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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t you lie to me⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The crime of being too poor to afford a lawyer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 miles to escape a bill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Helicopter rescue costs are pretty common even in places with socialized healthcare, especially if they can be labeled as reckless extractions. Standard European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) generally do not cover mountain or helicopter rescue transport. A lot of different Alpine or Mountaineering Clubs offer insurance directly for this purpose as part of their fees.

  Which makes sense really. Socialized networks shouldn’t have to absorb the cost of people seeking a dangerous thrill. In the end it comes down to whether you want to treat the cancer of a couple children, or save a rich guy from a mountain and the consequences of his own poor decisions?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is 23⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately there are a lot of different types of nurses with varying degrees of education and ability to discharge care. Some of the stuff that nursing assistants and even some LPN have to do is pretty grueling. I think a lot of nursing schools that act almost as certification mills kinda mislead a lot of students on what they’re going to be doing.

  But overall nursing is a great job if you have the right education, a lot of RN and especially APRN can basically find a job anywhere in the country virtually overnight and make pretty good pay.

  If she is still interested in nursing, I would suggest a more traditional education route instead of an LPN school. As an RN or APRN you can pick and choose where you work and with what patient population.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is 23⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah… The early 00s seems to be the last time when just getting any practical degree seemed to be a decent investment. After the 08 recession things seemed to only really bounce back for people with specified graduate degrees.

  At this point I would say that it’s better to wait to go to school until you know what you want to do, and only if that job requires a specific degree. Anything else just seems to be gambling with loans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is 23⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep… Certain trades are worse for your bones and joints, but not much is going to be worse for your systemic health than sitting for half the day.

  As someone who’s worked in construction and now works in orthopedics and rehabilitation, I think the biggest issue with a lot of people in trades like residential construction is that they don’t really learn how to prioritize their physical health until a lot of the damage is already done. Once you’re a bit older you kinda learn that even if carrying that 80lb bag of cement by yourself is faster, it’s still better to take the time to grab a dolly or another person. Most of the issues would be solved if we had better regulations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Most vehicles today have aluminum sub frames

  A unibody frame is a bit different than a subframe. You can’t reinforce stress points with steel in a unibody frame like you can with a subframe . And no, most (63%) vehicles still use steel for subframes.

  Aluminum only fatigues if stresses are beyond the design threshold.

  What are you talking about? Cast aluminum lacks any distinct fatigue limit, so any cycle load causes microscopic damage at stress points.

  planes fly millions of miles, and are really only retired because of fuel efficiency.

  Again… Where are you pulling this from? Even aircraft grade Aluminum is about 50% more susceptible to metal fatigue than steel. All aircraft have to have routine inspections specifically for metal fatigue and part of regular maintenance is to replace what they can.

  engineering knowledge needs some work

  Right back at ya… I’m guessing you don’t work with metals in your job? Anyone working in practical engineering or metal fabrication knows aluminum has a big problem with cyclical loads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be more worried about the aluminum frame. Aluminum under cyclical stress will fatigue and eventually catastrophically fail. It’s why airlines have to constantly test aluminum parts so they can retire or replace them before they fail. It’s only a matter of time before cyber trucks start breaking in half while on the highway. It’s almost like there’s a reason no car manufacturers have made unibody frames out of aluminum before…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fair Trade off 🧓🏻⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it would have been a lot more accurate to label it “East Asian”. However, that’s not really as racist as claiming all light skinned Asians are descendants of Han Chinese.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fair Trade off 🧓🏻⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure some of it is nutrition and increases in quality of life. However that doesn’t explain the cultural phenomena of all the old ladies deciding on getting perms, dressing in fancy walking clothes, and getting big floppy hats.

  They are still pretty spry though. In Korea some of the old Buddhist temples are on really steep mountains. Some to the point where you have to use ropes to help you climb a “staircase” cut into the side of a cliff. During this I got passed up by a bunch of halmeoni that were taking the rock face like a bunch of goats. I know at 95 my granny still walked a couple miles a day and was able to put both of her palms on the floor when stretching.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally HR does something right⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes they are there to protect upper management from the liability of employing an idiot in lower management.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨idiot you tuber leaving his 50 cal on the ground pointed at the picnic table⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because it actively hurts your ears if you are firing without ear protection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The land before time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I delivered pizzas in college. In my city I used to be able to tell you what subdivision you lived in, what side of the street you lived on, and the nearest cross road, just by the address.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They were right all along...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, In my experience a community of Amish people an hour away from each other can be radically different. The more laid back communities tend to be filled with hardworking and nice people. While the conservative ones can be pretty dystopian.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They were right all along...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It kinda depends on the individual communities. My dad’s side of the family is from nw ohio where there are quite a few Amish communities. They each seem to function almost like little independent nations with their own rules, cultures, and hierarchical structures.

  The small community that is closer to my family farm is really nice. Our family has a long history with them often trading skills, resources, and labour. Whenever they need someone to operate a piece of modern equipment or to provide modern tools to a job site they would call my family. We would call them whenever we needed extra hands to build a new barn barn, or to re shingle a roof.

