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My name is Scottie and I am 24 years old. I am a fan of all things music, and will forever be in love with the sound of the wind. Follow me on Twitter: @scottiepotamus

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Working working (at Omaha, Nebraska)

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At work, ready to go home

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Happy spring!

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The tale of two kitties

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It's a tad wet outside today.

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Boredom. DaFluffster.Sarahah.com

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“Ah, Perry the platypus!”

“What an unexpected -“

“WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!”

“You’re trapped!”

“By societal convention!”

“Look! We’re in a fine dining environment. Everyone knows not to throw a scene in a fancy restaurant!”

“That’s right. You’re trapped. Sit down.”

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This show is fucking brilliant.

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did everyone else read that in his voice

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Blogging this tweet because this explains SO MUCH about the mindset of pretty much all the folks I’ve known who’re against single-payer, it’s not even funny…

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This….

This never occurred to me. Not once. That Americans are against Health Care because they think it actually costs tens of thousands of dollars for a broken arm, hundreds of thousands for a complicated birth, millions for cancer treatment.

Because they’ve never known anything different. The idea that a broken arm is only a couple hundred bucks; a complicated birth a couple thousand; cancer treatment only tens of thousands; all easily covered by existing tax structures.

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This explains a lot.  And it’s a good example of what I was talking about in my post on scarcity being used to prop up ableism – always question the idea that a resource is genuinely scarce.  Even if it seems obvious that it is, quite often that’s the result of careful manipulation and misconceptions that you’re not even aware of.  

And never think you’re too smart to be fooled by that kind of thing, it doesn’t work like that.  Similarly, don’t think people who are fooled by something are stupid.  Nobody can have all the information about everything, and nobody has the time and energy to investigate and put together conscious conclusions about every piece of information they’re given.  It doesn’t take being stupid, or even just gullible, to believe something like this.

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I currently live in a country without free medical care and still, it’s enormously cheap compared to the USA. An American expat wrote a piece for our English language paper about how she paid more for parking at the hospital than giving birth to her baby that’s pretty interesting:

https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2016/01/06/healthcare-in-iceland-vs-the-us-weve-got-it-so-good/

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Yesterday I had to go to the hospital cause I injured my eye, I’m frankly dreading what the bill is going to be, but what made me balk was being told in the pharmacy that my insurance was denied for the antibiotic eye drops and it’d be over $100 out of pocket. So I didn’t get my eyedrops.

I’ve had these same drops before living in the UK. They cost me seven GBP.

It’s the exact same drug, same steroid, same strain of antibiotic. But somehow the US gets away with charging $100 for a generic non brand version of a drug which is easy to create and widely used. It’s downright robbery, but also a form of eugenics through poverty and class warfare. You keep the poor poor by making sure basic necessities remain unattainable and then you make it seem like the norm so no one fights it.

The rest of the world is not like this.

Eat the rich. Resist.

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really

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My life lately in photo form

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Wukong Mastery Complete

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My life lately in photo form

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What Will I Do?

What will I do Without you In my life What will I say On the day You become a wife I'm not asking For forever Or anything new I'm just asking When the time comes What ever will I do

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Hear Me

Are you there? Are you listening to me? I feel like such a burden But my heart is on my sleeve I feel I am drowning In my own self doubt I feel lost and hopeless I can't find my way out I can't remember The last time I had a day Where killing myself Didn't seem like the only way I'm not trying to complain I'm trying to find a happy place I'm walking alone in the rain By the water I'm being embraced I'm not expecting anyone To see how I see Just know I'm almost done Unless someone finally hears me

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Get over it!

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Sleepy morning