American Dream ✨

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• Z745812939054@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  dealing with so many major problems that would instantly vanish if i had a thousandth of one percent of what oligarchs burn through in one vacation

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  • Asafum@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I live near an area where they go to vacation. Multimillion dollar literal mansions with separate housing for their pools/guests, on huge properties and they literally have people they pay to live in the house because they only actually use it 2-3 weeks a year…

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    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Friend of mine has that gig, lives in some rich guys woods compound through the winter. Except he’s pretty much cut off from society outside the Internet, starlink has been a huge blessing up there. Place is a 4 hour snowmobile ride from the nearest gas station.

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  • Zoop@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m right there with ya, so I feel you there. I’m so sorry, and I hope at least some things improve for you soon! 🫂

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  • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A thousandth of one percent is 1x10^-5, i.e. if your oligarch spent 10^9 (a billion) you would get 10.000 dollars (10^4) which I doubt would be enough to cover most major problems. (Or 100.000 dollars for that matter)

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    • OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      10.000 dollars (10^4) which I doubt would be enough to cover most major problems

      For someone who’s poor? $10k would solve a lot of problems. Poor people already know how to stretch a dollar. Having 10k of them to stretch could go a long way.

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• TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People talk about affording healthcare but nobody thinks about the other problem that is smart doctors being for the rich and dumb doctors being for the poor.

  You think those straight A med students are working at your local hospital? LOL! No, we get the doctors who got Ds and Cs who will take your temperature and tap your leg but have no skillset outside of the basics. They only wanted to be doctors because their families told them to or because they were told they’d make good money.

  The rich? They get the best doctors there is. They have the money. Any issue they have, they can go to the best doctor and probably get it figured out immediately. Compared to the regular person, who gets referral after referral after referral because the doctors for us have no fucking idea what they’re doing. Gets told to take meds that aren’t even related to the problem. Gets told their symptoms “shouldn’t be possible”.

  Probably unnecessary, just wanted to get this thought out there because I never see anyone talking about it and these are problems I’ve experienced first-hand.

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  • gnufuu@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Calling every doctor dumb unless they graduated magna cum laude is a bit of a stretch considering how notoriously hard it is to even barely pass a medical exam.

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    • TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Calling every doctor dumb unless they graduated magna cum laude

      I didn’t call every doctor dumb. I’m saying the ones us regular people get are more likely to be dumb. The rich get the ones who have proven they’re not dumb. There are doctors who barely pass medical school… Where do you think they work…? Why would a doctor who graduated from Harvard valedictorian or whatever work at a small town hospital? They’re going to work for a huge ass hospital in a huge ass city making huge ass money from huge ass clients. I just think it’s common sense in a world where the rich want the poor to suffer.

      how notoriously hard it is to even barely pass a medical exam.

      It should be hard. You’re training to be a fucking doctor, with the ability to diagnose people with lifelong conditions. With the experience I’ve had with many medical professionals, maybe they should make them even harder. Obviously they’re not hard enough because every PCP, specialist, PT, etc. I’ve seen has said there’s nothing wrong with me which is completely fucking false, and if they were a real doctor, who wanted to help their patients with their medical issues, they would work with me until they could figure it out.

      I’m not hating on emergency services, nurses, etc. I’m hating on the people in the world that have dedicated their lives to the profession of helping others, only to sidestep and defer patients while still getting that doctor’s paycheck. I’m hating on the people who are doctors for the title, not the job satisfaction. The doctors who ask you the same questions when they know you’ve been referred over and over and over.

      I eat enough fucking vegetables doc, that’s not why I’ve had chronic pain for over 10 fucking years…

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  • Z745812939054@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    we get the doctors who got Ds and Cs

    laughs in physician’s assistant

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• heartSagan5@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ah, the dream being that you can actually receive medical, dental and psychological care that you neglected because of the bill.

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  • JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or that they regularly exclude a shitload of minorities.

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  • gingersaffronapricat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think they separated those fields out to be “retail opportunities”.

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  • diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i agree but how insurance companies make more money if they consider those care as whole!?

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• tomenzgg@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Damn, that’s a lot of new professions you finally have the resources to pursue.

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  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Seems to me they’re paying for the medical care of random strangers.

    Will there be a queue somewhere, or can I register online?

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  • diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, I also want to be a spine surgeon as well!

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    • binarytobis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I only do removals. You’ll need a second appointment to put a new one in.

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• stinkytofuisgood@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m sure there’s a non-zero chance that at least one person with a net worth of ~$100 million+ is browsing Lemmy communities happens upon posts like this. At least one, if not by accident at least.

  If you fit that description, you’re the problem. The majority here certainly dislike you. Grow a backbone and do something you fucking coward.

  (Yes I know, old man yells at clouds. But old man is tired and angry)

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  • diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, at least I can confidently say that their bots already scrapped your comment for ai training. Thats something 🫠

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  • Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Get em

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  • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had in excess of 100 million once. It was quite a nice trip through Hanoi and the northern Vietnamese countryside.

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    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It says $, not dong

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• i_need_your_bones@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Who the fuck recommends reiki and acupuncture as a first line.

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d go to a different doctor. If that’s not an option, I’d probably say something along these lines.

    I don’t want to experiment with woo bullshit. I want real mental health support. The fact that you’re directing me towards pseudoscientific treatment in lieu of real medicine tells me that you aren’t interested in my health.

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    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And they will politely ask you to leave, unfortunately.

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  • LiarAmongAll@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Therapy is amazing, it’s well worth it, but a lot of insurance covers it. States usually have some sort of program where you can receive services at no cost too, check with your state

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• lemmygarden@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And don’t quit your job immediately. Stay there for awhile, then tell them you want to take a step back to work on a non field related passion project and are only available for some light consulting and assisting.

  The passion project is to not work every day.

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• Impractical_Island@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would definitely be masturbating in public more as I could afford the court fees, let alone the lawyer that’s going to get me off and her partner who will represent me in court.

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• Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Murican Hm?

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• join@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  on lemmy it’s just a meme that everyone understands. on reddit the most popular repost is someone asking peter griffin to explain what the joke is, because reddit…

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• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  only one to know would be my sister because id pay off her mortgage

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• durably465@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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