#it's fucked up

[longmaxsilvarg]

i get the intense urge to step on a land mine anytime i remember chloe called rachel 17 times the day she went missing

[iwasbored777]

You know when that random guy sexually assaulted Barbie by slapping her behind and she punched him in the face for that and SHE was the one who got arrested? Yeah.

[pseudowho]

I've seen a slew of mean posts this week that are very "neurotypical/NTs are all xxxxx", and I can't say they're particularly pleasant. Some are downright nasty.

While I'm not looking to dismiss the lived experience of many neurodivergent people, any generalisation post about a group of people as large as 'the neurodivergent' or 'the neurotypical' perpetuates the attitude that it's okay to stereotype a group of people for having historically made you feel unhappy.

Discussion is not the same as belittling or insulting.

For example, I would never make a disparaging or nasty post about people of a certain ethnicity, or people of a certain upbringing, or people of a certain psychological differentiation to myself.

A continued "Us VS Them" attitude and generalisation of a frankly enormous and varied group of people, makes it sound like it's okay to generalise people like this. And it's not the solution. Education and genuine discussion with an intent to learn, are the solutions.

[taffy-glitch]

people who say "oh you're aroace? must be nice not having to deal with all that nonsense (sex and romance)" are so misinformed honestly like human relationships are complicated regardless of whether they are romantic, sexual, platonic, familial, etc. like when i get a platonic crush on someone and start giggling and twirling my hair and kicking my feet when they give me positive attention do you think it's any less embarrassing just because my feelings are not romantic in nature??? grow up.

[sillywormz]

idk if i'll ever go on T but the argument "noooo don't go on T you'll be FAT and BALD and HAIRY" is so funny to me bc i am already fat and hairy with a receding hairline. i don't need T's help for that i'm already living it baby

[shinondraws]

man i just read an article about how architecture as a field seems to be on its way to become a "women's field" and i'm fuming no one can exactly say what is driving women to study architecture so much more than men. It used to be pretty much 50-50 for a long time and now it has tipped over to 70-30 im maybe guessing that it's not that more women are applying but less men are that would be a logical explanation and personally i think that it is mostly rooted in money there is a quote from decades ago from some man who was afraid that the salaries in the field would plummet because more women are entering architecture and lo and behold, architecture IS the lowest paying technical field job at the moment, in finland at least and fewer women are running companies or are even in leadership roles women are STILL facing sexism in the field, getting called "girls" and they are sometimes given a lower starting salary (happened in my first office job) and "tasks appropriate to women" also 100 years ago or so it was thought that architecture and chemistry were pretty much the only suitable more technical careers for women because "architecture is just drawing in a tidy office environment and chemistry is just cooking with bigger pots in a bigger kitchen" so im like it's a self fulfilling prophecy are architects really getting paid less because women a) still don't have the guts to ask for a raise and b) the value of an architects job is being reduced to "easy drawing in a tidy office that even *gasp* women can do" im just fgkjgdfhkdfjhdfkhkdfhkdhgkdfgf

[dreamforrest]

It’s not just the break up, that came out of nowhere. It’s the years of character development seemly ignored and Tommy just dropping him like that. Buck not fighting for him and Tommy. Tommy calling him Buck.

[will80sbyers]

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[idk-why-am-i-her3]

Vent

Ok, actually I'm tired of injustice and unfair that I look, At the end of the day I don't understand...

I can follow a little the idea of ​​where it "came", everything, but it's tiring and doesn't justify anything...

The xenophobia and racism that Checo experience is absurd, it would literally be considered illegal in more than one country (Idk which one exactly, but I know there will be a country that dictates this), It's just tiring...

Not only from fans, but from accounts specialized in "informing", "experts" and even from "F1" itself. That's what tires me the most because... Seriously, there are people who justify this??? I would really say, if you think Checo can't living this or deny this, Don't really talk to me and save your discriminatory comment somewhere else, srs.

It really gets to the point where I say... Please, really no hate, I hope that damn F1 realices That his game literally sucks... Really...

I would say (from my POV), that Checo's hatred has reached a point where it is unfortunate to see and people who are not even fans raise their voices for injustice, bc I see that...

I'm really just waiting for the very bomb that F1 formed/created to "explode" and for him to receive the consequences of his actions.

""It's asking a lot" I don't give a damn, I'm a Checo fan, I think you know I'm not going to give up on this...

[raynbow-shimmer]

Listen to me, as someone who used to work in health insurance billing and customer service, I have seen some fucked up things. My best paid claim from insurance was over a million dollars billed. You know how much worker's compensation insurance paid? 700k. The rest of 300k+ was a write off. I don't want to think about what would have happened if my patient didn't get hurt on the job. I wish they hadn't gotten injured given what happened to them, but it is what it is sadly. If that patient would have had a copay and coinsurance, I am sure the bill would have been outrageous. That's fucked up. I don't want to think about what would happen if the ACA is walked back. Lifetime maximums? Go fuck yourself.

I also worked for a company that made custom prosthetics for children. I actively watched them hike their prices so that they could get more out of parents/renegotiate prices with insurance. The prosthetics weren't always covered by the insurance either. Texas Medicaid? You better have a generous relative because the prosthetic was not covered under any circumstance. That would leave parents with a bill of 1600 to 3400 depending on the state to get a prosthetic that their child really might need. Fucked up.

