Bytemeister
@Bytemeister@lemmy.world
- Comment on $1K a month is a good deal 1 week ago:
The meme is a little exaggerated.
Since demographics matter for insurance cost. White, male, 30-40yr old married non-smoker.
My insurance monthly is ~350 a month, but I only pay about 80 dollars, and my employer covers the rest.
What do I get for that?
1 eye exam and 1 pair of lenses and 1 frame a year (spending limit on the frame is ~200 IIRC)
1 dental cleaning, 50% coverage on dental procedures, with a maximum benefit of 1500 dollars.
Medical… It’s kinda a crapshoot. 0 dollars for an annual checkup. 25 dollar copay for additional Dr visits. I wanna say 800 dollar copay on ER visits. Maximum out of pocket is 5500 a year.
Also, fuck you if you get injured in some states, most other countries, or if you go to any hospital (or even a particular Dr in a hospital) which isn’t “in network” (PS, there is no way for you to find out who is in-network, and keep your sanity).
Don’t even ask me about pharmacy. It’s practically a roulette. One medication may be 100% covered at one location, and 0% at another. Generic may not be covered, even if it is cheaper and more available than the brand name.
American healthcare isn’t particularly fast either. I injured my ankle about 4 years ago. I tried to establish with a Dr to get it checked out (and avoid exorbitant ER/urgent care fees) and the closest appointment was 4 months out.
My partner and I had to get a covid test in 2020. I called my provider and they said it would be 100% covered. My partner caller thier provider, and their response was “we don’t know, get one done and we’ll see what happens”. They received a 300 dollar bill for the test.
- Comment on As a human, here is my human take on unions 1 week ago:
I’m sure it was very illegal, and nobody did a thing about it.
- Comment on As a human, here is my human take on unions 1 week ago:
I was part of a union. I got paid minum wage. My manager was the union rep. I had to work a role that I was literally allergic to.
Despite this, I’m still pro-union. Just not that particular union.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 2 weeks ago:
Yes, hell yes.
Get this man in a court room. Let the prosecutors spend weeks trying to find a jury where no one (or any of their relatives and friends) has been fucked over for life because of shitty insurance.
Let them talk about how unstoppable, determined, and committed the defendant was.
And then have the jury nullify the case.
It would be a good day to be alive.
- Comment on alpha 2 weeks ago:
Omega soft
The next step on the Charmin scale those asswiping scientist bears are striving for.
- Comment on i hate hate hate stuart little 2 weeks ago:
Huh, I always saw it the otherway-round. Linguini had had motor reactions to hair follicle stimuli. Movie has a darker perspective if Remy can hijack any person with hair.
- Comment on i hate hate hate stuart little 2 weeks ago:
Happens all the time. I chose a snake over a child just a few months ago.
- Comment on In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return? 4 weeks ago:
Nope I’m not.
- Comment on In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return? 4 weeks ago:
And the Americans are still here because he ran a clown show last time too. Palestine might not make it through the next 4 years though, but that’s what the abstainers and 3rd party voters were pushing for.
- Comment on In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return? 4 weeks ago:
No. There were two ways the trump admin was going to go. He was either going to run an effective fascist regime, or become the ringmaster of the largest dipshit fucknugget circus. Seeing how things are going so far (and he isn’t even the president yet) it’s going to be the latter.
Sure, there will be long term damage that is going to take years, if not lifetimes of hard work and good policy to undo, but it can be undone. Assuming 2024 was a wake up call and people vote more effectively instead of throwing their voice away at propped up Russian disinfo candidates.
- Comment on This world is cruel… 4 weeks ago:
Only on the occasion that my wife can stand me practicing.
- Comment on This world is cruel… 4 weeks ago:
Seriously.
- Comment on This world is cruel… 4 weeks ago:
If you have a banjo, it’s straight up unattractive.
Source : I have a banjo.
- Comment on anyway, i started blastin' 5 weeks ago:
No, the reproduce pretty quickly. Wipe out 50 % of the bacteria in your body, an they will recover in a few hours. Wipeout 50% of all the grass in Africa, and you’re gonna have a lot of starving gazelle, and even more starving lions.
- Comment on Habits of Insects 5 weeks ago:
Still waiting for that ACA replacement promised on week 1 of trump’s presidency. It was supposed to be so easy. Now we’re 8 years out and they have “concepts of a plan”.
- Comment on anyway, i started blastin' 5 weeks ago:
Even worse than that. 50% of all life dies, right? That’s 50% of the plants too. If you know anything about food chains, taking 50% of everything leaves the top of the chain massively overloaded.
- Comment on anyway, i started blastin' 5 weeks ago:
I thought it was just an instantaneous, every living thing has a 50/50 chance of living or dying. No rounding, no species specific exceptions.
- Comment on Whelp 1 month ago:
Just give Facebook a permaban. Them banning you is like your boss writing you up for having the best attendance.
- Comment on American house 1 month ago:
No, you can have non-removeable magazines. The tube in a pump-action shotgun is the magazine, but it’s definitely not a clip.
- Comment on Eat lead 1 month ago:
I don’t yet, but tomorrow is the day for sure.
- Comment on Eat lead 1 month ago:
I don’t yet, but tomorrow is the day for sure.
- Comment on Eat lead 1 month ago:
Pffff. Look at this conspiracy bullshit.
Everyone know that the universe will actually be created tomorrow. What you are experiencing now is a flashback from tomorrow of what you did yesterday. Prove me wrong.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 2 months ago:
I’m pro-choice, but mostly anti-death penalty, isn’t that a contradiction?
I don’t really think so. A person’s bodily autonomy and the state’s power to execute citizens should not overlap.
- Comment on Why do some men dis other men who sit to pee? (& follow-up questions) 2 months ago:
Never heard this before…
As a sit pisser, I have no trouble pissing all my pee. That being said, I have heard that problems pissing while sitting is a sign of a swollen prostate and possible cancer. So my stand pissers should pop the occasional squat piss just to check their P-spot health.
- Comment on Eels 2 months ago:
Glass lizards have external ears. Easier to spot those right behind the jaw. Their body/head segment is pretty distinctive once you’ve seen a bunch side by side. At first it’s difficult, but with a little practice they become easy to distinguish, like Alligator vs Crocodile.
- Comment on Starfish memory 2 months ago:
Take him to a cave.
Caves are the best.
Your child certainly won’t regret experiencing true darkness at a young age.
- Comment on Do you have what it takes to become a geologist? 2 months ago:
Did you miss the whole “childless cat ladies” thing the GOP has been doing lately?
- Comment on GRIZZLODILE 2 months ago:
You should try reading your source…
“Experts say the American alligator’s top running speed clocks in at 11mph.”
I a fat outta shape slouch, but I think in a life or death situation I could manage 11mph for a few minutes.
Sure they can burst a good bit of speed, but that 20-30 ft sprint mostly comes from them lunging with all 4 legs and their tail as hard as they can and then maybe 1 or 2 more lunges and some scrabbling.
It’s mainly a matter of weight and gait. They got stubby little side protruding legs and they weight a ton incomparison to their leg musculature. They can high walk for a good distance, and they can gallop, but only for a few steps.
- Comment on GRIZZLODILE 2 months ago:
Flat solid land? Nah, person wins on any distance over a few feet.
Through brush and marsh? Nobody beats the gator.
- Comment on Cheeky 2 months ago:
Same for rabbits. The are basically as much lean muscle that can fit on the lighest possible skeleton.
If you pick up a rabbit wrong, they can snap their own back with the momentum from kicking their back legs.