dryfter

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

Someone has got to start talking about “inclusion” instead of division

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

You know what....I'd rather live in the Looney Toons universe over whatever the hellscape we're living in now is.

Also I seriously want to visit an arcade now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Stairway to Heaven / Highway to Hell

I agree with your version of entering hell being a trap door. Heaven would look like an alien abduction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I think that's very subjective to each person doing the recommending and also the person wanting said recommendations preferences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Song; Hunger Strike by Temple Of The Dog

Bands: Linkin Park and Soundgarden

Kurt Cobain was the first death that really freaking hit me as a teenager, but I am not bothered by Nirvana.

When Dime got killed it took me a while to be able to listen to Pantera again. That was a damn gut punch.

Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington still haunt me to this day because I felt like I was seen when I listened to their music — especially Chester. I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety my whole life and have attempted 3 times (along with being an alcoholic). Those two bands just remind me of the dark times and I never want to go back.

Hunger Strike just because Cornell was part of that band and I loved the hell out of that song.

Bonus song: Bother by Stone Sour

Take everything I said above and multiply it by 100 with this song. Every word feels like a mirror on my soul and things get ugly

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ben Stiller

I just can’t. He makes me anxious just seeing him on screen. I so want to watch Meet the Fockers because DeNiro is one of my faves, I just can’t do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I dunno, I enjoyed the hell out of his acting in Sons of Anarchy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I ended up in the psych ward of the hospital for a week and a half some time ago. Meals were served with only a plastic spoon.

One of the meals had a baked potato. I assumed it tasted like all the rest of the food I was eating and didn’t even try.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Holy cow!

Any guess as to what will happen? The US also has a debt ceiling issue coming up very soon too

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I have both Medicaid and Medicare because I don’t make enough on SSDI to be able to afford Medicare premiums but it’s a requirement of SSDI to have it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

"There are 18 very important trading relationships, and we are currently negotiating with 17 of those trading partners," Bessent told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on Tuesday. "Approximately 97 or 98% of our trade deficit is with 15 countries, 18% of the countries are our major trading partners. And I would be surprised if we don’t have more than 80 or 90% of those wrapped up by the end of the year, and that may be much sooner."

Uhhh....I'm not sure you understand the gravity of the self-made situation when you have major retailers saying shelves could be empty in weeks because of this stupidity.

"Obviously, we're working as expeditiously as possible, but we're not trying to make deals that are Band-Aids for the sake of making deals," the official added.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (8 children)

But....the whole point of Medicaid was that it is there to cover those who are poor because they wouldn't be able to afford health care otherwise.

I'm on SSDI and get Medicaid and Medicare with the only cost to me being the Medicare Part B coverage that is close to $200/month. I don't pay copays or for any of my prescriptions. However I have noticed the quality of my healthcare from the same doctor that I had while on private pay health insurance has taken a nosedive. My guess is the office doesn't want to deal with Medicaid or Medicare more than they have to. Or my health could just be that bad, either way it's worse.

If this proposal ends up as legislation I would end up having to pay copays for health services and prescriptions I use right now that would most likely not be financially viable. If Medicaid gets taken away from me completely I lose all access and if stopping medications doesn't kill me then the lack of oxygen due to extreme sleep apnea will.

I'm so sick of being terrified the last few months (SSDI, Medicaid/Medicare, and HUD housing). Just fucking do it already and get this over with instead of fucking torturing those of us at the bottom more than we've already been tortured just going through the process of trying to get access to these programs.

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