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Date Created: June 21, 2023

This community supports labor, with an aspiration for it to cease to be required to live our lives. Members of this community want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and/or want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 294 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just because it is legal, doesn't mean it isn't punishable.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 98 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Conversely, just because murder is illegal... doesn't mean it's always wrong.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you kill a man in the heat of battle you’re a hero. If you kill a man in the heat of passion you’re a murderer.

[–] Satisfaction 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only we get to talk to the camera

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for getting the reference

[–] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Satisfaction 10 points 4 months ago

Ed O'Neill hijacks the movie with that line. Brilliant moment in Wayne's World

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Wayne’s World

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 206 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Clearly, being a woman is a pre-existing condition.

ಠ_ಠ

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 67 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Things like pregnancy or being a domestic violence victim were considered valid preexisting conditions until they passed Obamacare

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Republicans: “A woman’s job in life is to be pregnant.”

Public: “Ok so you’ll offer support for them, yea?”

Republicans: “Absolutely fucking not lol”

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How long until Americans make being alive a pre-existing condition

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

Technically it is.

I'm not saying that should negate any coverage that you are otherwise entitled to.... Just that living is the root cause of many issues.

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[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 120 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We should all be playing more Luigi's Mansion. Where's my gamecube?

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Is this code for what I think it is?

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago

We're just talking about videogames.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 115 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

B-but if we had universal health care we would lose all our FrEeDoM!!1! /edit: left out "if"

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 59 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 37 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's technically better than what we have now. All we get is a single jackass deciding whether we die or not.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Worse, we have buggy hallucinating AI.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At least medically assisted death panels have licensed Doctors on them, and they're discussing at the patients request. They are not deciding who lives and who dies, just whether or not offering medically assisted death is appropriate for the patient requesting it. Instead of a broken AI just returning 'coverage denied' all day.

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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 104 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] kewko@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It is developed,just not in the way you like

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 4 months ago

Metastasized

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

The system is working as intended. The rich are getting richer.

I repeat, the system is working as intended.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 78 points 4 months ago (1 children)

🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 60 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So because she likely hasn't the energy to sue, they just lie? Being raped is not an "elective procedure".

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

"you could have kept the illegitimate product of rape child"

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A rape kit is to collect evidence. It has nothing to do with emergency contraception. The ER can prescribe something like Plan B for that purpose, but it is not something that a "rape kit" does.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 15 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Why is law enforcement not paying for it? You know, as part of investigating the crime that took place.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago

That is an amazing question that we should all be asking our state-level representatives.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 40 points 4 months ago

Holy shit, what a fucking nightmare

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

If wishes alone could kill, there wouldn't be a single health insurance executive alive within 24 hours.

[–] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 35 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I say just don't pay it. Let them threaten you all they want, they can't put you into collections for medical debt. Throw out their letters, block their collection numbers from calling you, don't give those slime balls a fucking penny.

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

It's not just about the money, seeing the UHC letter in your mailbox when you are not expecting it will bring back flashes of that night and that trauma.

It's like knocking on the door of a veteran at random intervals throughout the year too show them pictures of the war. It's dehumanising.

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, they absolutely put you in collections.

The debt falls off the credit report in several years.

It's also cleared by bankruptcy, and they can't go after your relatives for it, excluding your estate, and let's say that if you have medical debt, your estate probably isn't worth pursuing.

So fuck em.

Not legal advice.

[–] SpikedPunchVictim@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

They can not put you in collections (thank you, Biden). You can lose coverage, and have an opportunity to enroll in the same coverage on the next election cycle.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

The system is deeply broken in the USA.

Not all of the things that are broken about the system are making things worse for the civilians.

[–] rarbg@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

I never pay my medical debt lol. Under 200 won’t effect your credit btw so never pay bills under 200

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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 30 points 4 months ago

Should have gone with the Jane Doe,

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 20 points 4 months ago

some ceo: 🥱❌‼️😂🤑💲

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fuck UHC. I hope you’re doing better. If so consider getting a lawyer and/or going to the newspaper if you think you can do it.

No one should have to pay for that. No one.

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