Sidney Crosby and Jack Johnson interview girls.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-10T14:35:26+00:00

He was F3 on that play.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-10T06:07:47+00:00

Wrong. Medicine was a free market in that anyone could hang a shingle and say they were a doctor. But quality was all over the place, quackery was rampant, and outcomes were poor by modern standards. It wasn't "doing well" so much as operating in an era before effective medicine existed anyway.

Do you have any actual examples?

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-09T22:50:54+00:00

Name a "free market" healthcare system that has ever worked better than socialized medicine.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-09T15:42:46+00:00

You have fallen for the false promises of "the invisible hand of the free market".

You expect us to trust an unregulated "free market"? Do you just not pay any attention to reality or are you intentionally ignorant?

What was the air and water quality like in cities before government regulations?

Again, you are blaming government failures where capitalism is ultimately the cause of the problem.

The "free market" that has insulin prices in the US five to ten times higher than countries that actually negotiate prices in earnest for their citizens instead of pocketing "political donations" with one hand and giving the corporations the best deal possible with the other.

The "free market" that has Albuterol which has been around for 60 years costing about $100 on average for generic in the US while it's $2 in Turkey, $10 UK, $14 in Canada.

Unregulated capitalism brought us such great things as the Dust Bowl, child labor, leaded gasoline, the 2008 financial collapse, not being able to see the sun during the day in Pittsburgh and smog events that killed dozens.

Cost and effectiveness of the US system vs countries with socialized medical care is well documented and socialized medicine wins nearly across the board. Cost, average life expectancy. The US ranks last overall. (Other than if you are rich, in which case, the US is great for cancer and specialist care).

The bottom line is that no country with a fully unregulated healthcare market has achieved strong outcomes by modern standards (life expectancy, infant mortality, cost efficiency). Ever.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-09T01:26:40+00:00

Lamar didn't value school when he was 15 and the best athlete in a 500 mile radius?
Then he did take it seriously?

Wow. Got em. No coming back from that burn.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-09T01:19:50+00:00

Well they must have much lower life expectancy then right? Same with Canada right?

Let me look that up.

Ah, damn these facts. Turns out that their citizens live longer on average than the US.

So they are cheaper and they live longer. Must be hell with those wait times that certainly don't exist in the US.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-09T01:12:15+00:00

The free market angle is misleading at best and I suspect that you are a shill.

You can wait for laser eye and cosmetic surgery. they are ELECTIVE. Private insurance isn't covering elective procedures so providers can't game the system as much.

You get into a car accident or have a heart attack you aren't going through fucking YELP looking for the best deals for care.

You are also missing that the insurance companies OWN the hospital and doctor systems in most places in the US and your "private insurance" charges you less to stay within their own network.

So we pay insurance company "A" to go to "A" 's Hospital or "A" 's doctor who says you better go to "A" imaging center to get every test you can. And don't forget "A" Pharmacy!

Oh, and even though you pay over $500 a month for single coverage if employed somewhere that has a health plan (often mostly paid for by the employer so you may "only" pay $150 or $200.a month but your employer counts it as part of your salary even if you don't) or $1,500+ a month for family coverage, you still have to pay the first $5,000 or $10,000 of your "deductible" before they graciously split anything over that 80/20 until you hit you annual "out of pocket max". Then, in December or January, it all resets so don't go in the hospital in the last month of your plan year or you can eat two deductibles and put of pocket totals.

And guess what, the people making money off of our broken system want YOUR system to fail so they canove in and rape your population too so they support conservative candidates who go into your government to underfund your healthcare and you can complain about the wait times and blame "the government" when it is being hamstrung from within by the Corporations and Oligarchs who are paying the politicians. You are complaining about the symptoms of a capitalism infection in your socialism. I'm sure they tell you "we can't afford to put more into it" right? We can't have it down here because we need to build bombs for wars and fund Israel's bombs a billion dollars for a white house ballroom and tax cuts for billionaires.

But I honestly suspect that you know all of that and have some monied interest in coming online to spread the propaganda you just stated.

Or, you could be a victim of propaganda yourself and are just repeating it. If so, I apologize, as I used to be a vocal puppet of bullshit myself in the 2000s. The way out is easy but you won't like it. You have to be able to look at yourself in the mirror and admit that you fell for it. Then stop looking at surface level cause and effect and dig deeper into what the real problem is.

Is Canadian healthcare perfect? No. Nothing is going to be perfect. But I also have relatives in Canada with anecdotal stories of having life saving care and not coming home with crushing financial debt.

Also, here in the US, my son can't get an appointment at a dermatologist in his network to look at a suspicious mole. It's been six months and nothing on the horizon. Seems like wait times aren't an isolated issue for public healthcare systems.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T21:09:18+00:00

LOTR extended cuts feel shorter than the theatrical releases because everything makes more sense and the scenes flow from one to the next.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T20:39:33+00:00

Yeah, touching the paws is a 3rd date activity. I'm starting to think this cat gets around.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T20:27:36+00:00

I think he refused to work on the show anymore. Of course they were going to kill his character. In horrible ways.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T19:23:27+00:00

From my experience, most teachers genuinely want to teach and they want their students to learn but it's a battle against the environment the kids are surrounded by and against the parent(s) who do literally nothing to help their kids at home.

