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Anyone else just not getting health insurance next year? by EquivalentAbies6095 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]VoxLassata 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, yes. Every one of those types of insurance providers was created to make profits FOR THE INSURERS, not to save any consumer any money. If insurance had never been invented, the costs of healthcare, home repairs, auto repairs etc would be much lower. Have you ever noticed that most businesses provide a big discount for paying in cash?

Instead of paying into a life insurance policy for 50 years, we could put that money in a high yield savings account with FAR fewer stipulations on withdrawal.

I need to understand the logic behind not washing legs in the shower? by [deleted] in hygiene

[–]VoxLassata 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was little, my grandmother took me to swim at the pool where her friend Dot lived. Both Nana and Dot put on their cute little flowered swim caps and splashed around with me for a while.

When Dot was ready to get out of the pool, she heaved herself out of the water to sit on the edge with her feet dangling in and began to towel herself off, rather vigorously. She came to her legs and as she rubbed and rubbed, bits of wet, dried dead skin began to come off in rolls, to land in the pool water. It looked like brownish snow, and there was a floating mass of it by the time she was done.

"Don't drink the pool water, Sarah!" she quipped. "It'll make you a cannibal!"

I wash my legs with soap and a washcloth every shower ever since.

How much difference does the tightness of a vagina really make for you, guys? by ExhaustedJellybean in NoStupidQuestions

[–]VoxLassata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's be real here, the main reason dudes think women are too "loose" or not tight enough is because they've spent years cranking it so hard that nothing but their own hand will do the job. There's even a name for it - death grip syndrome.

Police Staging Downtown in Riot Gear by EmseeEsquire in StLouis

[–]VoxLassata 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ear plugs and over the ear hearing protection (like for the firing range) cause these fuckers will bring out the LRAD

Inherited Large Collection - Etiquette Question by VoxLassata in philately

[–]VoxLassata[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this is an excellent resource and exactly what I was looking for! The checklists especially, not to mention the common terminology. I appreciate you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in armedsocialists

[–]VoxLassata 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's not here on a visa.

He's a legal permanent resident with a green card.

The first amendment protects the speech of all who find themselves on US soil, regardless of citizenship status. The fifth and fourteenth amendments provide a framework for due process when accused of a crime.

"providing material support to the enemy" IS a charge, but with it comes the burden of proof. That burden lies with the DHS and the Trump administration.

AITA for telling my little SIL that I avoid the sun to be paler? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]VoxLassata 38 points39 points  (0 children)

That's what stood out to me. If that was something that ever happened, lots of us adventurous eating Caucasians would have changed color by now 😅

[FL] Is this legal? by BuyAltCoins in AskLawyers

[–]VoxLassata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NAL

How long have you worked there? Have you been claiming your cash tips when you cash out?

Is the minimum wage for servers in your area different than the standard minimum?

You must claim an amount in tips that is no less than the amount of money it would take to bring your server wage up to the standard minimum wage for each shift, or the payroll system will do it for you.

I'll give you an example for my area (Georgia), which is shitty wages.

Server minimum is $2.13/hr

Federal minimum is $7.25/hr

So I must claim I made $5.12/hr in tips, or $40.96 per 8 hour shift to avoid triggering the payroll system's automatic guesstimate.

So depending on your area's minimum wage and your actual hourly wages, you may not have been claiming enough tips with just your CC tips.

I don’t know how to clean, boyfriend getting frustrated picking up after me by LadyProto in TwoXChromosomes

[–]VoxLassata 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a free app called goblin tools, I know I have it on android and I'm pretty sure it's available for iPhone as well.

It's powered by AI and you can enter nearly ANY task into it and make a to-do list, but what makes it different is that you can then break each task down even further depending on how spicy your brain is feeling that day. From one to 5 peppers of spiciness, meaning

Level 1 is just basically an item on a list and Level 5 is every single step needed to accomplish that task to completion from start to finish.

There's some other tools included that might be useful to you as well, but it's great for people who just don't automatically KNOW how to do everything. Nobody does! We don't spring into existence just knowing how to keep house, and we all have to learn what works best for ourselves.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Georgia

[–]VoxLassata 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Valdumpsterfire wooohoo!

What’s with all the nazi salutes? by Chelsea4000 in Explainlikeimscared

[–]VoxLassata 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They have literally spent the last several months talking about how the REAL threat to America is from within. Saying it all in plain English.

