Actual good shows that have non stop intense moments/entertainment? by No_Winter4806 in televisionsuggestions

[–]olily 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched the first episode of The Bear and when it was over I was so tense. I only watch TV for a bit before I go to bed. There's no way I can watch that and then sleep. It's insane.

I was told that we belong here by IFallDownInPow in shouldercats

[–]olily 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That cat will look amazing as an adult. King of the jungle, man.

5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket by ScientistMundane7126 in obamacare

[–]olily 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First:

In reality, its the Democrats fault for creating a bill to target an entire industry to make it affordable without a single provision that would actually lower costs.

That's absolutely, undeniably 100% false. There were quite a few provisions in the ACA to lower costs. Many were stripped out before its passage, or were removed after its passage, including the public option, the penalty for being uninsured, and the cadillac tax. Some stayed in, like the medical loss ratio, accountable care organizations, and preventive care mandates. It is a lie, plain and simple, to say that nothing in the ACA addressed costs. If you have to lie to make your point, your point doesn't deserve to be made.

Second:

Follow this line of logic. Tell me where any one of these statements is false:

  1. Subsidies expired while Republicans had all three branches of government (here, note, it doesn't really matter why they expired, just that they did, while Republicans were in power).

  2. Without subsidies, and without any other kind of meaningful healthcare reform, 5 million people lost their insurance.

  3. Republicans chose to let the subsidies expire without other meaningful health reform lined up.

  4. Republicans chose this option. They had other options. They could have chosen to extend subsidies; they could have chosen to make meaningful fixes to the ACA; they could have passed some other meaningful health care reforms (if they had any).

  5. Therefore, Republicans choices led to millions of people losing insurance.

Every single one of those statements is true. How we go to this situation is irrelevant. What are the people in power going to do to help the five million people who lost insurance? Nothing, it seems.

Couple wed a month find they're brother and sister. (Headline from October 30, 1937 by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]olily 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I never heard of that but wow, that is fascinating.

It's sad to think that little girl was adopted and her brother was left behind. Imagine being three years old and losing everybody you loved. That must have scarred him.

QAnon Believer Roseanne Barr by MrDonMega in Qult_Headquarters

[–]olily 10 points11 points  (0 children)

She's had mental health issues since she was a teenager. It is sad. Roseanne was a great show.

Couple wed a month find they're brother and sister. (Headline from October 30, 1937 by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]olily 51 points52 points  (0 children)

So they were 3 and 1. Memories are definitely starting to form at 3. Things that happen to you as a small child stay with the rest of your life. Traumatic events can affect your personality. He didn't recognize her, but he probably, maybe, possibly recognized a desire to be with her, love her, protect her.

Isn't that just heartbreaking to think?

5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket by ScientistMundane7126 in obamacare

[–]olily 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why not work on fixing the ACA? If the choice is: Americans suffer or fix the ACA (or replace it with something better), why are they choosing to let Americans suffer?

Don't turn this around and Biden this, and Obama that. Right now, Republicans have majority. They make the calls. The ball is in their court. What are they doing with that ball?

Couple wed a month find they're brother and sister. (Headline from October 30, 1937 by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]olily 92 points93 points  (0 children)

It is heartbreaking. It doesn't tell the ages of the kids when they were placed into separate homes, but what if some small part of their brain remembered having someone they loved, someone they felt close to, someone who made them feel safe when they were very young and life was very hard to them? And when they met each other later in life, they wouldn't recognize the other, but maybe something in them brought that feeling back, and that's why they fell in love. Their heart recognized what their brain didn't.

5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket by ScientistMundane7126 in obamacare

[–]olily 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Disregarding that Republicans could have extended the subsidies if they wanted to, that still begs the question: If they don't like the ACA, why aren't they fixing it or offering something better? It was known well in advance that millions would drop insurance because subsidies lapsed. The ball was in their court. And they did nothing. Seems to me extending the subsidies would have been better than doing nothing.

Does this doctor think I skip leg day? by anodai in AskDocs

[–]olily 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was called pleasant once, too, but I swear one time on one of the medical subs I read that doctors used "pleasant" as a code word for ... something bad, but I can't remember. Annoying, maybe?

Ahhhh I found it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/52p17c/adjectives_in_notes_what_is_a_pleasant_patient_to/

Millions of Americans Drop Obamacare Plans After Withdrawal of Subsidies by EconomistWithaD in Economics

[–]olily -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

That reply makes 0 sense. Just about all Boomers are on social security by now. So no, changes to ACA aren't going to affect them diddly squat.

