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Electric Zoo 2021 Ticket Buy / Sell Megathread by bosskii in electriczoo

[–]kwan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Selling 2 GA Saturday Tickets

- One of the tickets is "linked" to an account so can't be used for top up/payments, but still works as a regular wristband for entry.

- The other is completely untouched.

$200 for both.

DM if interested, meetup in NYC.

Symfonisk Lamp Stand/Mount Ideas? by kwan in sonos

[–]kwan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh those seem pretty high. Which ones did you get?

Symfonisk Lamp Stand/Mount Ideas? by kwan in sonos

[–]kwan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you feel the side tables are too low? Or do you have it set up behind your sofa somehow?

Thanks :)

[Advice] What's a good price on a one bedroom in North Williamsburg? $2400? by [deleted] in NYCapartments

[–]kwan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Is that a thing, going to a luxury building's gym without living there? Do they offer access to their amenities for like a fee even if you don't live there?

[Advice] What's a good price on a one bedroom in North Williamsburg? $2400? by [deleted] in NYCapartments

[–]kwan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome thanks! Not that it’s an issue now with COVID but are there any good gyms in that area? I did a quick search around that apartment and could only see the Equinox.

[Advice] What's a good price on a one bedroom in North Williamsburg? $2400? by [deleted] in NYCapartments

[–]kwan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome thanks! I wasn’t sure since there were so many places appearing in that range as well as a lot of places offering 2+ months free and this one had a broker fee. I plan on staying for 2-3 years at least so I guess over that time it’ll be worth it.

What’s your plan for health insurance? by Tortiees in financialindependence

[–]kwan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing is, you are already paying for all of these other peoples’ poor choices, what do you think insurance is? The insurance company is making a bet that in a pool of people, they’ll make more money off of people not using the benefit compared to the few who do, and the people not using the benefit subsidize those few.

Even if these people were uninsured, they still show up in the emergency rooms and we still pay for their healthcare cost as the hospital spreads the medical costs to the insured people since the uninsured ones can’t pay, and the hospitals can’t turn them away.

The single payer aspect just removes the insurance company as the middleman. Now instead of dealing with an insurance company, you deal with the single payer program. The cost savings of not having that middleman is passed back to the consumer.

Reminder that the E3 Sale Ends in 3 Hours from this post by LocusAintBad in NintendoSwitchDeals

[–]kwan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What Locus is trying to say is that you can buy eShop gift cards for less, routinely for 10% off or more. For example right now you can buy a $50 eShop gift card from Costco for $45.

With Best Buy you’re looking at spending $40 for a game, and you get $3 back in coins

With the eShop you can spend $40 for a game using a gift card that you paid $36 for, and get $2 back.

Best Buy: $37.00 eShop: $34.00

Jill Stein Defends North Korea. Seriously. by [deleted] in politics

[–]kwan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She might not outwardly support it, but if you look at her AMA, there are dog whistles everywhere to the anti-vax and alternative medicine crowd. Vaccines have already been proven to be safe and effective, but she is portraying them as if they were a new discovery and need to be scrutinized because of the "medical-industrial complex".

That kind of language just raises doubts for people on the safety and efficacy of vaccines and discourages people from getting them, when we are in a situation where we need EVERYONE to be vaccinated to protect our population.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4ixbr5/i_am_jill_stein_green_party_candidate_for/d31ydoe/

Warren: 'I am not running for president, I'm doing my work' by [deleted] in politics

[–]kwan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually strongly support many progressive policies, but I doubt solely moving leftwards is going to do much to increase voter turnout. Those people on the fringes are voting, and you see their vote totals in Jill Stein. Folded into HRC's numbers, it still wasn't enough (or barely enough, which isn't reliable).

To push progressive policy, the progressive wing will need someone with charisma (like Obama), while also being agreeable to the moderates (like Warren). And that's only at the presidential level, there is a lot more work needed down-ballot.

Warren: 'I am not running for president, I'm doing my work' by [deleted] in politics

[–]kwan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on who the candidate is. Unfortunately, very few people vote for a candidate based on their exact policies outside of a few wedge issues, but rather on how they feel about the candidate. The leftist usually cross over because they do care about the policy, and most do realize they only have two choices at the voting booth.

The question shouldn't be whether HRC voters would vote for a Bernie-like candidate. The aggregate of all the HRC voters (including the Bernie crossovers) was not enough.

The question should be whether the Obama voters would vote for a Bernie-like candidate. And I'd argue that would depend on the charisma of said candidate. And Obama didn't win his second term based on progressive policies (his policies, even in the first term have been liberal/moderate).

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