I’d like to add that people think eating fat makes you fat, so there are a ton of products marketed as low fat but are full of sugar instead. In some cases the low fat product is worse for you than the regular one.

They’ll get him out soon. Maybe Saturday.

A paragon of mutual aid. He and his staff helped more people each day than I have in my entire life. Look at what this man accomplished, which continues after his death.

This is who we could be if fascism wins in the US. You could help your community, and an army marches on its belly.

Everyone grieves in their own way. My mom died when I was 36. My dad died this year. It was really rough for a while when my mom died, it made my alcoholism worse, which lead to me losing my job, which made my alcoholism worse. I had horrible nightmares that I woke up screaming from for about six months. Eventually, with the help of my wife, I put my life back together.

I wasn’t close with my dad, he left when I was young. Pretty much feel the same since he died.

When it happens just do what feels natural. Your loved ones will understand. If you have kids try to explain it to them once you get a good grasp on it yourself. There aren’t any answers at the bottom of a thousand bottles of vodka though, I can promise you that much.

I’m atheist as well. My mom was a severely mentally ill alcoholic and she’s genuinely better off dead. If there was a hell, my dad would be in it, so I’m glad there isn’t. I think it’s more comforting, not less.

doomsday peepers

Is this like people who can see 40 days into the future?

Skip the fries and get red beans and rice with your chicken. It’s surprisingly good for fast food.

But do you trust them to follow the law? I certainly don’t.

Probably because I live in America but we don’t trust police to not do something just because they’re not supposed to. They do it all the time here.

I’m sure it doesn’t come across the same in Portuguese, but I think naming a government service SUS is pretty funny.

That’s fair and I’ve had to bail on jury duty for the same reason, although I was able to participate once.

Doesn’t look like the same guy to me.

Don’t listen to this dumbass. I’ve got a loaded shotgun at the door too. And a little hatchet in case things aren’t as deadly.

I said exactly this to my friend on the phone today.

Because one school will be better than the other. Most likely the private school, because they charge money for parents to send their kids there in addition to the money they (unfairly) get from the government. So families with more money are more likely to send a kid to private school, which immediately creates social stratification between the private school kids and the public school kids.

The private school kids will perceive this inequity, even subconsciously, and internalize that they are better than the public school kids on some level. Often the private schools are religious too which is another can of worms.

I could keep going but I think that’s enough to get the point. Private schools shouldn’t exist. All the money given to them should be given to public schools so they are better for every kid no matter how much money their parents make.

If people with intelligence and empathy skip out on jury duty, that leaves idiots and sociopaths to judge the accused.

Of course you’re right.

Sometimes people have to be forced into their own betterment, as unpleasant as that may be. Maybe there will be the political will for change after four more years of chaos, insanity, and pain under DT. Maybe we don’t ever have a fair election again. Not much to do but wait, get armed, train, and make sure your friends, family, and neighbors are secure.

There is another way-

The population of the UK was very against universal healthcare. The government implemented it anyway. Now threatening the funding of the NHS is a surefire way to not get elected.

They’re so clueless they don’t even understand that Medicare is government run free insurance. I’ve literally heard people say things like “The government better keep their hands off my Medicare.”

How in the hell are people so blind? Practically everyone I know hates their insurance company, if they even have insurance.

I wasn’t able to afford health insurance until my early 30s. And really I couldn’t afford it then but since I had malignant melanoma it was the least worst option for me financially. Nearly metastisized because I had to save up and wait for enrollment period. They told me it was 2mm from my bloodstream. About two inches across by the time I was able to afford having it removed.

My friend offered to have me drink a bottle of liquor and he’d cut it out of my back and I seriously considered it.

And my credit score got killed for seven years because they wanted $250 per month from me on the after insurance bill. I tried to negotiate, but this was the lowest they would go. My wife and I would have literally starved if we had to pay that.

I never paid them a cent.

In many such cases the lobbying group actually writes the law, the congressperson just signs it.