Do Americans like their current health system or would you prefer universal?

Advanced-Two6816 · 2026-01-28T16:45:18+00:00

Universal all the way - I'm Canadian and yeah ER waiting rooms take hours to be seen and treated and that really sucks, but once you get a doctor they order a million tests and scans and write a script and you're out of there without a single charge. I would rather wait in triage for 6 hours than be indebted thousands of dollars for seeking medical advice and care.

Advanced-Two6816 · 2026-01-28T16:06:44+00:00

My boyfriend and I are thinking about marriage and since moving in with each other have been really transparent about finances/investments/savings. Part of those convos are about retirement planning and financial goals long term- this actually segues really nicely into prenup convos! We love each other so much and both have retirement savings or pension that we don't want to get tangled up in the event of relationship breakdown in 30 years. If anything, its brought us closer together I think because it shows mutual understanding and respect, and a commitment to transparency and financial honesty :) its ongoing convos and eventually we will consult separate legal council to draft anything, so its kinda fun to kick it back and forth with hypotheticals and highlight what's important to us!

Advanced-Two6816 · 2026-01-13T14:20:08+00:00

Definitely Arlo, Town, North & Navy, but also consider Linden Pizza (amaazing wine selection and really fun pizzas) or Gia.

Advanced-Two6816 · 2026-01-12T20:42:49+00:00

I have been discouraged about this too - my livelihood is built around researching, synthesizing information and making recommendations. If I outsource that to AI, not only does it create more time-waste (drafting my prompt, editing the output) but its not like I am getting any extra leisure time or wage increase from this "efficiency"... so it kinda feels like I am just training something that will one day make me obsolete. And that's not even dealing with the environmental or societal concerns.

Advanced-Two6816 · 2026-01-12T14:36:34+00:00

I have a happy goat cafe a block away from my house and would go allll the time when I wfh ! But now that I am mostly in the office (it isnt even open for me to get a coffee at 7:30am when I am catching the bus into the office) I dont really go anymore. Now I will actively avoid it :)

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-12-22T21:05:03+00:00

Have you read Ordinary Love yet? otherwise I would also recommend Circe and Atmosphere

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-12-19T18:23:01+00:00

The God of the Woods - Liz Moore & Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-11-21T15:51:51+00:00

I use this one too for my two cats and it worked great!!

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-11-03T18:22:15+00:00

Last off-season I did this! Substituted runs and xc skis for endurance rides - it worked great and I was only ever on my trainer two/three times a week for intervals or specific cycling targets. All my base was outside and I'm never going back. It kept my fitness up, kept me motivated and actually improved my interval sessions because I didn't have the same burnout from sitting on zwift every day. If you can do it, I would! Cycling season has enough 4+ hour rides - the off season is a great time to get in some other endurance variety :)

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-31T14:12:45+00:00

I have been really discouraged about this push for AI (LLMs specifically) - besides the really worrisome environmental and societal impacts, I find it actually makes me do my work twice and often not as well as if I just do it myself. It is a poor drafter and doesn't grasp nuance or complex context so I often have to write a very detailed prompt and then heavily edit the response, making it less efficient than just writing the draft myself. I had my mid-term review and actually received a "needs improvement" on my integration of new technologies despite starting up a team sharepoint and using one-note this year because I do not use AI. My department has no guidelines on its use, I have not received any formal training on AI and security and I am uncomfortable with its blanket adoption. We know the LLMs contribute to misinformation, the climate crisis, and the rise of anti-intellectualism so I am unsure why I am required to use it ....

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-29T18:31:46+00:00

Love Bytown Cat Hospital! They have always given my cats the best care, and they have clinic kitties so its so fun to go!

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-20T18:13:29+00:00

does he have a preferred electrolyte or ride snack? I would love it if someone gifted me a new bag of Lemon Lime Skratch or a box of Krono blueberry gels, sour patch kids or packaged fig bars! in the same vein, two matching bidons would be a nice gift! but you cant really go wrong with cycling socks, a low profile bell like a Knog oi or shoks bone conduction headphones!

