If I’ve read all the past posts from people in the USA correctly, it’s not lunch that’s expensive but the healthcare to stay alive.

Only works if you have a functional and fair justice system (which you don’t).

So creeps like Zuck can upload their LLM conscience into my brain? No thank you.

… Actually, that would make a great horror movie.

And that’s why it’s genius

My psychologist has recommended me to reach out online autism groups to counterbalance my negative experience while growing up with the concept of autism.

I’m deeply uncomfortable with identifying as neuro divergent but I do want to get assessed.

So, to help me, what are some positive things you can say about being ND?

Very interesting question! I looked up what NSW has and they don’t have anything like that. I also looked deeper into the ambulance Victoria requirements.

So, if your primary place of residence is not in Victoria, you can’t be a member and have to foot the entire bill unless your private health insurance covers it.

If you’re a Victorian with a membership, if you get hurt anywhere in the country, you’re covered.

You can just say capitalism, calling it anything else only serves to mislead people about natural evolution of capitalism.

I think there’s a little misunderstanding there (not US-crony-capitalism) but I’m happy to just call it capitalism.

So what if you’re outside that company’s coverage area?

It’s not a company though. The ambulance is state run, so to be ‘outside’ the service area is to be in another state, where they’d have their own state run ambulance service.

The membership covers costs for everyone within the state regardless of how remote you are.

Hmmmm. Our ambulance membership costs go directly to the ambulance services though, not through an insurance company. The ‘fee’ without the membership is basically a penalty fee to encourage everyone to be a member so the ambulance is constantly funded.

It really should be done as part of our tax system, but we tend to follow US crony capitalism.

Edit: I’m half wrong. The money doesn’t go to insurance companies but it’s a state thing that sort of goes direct to the ambulance service.

Nope but our system is much more universal than America’s.

My husband was extremely drunk and cycling home at 3am. Fell off his bike, smacked his face on the road and fell unconscious. Was picked up by an ambulance called by a good Samaritan who found him.

They put him on a drip, ran an MRI scan, found a fracture on his eye socket, told him he had a concussion, found some fibroids in his lungs (unrelated to the accident) etc. Was in the emergency ward for probably 12 hours until he was able to be discharged.

Got follow up scans and appointments looking at the lung, eye and concussion issue over two years until they gave him the all clear.

We paid not a cent for the whole thing. He did get a verbal lashing from me though.

On the flip side, I had to have elective surgery to remove a 17cm cyst because it was really, really uncomfortable. Because it’s elective, it’s not covered by Medicare. The quote from the hospital came to $22K and we had to pull it out of the home loan.

Location: Australia

Forgot to say that we both have ambulance membership which costs us $70/year. Without it, the ambulance cost would’ve been around $3.5K.

The American Civil war never ended, did it?

Fucken oath! American capitalism allowed him to build the massive media empire that he has now. Couldn’t have done it from here.

And here i thought it was because of the dumbass war on Iran.

I’ve been told by my 20yo classmates that glazed = covered in cum = good and that washed = to be clean of cum = bad.

Agreed. It all goes downhill after 25.

Troll 2…?

Wealthiest country in the world, everyone.

I’ve been there. Beautiful building with so much history. Definitely NOT located in South Carolina.

Well… I’m watching the shit show from the sidelines and in practice, regardless of whatever is written (full disclosure, I haven’t read it nor do I really want to because it looks like a really, really high bar), there appears to be no double dissolution procedures.

This is because you have someone with very clear mental impairment still sitting as President doing all sorts of nonsense such as going against the very constitution you all swear by.

Further, he lost the popular vote but still won the election. Absolutely astounding.

They fact that America has no avenue for ‘vote of no confidence’ and government dissolution is astounding. Still, it’s a good wake up call for the rest of the world to break ties and rethink alliances.