#How good is your healthcare?
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Incorrect, the fact that Biden has dropped out and a candidate with history of supporting medicare for all and being more receptive to a ceasefire in the I/P conflict has made me go from "I cannot morally support the Democratic nominee" to "I am voting for the Democratic nominee despite the fact she isn't perfect in every respect." I'm really happy this played out. The Dems for the most part abandoned the old Obama platform and it feels like its possible an actual progressive agenda could come to pass in my lifetime.
Kamala 2024!
If you weren't going to vote Democratic in this election before Biden dropped out you're a dorkass loser who does not care about any of the issues you're yammering about here and also a fundamentally bad person, and I hope you get run over by a bus.
But you got one thing right in all of this gibberish, Kamala 2024.
#personal#answered#anonymous#i mean let's be clear here no president is gonna attempt to be progressive ever again within my lifetime#because joe biden tried to do like 25% of that and got ZERO fucking credit#he did so much on healthcare on reform on loans on so many social issues and for all his litany of failings on i/p#he has been distinctly harsher on netanyahu than a good chunk of dems and certainly the entire republican party#for the first time since i was four we are not involved in any wars as americans and that is thanks to joe biden#but the thing is that he gets no credit for any of it!#him pulling out of afghanistan caused his approvals to tank in a way that never recovered#and leftists gave him FUCK ALL for it#they gave him nothing they just continued whining that even tho he cancelled a bajillion in student loans#he didn't actually cancel a QUADRILLION dollars so both parties are the same and voting is the most arduous task known to man#no democrat who is running is going to forget that catering to leftist/progressive policies gets them zero leeway with those supporters#that it not only tanks numbers but you still get constant haranguing about it anyway#so they're not gonna do it#we are gonna get fuckall for at least a good fifty years#and anything we get will be utterly in SPITE of people like you anon it will happen in spite of everything you've done#mostly because of people like me and mine who understand that voting is the bare minimum#and that for the democratic process to work the way you want it to you need to participate and not pitch a fucking fit#like a four year old who was told they can't go to disney this weekend#like i know you ratfuckers are happy this played out because this is all a game to you and you don't actually care#but that's why i've got zero faith in you people and why i'm glad it's my kind of folks#actual die hard democrats who have always been hardliners for supporting democrats in every possible election#who are picking up the slack and donating to harris and supporting her agenda#which is the exact same as biden's because she's his vice president and they share they same platform#because that's what they were both running on! twice!#anyway fuck you please feel free to find a necktie and test how tall your doorframe is
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1.5 min wip to reiterate how deeply open for commissions I am, how very much all my originals are for sale, etc
#coffee painting#my pay this month was the equivalent of 400$ which as you may imagine is Not Enough#i have a 0 hour contract where i work so. today i got a text about a free shift replied yes in less than a minute#and then got a reply telling me it was covered. this has happened twice today.#i gotta get a new and less healthcare-y job#anyway that's not your problem sorry about that#this is a person made of bad coffee that tastes burnt. why make bad coffee when it ia possible to make good coffee?#even with milk and ice and a hint of flavouring it is bad :(#how do we feel about me posting sketches and wips? i always worry it becomes obnoxiously much.
