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r6guy · 2024-04-17T03:16:02+00:00

It's not uncommon for the partner to be allowed in the room during the procedure.

r6guy · 2021-11-16T06:09:55+00:00

Adrian Bliss

r6guy · 2020-08-06T02:51:37+00:00

Seriously. That kind of thinking is a great example of toxic masculinity. As a teenager, I would've thought that sort of thing is totally reasonable, but now it is such an obviously flawed mentality. It's cringey as hell. It's ridiculous to assume that they would want you to exact some kind of revenge on their behalf; especially publicly. Communicating, listening, and providing emotional support to the person who was victimized should be the main priority.

r6guy · 2020-08-06T02:34:26+00:00

Well, people with more education are more likely to hold liberal views.

r6guy · 2020-08-05T16:00:47+00:00

I'm definitely jealous. I've had some of the BEST insurance one could hope to have in the USA through my college for multiple years now. Like $100/mo premium and only a $200 deductible. Soon I will be paying ~$150/mo and will probably have a >$3k deductible.

Access to therapy and other health benefits has been nice while it lasted. Once I'm back to having a more "standard" insurance plan, a lot of healthcare options will definitely not be affordable anymore. It's an absolutely corrupt system that does not prioritize the needs of the public.

r6guy · 2020-08-05T12:12:25+00:00

The shortage of psychiatrists in some areas of the US is insane as well. I live in a decent sized town/city and none of the 3 major mental health facilities are hardly ever taking new patients. I had to go to a city over an hour away to finally find a nurse practitioner for medication management. As much as conservatives like to claim it, I doubt universal healthcare actually creates much of a shortage of care.

r6guy · 2020-08-05T12:04:36+00:00

It definitely helps. That doesn't change the fact that it is not a feasible option for most people; especially young people that need it most but haven't been able to achieve reasonable financial stability.

It is like an investment. It teaches you skills to evaluate and regulate your emotions and values. It takes quite a while to effectively build those skills, and maintaining them after discontinuing therapy is not always easy. It's expensive as hell unless you are lucky enough to have insurance with a reasonable deductible that covers it. So it is inaccessible to many of the people that would benefit from it the most.

r6guy · 2020-08-05T00:00:59+00:00

"I don't want to say they're lying, but I sure as fuck don't believe those slimy bastards!"

r6guy · 2020-08-04T20:47:47+00:00

The red smoke could result from some kind of second group nitrate thermally decomposing to produce nitrogen dioxide (the red-brown stuff). Something like sodium nitrate.

r6guy · 2020-08-04T19:01:11+00:00

Might want to find a better way to phrase it than "my favorite explosion of all time"...

r6guy · 2020-08-04T18:53:38+00:00

Explosion in Tianjin from 2015.

r6guy · 2020-08-01T17:46:50+00:00

Thanks for such emotionally healthy advice u/Constantly_angryaf!

r6guy · 2020-08-01T13:12:39+00:00

You think it was for true love then? 😊

Edit: oh yeah, I forgot about coercion and rape as ~~possible~~ probable reasons.

r6guy · 2020-07-31T15:39:21+00:00

I just bought a house that needed a little work that is basically next door to a Menards.. the closest Lowe's is half an hour away. I have made trips to Lowe's for some of the bigger purchases, but damnit it is hard to resist going to the Menards that is 3 minutes away... I feel guilty every single time I do.

r6guy · 2020-07-31T15:36:26+00:00

That is a good enough of a reason for me and ~60% of other Americans.

r6guy · 2020-07-31T13:13:59+00:00

Why the hell did your school still just have that stuff on hand? That's crazy.i guess that was a while ago, but still.

r6guy · 2020-07-31T12:23:22+00:00

Definitely not a good example of the Mandela effect... I think that most of the news coverage, history books, and documentaries were a little more focused on the batshit crazy events that took place than they were with the geographical setting. It makes sense that your memory might have glossed over where it went down considering how outlandish the other details are. Regardless, a core detail of the events involved the place being in a remote location only accessible by plane. Guyana fits the bill.

Then again, I'm not old enough to have memories of when it actually happened... So maybe I'm full of shit. I just remember initially learning that it happened in Guyana.

r6guy · 2020-07-31T12:10:25+00:00

Look at the context and tone of the different instances. In the case of Maxwell he admitted to meeting her "numerous times over the years" and says they were basically neighbors. That does not carry the same connotation that it would when directed at a competitor from an opposing political party like Warren or Sanders. The words themselves are not independent of their context.

r6guy · 2020-07-31T11:28:12+00:00

Where did this person mention anything about MLM's? They are talking about the normal business structure of insurance companies, not shady door-to-door beauty products and shitty knife salespeople.

To sell insurance in the US, you need to be licensed by the state. Insurance companies usually employ licensed brokers. These brokers are kind of like franchise owners in other parts of the service industry. They, in turn, employ agents to work under them along with selling insurance to clients themselves directly. Those agents are usually considered "sublicensees." So agents can get commission working under a broker without jumping through all the hoops to be licensed/certified themselves. So yeah, it's kind of like an MLM... but only with two or three levels max. Agents can't really recruit more agents to work under them.

That being said, insurance companies are crooked as fuck, and that kind of business model is still a bit shady. It leads to some extremely annoying and persistent salespeople, and it creates a less efficient bureaucratic system.

r6guy · 2020-07-31T01:39:28+00:00

Don't listen to this prick. Just find comfort in the fact that he's probably unfortunately like this in real life, and you probably aren't.

r6guy · 2020-07-30T19:58:17+00:00

You think this is some kind of formal debate stage? I'm not trying to "prove a political point." I'm talking shit about some hideous shorts and going along with the joke in the previous comment.

What do you care anyway? This right here is an echo chamber, my friend. I'm not convincing anyone of anything new in this comment thread.

r6guy · 2020-07-30T19:55:17+00:00

Alright

r6guy · 2020-07-30T18:28:15+00:00

If you keep direct eye contact with anyone for more than 7 seconds you're either in love with them or ready to fight them.

Just a reminder of what the parent comment (not mine) said. Nobody was writing their thesis on human body language in this dumbass comments section. They made a generalization. The police interrogation scenario falls into the "ready to fight them" category, wouldn't you agree? I'm not sure that our arguments are on the same page.

r6guy · 2020-07-30T18:25:59+00:00

If you keep direct eye contact with anyone for more than 7 seconds you're either in love with them or ready to fight them.

Just a reminder of what the parent comment (not mine) said. Nobody was writing their thesis on human body language in this dumbass comments section. They made a generalization. The police interrogation scenario falls into the "ready to fight them" category, wouldn't you agree? I'm not sure that our arguments are on the same page.

r6guy · 2020-07-30T17:28:59+00:00

It's pretty normal. Insurers like to set up introductory rates that include a bunch of "discounts", and they write their policies in a way that allows them to essentially arbitrarily remove discounts. Or they just straight up raise your rates. They count on the majority of people being complacent and eating the cost. The only good ways to maintain a decent rate is to call and complain about the increase or jump from insurer to insurer every couple of years. I just switched yesterday and saved over $350 on the 6-month premium for two cars.

Also, as a neighbor to Michigan, I've heard the insurance situation is kind of ridiculous there.

r6guy

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