What healthcare?
Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman
Submitted 1 day ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I must have been playing too many video games cuz I totally missed out on the free Healthcare. Can I still get some of that?
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Have you tried just eating food? Every time I do that in games it heals me. :P
chunes@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ah yes, because free health care pays my rent.
fum@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Utter BS
Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
And? What’s the problem with that? In an ideal society with present technology we can afford to feed and house literally everyone. Let artificial scarcity rule you no longer. Let the people play games, and when 'work’is no longer, the obligation of wages they wil do it willingly, happily, and with enjoyment. Or at least wnough of us will to feed all.
So what if some get fed more than they work? I like helping people. We should have plenty to spare without the parasite class.
jj4211@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
With the caveat that we can accommodate everyone so long as sufficient people put in their fair share of effort. In an ideal world that will mean very short working hours and/or nicely early retirement/late entry into the work force.
Certainly the usual talking heads are spoiled rich guys that have never known labor and have not done their fair share, but it is a difficult thing to balance to make sure we do take care of each other but make sure enough people are engaged to successfully do that
Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
People will use labor to make food if they only have the means. No one sane would rather starve, and even the bourgeoise can be taught the value of their labor once it saves a life, perhaps their own.
Spaniard@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Been there, done that. Eventually you need to get up and go find a job.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Yes, but the motivation behind the rhetoric is far more sinister and cynical. They’re demonising affordable healthcare as excuse to stay home and play videogames.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
how the fuck do i do this it sounds awesome
Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I hope he gets Fibromyalgia.
ccunning@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Is this a reference to something in particular or just picking a random shitty disease?
marlowe221@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s not just a shitty disease…. It’s a shitty disease that the Social Security Administration really, REALLY does not like to pay out disability for. Mostly because, unless something has changed recently, it’s hard to prove that you actually have it because it defies easily quantifiable medical testing, among other things.
Source: I used to be an attorney who fought for people who had been denied benefits.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
You know what, he’s right. I’ll go get off my ass to spend the evening running my 2 million dollar quarts mine and then swing by my 875k dollar quarts furnaces, weight seperation, flotation cells, and crystalization facility to create a bunch of semiconductor grade silicon used in solar and electronics production.
OH WAIT! I DON’T HAVE $3M FACILITIES TO RUN! Somebody else is out there doing the work that used to take a hundred men. The world doesn’t need us all doing 12 hour days, the world wouldn’t take us if we even offered.
technomad@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
What free healthcare because it sounds like I’ve been fucking doing it wrong this whole time holding down job after SHITTY job since I graduated high school and don’t have shit to show for it. Fuck all the way off attacking the one thing that brings joy to my life you disingenuous piece of shit.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What about all of those congress critters that get that big bad “socialized medicine” that the common people can’t (funny how it is fine when it is for them isn’t it.)? I bet that costs a shit ton given the average age of congress critters. How about we make some cuts there?
unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Why would anyone want to waste their life working for any of these exploitive cunts. I’d much rather play video games.
full_throttle@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
The problem is not this bloke. The problem is the people that voted for him.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Maybe. But in many areas, only one party realistically has a shot, so reps basically get elected in their primary process. So instead of needing a majority of the total population to win, you just need a plurality of the few who get involved in the primary process.
Blame the people involved in the primary process, not the people who only vote in the general election.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I got fucked up in a video game and can’t handle the defeat so I blame them for attention!
dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
He must be thinking we get the same healthcare they do. That’s how far removed they are.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
does jerking off while I’m supposed to be working count?
potatoguy@potato-guy.space 1 day ago
Luigi killed the CEO on call of duty, makes sense
ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Didn’t he say this shit months ago?
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Is this the one who gets his son to monitor whether he’s masturbating or not? Or is that some other guy?
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Does getting health care mean leaving your basement?
If so, young men aren’t doing it.
Hell, I leave my basement frequently and don’t want to get health care because I’m sure it will bankrupt me.
If someone callled me an ambulance I’d fight them because I don’t have ambulance money.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Can confirm. I dont leave my basement or get healthcare.
MyOpinion@lemmy.today 1 day ago
No that is what billionaires do mooch off the tax payer.
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 1 day ago
the population of young men who do nothing all day, have no interest in employment, but are also extremely motivated to apply for and maintain their access to healthcare and make regular doctor appointments
BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 13 hours ago
Nobody is a bigger government mooch then MAGA Nazi politicians.
altphoto@lemmy.today 1 day ago
TommySoda@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Just in case you forgot, getting rid of video games is part of Project 2025. Republicans have had a vendetta against them since Mortal Kombat came out in the arcades back in the 90s.
Asafum@feddit.nl 1 day ago
Sounds about right.
Project 2025: Fuck literally everything good in this world. Work to death and be forced to praise Jesus.
technomad@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Could you give a reference? I don’t doubt what you’re saying, I just think it would be helpful for people to see it.
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
As an Aussie who has always enjoyed playing (and making) games, I’ve had free healthcare all my life and have only worked my arse off… Like most people I know.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 day ago
*Used to get free healthcare.
Dunno how it is where you are, but bulk billing GPs just don’t exist anymore in SA.
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It’s getting harder but they are there. But hey, if I break my leg and go to ER at a public hospital, even though I have to wait a shit load of hours, I won’t pay anything when I walk out.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I pay $60 (or whatever), pay for my data connection, and get to play my game literally for years. It’s one of the cheapest forms of entertainment around. I get tons of value out of my purchase, it reduces stress, I get a sense of challenge out of it, and for the amount I spent I get a lot pf return.
Now if only health care were free. That’s just a bullshit statement and not even worth responding to. That said, In its current state it’s the opposite of video games. It’s expensive. The amount you put in is often not what you get out. It’s stressful.
Maybe the only way it’s like games is that someone can pull the plug on you when it’s not profitable anymore.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Right? I feel bad that it’s beautiful outside and we’re all inside paying games and streaming TV, but every time we leave the house as a family, it ends up costing me at least $100.
duchess@feddit.org 1 day ago
I don‘t like to see the politics of this miserable country here.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
All jobs are service industry now unless you’re somebody’s kid or relative. Things changed bigly over the last 20 years.
Cocopanda@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Got laid off. I now have two jobs. One at a store for the health insurance. Which I’ll lose in an upcoming strike. Which is most likely to happen. Because fuck corporate. Then I have my start up job that is a side job till they can afford to pay me salary. I make all commissions now. But sales are a tough thing to get in this field. Thankful for Ai to help email so many people.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
nah they are playing video games all day because video games are more fun than toxic work environments and helping CEOs earn bonuses