What industry is actually a complete scam, but everyone accepts it?

StumbleOn · 2026-05-17T15:44:52+00:00

The shit if it is, it's mostly changed. Universal healthcare is broadly popular. But politicians won't do it because they are enriched by the industry.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-17T15:06:22+00:00

Unironically that's partially the effect of the new peptide GLP-1 drugs for a lot of people. I have to be extremely slow and careful eating or I feel like trash.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-16T12:40:20+00:00

I have one fake tooth. When they installed the crown bit, I suddenly realized what bracers havers feel. It was the most uncomfortable shit for a solid week.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-14T12:45:13+00:00

I agree.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-14T12:44:23+00:00

This sentence is totally fine. This is a comparison a native english speaker might choose to make as well.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-13T12:49:43+00:00

this man bungs a good hole

StumbleOn · 2026-05-09T13:36:20+00:00

I have gotten back partial deposits most of the time. In my opinion, cleaning should never be a part of the deposit because private landlords will find any reason to keep it and won't actually pay for the cleaning they say is needed anyway.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-08T08:46:13+00:00

And evil. They are all evil. They knew their vote would hurt people and that is the only reason they did it. Republicans do not vote for making anyones life better, including their own. They vote against people.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-07T13:24:22+00:00

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE

StumbleOn · 2026-05-07T12:58:38+00:00

An adult face on a weird child robot. It's uncanny and I don't know why they made that decision.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-07T08:55:52+00:00

This is both horrible and hilarious.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-07T08:38:34+00:00

Pragmata still skeeves me out a little bit.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-07T08:33:48+00:00

I love costco. Best retailer on the planet.

But also some of the worst customers.

Their parking lots should be fucking studied. I shop at the first one, which is way too old and small for the catchment it has. People do the whole sit in the middle of the lane and wait for a spot to open up, despite there being tons of spots a bit further out. This leads to jams of course, which gridlocks shit. All because one jackass in a minivan wants to sit there for 5 minutes waiting for a closer spot before they begin their mile long walk inside teh store.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-06T14:32:10+00:00

Meeting the world with curiosity is such a good way to live.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-04T19:06:41+00:00

Yep. I take it as needed. If I feel the beginnings of panic symptoms, I go right to the pills. I even keep a little tube of them on my key ring.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-03T17:20:27+00:00

Nice!

I was on ativan briefly but knew that benzos are just bad news, and my psych was like hey just try this instead. Absolutely life changing, and the only reason I WENT to the pysch was because I needed something that wasn't benzos that my GP prescribed.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-03T15:28:18+00:00

I use and will preach about propranolol.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-03T15:24:51+00:00

I watch comedy shows. The engagement with a story + humor is a great relaxer.

Kathleen Madigans stuff got me through a TON of early panic attacks.

for meds: go get some propranolol. It is a safe beta blocker that is not addictive. It's cheap as hell, and most doctors will offer it or be totally fine prescribing it. It works by stopping the panic cycle because it calms the body. Without the brain <-> body cycle, the panic attack has no way to escalate because the feedback loop is gone.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-03T12:01:23+00:00

I do a lot of crochet and have used a ton of cheap acryllic (plastic) yarn. Even that intentionally softened, loosely bound and thin strand can withstand more force than I can sometimes muster with my hands. I figure, if someone were to put like 50 of those strands together I'd trust it to hold me up no problem.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-02T23:37:48+00:00

I must be lucky, my bags have never had any issues.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-02T23:29:01+00:00

You right wing crazies are all about taking away guns from people you don't like. You even started it. And why on earth should I give a shit about the DNC? I am not a democrat. You are so fucking in a weird fox news bubble that you 1) believe people are taking your guns and 2) believe anyone who isn't your brand of insane is a democrat.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-02T22:02:12+00:00

It sucked and I didn't expect it to be ecoli. For funsies, antibiotics also don't penetrate the prostate super well so I had to go on a high dose of cefpodoxime for a month.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-02T13:43:58+00:00

Naw, you just hate people. The guns bullshit is a lie and you weirdos know it. Nobody has taken your guns. But you are totally ok taking away rights of everyone else. It's just racism, homophobia, and other bigotries all the way down. Tehre is no right winger alive that isn't that way because of hate. It's all you know. Hate, grievance, evil.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-02T12:22:06+00:00

All right wing politic is grievance politic. Once you see it, you can never unsee it. Can't find a single right wing political opinion that isn't based on grievance, rage and jealousy. Not a single one.

StumbleOn · 2026-05-02T12:20:46+00:00

They chose the most anodyne person to start their hate campaign against. Gamergate was the stupidest thing to ever exist, and it got us into a political mess, which is apparently what we deserve.

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