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listen there’s a lot of really profound beautiful emotional social reasons to explore polyamory but here are some of my favorite perks:
many different birthday celebrations
having a partner near every major airport
access to a variety of different streaming services
add your favorite silly polyamory perk 💗
#yes i’m Big Poly#i was gonna be like “monogamy is fine” which obvs is true but actually i’m tired#of how every time people say things they love about our relationship style#monogamous people come out of the woodwork like “I COULDNT POSSIBLY”#“I’M SO TIRED OF THE PRESSURE TO BE POLY”#“OUR GENERATION DOESNT UNDERSTAND LOYALTY”#bro our whole system was designed for you.#i’m sorry it’s so hard to abide by the institution of marriage.#that was created for you.#and to be able to get tax breaks. and easier immigration processes. and +1s and healthcare through your partner’s employer and and and#all these things that exist that were structured around monogamy.#must be sooooo hard to witness one (1) polyamorous person experience joy in their relationship style.#ANYWAYSSSS i’m being petty#thank you and good night
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*taps the "there’s 0 appetite for any kind of lockdown for 97% of the population whether it’s paid or not" sign again*
Factually incorrect 💕
#'paid or not' as if thats auxiliary???#'hey do you want your rent cancelled for the next month?' 'NO'#<smth real people say#this is like saying 'theres no appetite for socialized healthcare bc obamacare'#like to whatever degree thats true....thats bc of the problems of obamacare???#so ur giving ur state a free pass to avoid doing good things bc they tried a shitty version that doesnt work#great strategy how can that ever be exploited 👍
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I think a lot of people's perception of "US centrism" on this site is "americans assuming us-specific problems are universal" but i've found it just as often if not more often manifests as the opposite. Usamericans thinking a problem people deal with worldwide (food deserts, late stage capitalism, bigotry) or a problem that did start primarily in the US but has been exported worldwide via cultural imperialism (this particular example is not the us but canada, but I sure did looooove having trucker protests in my country after they got 'inspired' by those in north america /s) are things only they have to deal with. I regularly get tags on this post that say something like 'blame the puritans for ruining american society' or will straight up go '#usa #fuck this country #i bet the rest of the world doesn't have this problem' I am from the Netherlands and have never set foot on the american continent.
#us centrism#anyone remember the post about how you benefit from living in the imperial core even if you are in other ways marginalized#and people were like 'um actually some people in the usa are POOR'#listen... being poor in the richest country in the world does in fact mean you still benefit from living in the world's richest country#your standards of living are higher than they would be if you were poor in countries still affected by colonialism and imperialism.#doesn't mean they're GOOD they're criminally bad and you deserve better but you do in fact still benefit from imperialism#and i say this as someone else living in the imperial core like no yeah i *absolutely* benefit from that.#but i KNOW that#europeans might contribute to this a bit bcs we do loooove to have a superiority complex about america even if it's undeserved#having better healthcare more trains and less guns does not make us problem free we suck#and have uhhh caused a significant amount of the problems on the other continents.#does mean we tend to be more aware of the privilege we have living here#but since europe is the only other continent usians know about some think 'murica is unique in having... bigots. or structural problems.
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hysterectomies should be easy to just call your doctor and schedule one for next week and only cost one hundred dollars. like spaying a cat.
#eliot posts#this is jokes i KNOW it's more complicated for humans bc of how our hormone cycles work#so hysterectomies (especially full ones where you get the ovaries removed) can have unwanted side effect#BUT AT THE SAME TIME#the way medical misogyny (as well as good ole overly expensive american healthcare) makes them unnecessarily hard to get#''but what if you want BABIES some day'' no thanks. fuck them kids.#''but what if your FUTURE HUSBAND wants BABIES'' someday. no thanks. not into men.#(and trying to pressure me to carry a child for them would be grounds for divorce to me anyways. fuck you im not a baby machine.)#this post brought to you by: i feel like i got hit by a fucking bus after last night's cramp incident#i want this thang GONE
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Don't you find the strict rules of society in Japan overwhelming for you and the kids?
