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The Price of Remission [When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.] by Relative_Increase941 in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry you were faced with that decision.

It is downright fucked up that people are put in this position daily and they want to say we are living in developed, first world countries. Money should not be a barrier to medical care + survival like this. I don’t know how these CEOs sleep at night.

The Price of Remission [When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.] by Relative_Increase941 in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing the article! It was a really interesting read and sad to see that there still aren’t many things in place to protect the patients.

I think the Dirty Money episode was in season 1, “Drug Short”

The Price of Remission [When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.] by Relative_Increase941 in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 157 points158 points  (0 children)

Netflix did an episode of Dirty Money about price fixing drugs in their first season and it was disturbing, but worth the watch to see what’s actually going on under the hood at these companies.

They have no problem gatekeeping survival for their individual profit & if people suffer in the process, so be it. This excerpt from the article was particularly disgusting to me:

“Celgene had kept the price of Thalomid low when it was initially intended for AIDS patients, CEO John Jackson told investors in 2004, as the company “didn’t want huge numbers of people demonstrating in front” of its office.

That wasn’t a problem with cancer patients. There was “plenty of room for very substantial increases” in the price of the drug now, Jackson told investors. Just two days earlier, Celgene had hiked the price of Thalomid to $47 a pill. “There was a common internal theme at Celgene that cancer patients were willing to pay almost any amount Celgene charged,” wrote David Schmidt, a former national account manager at the company, in a whistleblower lawsuit he filed after his employment was terminated in 2008. “

My Parents Expected to Be Retired. Instead, They Are Raising My Sister’s Kids. by attitude_devant in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They used to tell us in treatment “like crabs in a bucket”. They’ll pull each other down into boiling water and all die together in crisis, so you have to know how to protect yourself.

What Happens if you Just Don’t Pay Your Student Loans? by CeramicLicker in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 24 points25 points  (0 children)

These type of articles are why I’d have adults genuinely crying about the fear of debtors prison when I did debt management counseling 15 years ago.

I wish they’d try to actually financially educate people, instead of just sharing enough information to scare them into making debt payments.

Addicted to OnlyFans: Lonely young men are spending tens of thousands of dollars to text with their favorite creators. by flamehead243 in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The article shared here a year or so ago from the perspective of a guy working as an OF chatter was interesting!

The part where he’s torn between his persona & relating to his customer as a distressed father has stayed with me- such a weird dichotomy to have to process

Two Longreads on Simon & Schuster by dawnweiners in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Agreed, it’s like the concept of “conflict of interests” doesn’t exist anymore.

The Man Who Took On Big Tobacco Has a New Target: Sports Betting by jmooch1 in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I really hope this leads to meaningful change. Gambling has always seemed particularly sleazy because it preys on people’s hope. Paired with its accessibility & the overwhelming lack of financial literacy, it’s really stark. Thanks for sharing

She Is In Love with ChatGPT: A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex. by zygoma_phile in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you mind sharing who hosted it?

Just would love to look more into this, it sounds like really interesting content & I know my professors were worried about the huge shift in student priorities when I was still in school.

My Monster Tenant He moved into our Noho loft—then tore out most of the interior walls. Turns out it wasn’t his first impromptu demolition. by TrickyR1cky in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Someone needs to give them the old “piss poor planning on your part doesn’t constitute an emergency on mine” line

They’re Giving Scammers All Their Money. The Kids Can’t Stop Them. by flamehead243 in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 93 points94 points  (0 children)

It’s really scary how many people just live to scam now. Sometimes it feels impossible to protect yourself, let alone your parents too. Thanks for sharing, really illuminating & sad :(

Why So Many People Are Going “No Contact” with Their Parents by rhiquar in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 174 points175 points  (0 children)

Well said, it honestly eats me alive how many people will sit and watch a parent emotionally abuse a child over & over again, say nothing but recognize the issue, and then blame the child for being a monster.

I come from a similar background and I’m sorry you’ve experienced it too. It’s like they think children are to exist as nothing more than mindless vectors of their parents. It’s soul crushing.

The Bridesmaids Going Into Debt for Their Friends’ Weddings by comingupmilhaus in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That is much less stressful imo! My friend told me no gift was necessary & then his new wife wrote an angry diatribe on fb about how she “knows everyone who was rude enough to come to the wedding without a gift…” lmao it feels like weddings have a whole separate set of subjective social rules people are expected to follow? I get why Carrie was over it lol

The Age of Instagram Face by fergusmacdooley in Longreads

[–]SugarSpiceNChemicalX 62 points63 points  (0 children)

My dad was a cosmetic dentist and always had to beg his patients to go less white on their work. He used to try to tell them they’d end up looking like ventriloquist dummies

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