Posts made by Tyche

With the anniversary of the moon landing, here is the untold story of NASSA

@mietze Mine has this wierd cartoon duck.

@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

The fact that the conditions asylum seekers are fleeing are worse than detention is not an excuse. Do you know why my asylum client came to the US with her kids?

Because all the other options were "shit hole" countries?

Because a gang had come to their church during service and murdered her husband in front of his children, his wife, and his congregation. During this assassination, they also murdered a mother and her toddler, two men, and a young girl.

Damn "animals". That certainly qualifies to make the world list of massacres. Which one was it?

If you're trying to be sarcastic, it's because you know fuck-all about the world outside your comfortable life. Grow a sense of moral courage.

No, it's really the hypocrisy.

@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

This should go in politics but I don't care.

We've got concentration camps being set up in the States, and I feel so angry and so helpless because I can't do anything to stop it. You can't just storm the Bastille these days--they've got machine guns. And a friend pointed out that as a lawyer I can help people, and yeah, I can, but while my cases wind their way through courts children are literally dying of government neglect in these facilities.

These people are walking thousands of miles and lining up just to get into these "concentration camps".

@Ghost said in General Video Game Thread:

@Thenomain This game is going to be amazing, and CDPR deserves to be considered one of the top game studios these days. I'll be preordering for sure.

Anita Sarkeesian doesn't like it so it's bound to be good.

@Testament said in General Video Game Thread:

The latest controversy revolving around CDPR with Rock Paper Shotgun telling Mike Pondsmith what he should be offended with the game he created.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDUTcFCdPpw

@Ghost said in RL Anger:

My SO and I were invited to a dinner with a group of these UFO investigators (including my friend). They wanted to BBQ some food and talk about maybe doing some ghost hunting. They said it was about ghost hunting.

You left out the most important part. How was the BBQ?

@Ganymede

@tek said in What do you eat?:

@Tyche Cricket flour is delicious

Well I'd eat bugs if I had to.
In a real pinch, I'd even eat a feminist (if she was seasoned properly).

@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Could you repeat the name of the medication and if it's over the counter or mail-order from either Canada or Mexico?

Also known as Lasix.. nothing like it available OTC.
Prescribed to me by a nephrologist which I don't believe anyone really wants to see.

@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Ho-lee piss does spironolactone make you have to pee. All the time.

I was on furosemide for 10 days. I lost 38 pounds of water weight. I was in the bathroom almost every hour.

@Arkandel Impossible Foods is made from people!
Generally, I will eat anything set before me unless it's made from people or bugs.

@egg I never have a problem finding RP

1. I have a TTRPG group that plays once a week.
2. I have Roll20 and FantasyGrounds.. There is always an interesting game looking for players.

These are probably not the answers you're looking for, but there are very few Mushes that have settings that interest me personally.

Herman Wouk - 104 years old
The Caine Mutiny
Winds of War

@Ganymede said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Tyche

I'm aware of Ohio. I live in Ohio. My partner went to the Cleveland Clinic for care.

I'm aware you're well aware of Ohio. I also went to Cleveland Clinic because of many past experiences with other facilities. It is far superior IMO.
I think we both agree that ACA should be repealed... but for different reasons.

Yes, they will lose money. Have you ever wondered why? Could it possibly be because they are paying exorbitant costs for other kinds of treatment?

Quite right. "Big pharma" is just a small piece of a much larger puzzle. It's not "big insurance" either... I worked for many insurance companies over the years.

Could it be because they built their business model on the same system that is charging the shit out of you for a fucking basic drug?

I have nothing against our tiny neighbor to the north. However, Canada is not a one-word solution the U.S. medical system problems. We have the potential for 50 solutions here sans the Federal system regulating the entire US market.

And have you ever given thought to how Canada and the rest of the world have and still benefits from public and private medical research in the United States because of that business model. You know like half of the entire world's spending. And the reason it IS spent here.

Why people like you still support the system that so clearly exploits you is beyond me.

Are you one of those that suggest that I might not be acting in my own enlightened interest. Is it possible that I might be deplorable?

@Ganymede said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

It seems almost like, if someone stepped in to standardize and regulate prices, you'd see a fairer distribution system than the one many Americans, like you, face today.

Like, you know, Canada.

Oh come one. You and Canada. It's like it's in your blood like holy wine. It taste so bitter and so sweet.

We do have a Federal government agency that has stepped in to standardize, regulate, and codified prices. See Medicare/Medicaid. That's roughly 30% of the market is price regulated. The cost overage is shifted by providers to the private sector. I recall many moons ago I made the statement that whatever the government subsidizes costs more.

Anyway in Ohio, the Cleveland Clinic system and University Hospital systems both claimed that they do indeed lose money on medicare/medicaid. However when the ACA passed both of them lobbied the governor to expand both under the ACA rules. Does that make any sense?

@Wretched said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Tyche I have really good insurance, but even i just had to change back from humalog to R, a choice between $10 and $80 a fill. And i thought I had it bad, what you are dealing with is ridiculous.

Yes, that's the one exactly. My insurance basicly punted and said we not covering much of this.
Humalog KwikPen Prices. This Humalog KwikPen price guide is based on using the Drugs.com discount card which is accepted at most U.S. pharmacies. The cost for Humalog KwikPen injectable solution (100 units/mL) is around $541 for a supply of 15 milliliters, depending on the pharmacy you visit.

I get this is a brand name and there are no generics available. So I expect they can charge pretty much whatever they want because there are indeed alternatives. So perhaps my complaint in some sense is focused on the doctor who decided this is what I should be prescribed. Are they more influenced by advertising than we are?

@Rinel said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Tyche said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Why the hell is American insulin being sold at 700% higher than it was 10 years ago?!!
Supply and demand...mmm.. I want to know.

Because corporations have established monopolies and destroyed any reins on them through regulatory capture.

Well there are 3 American corporations manufacturing insulin. So I'm not going to put it down to just a monopoly and what not. Because generally I'm not anti-corporatist.

Being prescribed several types of insulin by a new endocrinologist. The pharmacy calling and telling me after insurance the cost will be $757 for a months supply. After a long pause with some minor chest pain, I told them not to fill it. Now I've got decent insurance and being a diabetic for 10+ years I've seen the cost go from $90 to $200 a month in the last 5 years for pens.
Anyway I went another doctor and asked for second opinion. He prescribed me a similar but different types of insulin N and insulin R. After insurance these are $50 each or $100 a month. And he told me if I don't use insurance I can get insulin R for $25 each. I seems WalMart is buying this insulin in bulk from a European manufacturer, so they're not evil. I just post this if anyone finds it useful.
Why the hell is American insulin being sold at 700% higher than it was 10 years ago?!!
Supply and demand...mmm.. I want to know.

I've been in the hospital for 2 weeks because I had 4 surgeries, but I'm out yesterday and doing okay.
So that's my peeve. In about a month or so I'm sure I'll have an amazing financial RL Anger post...
Anyway, I didn't have a peeve about Origins event registration this year, because my friends did all of it for me. Bastards.
Just thought I let you know. Hopefully I will be up to posting funny and offensive stuff in the coming days.
@tyche