  In my experience the larger and more strict the community was the more fucked up they were. The community next to us wasn’t very strict, lots of loop holes to make life easier. Most of them banned anything modern in the household, but would have a barn with electricity for refrigerators and other modern amenities.

  The real strict communities were always filled with miserable people, it always felt kinda what I imagine visiting a 19th century cult would be like. The elders run everything with an iron fist, and children and women were basically treated worse than working animals. Forced to work at weird little businesses to sell furniture, blankets, and baked goods to tourist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think that Trump is the most hated U.S. president?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He arguable set up the Republican base towards Trumpism.

  I mean if that’s how we are judging them, what do you think Trump’s presidency is going to set up for future shitbags?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Probably accurate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Benjamin Franklin cries in heaven anytime you use a hundred dollar bill to pay child support. Should have just had sex with a woman of experience. Why do we not heed the wisdom of our forefathers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Probably accurate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not the origin, but he did further popularize it by using it a bit more literally than anyone before. The first use of it in literature was in Don Quixote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Probably accurate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He would be very interested in the very mature milf and gilf sections we have available.

  My favorite writing from any founding father is Ben Franklin writing to a younger friend urging them to take an older mistress. My man had an 8 point presentation on the virtues of fucking older ladies. My favorite saying from this is " In the dark, all cats are grey".

  1. Because they have more Knowledge of the world, and their Minds are better stored with Observations; their conversation is more improving, and more lastingly agreeable.

  2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Man, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. They learn to do a thousand Services, small and great, and are the most tender and useful of Friends when you are sick. Thus they continue amiable. And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an Old Woman who is not a good Woman.

  3. Because there is no hazard of children, which irregularly produced may be attended with much inconvenience.

  4. Because through more Experience they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your reputation; and regard to theirs, if the Affair should happen to be known, considerate People might be inclined to excuse an old Woman, who would kindly take care of a young Man, form his manners by her good Councils, and prevent his ruining his Health and Fortune among mercenary Prostitutes.

  5. Because in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part. The Face first grows lank and Wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower parts continuing to the last as plump as ever; so that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old one from a young one. And as in the Dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of Corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal and frequently superior; every Knack being by Practice capable by improvement.

  6. Because the sin is less. The Debauching of a Virgin may be her Ruin, and make her Life unhappy.

  7. Because the Compunction is less. The having made a young Girl miserable may give you frequent bitter Reflections; none of which can attend making an old Woman happy.

  8. 8th & lastly. They are so grateful!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨modest fashion is the best💖⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tie one to the end of my penis and attach it to one tied around my head above the chin. That way when i look around and talk to people it looks like my penis is following the conversation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't have kids⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus, my parents would go nuclear if I had done this. Partly from the mess, but mostly from the waste of peanut butter. Pretty sure they would make me squidgy it back into the jars and that would be my peanut butter from now on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy hell, Ernie.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True, though I would say that acquiring a chronic illness or deformity is even more just luck of the draw. At least you can avoid many injuries by being cautious.

  My main point was that luck is not the main determining factor for the vast majority of the population.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy hell, Ernie.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I would put that in the luck category. Picking up any chronic injury can definitely have negative outcomes to your ability to maintain your mobility and your overall health.

  I work in orthopedics and rehabilitation, and it’s made me a lot more cautious about engaging in a lot of activities that may be fun, but just aren’t worth the risk.

  I used to ride motorcycles in college, but gave it up after my first stint in a trauma ward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy hell, Ernie.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a lot of geriatric patients as well. I don’t know if it’s just about being lucky. Luck is part of the equation, but a bigger part of that equation is being active and maintaining your mobility.

  I have a few patients in their 80s and 90s that look younger than their own children. The big thing they always have in common is that they stay active by exercising regularly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mighty fine⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You and Nancy Regan have at least one thing in common.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, yes they are⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, all you can do is your best. Just keep one foot in front of the other and you’ll eventually end up old and tired, but hopefully content and with a mostly clear conscience.

  Things have always been more fucked up than the general public likes to acknowledge, but I do admit that I really feel for younger people. I’m middle aged and have seen a lot in my time, but it does seem like the kids are going to have an even tougher go at it than I did, which is saying a lot. At least I got to see the analog world, before the towers fell and America cranked the crazy to 11, a time before the end of history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, yes they are⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel the same way, it’s just an uphill battle that seems to be getting harder by the decade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, yes they are⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but they can create the conditions where altruism is a non beneficial trait that ultimately leads to your untimely end. The goal isn’t for them to personally intervene in people’s lives, just to create the conditions that are most desirable to maintain their own position.

  That’s why they’ve spent decades attacking the kindness of the working class. Turning the idea of charity into an insult, Christianity into prosperity Gospel, and being neighborly into an immigrant sympathizer. They want the lower class to idolize the same kind of disregard for empathy that made them rich to begin with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨always read the label⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The brand “One Night Cough Syrup” had alcohol, chloroform, cannabis, and morphine as their active ingredients. Sure it worked great, being unconscious makes it harder to cough, plus coughing requires breathing, so it works on two fronts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation enduring algae⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The quote from the article is coming from a 2016 review of the original information passed on to America to justify the war. So they now recognize that it is bullshit from a movie, but that didn’t stop them from transferring the information back in the 00s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation enduring algae⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sarcasm.