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sorry but the fact that the solution involves reaching out to the state AG is really so twisted.

Like the hospital couldn’t knock this $200 bill off your payment without the power of the state AG telling them to??

I’m glad you got your money back, but it’s so insane to me that you need the power of a state-wide enforcement agency behind you to get anything?? Evil!!!!

Ok so my kid had an ear infection, right? As kids often do.

The doctor scraped out a bit of earwax to have a better look inside.

I was sent a bill for $200 PER EAR for this 5 second procedure which I did not give permission for them to do.

That was key- they did not ASK me if they could do this "procedure". And, as I OWN a medical practice (it's me. The medical practice is me, sitting in my house on video calls) I knew to call them when this bill came in to be like "You did not obtain informed consent for this procedure, and it was not en emergency procedure. You had full ability to gain my consent and didn't. I'm not paying."

And the massive hospital who owned the bill said "yuh-huh you do have to pay."

And I said "I own a practice. I know these laws. I do not owe you money for this."

And they conducted an "internal review" and SURPRISE! Decided I totally owed them money and they had never done anything wrong ever.

And so I called my state's Attorney General office, and explained the situation because, as I mentioned, I know the law. The AG got in touch within a couple days to say they were taking the case and would send the massive hospital conglomerate a knock it off, guys letter.

Lo and Behold, today I have a letter where said hospital graciously has agreed to forfeit the payment.

"How not to get screwed over by companies" should be part of civics class.

Know your rights and know who to call when they're infringed on. This whole process cost me $0 and honestly less effort than I would have expected.

May this knowledge find its way to someone else who can use it.

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you've heard of "quiet quitting," now I'd like to introduce you to the next level, The French Work Ethic:

Do exactly what you're paid for and nothing more

Absolutely refuse to be available to contact when you're off the clock

Never prioritize work over your own health, wellbeing, or family because that would be insane, it's just a job.

Have a little glass of wine

Take as long as you feel like for lunch

Deeply understand that work doesn't matter

Make sure your boss your boss knows they're always your second priority ❤️

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I wonder how things are going in the multiverse timeline where Covid killed donald trump… r they happy there… or is Mike Pence running for reelection?? did that ship still end up blocking the Suez Canal in 2021? Are the memes better there?

do u think they have a Mandela affect where people are like “why do I always forget he died in 2020… I could’ve sworn,,,,”

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This post was voted on by our Patreon.

The first version of this was posted in 2020, back in the very start of our page. It was an important primer then and it is again now.

In any good English 101 course, you are taught to define terms before writing the rest of your paper. Understanding how misinformation is spread through conflation, confusion, and intentional ambiguity is vital and necessary.

As we have, in the last months, been exploring Christian Zionism on our page, we've seen the comments run into issues of confusion on this very topic.

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Survivor 46 has had so much balls to the walls insane (read: iconic) shit. Like ALL of this happened in one season:

Jelinsky quitting the Sweat task within like an hour of starting it and then throwing the hour glass in frustration

“Several means seven, not four”

Everyone clowning on Jelinsky (including Jeff!!!) for the rest of the season about the above conviction

“I didn’t come to win a million dollars, I came here to win a million hearts”

Bhanu cursing God for putting him on Survivor in the first place if he was going to be voted out

Bhanu legit getting on his hands and knees, begging Tiff not to vote him out and Tiff telling him to stand up because he’s a grown man

Really everything involving the Bhanu boot with him running around the island

Jem deciding to plant the Beware Advantage, but not planting anything below it, leading to Siga digging a massive hole and basically uprooting a whole bush

Venus taking credit for the Soda blindside, which pissed off Tevin who wanted to take credit for the Soda blindside, which pissed off Liz who wanted to take credit for the Soda blindside (or really just everyone fighting like children over “whose move” something was)

Q overanalyzing a game of hide and seek (Big mistake!)

Q blowing up tribal and asking to be voted out, only for Tevin to go home

The entire Applebee’s reward fiasco

Probably missed some stuff because of just how jam packed this season is and really hope the last few episodes deliver

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Barely related, but recently I was dancing at a concert and suddenly noticed I was sweating and thought “do I smell bad?” and then I was like “doesn’t matter, it’s too loud in here for anyone to smell me anyway”

I don’t know if that’s how other people experience overstimulation, but my brain definitely finds that too much of one sense just overloads the others.

Life in an Autism World

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Adding:

- a woman who is able to put together a complete sentence and comes off as moderately intelligent.

She is immediately seen as a massive threat and voted out before she’s had a chance to actually try anything.

Every new era survivor finale has the following:

- a man who is dumb and wasn’t ever seen as a threat bc he did nothing all season

- a woman half the internet hates for reasons that are unclear to me but is a genuine badass

- and an extremely buff person who was great at challenges but maybe didn’t have the best strategic game

Bonus points if one of them had a very good strategic game but is just incapable of expressing it to the jury for some reason

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"Hanukkah" by Yefim Ladyzhenky. He was born in Odesa, one of his main topics is the life of the Jewish community in Odesa and city life, especially 1910-1920th and later.

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I can't get over the fact that Dick fucking Cheney said, basically, that Trump is too evil of a dude for him to get behind.

That's like... fuck, idk... that's like Dick Cheney saying a politician is too fucking evil for him to work with. The dude who famously shot a dude in the face and the dude apologized to him. That fucking guy.

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I am going to invent a screw that goes lefty tighty, righty loosey. No one has been this brave before.

I will become a folk hero who dared to question the dogma.

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and the academy award for best picture once again goes to... the talented mr. ripley (1999)! for the 25th year in a row! congratulations!