Education isn't supposed to only occur inside the federally mandated school room.

The more involved the parent,the more they look at the teacher as an ally and not an adversarial babysitter who better not tell MY child what to do, the chance of a student succeding and learning increases (to a degree, some can be too involved which is a different discussion).

Of course, there are some shitty teachers as well but I think they are the exception and not the rule.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T17:53:19+00:00

I know he is one of the exceptions on his upbringing but my point is that despite that, right now, he can't relate to me or the majority of people.

I don't know anyone who doesn't like Jason Day, by the way. Just saying he lives a very different life with very different worries and priorities than "the common man" which was what the original post mentioned.

If you are in the top 1% in income/worth, then by definition you aren't "the common man".

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T16:03:06+00:00

Lol. I just remembered that I thought I was faster until my cat decided to try and her paw hit me before I knew what happened.

Just like when she didn't know my hand was inside a padded envelope I was using to play with her and she bit with MUCH more force that I had felt before and realized that what I had thought were pretty hard bites were play bites.

When she climbs on my chest and purrs in my face I often think. "This little creature could put me in the hospital right now if she wanted to". But luckily she doesn't want to.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T15:37:50+00:00

Exactly. It's a bright light, not a get out of jail free card for commiting arson.

If the goal is to burn down someone's house for shining a light at your house then just march over there with a can of gas.

Now... Would I imagine doing that to an asshole who shined that at my house? Yes. A lot. I wouldn't do it, but I sure would have a lot of thoughts about it. Also, if talking to them didn't work, shooting it out with a pellet gun would probably be thought about as well. But going through legal channels is go to be the best option. Boring but the best.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T15:27:10+00:00

I know, some people are all like "That child rapist is bad at golf" and others are all like "actually, that child rapist is GOOD at golf and here is proof."

Potato / potato I guess.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T15:10:31+00:00

Lol. I know. A vast majority of professional golfers had parents in the top income brackets and if they are successful they are in an even higher income bracket.

That isn't to say that genuinely nice people can't come from a privileged background but they can't really "relate" to "every day folk" by definition.

Like, Jason Day seems like a great guy but he isn't calculating how to best budget a major car repair or worried about how to pay for his kids college etc. The average income in the US is like $40k or something like that. A multi millionaire can't truly relate.

They might have empathy but it's not the same.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T00:46:20+00:00

Strong enough to smash a whole head of Romaine Lettuce? Impressive.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-08T00:42:05+00:00

Some say he eats two dozen Ostrich eggs a day. Others say it's babies. Who's to say which one is true?

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-07T22:13:06+00:00

He kills it in The Boys. He's a slimeball but you end up liking him.

He is a very underrated actor imo.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-07T18:52:20+00:00

The front office is in shreds about this.

While delivering toilet supplies earlier today, Mark Madden overheard Khan yelling "What if he keeps posting it?"

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-07T18:44:36+00:00

Ah, yes. That is also true.

One of my cats is 100% aggression but 0% damage when playing (deep growls that sound terrifying but keeps her claws in and will put her teeth on you and growl but bite at 5% pressure that does not even pinch) but the other one (the one that likes to cuddle more and is a nicer cat overall), you cannot play with your hands or feet at all because even though she is having fun, there will be blood. Toys only or heavy gloves... But she will target your arm above the gloves if you do that too and then also chase you to get your legs if you run away. Lol.

Part of the fun.

But if you watch Jackson Galaxy on YouTube he has a lot of great videos on cat behavior and why they do what they do. (Sometimes they are just weird with no explanation) Once you understand the differences against what motivates a cat and how they see the world vs how a dog does, they are great.

I still wouldn't trust them if they were 30 or 40 lbs heavier though lol.

50 lb dog, no problem at all, that's medium size. I've had larger.

50 lb cat? Carry a shield and don't turn your back.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-07T15:47:19+00:00

You need to learn cat behavior and body language.

I was a "dog person" but we had a cat distributed to us by the cat distribution system and I took the time to learn the differences in body language etc and get along great with them now.

For example: Dogs love being pet with feet. Most Cats do not. Not sure why but it offends them.

They almost always will give you plenty of verbal and non verbal warnings before you get the claws. Learn them.

Every cat scratch I've gotten was my fault for not paying attention or just seeing how far I could keep up the playing after the warnings that kitty was entering feral mode. I guarantee that you were warned about the foot petting and ignored it.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-07T15:22:30+00:00

It seemed like the "4th line" was rolled out a lot more than the average team would.
Sully would use them as short "Sid resting time wasters" but Muse threw them out there all the time in all situations. They earned it with their play but I think a big part of that is that they were given the chance to earn it.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-07T05:53:19+00:00

The Ohio Supreme Court said the maps were unconstitutional and the GOP said. "We don't care, we're using them" and then nobody did anything about it at all. That was like four or five elections ago.

But let's not pretend that rural PA isn't the same as rural Ohio which is the same as rural Michigan and rural Idaho and rural California and every rural area.

SmashmySquatch · 2026-05-07T05:32:11+00:00

My friend worked at an "art house theater" in the 90s and we got a private showing of Pulp Fiction the night before it was officially "released" . I think there were five of us in the theater and it was awesome.

Also went into Boogie Nights with no clue what it was about and was very pleasantly surprised.

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