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Antiwork

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A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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Date Created: June 21, 2023

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[–] [email protected] 295 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just because it is legal, doesn't mean it isn't punishable.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Conversely, just because murder is illegal... doesn't mean it's always wrong.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you kill a man in the heat of battle you’re a hero. If you kill a man in the heat of passion you’re a murderer.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only we get to talk to the camera

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Thanks for getting the reference

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[–] [email protected] 209 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Clearly, being a woman is a pre-existing condition.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Things like pregnancy or being a domestic violence victim were considered valid preexisting conditions until they passed Obamacare

[–] Soup 14 points 1 month ago

Republicans: β€œA woman’s job in life is to be pregnant.”

Public: β€œOk so you’ll offer support for them, yea?”

Republicans: β€œAbsolutely fucking not lol”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How long until Americans make being alive a pre-existing condition

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Technically it is.

I'm not saying that should negate any coverage that you are otherwise entitled to.... Just that living is the root cause of many issues.

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We should all be playing more Luigi's Mansion. Where's my gamecube?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is this code for what I think it is?

[–] robocall 49 points 1 month ago

We're just talking about videogames.

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[–] LovableSidekick 118 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

B-but if we had universal health care we would lose all our FrEeDoM!!1! /edit: left out "if"

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That's technically better than what we have now. All we get is a single jackass deciding whether we die or not.

[–] NikkiDimes 16 points 1 month ago

Worse, we have buggy hallucinating AI.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I mean, a Death Panel would have to actually stop and think about the life they're going to snuff out instead of just going "Can you just die? Our share holders would really appreciate it? No? Eh, I wasn't really asking anyway.."

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 month ago (3 children)
  1. Rape kits aren't free? I figured that because it was a response to a criminal action it counted as more legal than medical... guess you learn something new every day...

  2. BEING RAPED IS A FUCKING ELECTIVE PROCEDURE!?!?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?!?!

[–] HearTwoTalk 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I applied for a driver's license in Texas, they had a list of things that I could choose to pay extra for, one of which was donating money towards testing rape kits. It still infuriates that they tried to pass that off of random people.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

One of the biggest scams the American Government ever pulled, was claiming that its responsibilities were actually that of the citizens, and that anyone who expects the Government to do anything but wield an iron fist is a "Whiny snowflake looking for a free lunch"

[–] ilinamorato 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's just a symptom of the actual greatest scam: making people think the government should be a "them" instead of an "us."

Its responsibilities are those of the citizens. That's why the government exists: to regulate, pay for, and administrate those responsibilities.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure how old the image is, but I know many states (since this shit only happens in one place, it seems) have made laws requiring rape kits to be paid for by the police, even if you don't want a report. I don't exactly remember how it works, but you do have to report the crime to the police, so the hospital paperwork gets handled, but you don't have to have suffer through the interview of a detective or the DA's office.

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It is developed,just not in the way you like

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

Metastasized

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 79 points 1 month ago (1 children)

🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️

[–] robocall 55 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm still hungry. One was not enough.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Brian got off easy, yikes.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He was basically euthanized by comparison to what he and his company did to people.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Euthanasia could possibly even be more painful than a well aimed gunshot to the head

[–] GreenKnight23 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

well whatever it is, it's still not covered by UHC since it was an elective procedure.

dude chose to do what eventually killed him. just like smoking, or drugs, or being raped evidently. all according to UHC anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So because she likely hasn't the energy to sue, they just lie? Being raped is not an "elective procedure".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"you could have kept the illegitimate product of rape child"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A rape kit is to collect evidence. It has nothing to do with emergency contraception. The ER can prescribe something like Plan B for that purpose, but it is not something that a "rape kit" does.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Why is law enforcement not paying for it? You know, as part of investigating the crime that took place.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago
[–] kitnaht 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He was just the face of the operation - there's a whole board of directors.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plenty more room for adjustments

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

Holy shit, what a fucking nightmare

[–] WoodScientist 35 points 1 month ago

If wishes alone could kill, there wouldn't be a single health insurance executive alive within 24 hours.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I say just don't pay it. Let them threaten you all they want, they can't put you into collections for medical debt. Throw out their letters, block their collection numbers from calling you, don't give those slime balls a fucking penny.

[–] DillyDaily 12 points 1 month ago

It's not just about the money, seeing the UHC letter in your mailbox when you are not expecting it will bring back flashes of that night and that trauma.

It's like knocking on the door of a veteran at random intervals throughout the year too show them pictures of the war. It's dehumanising.

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Veneroso 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, they absolutely put you in collections.

The debt falls off the credit report in several years.

It's also cleared by bankruptcy, and they can't go after your relatives for it, excluding your estate, and let's say that if you have medical debt, your estate probably isn't worth pursuing.

So fuck em.

Not legal advice.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

The system is deeply broken in the USA.

Not all of the things that are broken about the system are making things worse for the civilians.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Should have gone with the Jane Doe,

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

some ceo: πŸ₯±βŒβ€ΌοΈπŸ˜‚πŸ€‘πŸ’²

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