Our friend had his phone opened on IG. A random picture of an Asian girl with literal “airbag” boobs popped up, rather naked. Those boobs were so artificially inflated though that it reminds me of an AI image.

We now clown him constantly

I wonder if you can put a headphone in. Have your phone live translate to at least follow conversation? And maybe have your SO translate your responses?

I also love the Wayfarer Series by Becky Chambers. They take me on a little adventure too!!

Other ones may be Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree, The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Wholesome reads IMO

TIL DJI is a Chinese company.

Try DeadZone next!!!

No cut off. AI may have some books out there but not all. There will always be authors out there like Martha Wells, Sanderson, john Scalzi and even new debut authors all the time trying to write. Agree with other poster, you’re only going to miss out by limiting yourself

I think it depends on where you live but mine is ATT Prepaid. I pay $300 a year for 16gb, though I only use <5GB month. I have tried:

• RedPocket (Verizon) - Depolarized too much for data
• Google Fi - Might be better now but when it switched from a Sprint and TMobile tower it used to drop the call… I havent tried it in many years
• Verizon - My favorite but I wanted to stop paying so much $$$ Mint - Cheapest plan I had because of sale ($7/month for 6 months). But TMobile service for me where I am isn’t great so wasn’t worth.
• Cricket - Loved it but just a little more expensive than ATT Prepaid

Mine is similar. Just a day with my husband and dog and I will be happy.

I read Anxious People right after or before and liked that one too. I was also on a wholesome book kick for a while. It was closest thing to Man Called Ove that I read maybe because same author.

A Psalm for the Wild Built was very different but great short novella. Her wayfarer series is more sci fi but I loved the adventure through the characters.

Another simple but wholesome read, sort of YA, is The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune.

I just finished Only Murders in the Building. I love it. Its a whodunit with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. The whole cast always feels to me like they’re always having a lot of fun!

Life in Pieces too!! Def ended too early :(

100% agree. Our healthcare sucks and I won’t deny that. It would be so much cheaper and more efficient to have single-payer/universal healthcare. Studies and data consistently show that Americans pay the most and have worse healthcare outcomes (especially comparing mortality rates: overall, maternal, infant, etc). People are paying into it with high premiums and still having copays, out of pocket costs, etc. Single payer is the way to go for sure.

My job still exists in other countries like Australia, Japan, etc. But yes they dont have to worry about the healthcare services patients get being paid for or covered as much.

Very good point. I was fortunate enough to take a finance class in high school and be very vigilant, so theres some privledge there.

I think its been said like 1/3 people aren’t financially literate both in US and globally in general.

Wow! I didn’t know so many people liked the chocolate oranges! I can’t say ive seen a lot of people eating them.

I know in the 10 years ive worked in a hospital ive never had a patient denied care in ICU unless the reason listed above. I also know A LOT about insurance, much more than most healthcare professionals. I also connect my doctors to insurance when we do need to appeal decisions and ask for a peer to peer.

Im not saying insurance never denies care. They do. Anecdotally though, never had incorrect denial with ICU. Its too easy to prove insurance definition of "medical necessity’ there. I am still very doubtful of this specific example. Downvote all you want but the scanario I gave above is almost 100% probably what happened. I’m just explaining the process and likely what happened. Its okay if I’m not believed. I know what’s true and how healthcare works. Its bittersweet that I have my job because I know how to navigate the healthcare system and get my patients what they need for their healthcare goals.

I know in the 10 years ive worked in a hospital ive never had a patient denied care in ICU unless the reason listed above. I also know A LOT about insurance, much more than most healthcare professionals. I also connect my doctors to insurance when we do need to appeal decisions and ask for a peer to peer.

Im not saying insurance never denies care. They do. Anecdotally though, never had incorrect denial with ICU. Its too easy to prove insurance definition of "medical necessity’ there. I am still very doubtful of this specific example. Downvote all you want but the scanario I gave above is almost 100% probably what happened. I’m just explaining the process and likely what happened. Its okay if I’m not believed. I know what’s true and how healthcare works. Its bittersweet that I have my job because I know how to navigate the healthcare system and get my patients what they need for their healthcare goals.

Edit: Also, with the scanario above, almost 100% of ICU professionals would agree with insurance for the reasons listed above. We know how it feels to want to bring someone up from the ED but can’t because we have beds already full… There are a very few select patients occasionally that want to live in the hospital. I’m aware we are encountering some people at their most vulnerable, traumatic times. It sucks. But they can’t live there.

The only other reason I can think for denial is if treatment is experimental. Otherwise, its really easy to appeal and get the care approved in ICU.

I agree with the insurance company too and most doctors would. I’m not sure who this doctor is but most people in healthcare industry that actually work ICU will agree. I also challenge commenters here to speak to your (hospital) healthcare friends about it too, especially if they work ICU.

ICU beds are very limited and honestly not designed to house pts who are intubated or comatose indefinitely. They are designed to be short term with active treatment. Otherwise, if they need to live somewhere as a comatose pt, they need to go to a subacute facility, forever on a vent. That’s the real reason why United Healthcare denied. “Not medically necessary” (‘for hospitals’ is what they left out).

If hospitals kept every uninduced comatose pt, they wouldn’t be able to treat anyone else (think stroke, cardiac, trauma, severe pulmonary, etc). Pts with TBI for example, 50% will never have consciousness returned and just have to live in this vegetative state. . Not only that but hospital staff isn’t trained to provide long term care. They aren’t educated or specialized in doing so. Some hospitals only have let’s say 20 ICU beds. Larger ones maybe 40. But even without people living in them, they are near 100% capacity every day.

Subacute facilities are also really difficult. They have trouble staying afloat because the care they provide is so expensive and most are reimbursed at a loss (Medi-Cal).

Theres lots of things wrong with the healthcare system but like this poster said, its not a good example. There are honestly literally millions of other examples that are absolutely egregious.

Sonic x Shadow Generations. Loving the Shadow portion so far. Feels like Sonic Adventure stages

I personally lived in fear of being homeless. I took out loans for college but still worked from 18 and beyond.

And unfortunately, during those times I was fueled by hatred (for family), and self-loathing (tried to erase everything I hated about myself). I have a naturally high level of resilience as well as I felt more depressed if I wasnt doing anything for my situation. Depression like for others, is crippling for me so I was always on the move to prevent falling in it. Still had a lot of breakdowns unfortunately.

It was a lot of work off all these negative feelings and emotions but it paid off. I have a house, great job with no employment concerns, loving support system, etc. It feels surreal.

However, everyone is different.

Masters in Nursing. I had a bachelor’s in something else so it was really for the nursing degree. Cannot be a nurse without a degree. Turned out great for me. California pays RNs very well.

However, I dont always believe higher education is the answer for everyone. Everyone is different.

What school really does IMO at the very least is train people for some basics:

• Follow directions (prompts/assignments)
• Meet deadlines
• Communicate (Essays, presentations, etc.)
• Basic Office skills
• Capacity to read, process, and learn new information
• Retain new info (tests)
• Collaboration (group projects)

So if someone does well in school, I hope they can do the above well.