@TruthSandwich Not sure why you always try so hard to convince me to vote for Trump instead of a third-party...
No I am saying my primary goal would be to ensure neither of them wins.
If in some fantasy world where I had to pick between them, yesterday I would have picked Biden over Trump, as of today I'd be Trump over Biden.
Luckily we dont live in that fantasy world and I can safely oppose both.
@TruthSandwich No.. I am saying that he wont improve things, but he didnt make it worse last time. But the guy in charge right now made it the worse it has ever been in our history... So I wont support Biden and whoever that falls on who winds up winning will be an improvement because at least it means people suffering arent constantly being abused.
SinceI wont be voting for Trump, I take no responsibility if he is the one who wins, but as I said, still better than Biden at this point.
@TruthSandwich He wont.. and in fact he might make it a bit worse... but what I know is under Biden it got to a level of abuse from the system I have never witnessed, and couldnt think it even could get worse... Under Trump while it certainly didnt improve, it largely didnt change in any meaningful way for good or bad, at least not that I noticed.
So yea, the proof is in the pudding as they say.
@TruthSandwich If desperately wanting the medical system to not torture me at every turn is what you equate to being a fascist, so be it... You want me to stop being a fascist, then vote someone into your party that is both not a fascist and wont continue to make the healthcare system worse year after year.
@TruthSandwich At this point I've suffered as a result of Bidens mismanagement so much even Trump would be a relief, as horrible as he is.
@JonKramer Sounds about right for Trump.
@JonKramer I mean your right, its not limited to biden.. Obamacare already made the system much much worse and the problems started there, biden just followed in his footsteps and made it even worse.
Under Trump I didnt notice much change that effected me, but as far as I can tell he wasnt helping matters either, but thankfully he seemed to do less damage than the other two
@JonKramer I mean these are all new developments under biden... so I guess I wouldnt be surprised if biden intent was to harm minorities by approving and supporting these policies, I mean lets face it he is wildly racist... but somehow I dont think that was hsi intent.. its hard to see how anyone could think messing up the system this bad could somehow be aimed at minorities, and leave the rich white folks alone.. especially when the issues have nothing to do with money.
@LouisIngenthron 1000% worse, but you arent likely to see it unless you actually have significant medical needs..
During covid they took telehealth which made things so easy.. you'd talk to a doctor, get a prescription, they bring it to your door, very little barriers because they didnt want patients to come in.
Now not only do you have to go in, but the barriers are insane around anything that puts the slightest risk on the doctor.. spinal injuries or any injury that needs pain meds, expect to be tortured, abused, and sent away at every turn. Have ADHD and need a controlled substance, expect to be refused and denied at every turn even with multiple diagnosis... need sleep medication because you have a sleep disorder, same problem.
Before I left those were still issues but if you called enough doctors and tried hard enough, and were willing to travel a bit, you could maybe find a solution. Now the DEA made it illegal for pharmacies to fill prescriptions from more than a few miles away for controlled substances so it has literally become impossible for most people who need medications to get it no matter what... and it is abusive to deny people care entierly, atleast in terms of the system as a whole (I get why doctors do it, the system makes them).
@DaveFernig Ok... but why would experiencing the same abuse I experienced, but at-cost (cheaper) somehow address the abuse? I am still not following.
I mean ive been treated in the EU in not-for profit systems and they clearly have their own issues just as bad, but very different in nature.
@DaveFernig Huh, not sure i follow.. what does not for profit or slavery have to do with anything?
My god I've been gone for 2 years, I come back the medical system, under biden, has degarded to the worst I have ever seen.. I had to flee the country before due to medical abuse from the system... here we are same problems again... Cant wait for Biden to be out of office... cant come soon enough.
@CarlG314 @DemocracyMattersALot
Look, im sure there are plenty of illegal things Trump has done, he is scum.. so not saying this is a witchhunt or anything...
but my god that logic is horrible.... "If you did nothing wrong why do you have anything to fear if we search your home".... god that is a scary thing to hear a citizen say.
@certainlytwice tried feather blades this morning (got some overnight shipped)... loved them.. of the three blades i tried (across 2 brands) so far feather is the nicest!
I think you misunderstood something...
> If you have the technical capacity to block abusive users, but your owner won't let you, then do you *really* have the "ability"
Thats not what is going on here... The apple policy states that the owners of the platform (musk and twitter employees) must have the ability to block abusive users from the service. It makes no requirement that individual users need to be able to block.
So no you neither have the technical capacity nor will the owner let you... but neither of those has any relevance to the apple policy as it is not talking about that.
@TruthSandwich @JRBuckley Joe Biden should resign or be chased out of office for his white supremacist and pro-oligarch policies and actions, and anyone saying you should vote for the evil motherfucker is an evil motherfucker themselves.
@LALegault I mean, jack is the one who implemented the block feature when he owned it wasnt he?
Mute only does kinda make sense since blocks are so easily circumvented by just logging out or using an anonymous tab.
The only issue with mute might be if someone replies to someone muted and you get tagged and dragged into their thread. For mute only to work youd need the mute feature to auto-mute replies to a muted person.
Yea, I agree, actively listening of course is essential. Dismissing and hearing without any further action isnt helpful.
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