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@ zeppo @lemmy.world

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  • those things happened over 25 years ago, so not really

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  • the topic was "wow, I've been really lucky". It's okay, here were are and he's 85 with Alzheimers and I'm almost 50. So we made it. Overall, though, if I had a complaint about him, it's that he wasn't very aware or engaged in my life from day to day.

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  • I've had a few good ones. I recounted them to my dad one time, I recall. Experimenting with prescription drugs as a kid (muscle relaxants when I was like 8), driving in the rain with no license when I was 15, excess opiates that one time, too many sedatives with alcohol a couple of times, and then the legit health problems… I had seizures from low blood glucose a time or two. Pretty exciting record imo

  • What can you tell from this photo alone?

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  • It’s not too cold there

  • Millennial Republicans more likely to identify as racist than Boomers: poll

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  • The Guy Behind Liquid Glass Is Leaving Apple for Meta

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  • Excellent! Liquid Glass was a failure, so maybe he can take expertise to Facebook.

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  • The extra ridiculous thing is how they deny services that a doctor says are medically necessary… and not even in a reasonable way, in an abusive way. Like the system that automatically denies 60,000 things an hour or whatever, and count on people wasting tons of time to challenge it. Or when they have an ophthalmologist review your kidney disease and say that some treatment isn’t warranted. And that’s even after you’ve paid your stupid deductible costs for the year.

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  • A unit is a unit, so the dosages are the same. What varies is onset curve and length of action, so timing.

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  • The deductible system is ridiculous.

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  • The subs would be R and NPH, not the old mixed formulas like 70/30.

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  • The old formulas you can buy OTC for $25 are more inconvenient to use, but will indeed keep you from dying. The main difference between the R insulin and Novolog/Humalog are how quickly they act. Novolog starts lowering your glucose in about 60 minutes while the R takes 2 hours. Dietary management is not related to which insulin you’re using, at least for type 1. The long acting substitute, NPH, is a lot more difficult to use than Lantus though. It still works. I ran out of good insulin on a trip last year and had to sub the R and NPH and did have some issues with hypoglycemia. I’m more qualified to swap them on my own than many people though (lots of people are not informed enough to change their dosage without professional medical advice).

    So yes, the claim that OOP’s only alternative to paying $800 was to die is not true.

  • The Men Who Stare at Goats

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  • Source on the existence of unsubstantiated rumors? How would that help?

  • Lemmy.world thinks "(reverse oppression|misandry)" exists

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  • yes, in fact I know a large group on the internet composed of 80% straight cis women, 10% lesbians and 10% trans women of whatever preference who very openly despise men of any sort. "You can't trust him! He has a penis!". Terrible people.

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    Why are people so obsessed with politics?

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  • The Men Who Stare at Goats

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  • There are rumors about him sexually abusing young boys as well

  • 'Um... WHAT?!' Internet erupts over Epstein email about Trump sex act with unknown 'Bubba'

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  • There, he's smiling because he knows what he's saying is racist bullshit, which is more his style.

  • 'Um... WHAT?!' Internet erupts over Epstein email about Trump sex act with unknown 'Bubba'

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  • trump style:

    America is Tired of these Words, and the "overuse" of all caps is insulting to "the mind"!

  • Trump Finally Reveals His Health Care Plan—and It’s Bad

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  • They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs

    Just what I want - to have to expend a bunch of time and expertise that I don't have to try to buy healthcare.

    They’re actually gonna be able to go out and negotiate their own health insurance

    Perfect, that's my specialty! I love reading tons of insurance policy details written in confusing legal jargon. The American people are going to thrive with this and for sure beat the big bad DEMORCAT RUN insurance companies.

  • Despite having heard the phrase 'passive aggressive' several times, I still don't know what it means.

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  • It means someone saying something that on the surface sounds nice, but is actually meant to be insulting or challenging. It can be subtle until you learn to recognize it. Even then, it's annoying because sometimes one has to question "were they being passive aggressive or genuine?”