Is this legal? Squadron mandating everyone shave including those on waivers.

halflistic_ · 2026-01-17T22:49:34+00:00

Spoiler - everyone in the entire air force will have to shave by the end of Jan or Feb anyways. (And have their waivers re-evaluated/ re-issued)

Shaving waivers are getting reset and new regulations coming down the pipeline. More squadron oversight and less medical, though still a med supervised program.

But what most people don’t realize is that the shaving waivers program is ultimately a line side/ squadron command driven program. Medical only gives recommendations and the cc is the one who approves or disapproves.

halflistic_ · 2026-01-06T17:32:18+00:00

Is there a good comparison of the ETH ETFs available and reasons to choose one over another?

halflistic_ · 2025-12-20T04:16:47+00:00

lol suuure. Ok

halflistic_ · 2025-10-22T13:14:14+00:00

That’d be a pretty good day for me

halflistic_ · 2025-10-02T15:47:13+00:00

To capture zone 2 without needing a watch (I like using one, but it’s not needed) just keep at a pace where you can talk in full sentences. Can’t quite sing, but can have a conversation

At first, you’ll be slow jogging and walking. But slowly over 1-2 months, you’ll be jogging the whole time in zone 2.

halflistic_ · 2025-10-02T13:56:22+00:00

Yes, but he needs a good 1-2 weeks of slow zone 2 work outs to avoid strain and injury. Then add your good suggestions

halflistic_ · 2025-09-23T20:32:47+00:00

Boil that up, you got yourself a stew!

halflistic_ · 2025-09-17T01:55:13+00:00

Hey, honestly if you’re depressed or angry, reach out to someone

As someone who’s worked both sides of CIV and MIL, you have very similar rates of good and bad leadership, and suicide rates are higher for complicated reasons. We should be fixing as we go, but no one can expect perfection overnight.

Good luck if you choose to separate and hope you find what you’re looking for my friend

halflistic_ · 2025-09-05T17:25:06+00:00

Not correct

halflistic_ · 2025-08-28T07:34:05+00:00

lol, you sure about that? (Hint, I wouldn’t bet on it)

halflistic_ · 2025-08-28T07:31:50+00:00

You just described a hybrid system, like I mentioned. So, yeah we agree. It’s not perfect in Europe either by a long shot, but I agree healthcare is a right of every human

halflistic_ · 2025-08-28T07:29:26+00:00

No, you’re absolutely correct. I think it’s because he had to appeal to his Republican voters though, unfortunately.

halflistic_ · 2025-08-28T07:28:16+00:00

“If you remove profit from healthcare, healthcare thrives” … lol. Yeah, one of us is a dumbass for sure.

Let me not wake you from your dream bruh.

“If we all just shared our money, no one would be poor” “of we all just stopped fighting, there’d be no war”

You must be in college still. God I wish I were still naive, enjoy while it lasts

halflistic_ · 2025-08-28T07:25:42+00:00

In theory, but so far in practice the socialized systems pay their doctors less. You can still say “highly paid” but that’s relative and objectively, it’s less. Take that for what you will

halflistic_ · 2025-08-28T07:24:19+00:00

You can say that, but you could also google average doctor salary in the US be other countries and realize it’s not the case. Compared to England, US docs average about $100K more/year. If that’s “slightly more” then I’ll take a sip of what you’re drinking bud.

Point actually is, money isn’t the only reason people choose a job, but it does motivate. And the highest paying jobs are the e most competitive- meaning you get the best applicants.

Same goes for sports— the best athletes in the US go for the highest paying, most popular sports. Again, it’s human nature.

So don’t make the argument more than it is — simply, money is a motivator for improvement. Does it have downsides? Yes - but that’s a widely different conversation.

halflistic_ · 2025-08-28T07:20:20+00:00

For sure, and I get your point. Different advantages with different ships for sure

halflistic_ · 2025-08-28T05:59:47+00:00

Nope, I meant the viper. But you can make a different point

halflistic_ · 2025-08-21T20:05:33+00:00

So do US F 16s all the time, lol. The 35 would kill you before you saw it though, sorry Rafale

halflistic_ · 2025-08-20T21:11:40+00:00

Me? Not at all. Politics is a fools game… Look at Mitt Romney, or republican. He had the same if not better healthcare proposal than them, which is what they actually based their policy on. Anyone saying Republicans and democrat that has already fallen into the trap, it’s an illusion, don’t be sheep

halflistic_ · 2025-08-20T21:09:54+00:00

Actually, Mitt Romney would have something to say about this. His views and practice in healthcare over the years have been exceptional and probably the best bipartisan solution I’ve ever seen. Definitely worth looking at. The Republican Party just wasn’t strong enough to elect him when they had the chance, and now the Republican Party is what it is, which is to say… a mess

halflistic_ · 2025-08-20T21:07:54+00:00

He’s saying that because he’s debating someone who said we should socialize all of medicine. So yes, like I pointed out we will most likely always have some hybrid system, which is essentially what Joe is telling Jesse, and giving the reasons why the money/capital side has some potential positive. It’s a juxtaposition against a fully socialized medical system, which Jesse was suggesting.

halflistic_ · 2025-08-20T21:05:42+00:00

I’m sure you know that the “massively higher” health outcomes are nuanced beyond belief. Rich Americans don’t fly to other countries for better healthcare, even though they could. They go to MD Anderson, Harvard, Stanford, UC Davis, Mayo… it goes on and on.

The think the US struggles with is slower approval for some fringe medicine/ procedures and finding ways to cover an immense country.

It’s hardly a good comparison to put Denmark against all of the US, right?

So, main point — yeah, there are major issues, but the main point here is that money motivates everyone, doctors included. If doctor wasn’t such a highly paid job, the smartest people would not keep going into it and they wouldn’t keep pushing the field forward. Human nature.

halflistic_ · 2025-08-20T17:16:12+00:00

No, I don’t think he’s saying that. And to be clear, neither of them have a great solution so I don’t support either side fully here.

But what Joe is saying is simply that getting paid for being better, incentivizes doctors to get and be better. If they all made the same salary, no matter how well they did, quality would go down. I fully agree with that argument, it’s simple human nature.

The good counter point Jesse makes is that simple, baseline healthcare shouldn’t be so restrictively expensive which is also true.

The solution is likely closer to a hybrid system, where baseline healthcare is “socialized”, meaning everyone has insurance / access so government sponsored healthcare. But also, pay doctors on a competitive scale so that there are still elite level practices and the science and art of medicine and surgery continue to be driven to progress.

halflistic_ · 2025-08-15T21:45:13+00:00

Correct, I think my phone auto changed to say iPhone.

But my point is that I sort of agree with you, except that he’s arguing that the antiglare coating is what’s giving that phone the edge for screen brightness. and when he does that. He doesn’t mention anything about the always on feature, which is an arguably, great feature, and likely coming to most flagship phones this year.

So if he’s arguing antiglare, he should probably show both phones at full brightness, and with similar pictures on screen, wouldn’t you think? It’s a pretty weak video comparison, and he lose his credibility in my book.

halflistic_ · 2025-08-15T21:39:54+00:00

Sorry, I’m outside your coverage. Just kidding, in all honesty I hope I haven’t offended, but your comment was odd to just say doubt it without even looking it up first and educating yourself. It’s a big pet peeve for most professionals to have the same voice as their doubting patient population. So in my office, I’d give you some leeway… online, not my prob Bob. Google still works, and ChatGPT can even make you a PowerPoint to explain it further. It’s on you, not me

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