ho ho. That is an interesting bit of information.

Not the lacking personal protection. That does surprise me, but not a lot.

What does surprise me is the "despite known risks."

Was he that arrogant? Or do they, the powerful, greedy, and heartless, fear the wrong things?

Interesting to consider. The primal instinct to fear for ones life drives the most basic of biology. Is it possible, that this class of individuals lacks that fear? Or is it that there is something that fear more?

I think we all know the answer to that, of course. They fear losing power and wealth. That's quite a vulnerability. They protect that wealth and power more than their own life. I feel like I've heard about consequences to that.

Admittedly, I had no idea the Syrian conflict continues on today. I figured it just became a failed state and ended up with various warlords

Idk what you're talking about I didn't see nothing

$10k reward?

I don't think the NYPD even wants to know

I bet after this a new book was opened up on the large health care insurance orgs in Vegas.

I probably can't buy in, but certainly would be entertaining.

Language is strange man

Incredible our brains can make sense of any of it sometimes

So here's something wild I learned.

To Canadians, when I speak French, I have a very thick American accent. However, when I speak English to Canadians, they really can't tell my accent (presumably because I live in a bordering state?).

I always respect anyone who knows just enough English to communicate something simple/frequent. Because there is no fucking way they'd understand what I was trying to say in their language.

Interesting. Bitch MacDonald is groveling at Trump's feet.

Turtle man has no bar to lower.