not one bit
#i can’t express how safe i have felt here versus the US over the past several years specifically#no guns… good healthcare… clean environment… good childcare benefits… good food…#no strong religious chokehold permeating society#vaccines and masking aren’t a moral conundrum#functioning public transportation system#functioning postal system#don’t have to worry about people randomly yelling at you#many convenience stores open 24/7#focus on seasonal eating so produce tastes better and you appreciate it more#i can walk the streets at night#in my city all childcare costs and child medical costs are waived up to 3 years old#cost of childbirth fully covered including a week long stay in the hospital after#you can drink the water#early public education has a focus on community and natural science#credit cards are automatically set up to autopay out of your bank account#my company does my taxes for me#did i mention no guns?#i could go on#like i have my philosophical issues with the country for sure but my base needs are covered and that means a lot as a parent
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i have to wonder what super hardcore militant vegans think should be done about obligate carnivore animals, because in all my painfully-rapidly-approaching-30-years i've literally never actually seen anyone give a clear consistent much less halfway feasible answer on that
#mostly i've just seen like “how dare you ask questions you just want an excuse to murder you're sealioning ect”#or worse some vague and wildly improbable nonsense about like. fake robot animals covered in beyond meat or something equally convoluted#which is a thing i did see someone suggest as a serious answer#i mean i already know they think i'm a genetically inferior hateful vampire that should starve to death for the greater good#because my exact combination of health conditions make meat basically the only semi-safe way i can get close to enough nutrients#i know this because they have repeatedly told me that i'm either evil or should be sacrificed or both#and yelled at me for asking questions by bringing up the whole disabled thing and then they're like#“a lot of vegans i know are advocates for disability!” as if that ever means jack shit in the society that results from anything#no matter what you do a vast majority of people in any given society will *not* be advocates for the disabled. i'm sorry they just won't.#and what do you think public perception of people who physically can't survive like that is going to skew towards#in a society founded on the belief that non-vegan diets are evil?#at absolute best we're looking at being a heavily marginalized class generally seen as something like vampires and our existences taboo.#(as if these type's own insistence that they should be allowed to harass and shame people doesn't disprove their assertion that we won't be#thinking it could possibly go any better than that is a fucking fairy tale. human nature doesn't work that way.#you simply cannot eliminate the human desire to designate and abuse a class of have-nots. the absolute best you can do is mitigate damage.#take it from someone who's been multiple kinds of disabled and chronically ill all my life. people will not “just”. ever.#i get this even from people who are otherwise very aware of and VERY GOOD at avoiding this sort of thinking#“i'm a disability advocate!” no you are not. you are a poster. my experience has taught me that what people advocate for in their free time#means precisely jack shit for how they will actually act when faced with the situations they make otherwise rational posts about#and the fact of the matter is even if you somehow really are the perfect disability advocate a majority of people WILL NOT BE YOU.#a majority of people in society will be margrat from accounting who clutches her pearls when she sees the gays and thinks autism isnt real#and who has never had a nuanced thought in her life and actively does not want to#a vast majority of people in your Vegan Utopia will not be you and your friends who march with wheelchair users and volunteer at the shelte#a vast majority of people in your Vegan Utopia will be jenny who starved 8 cats to death on broccoli because she can't be bothered#and who thinks that “carnivores” are actual nazis and don't deserve healthcare because she saw someone say that online.#ALWAYS assume your society will be made up mostly of the worst kind of person it can because it WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE and you can't change it#most people seek the low-effort option. and evil is most often banal and low-effort.#i'm just so fucking tired of every single even vaguely lefty-adjacent political movement simultaneously acting like i don't fucking exist#and at the same time that i need to be sacrificed to achieve Utopia. god. at least conservative whackjobs are upfront and honest about#how they think that i'm a burden on society that needs to be Eugenics'd . rather than trying to morally gaslight me about it.
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i don't believe in the fandom concept of problematic faves (all characters should have at least one Problem, i think, for flavor) but if i did, fiona pitch would have a permanent throne at the very top of my list. i just think she's neato-cheetos.
