This is a weirdly perfect photo considering the genre of subject matter.

God I wish billionaires restricted themselves to "not helping anyone". It seems that our actual billionaires are actively trying to destroy everyone's lives through abuse of monopoly power, election influence, running interference against climate change laws, straight up regular crime, and so on.

I'd say 80% of this is traceable to having a comfortable amount of money his entire life and decent, non-abusive parents. A lot of anxiety and mental illness most people experience is traceable to trauma due to scarcity or trauma due to family. Ditto sleep disorders and reactability.

It doesn't explain everything, of course. No allergies is just a lucky die roll (and may not be true forever; allergies sometimes develop over time, or appear because you finally tried something new). And plenty of mental illnesses can still develop no matter who you are.

Not aggressive, just a little early.

I can't imagine a job easier than "guy who finds a still from the movie we're talking about to go with the article" and yet,

And then have the gall to say it speaks for itself? Annoying

They don't care about you. They don't even want you as a subscriber, you're a pain in the ass. Most people are too tired and not tech savvy enough to pirate. A lot of those will eventually do something else, too, but they can cram ads into the streams faster than those people can find the wherewithal to leave.

In short, this is profitable, and no amount of raging will make it less so. Take care of yourself, but don't pretend you're making line go down.

He's clearly not aiming at you, he has the rifle at rest because he recognizes a noncombatant.

Race is relevant because it's the point of the joke (he's racist, but his racism is foiled). Gender isn't relevant. The picture is what makes this dude a lunatic. If I saw this shit and I worked with him I'd forward it to HR with the note "hey just file this one away, you don't need to act on it right now but you're definitely gonna want this receipt sooner or later".

They mainly want to know two things:

1. Is it increasing or decreasing? This requires them to ask you multiple times over the course of treatment or multiple visits. For these purposes, the first number you choose isn't that important. Just stay consistent and let that first decision anchor your later ones. But,
2. Can they diagnose you based on pain severity? They have a range in their heads that corresponds to "appendicitis", for example. If they tell you in advance whether you should be saying "8" for that, they'll bias the diagnosis; you just have to pick one. If they have a diagnosis in mind and the number you choose is wildly off, they may discard that possibility and look for a closer match for diagnosis. If you pick something slightly outside that range, they'll do more tests and exams and ask you more questions to see if the discrepancy is meaningless.

Bottom line, it's fine to choose whatever feels right in the moment. Probably stay away from 10's; a person with a 10 pain is probably unable to answer the question. You can answer "1" if they're examining the wrong body part; if you broke your wrist and they're prodding your leg, a 1 for your leg is totes fine, but make sure to give an answer that feels right when they poke your wrist.

(Besides, if pain severity is a factor in diagnosis, they can probably SEE you're in pain. People in a lot of pain flinch, and sweat, and stutter, and move gingerly, and protect the extremities that are in pain. They know that. They can see it.)

If you thought she meant "certain death" why would you go in