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25 y/o programmer from Germany

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Like anyone else, I'd say buy stock/bitcoin, but the overlap of me being old enough to have my own bank account and the time where stocks/bitcoin was worth it is fairly slim. Maybe I'd go back to like 2019/2020 and pump all my money into Gamestop.

Love the story telling in baba is you

Not straight, and not a man, but I just think they're neat! There really doesn't need to be a "why" to attraction, sometimes your brain just sees something and goes "yes"

Why not both?

I find those randomly started projects and the dim activity chart deeply relatable haha

A programmer? Mah man!!

Whenever I catch myself typing too long on a reply or getting frustrated, I ask myself: "Would it be better for me to just send a picture of a pig pooping on his own balls?"

If the answer is yes, I stop typing and either block or move on.

Pretty sure you could get a bit of mummy for that price

Well, if I randomly take the place of an aristocratic child I can play the angle of "overachiever kid only talks in English/German/Russian to show off their skills".
Otherwise, neck rope.

The one time I've personally heard about a claim being denied (at first) was when a person who is in group therapy wanted to do their insurances online solo therapy offer as well. Technically, the law says that doing solo therapy in addition to group therapy is fine, but that specific online program was intended as a catch-all offer for people who can't find a therapy spot at all. But I think the insurance gave in and let them take it anyway after a call or two.

I know insurances are allowed to not cover it if you want wacky treatments like chiropractors and acupuncture. Some treatments, like tooth cleaning, are limited to I think twice a year, after that you have to pay the dentist out of pocket. There are also certain meds that count as "lifestyle drugs", which are not covered by default. I know that Mounjarno (the weight loss version of Ozempic) was one of them. So if your doctor decides to prescribe it, they write it down on a green sheet of paper to signal that it's self-pay only. There was some sort of system to ask the insurance for an exception, but I've never heard of anyone needing to do that.

What I've never heard either is insurances denying MRIs or anything like that. I don't think they're allowed to do that here?? I've only ever had one MRI and a few X-Rays taken, but when I did I wasn't even thinking about the insurance because whenever something isn't covered by insurance doctors will usually wait a second and ask whether you're sure that you want to pay yourself. If they don't ask, it's fine.

Yeah, that's very valid! I'd like to think that the technology got safer in the past years, but honestly I don't even wanna check and risk having to give up the coziness

I guess, but fire isn't very healthy either I think

The electric heating pad I sleep on. I wouldn't be surprised if some study finds that something about sleeping on wires would be kinda bad long-term. Maybe something about residual currents or the minimal magnetic field from the wires, idk

..when you have to eat Russian food?

Interesting! Is there a color for medicine that is absolutely necessary? I know that when I was seriously messed up and needed Antibiotics those were put on a pink slip, idk how optional those were :o

I've also seen the green papers, which are for completely self-paid stuff (so like, weird unproven teas and supplements)

That sounds nice and simple! I don't 100% understand the German system either, I just know that it costs about 15% of my income each month (half is paid by my employer), and if my doctor writes a prescription on a pink sheet of paper, the meds don't cost me more than like 5-10€ (apparently it's some sort of co-pay thing).

We also have a system for private health insurance, because people employed by the government aren't allowed to benefit from the government-subsidized health insurances. But I'm not earning enough to know specifics about it haha

It's also pretty shocking to find out what y'all have to deal with. German healthcare can be mildly annoying at times (the bureaucracy of finding the right form to fill out to get something like psychotherapy approved can be tedious), but I've never heard of anyone here getting their request dismissed without a good, legally predefined, reason. Apparently American Healthcare companies can just say no just because they feel like it?? whack.

ew no, why would anyone want that

I mean, they'd get like one or two afternoons of googling around and watching youtube videos about the aliens biology, but I think I'd lose interest pretty fast

Pro tip: whenever a relative asks you to fix their computer, wipe everything and set up Linux for them. That'll teach em.