Don't get me started on supplemental insurance either. Worked there too doing customer service. I got really good at looking at the billing codes to see what was covered and what wasn't. Observation for 23 hours and 59 minutes in the ER? Too bad, you need 24 hours to get paid out. And cancers and heart attacks, oh my god. Carcinoma in SITU? Welp, it's not classified as malignant yet, so no cancer payout for you. Minor heart attack? It has to be a major heart attack for that to be covered. Someone died in a car wreck with a BAC over like 0.08? Sorry, you're not getting that life insurance payout. It's fucked up. Soul sucking work.

I get why someone would have done something about it. (Luigi is still innocent until proven guilty, so I am not blaming him at this time.) For profit healthcare is a scam. It's not just the insurances, it's the for profit healthcare systems too, including hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies owned by the insraunces, and the medical equipment supply companies. It's the for profit hospitals who bill an elastic bandage at 35 dollars (!!! Just looked this up on my local for profit hospital system's chargemaster, jesus christ!) so they can get the tiniest bit of a higher payout than what it is worth from people who lack insurance. It's the drug companies owned by the insurances who hike up prices. It's the durable medical equipment companies who think they can get away with charging outrageous prices for any sort of assistance device. It's not the independent doctors who are trying to run an office (usually). It's not the nurses who are just trying to do the best they can while being underpaid and overworked so that the for profit system can do it's job for the shareholders. And it certainly is not the poor customer service agent you are screaming at over the phone. Policies are policies, which means that the customer service agent's hands are basically tied. All the red tape. It's insane. It's the bloated for profit healthcare system that is to blame for our problems.

Elizabeth Warren and other Senators have currently proposed a bill that would break up healthcare conglomerates and force them to sell off their stakes in pharmaceuticals. This would possibly be a game changer. Health insurances would have to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to get the best prices on drugs. Because we know they don't want to pay. It wouldn't benefit them to recommend a higher cost drug anymore. That money wouldn't be going in their pockets. I highly suggest you look at the information behind the bill as it develops. I have also read there is a similar bill that was just proposed by the House too.

Please, contact your representatives. Tell them about the Senate's Patients Before Monopolies Act. Get impassioned and tell them what it would do for you. You voted for them, tell them what you want. These are your representatives. And if they don't care, try your hardest to fire them next go around. Healthcare is of the utmost importance to the people. It's literally a life or death situation at times. More people should care because it affects everyone. The time is now, it's time to push for a better future.

P.S. Please don't yell at the customer service workers. It's not their fault. It's a shitty job with shitty moments. I've cried with people because something wasn't covered before. The for profit healthcare industry is fucked up.

[poetess-trobadour]

I want a taste of older times,

To bathe in remnants of its ease,

Where in the high grass there I lie,

Lulled in by crickets and cool breeze,

Where kitten sleeps in my long sleeve,

Where calf nibbles gently at my hand,

Where I am kin to flock of geese,

There, where in quarry I, young, stand,

As swallows nest in slopes of chalk,

Skies are azure and ever vast,

Where village is alive with buzz and jokes,

Where future hasn't come to pass.

I want a glimpse of simpler times,

To breathe in lungfulls of its expanse,

Where I lean onto the trunk of ancient pine,

Caught up in butterflies' dance,

Where clovers grace my flower crown,

Where Nana shares her lore on celandine,

Where I am ace of mushroom hunts,

There, where I crown me queen of life

That spreads as far as glade would last,

Alight with tender piercing sunrays,

Where dozing city renders stark contrast,

Where yet ahead lie countless days.

I want a hold of better times,

To build in roots of it to weather,

Where best of prime lives outside my rhymes,

For you and I delivered it, together.

Times, August 2024

[kickassfu]

spoilers ig i'm just rambling

just saw Amanda the Jedi talk about the 4th season of the umbrella academy and jfc...what the fuck were they thinking writing this

and the sentiment i keep reading and agree with is

they really got a bunch of traumatized characters and said the world can only survive if you erase your existence. and they said this to viewers that connected with those characters and saw themselves in those characters.

and i think that's fucked up.

i'm not saying stories can't be tragedies or have tragic endings. but you gotta chose the story to do that and how you do it.

like i still remember watching the magicians and what they did to Quentin and how that absolutely broke me. because there he is a depressed, nerdy bi character "sacrificing" (it's just basically suicide, it is. they have warning on the episode. and after death Quentin pretty much admits to it) for his friends.

and it didn't just break me. it broke a whole group of people. yes we shouldn't get this attached to fictional stories and characters that we have actual breakdowns over it. but i did. and lots of people did too.

but i think if you turn to your depressed audience and say, face to face, "you'd be better off dying" i think it's bad writing. i don't think it's "oh stories can't have tragic endings anymore?" it's a bad message to have.

i don't get it why writers keep doing this with traumatized, depressed characters that people with, obviously, the same issues connect with. AND THEY DON'T EVEN DO A GOOD JOB WITH IT!!!! like maybe a better writer could've done it in a way that made sense and wouldn't hurt beyond the "i love this character and they died so i'm sad"

stop telling your audience that the world would be better off without them. just don't do that.

and the whole Quentin thing, i'll never forgive the writers because they were so proud of themselves for killing the main character who was just a white dude :) great! so progressive. there was nothing to him more besides him being dude and white. fuck you 🖕

[soulstagger]

When they finally tell her the show is over and no more games are coming out. What does she do!

[yoshhiee]

AHAJAHAH WHAT IS IT

[robotspock]

just realized part of why i hate tom and b'elanna together so much is that they're just too similar. watching an episode where she's irritated with seven and says "if she gets in my way again i'm not responsible for what happens" and like damn. really the only other person on the ship who would say that is tom. B'ELANNA BELONGS WITH A WOMAN. NOT A STUPID MAN. PLEASE THATS ALL I ASK