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[guerrillatech]

[guerrillatech]

[lierdumoa]

"If stuff was just handed to me I'd have no motivation to do anything! That's human nature!" No, babe, that's depression. Psychologically healthy people are still motivated to do things even when their survival isn't being actively threatened.

[dramaticowl]

[Image description: tweet by Roxi Horror @roxiqt on March 30, 2022 at 11:13 AM: “’Oh, so you think everyone should just be handed enough money to live?’ lol. lmao. yeah.”]

[ruinedrainbowpooka]

okay so like, we all know that housekeeping in a hotel is a Shit Job, right?

I worked with a woman who was independently wealthy. But she liked working housekeeping. So she did. And if the manager got bitchy with her, she’d just shrug and be like “Okay, I can quit.”

Like the manager treated her like a human being because she knew she had to because otherwise she’d lose one of her best workers.

Yes, everyone should be just handed the money to live.

[actualaster]

I worked with a lady who’s husband made more than enough to support them both.  She just did the retail to have something to do with herself part-time.

There’s a lot of people who’d happily do the same sort of thing.  Honestly?  A lot of the jobs we consider “shitty” jobs?  Are shitty because the employees are treated like garbage.

If employees weren’t being screwed over by people higher up the chain constantly or being forced to kiss the asses of customers currently shitting all over them, those jobs would by and large be a whole lot more bearable, and appealing to more people!!

[thatdisasterauthor]

Worked with a guy who was a former pro skier (not anyone super famous, but he did alright and actually RETIRED without being forced into it by major injury) and had won a decent sized lottery pot at one point. He worked in the plumbing department at Home Depot just for fun and loved it.

[liberalsarecool]

The sole purpose of DOGE is misinformation and disinformation.

[theconcealedweapon]

[theconcealedweapon]

This is how any corporation functions. First, increasing profits is done by attracting more customers. Then, once they have all the customers they're going to get, increasing profits is done by increasing prices or cutting costs.

[probablyasocialecologist]

“Why should a French or a German citizen be born with access to world-class services and well-protected rights (actual implementation on the basis of minority status may differ), while a Somalian citizen is not only denied those things, but also faces huge obstacles in becoming a citizen (or even a resident) of anywhere else? If you are born a citizen of Japan, there are 190 countries you can travel to freely without a visa; if you are a citizen of Afghanistan, there are only 25. If you are born a U.K. citizen, and feel like a change of scene, you can pay $7 for permission to go to Canada, hop on a flight, and stay for up to six months without anyone bothering you. If you are born in a refugee camp, it can take years before you even get a chance to live in a place like Canada. So how can we possibly consider ourselves to be people who care about freedom and autonomy, when thanks to borders our destinies are practically assigned to us at birth? Is it absurd to form your own state? Or is it more absurd to have states in the first place?”

— Aisling McCrea, No Man Is An Island?

[naonic-blog-deactivated20230221]

John Oliver Buys $15M of Medical Debt for $60K and Forgives It All, Because He Could

Once again John Oliver proves that you can do anything with money and lawyers

Oliver then proceeded to detail how with $50 and knowledge of the law he was able to successfully apply online to create a debt buying company named “Central Asset Recovery Professionals,” or as Oliver put it, “CARP” named after “a bottom-feeding fish.”

After setting up a rudimentary website for CARP, the satirical, but still real company was offered a $15 million package of medical debt for $60,000.

Oliver explained that the debt was out of statute, which means it is the kind of debt that a collector can only continue to collect, but not sue the debtor for.

Then, instead of chasing down the 9,000 debtors in the debt package as a normal collection agency would, Oliver decided to stage the largest one-time giveaway in television history and work with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to forgive the $15 million with no consequences for the debtors.

[helloquirks]

Okay but now I know what I want to do of I get rich?

[beabaseball]

You dont have to be rich to do a bit of this actually

RIP Medical Debt is a charity (and therefore takes donations). They buy the rights to medical debt and then forgive them. So far they’ve forgiven over 1B in medical debt.

So a little ray of hope for someone out there today.

[shayvaalski]

Donating $10 buys $1,000 of medical debt. This is real, it works, and we’ve done it ourselves. You can too.

[yummy-tummy-time]

As of June 29, 2024, the charity is still active under a new name, Undue Medical Debt

[spiralarray]

Signal Boost!!!

[ffcrazy15]

If you’re Catholic this is a great thing to do for the Jubilee year by the way. Forgive debts and set captives free!

[bringmemyrocks]

Now renamed as Undue Medical Debt:

Undue Medical Debt Homepage

Undue Medical Debt makes it easy for donors to make an impactful difference in the lives of those struggling with medical debt.

[getvalentined]

I got a letter recently letting me know that a $3k medical bill from an emergency room visit in 2018 had been purchased by Undue Medical Debt and destroyed. Gone forever. They were very clear that I didn’t have to do anything, but they would appreciate it if I would talk to people about it to spread the word about what they were doing. Fucking phenomenal.

[marithlizard]

Always a good time to remember that Undue Medical Debt exists.

[helenvaughans]

[mariacallous]

[dancinbutterfly]

Cost of a passport: $160

Cost of an international flight: $500-1000

Sundry while traveling: $50-100

Cost of accommodation: $20 per night at a hostel if you’re aware hostels exist, $50-$10 per night at a hotel if you’re not

Food costs: experienced travelers $10, vacation on a budget $20, most people $50

The continental US is 3000 miles across. It’s 500 to 700 miles north to south. Each state has sovereignty and requires either air travel or a long drive to reach each other.

