pbjamm

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[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I guess there are many more deeply racist and sexist people than I wish to believe.

This. I knew that there was a great deal of racism and misogyny in the USA but the extent of it is horrifying. Having lived almost my whole life there in various states, it still took me by surprise. I dont understand it and never will. Nor do I understand how people can fall for simplistic rhetoric and scapegoating. But clearly it works.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 8 points 1 day ago

Lynx obviously.

I am going to go back to MH for email too.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Get ready for the Tank Girl future of water shortages.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago

exactly. Houses in big cities are not expensive because they are better than houses in the bush. The house isnt worth shit, in fact burning it down might make the property more valuable. The land is what has value.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago

The leopards are going to have a face meat feast day when the GQP enact a national abortion ban.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

Bedtime for Democracy

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 7 points 3 days ago

She lost because too many americans are racist, sexist and apparently rotten to the core. There is no policy position that Harris could have taken that would change any of that because to MAGA none of that matters. Only Dear Leader matters.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 10 points 3 days ago

I moved my family from USA to BC last year, not because of Trump, but because I thought we could have a better life here. I did not realize how much better. I feel like I should start building bunk beds in my basement Tyler Durden style for all my friends who are still in the US.

I can not make sense of this election. I have been pretty pessimistic in the past, but never before would have believed that America was this rotten. The consequences of this will be dire, widespread, and long term.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

America is broken and I dont know if it can be repaired.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 8 points 3 days ago

America is irredeemably broken.
Glob help us all.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

Well Bush did declare a war on Terra.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There will be no way to avoid it completely short of hiding in a cave all day. As for it being over... the results will most likely be known by days end, but since one side is committed to not accepting those results the next few weeks could be unprecedented.

 

My family and I moved from the US to Canada in the summer of 2023 and last week was the first time I had to make use my Services Card. I went to the ER in excruciating pain, had blood and urine labs done, a shot of pain killers then waited around (a long time) for a CT scan. The doctor said it might be a new record, but I had been bumped a few times by suspected stroke patients that came in, so totally understandable. Several hours later with a prescription slip in hand I exited the hospital. Easy as pie.

For anyone who has never had the displeasure of experiencing an American hospital you can not understand how much simpler and less stressful and cheap the Canadian system is. I dont know what it would have cost me in the USA, probably whatever my insurance deductible was, but it certainly was not $0. That state of not knowing what all this is going to cost you, and how you will afford it, makes an already awful experience even worse. Not being harassed for money on the way out, never once discussing the cost of something with the DR was truly eye opening.

TL:DR Thanks BC Health. You are not perfect but you are amazing. Anyone promoting American style health care here in Canada has either never experienced that gong show or is independently wealthy enough not to have to think about the costs.

(kidney stone for anyone who is curious. it was horrible)

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