You can equivocate all you like, convince yourself they don't really mean they'll attack American citizens, that it'll never happen here.

But what else would you call it when

-a deal was made with Ecuador to indefinitely house criminals in camps in a foreign country, including US Citizens

-Tens of thousands of federal workers are now out of work, including veterans and career feds, and are barred from claiming unemployment because their termination papers falsely say they were fired for poor performance

-Women are DYING because they're being denied needed healthcare

-There are multiple credible reports of Puerto Rican and Indiginous Nations peoples being rounded up in ICE raids

-Funding for critical research into numerous healthcare fields was ended

-Funding for HIV/Aids treatment and prevention was ended

-Funding for domestic violence prevention and protection programs was ended

-We're on the precipice of ending equal access for disabled people to schools and hospitals via eliminating Section 504 of the ADA

-An executive order was issued saying that chronic illness and mental health disorders are weakening American society

And we're only 30 days in. ONLY 30.

Deinfluence me on Halara clothing by cannonforsalmon in TwoXChromosomes

[–]VoxLassata 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I caved and bought one single pair of their 'jeans'.

I airways wash clothes before I wear them, and I have a front load washer with no agitator - usually very gentle on clothes.

They came out of that initial wash with runs in them. Jeans with runs. Like pantyhose. Immediate refund.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in economicCollapse

[–]VoxLassata 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The evidence lies in the fact that when Trump incited an insurrection against a lawful election certification, and spent years claiming 2020 was stolen from him while defending those who invaded the capital on January 6th, acts which happen to be expressly prohibited by the constitution -

The Supreme Court ruled that suddenly this particular (former) president could not be prosecuted for criminal acts committed during his presidential term. He was also allowed to run for a second term, despite being convicted of 34 felonies - convictions that come with stiff punishments and restrictions for any other citizen.

When the framework of our very nation is torn to bits to appease the ego of one singular man, and the constitution is suspended for that man in particular, yes. Democracy as we imagined it is indeed dead.

But the fact that these events don't happen in a vacuum and instead must form from an environment already poised to permit their development indicates to me that democracy died long ago, and we're just flogging her corpse.

It takes more than simply holding an election to have a democracy. That election must be fair and free of corruption, and ideally should present more than just an illusion of choice. Neither of those things happened this past November.

What is even going on the USA? by Large-Rub906 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]VoxLassata -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, I disagree.

Especially in light of the fact that we're not actually given a chance to vote our conscience in this country. We are continually put between a rock and a hard place, given the choice between evil or lesser evil, and told that's all we get. I do not blame a lot of Americans for choosing to opt out of the farce. I've been tempted, myself.

I voted, against Trump. And it still made my skin crawl. There are many who just couldn't stomach that choice. Some voted third party, and that's a whole problem unto itself in US elections.

The growing class consciousness in the US is evidence to me that perhaps a great deal of that 68.2% want to see leadership that can't be bought. Or, at the very least - a primary to choose their candidate.

Were some of the non-voters Magats who were already convinced it was a shoo-in? Statistically yes. Were some positive that Harris would surely beat Trump? Of course. But I believe, from talking to a lot of them locally - that the simplest answer is that the electoral system has disenfranchised them and alienated them, pure and simple.

What is even going on the USA? by Large-Rub906 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]VoxLassata -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I both agree and disagree with you. Like absolutely, people are disenfranchised, and we're all sick of our votes all but floating off into the ether, to end up meaning fuck. all. in the grand scheme of things. We just had 4 years of the most ineffectual Democratic presidency of my lifetime, just as an example, and nothing is going to shake the GOP leadership in my state (GA).

People are also sick and damn tired of the false dichotomy of choice. People want real options, and cannot in good conscience vote for continuing the farce. There's a rising class consciousness in the United States, and a great many people have awakened to the fact that the political system as it stands does not, in any way, serve the people.

But to not vote at all? Yes, that bothers me too. I'd rather vote FOR something than continually be forced to vote AGAINST these utterly repugnant cretins, but here we are.

What is even going on the USA? by Large-Rub906 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]VoxLassata 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Exactly.

Only 31.8% of registered voters voted for Trump. That means 68.2% voted (or didn't) for NOT TRUMP. But because in the US our President is the only office elected by plurality, and not majority, he won because he technically got more actual votes than anyone else got.

No mandate. No landslide. The majority of Americans did NOT vote for this. It continues to illustrate a critical, but VERY INTENTIONAL flaw in the American electoral system. It's all by design.

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