#on a scale from one to belittling a teenager who was just subjected to weeks of solitary confinement starvation torture#i think that fiona is a 10.5 and should consider prozac#rainbow has a way with multifaceted characters who do things because it's the only thing they know how to do#good things for bad reasons and bad things for good reasons and selfless things for spiteful reasons and vise versa etc#everyone is at least a bit of an asshole about something. even goodboy milk chap boyscout simon killed a bunch of vampires on sight#they were probably up to something shady but the likelihood that they were gonna kill those girls in broad daylight at a crowded renfaire?#probably pretty low. too late to un-kill 'em though. like. those were People. vampires are People. goblins too.#imagine you're a goblin looking to make some serious changes in your society and the only thing you have to do to achieve those goals?#is kill a fifth grader that already hates you and your entire species on principle and would definitely kill you first given the chance#some of those goblins were probably pretty power hungry assholes but i imagine if they have a monarchy they also have tax laws and shit#i couldn't kill a fascist cub-scout for free healthcare but i'm also very anti-murder in general and goblins seem quite pro#i am definitely thinking way too far into this but that's also my One SkillTM#the incredibly similar way that simon and fiona view 'dark' magickal creatures (and what it means about the entire WoM) is an essay itself#its also a LONG essay and i'm too much of a weenie to post in-depth fandom opinions more controversial than 'big teeth Hot'#so the gist of it is 'I JUST THINK THEY'RE ALL NEAT I LIKED THE BOOK A LOT'#del/lat
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#just saw a post that was like 'if you have religious or moral objections that stop you from providing certain types of medical care maybe#you shouldn't work in healthcare' (paraphrased) and...#what a way to look at the world tbh#like. they're talking about me i think - i am a conscientious objector when it comes to euthanasia#(which granted has come up exactly twice and both cases in a theoretical capacity only this is not a frequent request to me)#and... i am also a good doctor#last week i told someone that her weight doesn't matter to her health with receipts to prove it and she cried#no one had ever told her that before#and that was something that came from me specifically. that was something i would not trust all of the GPs in my practice - a practice of#excellent and compassionate GPs! - to say#i am verifiably doing good in my job that is coming from specifically who i am as a person#i cannot put that down when it comes to issues i care deeply about#fundamentally the fact that i cannot put it down is what makes me a good doctor#i think that's what i'm trying to get at#the reason that i do well by my patients is that i practice out of my values and my ethics#if i did not stand on that core i would not stand at all#so you can't have it both ways. you can't have engaged and active and compassionate healthcare providers without sometimes those engaged an#active providers having things they do not feel comfortable doing#and it is to everyone's service if they are up front about it and do not try to hide (i am suspicious of people who try to hide this)#i am literally figuring this all out as i type hence the v long tag ramble and also being nowhere near the post that started this train#(honestly in med school we talked so much about ethics as like. abortion! euthanasia! trans rights! and the ethics in practice is the littl#things. do you apologise when you mess up. how do you manage a consult with your patient with paranoid dementia and her child in the same#room at one time - or one by one bc that's fraught too. (that one's on top i had one of those today.) how do you act with grace when#you're a bit stressed and your patient is a bit stressed and the nurse wants to add five more things to your book. the day to day ethics is#SUCH a bigger thing when you come to actual practice.)#this is obviously entirely about me and leans on the fact that i largely do think i am doing a good job i am really feeling my own way#to a Thought. but i think to a certain extent it is generalisable
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need to convince myself that i do not need anymore tattoos or piercings before december
i really need to start donating plasma again- it’s a good thing to do but i’m totally doing it for selfish reasons.
not only can i make a bit of extra money by doing nothing, but donating plasma encourages me to actually look after my body- you have to keep your iron and protein counts up and need to be well hydrated before donations. i was at my healthiest when i was donating. it also guaranteed me a few hours a week that were just for me. i could nap, listen to music, study, read, whatever i wanted for those few hours. i feel like it sounds insane that i looked forward to having a machine take my blood and separate it then give it back sans plasma just for a bit of “me time” but i genuinely did. even when i had a vasovagal response to the process i never regretted it. it was quiet time just for me, genuinely relaxing lol
#ramble on exie#it’s kind of sad that my life is at a point where i need to literally sell parts of myself for some peace and quiet#but that’s where we are#i try not to think of it like that because it’s sad lol. i focus on how much good plasma does in healthcare#plus the extra cash is useful. if i feel well enough to donate twice a week then that covers one car payment#i really do miss the ritual of it all. the sign in; the finger test to check your protein; getting set up at the machine;#squeezing the stress ball; watching my blood filter through the machine and the plasma separate out (it’s actually really cool lol)#idk i know i can read and stuff at home but somehow being in the clinic takes the stress away.#when i’m home i feel like i should be cleaning or doing laundry or other endless chores#but the clinic i’m just there to donate and relax. plus they give me juice boxes
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patient advocates are your best friend 💯
pro-tip, got a problem with medical services? reach out to the patient representative/patient advocate team 👍 put in a request about 2 parties not getting back to me on something important, and IMMEDIATELY both of them finally called me, back to back. after 13 days of waiting.