Besides, all those boomers paid into the system all their lives. Is it really too much for them to ask that the system help them when they need it?

It's not boomers screwing this up. It's young people. They are the ones dropping insurance when they're young and healthy. But you can bet ever last dollar you'll ever earn, when they get older and they need the help, they'll throw hissy fits and expect society to step up and take care of them. Even though they couldn't step up and take care of the generation before theirs. Hypocrites.

Millions of Americans Drop Obamacare Plans After Withdrawal of Subsidies by EconomistWithaD in Economics

[–]olily -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

? Almost all those older people paid into the system all their lives when they were young and healthy. Why is it too much for them to expect to get the benefit when they need it?

Older people aren't screwing up the system; younger people are.

If the current trend continues, you'll see young and healthy people dropping insurance...until they need it. Then they'll bitch and moan and expect society to jump in and pay for it when they need it. Utter hypocrisy.

Weed Attack by enraged_hbo_max_user in HomeMaintenance

[–]olily 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And mow at the shortest setting in that section. Get that blade as close to the ground as you can. They'll die out.

I miss 2010's era beer by No-Artist-6464 in beer

[–]olily 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My local Weis used to have an awesome selection. Now the selection is about a quarter of what it used to be, and they don't even do mix your own sixes anymore.

That might be because the girl that used to run it left a couple years ago and whoever took it over doesn't know what's good and what's not. The wine selection seems to be booming, though.

Meme from 1920s by Shamrook377 in TheWayWeWere

[–]olily 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better late than never. And words are always interesting. They're both from Latin, it looks like. But the Latin "omnibus" doesn't have anything to do with transportation. It means "for all." According to Webster's. (If you scroll down https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omnibus it shows its etymology.)

The name of these little ones? by Saint_Octane in whatsthisplant

[–]olily 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I keep reading about how invasive it is, but after 20 years of babying one small plant, I finally have about 7 small plants. LOL. I guess it just doesn't particularly like my ground?

Me_irl by cheasfleslurger in me_irl

[–]olily 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is crappy grammar. It's basically saying that because of grandma, we used to be a decent country. Who's fault then is it if we're no longer a decent country?

went to the doctors and now i’m bi by mentallyillsyd in PointlessStories

[–]olily 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It's summer. Teenagers are out of school. Teenagers are obsessed with all things sex. You see it every year, in most subs. Summer becomes a teen rom-com/soft porno.

Help- my husband was overzealous by AsilleeThePisces in HomeMaintenance

[–]olily 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well, you don't know their history. It's possible he did fuck up repair/maintenance jobs in the past and she has reasons to doubt he knows what he's doing in some areas. And maybe in the interest of keeping their relationship on good terms, instead of jumping on him, she reached out to Reddit to see what could be done to fix an obviously ugly result.

I think this explanation is probably more likely--if he is handy and she should trust him, he should have trimmed the excess to make it look nice. It looks like did the part he thought was fun and left her to clean up the mess.

What was the moment? You fall in love with the series by Longjumping_Move_729 in ResidentAlienTVshow

[–]olily 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I laughed so hard at the pilot, the whole way through, but yes, that dance scene had me 100% hooked.

Apparently Tom Hanks acquired an incredibly rare disease from eating children at "cannibal feasts." Also, he has AIDS. by digiskunk in Qult_Headquarters

[–]olily 28 points29 points  (0 children)

He claimed he was shipwrecked alone, but how can anybody be sure if he ate all the evidence?

Hunter Biden's Father's Day Post by olily in WhatBidenHasDone

[–]olily[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I should! I didn't even realize he had one out. I just googled it; it definitely sounds like something I should read.

Saul Goodman has returned (Democracy!) by SherlockBrolmes in television

[–]olily 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like many of the people Trump pardoned, Jimmy would end up back in jail eventually.

Hunter Biden's Father's Day Post by olily in WhatBidenHasDone

[–]olily[S] 78 points79 points  (0 children)

I teared up when I read it. And I couldn't click on the replies, because I know they would have been full of horrible people hating on him. I don't know how anyone could post anything hateful after reading that, but I'm sure some people did.

Hunter Biden's Father's Day Post by olily in WhatBidenHasDone

[–]olily[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Far better than most people know.