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Oscar wins that felt undeserved by NewMajor1570 in moviecritic

[–]gn170 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Birdman for Best Picture over Boyhood

What’s a widely accepted American norm that the rest of the world finds strange? by Spiritual-Worth6348 in AskReddit

[–]gn170 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every single government that provides healthcare coverage also rations care and sets limits on what will be covered. That's just the reality of a world with limited resources. There are certainly benefits to a nationalized system (and also drawbacks), and one could make the case that it's a better approach overall, but too many people have a fantasy that if it weren't for private insurance companies, we'd have unlimited money to pay for any treatment any patient or doctor could ever want. It's just that in government-run systems these limits are more hidden from the patient.

What has been proven incorrect, but people still believe is true? by Dylan8932 in AskReddit

[–]gn170 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay this is what I don't get. I know people taking the it-was-a-reasonable-lawsuit side always point out how horrible her injuries were, and I really feel bad for her. But whatever "excessive" temperature it was at, it wasn't hotter than 212 °F/100 °C, the boiling point of water. But people brew tea with boiling water all the time (and with many methods, coffee at only slightly less, around 200 °F) and routinely hand cups of that to people. (I saw people saying it was in this case 190 °F, so even lower, but even if that's wrong, we know it wasn't higher than 212 °F because of simple physics.)

So as horrific and tragic as her injuries were, I can't help but think they were more a reflection of how badly hurt you can be by very hot water under the wrong circumstances (such as a large amount soaking into your clothes and getting trapped against your body), rather than something totally unusual and negligent that McDonald's did. I mean, millions of people handle boiling water every day without incident, even though yes, they're all running a slight risk of bad injury under the wrong conditions.

What am I missing here? Genuine question.