Even deeper than that, he has narcissistic personality disorder and literally cannot tolerate ever being wrong or being viewed as weak. He’s also almost completely incapable of empathy and reduces the world around him to how everything and everyone can serve him personally

Isn’t it common knowledge that if Trump were to do what he’s saying he’s going to do tomorrow, that Iran will demolish all the drilling, refining, and shipping infrastructure they can in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and the UAE? Iran has said they would do this. If Trump decides to do this, the oil and commodities shock that’s still barely begun to hit will be 10x worse, and permanent. That’s not to speak of the civilian death toll Trump and Netanyahu would cause

I don’t know if I’d describe hitting a guy in the nuts with a baseball bat “playing with genitals”

I told my son “gesundheit,” and now he only eats sauerkraut and goose steps everywhere

“Great!”

“Alright, you?”

“Living the dream.”

“Another day in paradise.”

“One day closer to death.”

Depending on my mood

When I was in college, this girl who was whip smart in one of my bio classes invited me over, and I quickly discovered she was a prolific weed dealer. Never in a million years would I have guessed

I assume you mean well, but this is serious “confidently incorrect” energy. Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes bubonic plague, never changed to become less virulent and can still affect humans to this day. It has been killing a ton of humans for thousands of years and was still killing thousands of people at a time in localized outbreaks up until we discovered the antibiotics that cure it.

Also, it’s transmitted through the fleas on small mammals, not through the mammals themselves. Flea transmission is far and away the primary vector. Human to human transmission has always been pretty rare, since it can only be transmitted between humans through contact with bodily fluids, similar to how HIV spreads.

I’ve heard a lot of people talking about how the SAVE Act may actually hurt more Republican voters, as they’re significantly less likely to have a passport vs Democratic voters

This absolutely does not make it ok

I just don’t understand your point I guess

In May 1888, Keller started attending the Perkins Institute for the Blind. In 1893, Keller, along with Sullivan, attended William Wade House and Finishing School. In 1894, Keller and Sullivan moved to New York to attend the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf, and to learn from Sarah Fuller at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf. In 1896, they returned to Massachusetts, and Keller entered The Cambridge School for Young Ladies before gaining admittance, in 1900, to Radcliffe College of Harvard University, where she lived in Briggs Hall, South House. Her admirer, Mark Twain, had introduced her to Standard Oil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers, who, with his wife Abbie, paid for her education.

Yeah, she did it all by herself lol

Let me be clear, I’m by no means knocking Helen Keller. But dude, let it go that doing everything by yourself is somehow better, because it’s not.

You missed the part where there are people who don’t/can’t take care of themselves in this scenario

I thought the same thing, but went back and searched “fuckin” among his “Truths” and found quite a few dating back years. This one is uniquely unhinged though, given the civilian catastrophe it would cause, as well as further exacerbating global commodity shortages, which are already going to get really bad without any further action

What if you do have ADHD and you could find a treatment that improves some of this for you?

A copay is what you pay up front at the doctor’s office. Depending on the services provided, you may receive a bill after the fact that will be either the percentage you’re obligated to pay by your insurance company (coinsurance) or the balance your insurance didn’t cover, for example if you haven’t met your deductible. You’ll definitely sometimes get separate bills from a provider and a facility, but usually at hospitals moreso than outpatient clinics

I live in Texas and the State Dept of Agriculture takes this kind of stuff very seriously. You have to report it though, which might be the other commenter’s issue

I know it’s a funny joke, but we actually use metric quite a bit, especially for volume

Heather Cox Richardson has been talking a lot recently about the period in US politics starting 1933 with the election of FDR, and how moneyed interests have been trying to dismantle everything he built for about 50 years now. It’s time for another FDR

I’ve worked in healthcare for decades and have literally never seen this. Are you sure you’re not thinking of coinsurance? Coinsurance and copays are two different things, a copay is a set fee dictated by your insurance that you pay up front, whereas coinsurance is usually the percentage you owe of anything billed to your insurance, which includes both facility and provider fees

Tbf, there is no “doctor copay.” The copay is a visit fee imposed by your insurance company that disincentivizes people from visiting the doctor. It’s also usually a paltry amount compared to the actual amount your insurance will pay the practice, and reimbursement fees for NPs and PAs are absolutely lower than for MDs

You’re welcome to choose to eat a bullet instead, then