Why on EARTH would US citizens prioritize foreign affairs? Vienna and Amsterdam are closer than Atlanta and Chicago and easier to get to.

If you are in the South? Chicago is a foreign land.

I’m just sick of points like this being touted when the gerrymandered to hell and back corporate car and airplane lobbies running US transit has made Americans unable to get to members of their own country let alone across two different oceans or far enough from itself by car.

This a big land island and that’s by design.

[redjaybathood]

I never fucking left Ukraine. I never, if not for the war, would have left my hometown for a long time. If I ever leave my country, it will cost me much more in time and money than to American, for the most countries in the world. Somehow, I did vote in my elections based on the respective candidates view of International politics

I don't think it's fair to say that US is designed to be uncaring about it's role in the world - because a) anything US is is designed by USians; b) USian international politics is not isolationist and never was; c) buddies you don't need to leave your state to be aware of what's going on and your role in it. You need just - go online, nowadays.

I dunno if Americans are provincial or what. But if you defend against this accusations with "yeah we don't give a shit and this is why" like. It's both doesn't add up and doesn't paint you guys in a better light.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I live on a fucking island that's the same size as the contiguous USA. A great many of us also never travel to other countries. "Oh well if we don't physically go somewhere then we can't remember it exists long enough to give it any consideration" are you a fucking toddler? Countries that have major roles in threatening the safety and welfare of other countries absolutely should be prioritising their behaviour towards those countries, and if your reasoning is "yeah well I'm never going to visit there because it's so far away, so why should I care what the foreign policies I voted for are doing to those places" then you are not the fucking good guy.

[pigeonculttt]

The Trans Agenda is to Keep My F*cking Friends Alive — sol rios

published as part of the Citizen Trans* {Project} by New Words Press

[queenlua]

this is almost certainly not a novel take but

i do wonder how much of the derisive language you hear toward "resistlib winemoms" or whatever is just "people who grew up in Safely Blue Coastal Enclaves rebelling against ppl who remind them of their mom b/c they are emotionally stunted adults"

like, as A Child Of A Very Conservative Area, i have a very vivid recollection of the first time i encountered this type of person, and my reaction was mostly baffled delight. wait you're telling me this PTA mom with unassailable Wholesome Americana credentials is gassing up the cause of trans rights at her book club. you're telling me she's batting her eyelashes and "think of the children"-ing, except instead of doing that to promote some obnoxious "ban this book from the school curriculum" agenda, she's shaming her state representative into actually funding the damn schools? i do not care how cringe her UV-bleached "i'm with her" bumper sticker is or whatever, she is working extremely hard & successfully on shit i care about and i will brook no slander against her

[mariacallous]

#oh yeah it's a lot of mommy issues coming to the fore with that kind of talking point from leftists#I remember people in 2016 commenting on the projection of Mom Issues that particularly leftist dudes did onto Hillary#it's also a lot of Perfection Enemy of Progress happening#politics#also a lot of Pick Me and Not Like Other Girls on the left have a good deal of internalized misogyny and it comes out in this way as well

[grison-in-space]

*waving from fellow red state land* baffled delight was that exactly.

man can you imagine having moms that great and thinking the rest of us are embarrassed. dude. dude.

[theseventeensteps]

obsessed with how fixable society is, on a structural level.

obsessed with how all you need to do is throw money at public education and eliminate most standardized testing and you will start getting smarter, more engaged, kinder adults. obsessed with how giving people safe housing, reliable access to good food, and decent wages dramatically reduces drug overdoses and gun violence. obsessed with how much people actually want to get together and fix infrastructure, invent new ways of helping each other, and create global ways of living sustainably once you give them livable pay to do so. obsessed with how tracking diseases, developing medicines, and improving public health becomes so much easier when you just make healthcare free at point of use.

obsessed with how easy it all becomes, if we can just figure out how to wrench the wealth out of the hands of the hoarders.

[stardust-silkys]

[redstonedust]

having depression makes your friends seem like the coolest most put together people on earth like wow... you got out of bed, had breakfast, went to work, AND spent some time on a hobby when you got home....? that's so impressive you're like superman or something. can i borrow your power.

[redstonedust]

watching someone make 3 meals a day and brush their teeth with the awe of watching an olympic athlete

[fiercetransgirls]

Sylvia Rivera calling out gays and lesbians for their trans exclusion in 1973 at the Christopher Street Liberation Day rally (x)

[theothersiiide]

Still relevant

[guerrillatech]

[uplift-daily]

Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery

Surgeons believe the technique called functional septorhinoplasty (fSRP) ‘kickstarts’ smell recovery in patients

“Since the surgery, I have begun to enjoy food and smells the same way I used to," said one patient. "I can now cook and eat garlic and onions and people can cook for me too. I can go out to eat with my friends and family.”

[mayasaura]

I'm doing my part!!

[mayasaura]

I feel like it really adds something to know that this coffee shop was right next to the state capitol building. There is a non-zero chance one of these lattes ended up in the senate chamber.

[mayasaura]

Congratulations, you've unlocked the secret nerd bonus! I actually ended up texting a friend who specializes in the early Roman empire for advice on designing this special.

Honey and almond are pretty self-explanatory, as honey and nuts both figured heavily in Roman desserts. Cinnamon, meanwhile, means dead rich guy. It was insanely expensive to obtain, and the wealthiest of Romans used it to scent funeral pyres, so that the smell of burning cinnamon would cover the scent of cremation.