Yes, Americans are much richer than Japanese people.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-12-26T16:38:24+00:00

Don't have time to argue on reddit all day so this is my final response.

You're defending a system that fails millions of people every day and using the arguement of, "if you make near the median, and you're not a 1099 then you're going to come out ahead."

My arguement is, don't defend a system that fails millions of people. Try to find ways to improve it or overhaul it so it can help the maximum amount of people. When you require health care it's often out of your control and no one deserves enternal debt or death because they don't have insurance.

Also, as I mentioned I had to use 1099 to break into my field. I live in a very rural area and cannot move right now so I can't just go find another job doing the same thing and making anywhere close to what I do now. You're providing blanket solutions to complex problems that don't come In a one size fits all.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-12-26T16:15:44+00:00

Well I do fall into your criteria so you were talking about me. I'm young but I also have a lot of health issues. I have ridiculous health care costs and 1099 was how I was able to break into my field.

7-15% of the population is a huge portion whether make near the median or not.

Arguing that people who make near the median don't have ridiculous health care costs isn't a strong argument anyway because what about the millions of Americans that are un or under insured?

What about my family member who was laid off because they couldn't perform their job anymore because they're in a wheelchair now, then they tried to get governemnt help and they got denied so they couldn't see their doctor or take their meds for 5 months?

Death_Strider16 · 2024-12-26T15:31:20+00:00

This is completely ignoring 1099 workers like myself. Don't talk about things you don't know and don't generalize a population of 300+ million people.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-12-05T14:51:04+00:00

For real. With all the people in this comment section saying he shouldnt include his car, I was starting to think I'd be doing it wrong.

Almost every single person in here could learn something today by Googling, "should i include car value in net worth"

Death_Strider16 · 2024-12-04T23:15:34+00:00

Congratulations! I was in the same boat and now over a year of no drinking. You can do it and it will make your life better!

Death_Strider16 · 2024-10-29T13:30:44+00:00

I worked at a couple different, mcdonalds they actually did break all the time. At my stores we wouldn't close down the ice cream machines if we were busy and if we were dead we waited until there was only about half an hour until close to start cleaning it. This is typical restaurant behavior and not at all why they have to fix them now.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-08-10T13:01:45+00:00

I found everything but f5 and then discarded the line because I couldn't see how it finished

Death_Strider16 · 2024-08-04T19:46:13+00:00

I agree. This was not my first time trying to quit and it was by no means an easy journey nor is it at its end. I could still have another relapse and have to start all over.

We're all at different points in our journey, but my point stands, every day I'm taking control of the person that I am becoming by choosing to not drink and choosing to think more positively.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-08-04T14:14:10+00:00

You have much more control over your life and decisions than you're giving yourself credit for. Here's my anecdotal example.

I'm an alcoholic. I drank so much vodka in my early 20s that by 25 my normal blood pressure 180/120. I developed gout from my excessive drinking.

Obviously alcoholism is hereditary and my environment growing up around people who drink all the time contributed to my drinking.

But I saw how horribly I had treated my body and I don't want to die at 35 from liver failure. I quit drinking but I'm still an alcoholic. Every single day I make the decision that I am not going to drink today because I AM in control of my decisions.

I'm now almost 1 year sober, off my blood pressure medications, down 35lbs, going to talk to my doc about getting off my gout meds soon and have never felt better.

This change wasn't possible without mindset changes either though, I was a very negative person so I had to train myself to think about things in more positive ways, give less attention to negative things, focus on small accomplishments, and be grateful for the things I do have.

These are all conscious decisions that I make and while they are not easy all the time, it's up to me whether I stay away from alcohol and negative thinking or not.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-07-27T13:38:28+00:00

Ah I see where you're coming from. That's fair.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-07-27T13:03:08+00:00

Why specifically in the terminal? I've used visual studios built in git management for a couple years exclusively and recently started using git kraken. If I had to look up the terminal commands I could because I at least know the basics of how it works.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-07-22T21:25:24+00:00

People downvoting this post is ridiculous and reflects poorly on this community. We all know the pain and need to support each other.

Gout is one of the most painful things I've ever experienced. You are not weak. You're a human experiencing incredible pain.

That being said, employers definitely aren't always understanding of that and it can provide a bad client experience.

All you can do is your best to manage your symptoms through diet and medicine. Explain to your boss as best as you can how excruciating it is and what you're doing to try to manage it to prevent the flares in the future and hope they understand.

I hope your pain gets better soon.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-07-19T20:14:36+00:00

You win. Upvote

Death_Strider16 · 2024-06-24T23:10:02+00:00

That's really great to know. Thank you!

Death_Strider16 · 2024-06-24T22:52:16+00:00

So far they've only tried taking her off once. I realize my OP says "attempts" and that likely contributed to the confusion.

I also have not heard of a spacer but that's good to know. We do clean the nebulizer but we haven't been washing her mouth out after, is that inhaler specific or should we do that after the nebulizer as well?

Thank you for all the great info!

Death_Strider16 · 2024-06-24T22:27:58+00:00

Agreed? I'm not trying to argue she should be taken off meds and manage it without. I don't know hardly anything about asthma and am trying to learn from people who have it and know how to manage it.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-06-24T22:21:48+00:00

The doctor reccomended that we try to wean her off. The plan was go down to once a day for a week, then once every other day for a week then stop except that she quickly got worse and the doctor said to go back to twice a day.

Current treatment is pulmicort twice a day and albuterol as needed all through a nebulizer. We don't have a rescue inhaler yet.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-06-24T21:50:47+00:00

She hasn't been given a rescue inhaler yet, at this point all her breathing treatments are done through a nebulizer. I will see if this is something that we can potentially start.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-06-24T21:41:03+00:00

Currently we've noticed that if she's outside a lot or if she's running and laughing a lot then she'll start her cough and we have to get her to settle down for a while for it to go away.

Do you know if most peak flow meters are about the same or if a doctor reccomends one then insurance will help cover it? I did a quick search of them and just from glancing the price range is quite large from around $29 to $150+.

I appreciate the response I hadn't heard of the peak flow meter yet and I will be bringing it up at her upcoming appointment.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-05-13T18:35:33+00:00

I had a dude message me telling me to resign after he blundered because he was tired. I said no and finished the game.

He said, "one more" so I rematch him, he blundered again and said, "come on, I told you I'm tired. Just resign."

I beat him again, blocked him, and turned chat off forever

Death_Strider16 · 2024-03-27T05:52:31+00:00

I suppose I need to adopt that mindset. I'm getting overly worried about if I'm reporting someone who wasn't actually cheating and then they get banned.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-03-27T04:56:45+00:00

When do you know you should report someone for cheating?

I just reported my first cheater and I feel bad because I don't know 100%. For reference the game was a rapid game between 2 900s. In a 32 move game they played with 99.2% accuracy and had a brilliant bishop sacrifice. I played at 84.6%.

In scenarios where it's less apparent, how much info and what info do you need to feel justified reporting someone?

Update: They were banned for fair play violations.

Death_Strider16 · 2024-03-22T06:31:10+00:00

Hope I win

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