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hijodelagua · 6 months ago

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Happy Victory Day!

(Lights in the Brandemburg gate were hacked in the eve of the 9th of May of 2024 to celebrate)

#Berlin #Brandemburg #nazis #Victory Day #Soviet Union #The Soviet Union saved us #not the americans #no matter how many movies they make

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lesbianslovenamari · 3 months ago

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This whole thing about Americanisation is really important I’m glad some people here have explained it so well

DO NOT LET SOCIAL MEDIA TURN YOU INTO AN AMERICAN

#I’m lucky enough to come from cultures that are still quite prominent #I recognise that as a massive privilege #and it saddens me that even despite this I see Americanisation in my surroundings every hour of every day #especially on the internet #America = default #I genuinely hated Americans for a while because of that but obviously now I recognise it’s not my place to do so #it’s the Americanisation that pisses me off #not the Americans #I remember people would relentlessly mock the French after finding out there was rule about having to show a certain amount of French media #in radiostations and such #people would come up to me and ask about and make fun of it #‘the French are so arrogant/self-obsessed’#‘they can’t allow other cultures into their mainstream’#fun fact. the amount of French music that legally has to be played on radio stations in France is 20%#20%#because whenever you tune in to French radio it’s English (American) songs over and over again #the minimum is 20% because if it wasn’t it would be less #AUGH #anyways #most big French artists end up having at least some English in their music #and as I said before this is an example of one of the countries which has had its culture Americanised or suppressed the LEASR #LEAST*#When kids ask why everyone doesn’t speak the same language the answer is always ‘to keep our cultures intact’ or because we’d have to force #it onto people #so I find it terrifying that nowadays everyone from every country is expected to speak English at least enough to hold a conversation with #tourists #<- end rant #lesbianslovenamari

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leebrontide · 2 months ago

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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.

#american healthcare #most efficient cost effective system in the world #so I'm told

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my-midlife-crisis · 3 months ago

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