OT: The Avalounge: A Chicken Is Not A Sweater

[JWK]

Taylor Swift also does a lot of charity stuff, I love her for that.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

Have you played Agar Io?

It's a browser based multiplayer blob eating game, where the goal is to grow your blob and eat smaller blobs. There is some strategy to it in smaller blobs are faster and you can split your blob to either launch yourself at a smaller blob and eat it or to escape if a giant blob threatens you.

Awesome little game.

Stayed atop the eastern leaderboard for my entire life once... I'll pretend I won the game and be good now.

 

[5280]

Some pretty funny handles in that game.

 

[Freudian]

One day Blob Loblaw will be on top of the leaderboard.

 

[Summer Rose]

I don't disagree with that, but so frequently I don't hear that as the justification. I know I probably sound like I have an issue with her or her music, I don't... I just don't get the hype.



1. Florida Georgia Line
2. Taylor Swift
3. Blake Shelton
4. Lady Antebellum
5. Luke Bryan
Repeat.

I honestly really don't either. It's overhyped and really nothing that spectacular. That's a pretty good method of how to become wildly popular though, I mean let's compare it to McDonald's for example. I don't think many reasonable person would try to argue that McDonald's exactly exemplifies haute cuisine, but that doesn't mean it's not wildly popular either. Also has its fair share of haters who think it's gross.

 

[The Shermanator]

Any improvement?

Nope. Worse today even. Spent the afternoon in the ER. No work until the 19th for me.....

 

[tigervixxxen]

Nope. Worse today even. Spent the afternoon in the ER. No work until the 19th for me.....

Oh gosh, feel better soon.

 

[The Shermanator]

I don't get sick pay

 

[Alex Jones]

McDonald's is good in moderation. I've moved on from the fast food part of my life, but I still enjoy some chicken mcnuggets on occasion.

 

[FoppaForsberg*]

T-Swift is life.

I don't really care for her music (Okay I kind of do, it's catchy) but she's very attractive and is genuinely a good person, good enough for me.

 

[ASmileyFace]

T-Swift is love. T-Swith is life.

Not much depth to her but her songs are catchy and she is hot as hell. I can dig that.

 

[Summer Rose]

So a 3-hour visit to the ER with a CT scan costs $8,218.18 according to the bill I just got in the mail.

Glad I get to forward this to my insurance company instead of having to pay it myself.

 

[ASmileyFace]

So a 3-hour visit to the ER with a CT scan costs $8,218.18 according to the bill I just got in the mail.

Glad I get to forward this to my insurance company instead of having to pay it myself.

Thank god for health insurance. But man it is weird how america does health care. How in the world do we not have socialized medicine?

 

[The Shermanator]

So a 3-hour visit to the ER with a CT scan costs $8,218.18 according to the bill I just got in the mail.

Glad I get to forward this to my insurance company instead of having to pay it myself.

That is mind boggling as a Canadian.

 

[Summer Rose]

That is mind boggling as a Canadian.

This is the most mind-boggling part of the bill:

Because if I'm uninsured a 25% discount only if I pay within 14 days is going to make a huge difference on me.

If I were uninsured and could afford to spend $6,163.64 at the drop of a hat like that, then why the hell would I be uninsured?

 

[landy92mack29]

T-Swift is love. T-Swith is life.

Not much depth to her but her songs are catchy and she is hot as hell. I can dig that.

She is dating an amazing musician

 

[tigervixxxen]

Thank god for health insurance. But man it is weird how america does health care. How in the world do we not have socialized medicine?

The Heath Care system is mind boggling. And then depending on your insurance you could either owe zero of Tricia's bill or still like 7k of it, it's like Russian roulette. It's not going to change until our government gets out of bed with the drug and insurance companies. It either needs to go completely socialized or completely capitalistic. No more ""insurance", no more system. I'll get what I need out of the country if I have to.

"Hey America, you have to pay a ton of money for this thing and then it only makes your bills kinda cheaper. Sometimes. And the best part? Now it's the law to pay for the thing! Congratulations, now hand your money over. "

 

[5280]

Nevermind, I had bad info.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

So a 3-hour visit to the ER with a CT scan costs $8,218.18 according to the bill I just got in the mail.

Glad I get to forward this to my insurance company instead of having to pay it myself.

Unfortunately this is the world we live in. Hospitals need to recover the costs associated with everyone that doesn't pay from the people that do pay. In addition to the marked up equipment fees the companies charge the hospitals to cover the additional taxes that the government charges the medical companies to cover the additional lost taxes that are due to people without insurance being unable to work.

It's a viscous cycle.

 

[landy92mack29]

Unfortunately this is the world we live in. Hospitals need to recover the costs associated with everyone that doesn't pay from the people that do pay. In addition to the marked up equipment fees the companies charge the hospitals to cover the additional taxes that the government charges the medical companies to cover the additional lost taxes that are due to people without insurance being unable to work.

It's a viscous cycle.

Country

 

[ASmileyFace]

It really bums me out that the system (like so many others) is set up really only to screw the poor.

Who's having to take unpaid leave to deal with a health crisis? Those with low paying jobs.
Who's not going to have health insurance to cover the absurd costs? Those same impoverished people.
Who's going to be forced into unfixable debt because they can't make the lump sum payment which saves them only even a little money? The poor again.

So they don't have insurance and let their health fail simply because our system is screwed up and is a vicious cycle.

Unfortunately this is the world we live in. Hospitals need to recover the costs associated with everyone that doesn't pay from the people that do pay. In addition to the marked up equipment fees the companies charge the hospitals to cover the additional taxes that the government charges the medical companies to cover the additional lost taxes that are due to people without insurance being unable to work.

It's a viscous cycle.

It is really, really thick cycle.


Also 5 posts till new thread. Who gets the honors of naming the next avalounge?

 

[The Shermanator]

Also 5 posts till new thread. Who gets the honors of naming the next avalounge?

Had to do it to maintain title changing power

 

[ASmileyFace]

I'm pretty sure this is my most active avalounge ever. Made soooooo many posts during those last weeks of school. Thank god that's done for now.

 

[The Shermanator]

Yeah you are first place!

 

[The Shermanator]

For now...