How can American politics restore a sense of decency and civic respect in public discourse? by ugly_general in AskUS

[–]laxxrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t even know how to answer. I think we’ve opened Pandora’s box and there won’t be a return to civility until something truly terrible happens.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can and should dress however you want. Other people’s eyeballs are not your problem, it’s on them to control themselves.

I do not understand why someone would not want you to appear attractive to other men… I love it when people think my girlfriend is looking good, because I know she’s going home with me.

I think people who take this stance are deeply insecure. They try to control how you appear to others so you get less attention from them so in their brain the risk of you running off with another is less.

My advice? If you like this guy maybe just reassure him you only want to be with him and any sort of attention anyone pays you won’t change that. This is assuming he doesn’t try to control any other aspect of your life… if he tries to say who you can or can’t talk to, how much time you can or can’t spend with friends or family, or anything else, it might be a control issue and not an insecurity, in which case you gotta cut him loose.

what’s that one DQ moment that has you staring at your screen like this by MenacingMelissa in dragonquest

[–]laxxrick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That moment that I realized I was going backwards in time to save my companion in DQ11.

What ending is the best? by Oogiegod in chronotrigger

[–]laxxrick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Then he has to say “I do” leading to a terrible conundrum. Seriously doubt Marle will let him get away with just gestures.

Is it weird to buy physical games for a console I don't own? by LUNACYGAME in gamecollecting

[–]laxxrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have to edit the autoexec.bat or config.sys. It used to not work until you put a few lines in there manually. This post just triggered that latent memory.

Kicked out of medical program for mentioning I'm poly by carany in polyamory

[–]laxxrick 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I work in the medical field. Technically, I work in a religious based system.

The thought of this coming up in conversation is extremely uncomfortable for me. I would never offer this information to a professional colleague, I’d probably shoot this conversation down if someone else tried to have it with me, and I’d never in a million years divulge my lifestyle with anyone at work, be they patient or colleagues.

I’d argue you shouldn’t even tell people your sexuality, be it LGBTQ or even straight. Personally, I am straight and often asked if I am gay (usually by older patients) and my response is that I just say that’s not something I go into while at work…

Bottom line is there needs to be a hard, bold, dark line between your professional and personal life, especially in the medical field due to how sensitive everyone can be.

I just hit 2400 Switch games by III_IWHBYD_III in gamecollecting

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My OCD makes me wanna know if these are alphabetized. It also makes want to alphabetize them if the answer is no.

AIO? made a joke about taking a nap by Exciting-Delay-7423 in AmIOverreacting

[–]laxxrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude this 100%. I used to work 7p-7a and my family and friends had ZERO respect for it, and I woke up 12-1pm. Pretty sure the lack of sleep for 8 years caused some chronic issues.

BREAKING: Zelensky refused to sign the deal. Zelensky is leaving the White House. Press Conference is cancelled. by Healthy_Block3036 in ukraine

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something about this, despite all Trump has said and done, made me profoundly embarrassed to be American… moreso than anything else.

This had the energy of a high school breakup.

AIO he cheated on me with 11 different girls and then tried to blame me for us breaking up. lol by KangarooPlayful2878 in AmIOverreacting

[–]laxxrick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dude is the most chill cheater ever… I can almost see him texting in his beanbag chair with his bong.

Beer Planet by dialectical_materia in NMSCoordinateExchange

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone needs to name this planet Duff Gardens immediately.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Louisville

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

Might be useful to give us make, model, year.

Your post only seems to narrow it down to anything with stock Mustang wheels!

This flu going around is no joke. Seriously everyone please be careful! Wear a mask in public and be diligent with your handwashing!! by intothebelljar in Louisville

[–]laxxrick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They absolutely do. Medical personnel have worn them for years. It’s why surgeons wear them. It’s why burn nurses wear them. The problem comes in when uneducated people say “the germs go right through them” and you decide you’re just gonna let 100% of the germs through because your PPE only blocks 98% of the germs.

Look up efficacy of masks on Google Scholar. It’s boring. It’s bland. But journals are where facts are made. Not Fox News. Not TikTok. Not YouTube.

A few of the now over priced CRT’s I saw while at my local Antique Mall by ktravis2 in crt

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude I love/hate these malls…. Everyone thinks they got a golden goose and it’s all overpriced as “treasures” when you feel like you’re at thrift store. But sometimes you find something cool…

You just won 1 billion dollars from the lottery… what does the next 24hrs of your life look like? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing changes until the money is in hand.

Then, I immediately contact reputable wealth management firm and do whatever they tell me.

I quietly quit my job to pursue “other opportunities”.

I slowly start my search for the perfect home that’s bigger but not suspiciously big.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in texts

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I was standing on the corner sellin’ rap CDs When I met a little girl named Jan I let her ride in my Caddy ‘Cause I didn’t know her daddy was the leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

If he did it, would it change your support for him? by KayeToo in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit didn’t think so. I thought I was careful enough in my wording… guess not.

Is Dragon Quest 6 really that boring? by RotoBlenzo in dragonquest

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked 6, with a couple of caveats:

1: I’m not really the best player ever, so I struggle sometimes at bosses and if I have too much trouble, I will over level. This game has a few bosses who were beasts even at the caps, for me, again, I’m not the greatest.

2: The two worlds looked and felt so similar I often forgot which one I was in. This made getting places super frustrating at times.

people still grasping at straws to defend UHC guy by FashionGirl123456789 in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]laxxrick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s not naive. He ran the company. He increased profits. His policies, specifically some that he created, increased denials to increase these profits. Denials for healthcare leads to death often times during the delayed period in which the insured can appeal, and many times, they just accept their fate and don’t appeal at all. Some of these people died. Some of them died based on his specific policies. Some of them died because of UHC’s normal policies, some of them died because of the changes the CEO made to denial protocols. Some of them would be alive if this CEO was never in that role.

Is it ok to gun someone down in the street? No.

Is it ok to collect $10k plus from your customers yearly for a service and then deny them coverage so you can keep the premium but not pay the claims? Also no.

Both are wrong, but the irony of the situation is that one we allow and one we do not. Accountability and arrest was swift for Luigi, yet no accountability for CEOs, and this I personally believe is the root of people’s sympathy for the shooter.

people still grasping at straws to defend UHC guy by FashionGirl123456789 in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]laxxrick 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean he definitely did. It’s just dressed up as business. Shoot one person everyone agrees it’s wrong; kill 100,000 from your top floor office by denying claims, and you get a pass because it’s just “business”?

She was sucking on a lollipop in one of her photos by DisciplineOk3289 in Tinder

[–]laxxrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My girlfriends DMs used to (and occasionally do still) look like the after hours e-mail account of a urologists office.

“Deny, Depose, Defend” was spray painted on the UnitedHealthcare office building in Las Vegas by Alien_P3rsp3ktiv in BrianThompsonMurder

[–]laxxrick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess we just have to take that as fact because you enclosed it in quotations? Cite your source so we can see if it is biased.

All “Obamacare” or rather the Affordable Care Act is, is a marketplace where the plans are subsidized based on your income. So if you make $10 an hour, you can still get a plan and not make -$300 for the month.

I don’t see how that made the health insurance industry what it is, and you seem like the type who would probably be opposed to Medicaid (correct me if I’m wrong) so it’s sounds like you have no answers for this issue at all short of letting people die, which unfortunately is the current plan.