protist

@protist@retrofed.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What they took from us⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Where’s Ren and Stimpy on this list?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She only wanted the ring bros⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If that’s your perspective, is anyone ever responsible for anything? Or is it all just genetics and hormones

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not for the guy at the urinal next to you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨-Artemis crew: I think I can hold it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is friendly reminder that the owner of Buc-ee’s is a prolific donor to Republican candidates in Texas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets scammed⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  While it’s got its faults, I’m a Pandora guy and find it vastly superior to Spotify, particularly when trying to find new music

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the first thing the internet says whenever a relationship post comes up is: "Red Flag"/"Break Up"/"Divorce"/"Don't Walk, Run"/"Go No-Contact"/"Let them die in a nursing home"/etc...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re correct, but I meant from the therapist’s perspective. Couples therapy is real easy to go sideways

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the first thing the internet says whenever a relationship post comes up is: "Red Flag"/"Break Up"/"Divorce"/"Don't Walk, Run"/"Go No-Contact"/"Let them die in a nursing home"/etc...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My hunch is they were using that as an excuse when the reality was they were terrified of doing couple’s therapy because it’s really hard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the first thing the internet says whenever a relationship post comes up is: "Red Flag"/"Break Up"/"Divorce"/"Don't Walk, Run"/"Go No-Contact"/"Let them die in a nursing home"/etc...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As a long time reader of the subreddits where this sort of advice is posted, sure, some commenters fall back on this advice, which requires no thought and is very easy to consider when you’re not at all involved, however the top responses are almost always well thought out perspectives on the relationship.

  If this question is about your parents and how they treat you though, which I’m considering based on your post history, I’m afraid you’re going to find there’s nothing you can do to change them, and that putting distance between them and yourself is your only pathway to minimizing that negativity in your life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wasted potential.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They state right there at the beginning that they’re studying how social cues impact addiction. That knowledge has real potential to impact substance abuse treatment modalities.

  As an aside, the “how did that get funded” joke is a common right-wing trope to dismiss or undermine any science they don’t like, so I’d recommend in the future you avoid it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeeeesh, tough choice.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The race to outflank each other on the right has been happening in the Republican party for over 40 years, but over the last 16 years they’ve gone increasingly batshit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IMPORTANT PSA FOR PARENTS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I told my son “gesundheit,” and now he only eats sauerkraut and goose steps everywhere

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi, I'm Paul!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was in college, this girl who was whip smart in one of my bio classes invited me over, and I quickly discovered she was a prolific weed dealer. Never in a million years would I have guessed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake News⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume you mean well, but this is serious “confidently incorrect” energy. Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes bubonic plague, never changed to become less virulent and can still affect humans to this day. It has been killing a ton of humans for thousands of years and was still killing thousands of people at a time in localized outbreaks up until we discovered the antibiotics that cure it.

  Also, it’s transmitted through the fleas on small mammals, not through the mammals themselves. Flea transmission is far and away the primary vector. Human to human transmission has always been pretty rare, since it can only be transmitted between humans through contact with bodily fluids, similar to how HIV spreads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🫤🤬🥴⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A copay is what you pay up front at the doctor’s office. Depending on the services provided, you may receive a bill after the fact that will be either the percentage you’re obligated to pay by your insurance company (coinsurance) or the balance your insurance didn’t cover, for example if you haven’t met your deductible. You’ll definitely sometimes get separate bills from a provider and a facility, but usually at hospitals moreso than outpatient clinics

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the Hell is this Bull shit ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in Texas and the State Dept of Agriculture takes this kind of stuff very seriously. You have to report it though, which might be the other commenter’s issue

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the Hell is this Bull shit ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s a funny joke, but we actually use metric quite a bit, especially for volume

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🫤🤬🥴⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve worked in healthcare for decades and have literally never seen this. Are you sure you’re not thinking of coinsurance? Coinsurance and copays are two different things, a copay is a set fee dictated by your insurance that you pay up front, whereas coinsurance is usually the percentage you owe of anything billed to your insurance, which includes both facility and provider fees

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🫤🤬🥴⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TBD, there is no “doctor copay.” The copay is a visit fee imposed by your insurance company that disincentivizes people from visiting the doctor. It’s also usually a paltry amount compared to the actual amount your insurance will pay the practice, and reimbursement fees for NPs and PAs are absolutely lower than for MDs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else feel like websites nowadays feels very broken compared to apps? Like you try to do transactions on the mobile site (eg: ordering food), and payments mysteriously declines...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. I’ve never had a card declined on a website. I’m decidedly anti-app and haven’t ever had a problem

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars and Jurassic Park music composer John Williams, aged 94⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally got me. Almost sent this to all my friends

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sway⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That end tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It hurts.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A common American suburban development

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It hurts.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t need curves to slow traffic, there a ton of ways to slow traffic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It hurts.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Istanbul blew my naive American mind when I visited

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It hurts.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which part of Koenig/2222/Northland/Allandale/Bullick Hollow/290 do you live on?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Biological Women⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose I was talking about the tweet and not the response to the tweet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Biological Women⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I assumed it was “warfare,” and for that every example works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Science isn't political!"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just here to point out that your stomach microbiome consists of bacteria and fungi, which are not plants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the "Gen z stare" a real thing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As an elder millennial, I’ve neither witnessed nor even heard of this “phenomenon.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar is winning the energy race - The world’s cheapest power source is scaling at warp speed, pushing coal, gas and nuclear aside⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree. Here in Texas, for example, even while politicians push new fossil fuel investments, property owners and private solar companies are deploying small and medium sized photovoltaic projects all over the state. Solar is a higher percentage of our total generation mix every year, 10% of the total last year (<1% 5 years ago), and its growth is dramatically outpacing that of fossil fuels. You won’t see headlines about this, but the market forces are real