A few years ago I had to get picked up by an ambulance, and got to pay $500 for the privilege.
That was the cost with insurance, and my job actually has pretty good insurance...
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If I have a heart attack, I'll be calling an uber first
True story. I have delivered to the ER no less than two people having a heart attack in an Uber while I worked driving Uber. Both of them literally said the same thing, that it was too expensive for an ambulance and it was much cheaper for an Uber. The second one we even pulled up next to an ambulance and the guy hollered out the window and the ambulance said we can't do anything. You just need to follow us to the hospital.
That people normalize this is maddening.
It's not normalized and it is madness
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You're making that up, right?
This is from an 80s movie about a distopian future (like RoboCop or Total Recall), right!?
I mean, do you stop at red lights in that situation? You probably have to... Do you keep the speed limit and have some small talk with the guy fighting for his life, while you sit in traffic?
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The hilarious thing is, in the movie that very same guy got run over and then he sued for a ton of money which allowed him to retire. The American dream!
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Good luck emigrating unless you can afford those countries that let you buy residency.
Props to anyone who has successfully moved to another country because eegads that is not an easy or quick process.
One of my colleagues is a British man who just gained his US citizenship in 2021. He's been here since 2007 on a marriage visa. And prior to that, he has described the immigration process as "arduous."
And getting married is apparently the easy way to get in.
Also the US is notoriously easier to get into than almost any other country
Haha, what do you base that on?!
My experience is the exact opposite. I'm a software engineer at a big tech company, and in this climate even they are unable to sponsor a visa to the US from the UK. Literally anywhere else? Sure, no problem at all, whether it be Europe, Singapore, China, Japan, Egypt, Australia, anywhere we have an office - except America.
Americans, welcome anywhere! We've got two in my team alone this year, and in 5 years they can get permanent residency. I know managers that want me on their team because I built tooling for them, but they're not allowed to hire me because it would require a visa...
I base that on the laws and regulations that the US has for immigration, vs the ones that countries like The UK, Germany, Japan, Canada and Australia have. There are navigable paths to US citizenship for people that don't have skills that are needed in the US. For many other countries you either have to be rich or skilled to get in. Poor people aren't welcome. Poor people aren't exactly welcome in the US either, but they can get in.
That's absolute nonsense. Most countries have similar paths to entry. They also have paths that support specific jobs that are required by the country - something the US does not. Finally, many of them have easy and clear paths to naturalisation - again something the US doesn't have.
Just because unskilled nationals make it into your country, it doesn't mean that immigration in your country is easier than other countries. Every right-winger moans about the same thing in every country you've listed...
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Americans can come to my country with few limitations (Canada), and it shouldn't be overly hard to get either dual citizenship or to become a Canadian citizen. Our immigration policies are not nearly as strict as other places and we have a gigantic, and mostly undefended border with the USA. Little more than border guards stand in the way, and as long as you're not a felon, and you have a legitimate reason to enter the country, you're welcome here.
We have universal healthcare available to all citizens.
Once here it's a matter of getting an employer who will sponsor your work visa... Then it's a pretty clear path to citizenship from there.
We're not super different from the USA. More taxes, no guns. Some other differences. But we're like... America lite.
The news I see over there is that the housing market is even more fucked than the US one, though? Do people mostly rent?
Unless you want to live in a tiny rural town, housing prices are generally pretty fucked.
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Having a long term condition since youth, it's amazing how many people my points about the US healthcare system seemed to simply... Bounce off.
Only now are they getting it 😑
Come to europe. The pay might be worse, but your benefits will be better. I would recommend germany but that is only my bias as a citizen. Maybe could visit some major cities and choose what fits you best. Language will not be a huge issue (alteast where i live), i personally know people who get by here by only speaking english.
We must build a wall around Europe, so that Americans can't come here. When America sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems to us. They’re bringing guns. They’re bringing GMC trucks. They’re racists. And some, I assume, are good people.
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It is not that easy. Unless you have a very in demand skill US citizen cannot simply move to any EU country.
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You're too kind and thank you, here's actual future footage of me moving to Europe (or new Zealand):
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Your country doesn't want us, unless they're going to take political asylum seekers while maintaining 38 of our military installations there. I don't guess that's in the cards.
I mean you are right i that i do not know how hard it is to come here. I guess you would need a job offer and some work visa? I just know that we need loads of working people. It is easier if you are persecuted, but that also makes sense, right? So political asylum seekers are taken but are you one?
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This is like the conservative mantra "... now that it's affecting me personally."
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"Switching to Linux is like moving to Canada"
Every time Americans are assigned a Republican president, the amount of Americans entitled to seek asylum elsewhere ticks up again.
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I'll tell you more, real estate cost cheaper in EU and if you buy 500k+ one and live few years in it, then you'll get citizenship of that country, plus free healthcare of course
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No. Stay and fight. The theater of conflict is closed. There is no place else to go.
If you leave you’re the same as these fighting-age single men fleeing Syria or wherever. Literally or metaphorically, you’ll end up drowning in the Mediterranean in a pathetic cowards death.
To the radical old-heads like me. If you have stage 4 cancer, then you ain’t surviving. That’s a license to do anything because you’ll be dead in a year. Find a billionaire and do what needs to be done. Of course I mean give them a stern talking to; I’ve heard psychopaths respond well to those. And not one of the famous ones, they are actually not as bad. The less famous ones are also more touchable.
Stay strong in the struggle.
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Do it. Few hours on a plane, affordable healthcare.
Easy peasy.
Why does this meme use a movie clip but it’s a line from a different character?
They used the person most relatable to Lemmy without using the one that's most accurate to Lemmings.
Nothing will change until we burn it all down.