shit, i was left in an extremely dangerous position after surgery last year, where i couldn't breath, had been unhooked from all my monitors, and no one was checking my room. i literally thought i was going to die, and just that moment, patient advocacy happened to call me. as soon as that call ended, the phone on the PACU ward started ringing, and nurses RUSHED into my room. the people who were in charge of me got in A LOT of trouble (as they should have, they unhooked me and left me all alone. i could have gone into cardiac arrest and literally no one would know).
patient advocate teams are there for a REASON. they give a call to ANY type of care provider, and all the sudden, that provider has a fire lit under their ass, and they do what they are supposed to do. be it doctors, nurses, techs, social workers, case managers, etc. i think actually that grievances big enough will cause the provider to face disciplinary action. ymmv of course. some hospitals are better than others. but i promise you, the worst that happens is that they can't help. generally after that, you can start going to their public relations department (hospitals care a LOT about image). but generally, patient advocates will do what they can to solve your issue.
this is your daily medical tip from someone who is practically a professional patient sdsfjhkjslgk
#i honestly want to do outreach work and speaking events to teach people how to navigate healthcare on your own#i have gotten so fucking good at it since i've had to do it since age 13. and i would love to help people feel less helpless#chatter#disabled stuff#disability#medical care#healthcare
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Me: *tries to find out if Miramar Base has a library for a fic I'm writing*
Also me: *ends up going down a rabbit hole using this website about Miramar base and what it's actually like including housing, housing listings, amenities, the community and how not only is there a library, there's a department store, youth centre, child care centre and more*
#i'm beginning to understand why poor people in america are poached by the military#imagine you have nothing#and then someone comes along and offers you a job and housing for your family and decent schooling and child care and healthcare#also good insurance#how can anyone else compete with that?#so you join#because you have no other option#and why would america want to change that or provide good social care#when they could just get more people to put in their military machine#and to die for them#top gun
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Yeah maybe I'm formatting an entire fic bc I think a female character could be very interesting but I've literally only found one fic that treats her as nuanced even though she was introduced in 1983
#this post is abt catherine todd#shes one of those ''died before the story started'' types but she literally gets no characterizations#like she is either a. the worlds worst mom ever or b. she was a great mom until she died of a mysterious illness#DESPITE THE FACT that canonically she A) died of a very well known illness (addiction) and B) was ALSO A VERY GOOD MOM#SHE LOVED HER SON! HE LOVED HER! HE SPENT OVER A YEAR TRYING TO SAVE HER LIFE#like. her entire story is meant to hammer in the issues with /Systemic Violence/ specifically in relevance to those who are low income#and a major aspect of that form of violence is lack of resources. ESPECIALLY in relevance to addicts#i wouldnt even mind the mysterious illness thing too much if it wasnt being used just as an easy way to remove her from the story#like! talk abt the american healthcare system! talk abt the connection between chronic illness and poverty#talk abt HOW povery affects people w chronic illness#i think if you are going to use a tragedy in your narrative you must think about Why the tragedy happened and if it was Avoidable#the purpose of her story is that if she had had the proper resources/support SHE WOULD HAVE LIVED.#Batposting
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living in america is literally just like. yeah i could probably benefit from inpatient mental health services but honestly the resulting medical bills would just make me want to kill myself even more