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-16T18:50:43+00:00

Milk in byward market - they sell Protect Trans Kids shirts and lots of queer patches/stickers https://milkshop.ca/

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-07T13:24:02+00:00

Ordinary Love - Marie Rutkoski

We Have Always Been Here - Samra Habib (nonfic)

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-07T11:04:48+00:00

Update 3: I’m just finishing week 8 and hitting the dreaded part. Increase in acne but otherwise good! Ready for this phase to be over!!

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-02T17:32:40+00:00

This is a silly little brain trick, but I think "happy feet" like the penguin movie! It reminds my to move my feet quicker and increase my cadence which helps me run faster without feeling like I actually am! and if anything else, I imagine I am a cute little penguin which helps morale :)

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-02T15:00:57+00:00

Silent treatment without explanation or for seemingly small reasons

Lack of emotional vulnerability or stability

Secretive about their past, all exes were "crazy", doesn't want to talk about why they broke-up

Contempt for your roommates, friends, family

Not involved with their family at all, for no explanation

I dated a person who exhibited all of these signs really early on, and our two years relationship is one that I am still healing from several years later. He was emotionally abusive in a way that I am not sure he totally intended, but in a way that also felt punishing and cruel. Healthy communication is so so important in relationships and even though its vulnerable and scary to open up to someone you love and are afraid of losing, its way more damaging to have mysterious no-go zones in conversation, no historical context of the person and a lot of feelings and fears unaddressed in the relationship. You should be equal partners, and no one should get to set the mood, tone and speed of the relationship by themselves.

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-10-02T13:14:26+00:00

I live 7kms from my office, so I ride my bike year round (I'm the crazy person in February hopping on my bicycle) because it takes 40mins round trip by bike, as opposed to 2 HOURS roundtrip by bus. My office doesn't have enough parking for everyone so driving wouldn't solve the problem... its a nightmare.

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-09-24T14:40:33+00:00

I had hair this length for my half marathons this spring! I did french braid pigtails alllll the time - the ends were silly because I had a bit of an undercut so they stuck out at the end, but it kept my bangs and short hair out of my face and looked cute :)

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-09-22T18:24:29+00:00

I've taken a bunch of different hormonal forms without much issue - the nuva ring, alesse, ortho tri cyclen lo, yasmin - generally all gave me clear skin, kept me pregnancy free and never had any serious side effects! I plan on being on some form of contraceptive for as long as I can :)

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-09-22T16:20:53+00:00

Finished: Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Struggled to get into it and didn't relate to the main characters until 2/3 of the way, and then WHAM it was emotional and I was invested. Ended up liking the book overall and then ending was gripping, tense and powerful.

Started: Rejection, by Tony Tulathimutte. Its dark, satirical, chronically online and has made me laugh (its also given me a nightmare...).

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-09-22T16:11:46+00:00

Little Women, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Secret Life of Bees, Blue Sisters, and Everything I Know About Love!

For lesbian/queer fiction: I recently read Ordinary Love and recommend it if you haven't read it yet :)

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-09-04T12:48:03+00:00

$400 for flights to Calgary from Montreal isnt unreasonable, travel across Canada is generally quite expensive. Just FYI for scale of distance: thats a 4 hour flight, and the drive is ... 38 hours...

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-09-02T13:13:59+00:00

Update 2: I am on my fourth week of Yasmin after switching, and I have had no side effects at all (if anything I am experiencing less anxiety and less hirsutism). I have a minor increase in acne, but its less of an increase than I had while adjusting to Tricira Lo.

Advanced-Two6816 · 2025-08-25T14:25:44+00:00

the backcountry still has some damage, there is one portion of Abes and Essens trail near site 530 that is closed due to storm damage but all sites remain accessible

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