#eliot posts#i'm not in active danger of hurting myself don't worry#just experiencing some Ideations#but i have a long mental list of reasons not to act on those ideations so i'm safe don't worry#ironically one of those reasons is ''i couldn't afford the medical bills for a failed attempt''#suicide mention#suicide tw#tw suicide#american healthcare my beloathed#dogshit private insurance my beloathed#also ironically one of the (multiple) contributing factors towards this fresh wave of ideations is a medical bill i got yesterday#it's nothing too ruinous but it is A LOT like would utterly wipe out my savings level#my parents said they can help me with it (as much as i hate accepting things from them)#and as soon as i mentioned it my very sweet cousin just. sent me the money it would take to cover it#with a ''yeah i trust you'll pay me back once you get a good job like looking at your major you'll be making a lot eventually''#and i've already requested an itemized bill as well as the paperwork for the hospital's financial assistance program#(tho idk how much assistance i'll actually be eligible for bc i'm still legally a dependent)#so hopefully i'll be able to get that bill cut way down#it's just eugh it's so stressful and i had a full on panic attack on the phone with my insurance company yesterday#and my brain's fav response to crushing stress is just ''well we wouldn't have to handle any of this if we Just Fucking Died! :)''
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if I've learned anything from grad school it's to check your sources, and this has proven invaluable in the dozens of instances when I've had an MBA-type try to tell me something about finances or leadership. Case in point:
Firefox serves me clickbaity articles through Pocket, which is fine because I like Firefox. But sometimes an article makes me curious. I'm pretty anal about my finances, and I wondered if this article was, as I suspected, total horseshit, or could potentially benefit me and help me get my spending under control. So let's check the article in question.
It mostly seems like common sense. "...track expenses and income for at least a month before setting a budget...How much money do I have or earn? How much do I want to save?" Basic shit like that. But then I get to this section:
This sounds fucking made up to me. And thankfully, they've provided a source to their claim that "research has repeatedly shown" that writing things down changes behavior. First mistake. What research is this?
Forbes, naturally, my #1 source for absolute dogshit fart-sniffing financial schlock. Forbes is the type of website that guy from high school who constantly posts on linkedin trawls daily for little articles like this that make him feel better about refusing to pay for a decent package for his employees' healthcare (I'm from the United States, a barbaric, conflict-ridden country in the throes of civil unrest, so obsessed with violence that its warlords prioritize weapons over universal medical coverage. I digress). Forbes constantly posts shit like this, and I constantly spend my time at leadership seminars debunking poor consultants who get paid to read these claims credulously. Look at this highlighted text. Does it make sense to you that simply writing your financial goals down would result in a 10x increase in your income? Because if it does, let me make you an offer on this sick ass bridge.
Thankfully, Forbes also makes the mistake of citing their sources. Let's check to see where this hyperlink goes:
SidSavara. I've never heard of this site, but the About section tells me that Sid is "a technology leader who empowers teams to grow into their best selves. He is a life-long learner enjoys developing software, leading teams in delivering mission critical projects, playing guitar and watching football and basketball."
That doesn't mean anything. What are his LinkedIn credentials? With the caveat that anyone can lie on Linkedin, Mr. Savara appears to be a Software Engineer. Which is fine! I'm glad software engineers exist! But Sid's got nothing in his professional history which suggests he knows shit about finance. So I'm already pretty skeptical of his website, which is increasingly looking like a personal fart-huffing blog.
The article itself repeats the credulous claim made in the Forbes story earlier, but this time, provides no link for the 3% story. Mr. Savara is smarter than his colleages at Forbes, it's much wiser to just make shit up.
HOWEVER. I am not the first person to have followed this rabbit hole. Because at the very top of this article, there is a disclaimer.
Uh oh!
Sid's been called out before, and in the follow up to this article, he reveals the truth.
You can guess where this is going.
So to go back to the VERY beginning of this post, both Pocket/Good Housekeeping and Forbes failed to do even the most basic of research, taking the wild claim that writing down your budget may increase your income by 10x on good faith and the word of a(n admittedly honest about his shortcomings) software engineer.
Why did I spend 30 minutes to make a tumblr post about this? Mostly to show off how smart I am, but also to remind folks of just how flimsy any claim on the internet can be. Click those links, follow those sources, and when the sources stop linking, ask why.
#long post#side note- this is one of the reasons i dont cover shit i dont like in my video essays. yall havent seen me angry.
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