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Antiwork

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A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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This server is no longer working, and we had to move.

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Date Created: June 21, 2023

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The main rules of the server will be enforced stringently. https://lemmy.world/

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 293 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just because it is legal, doesn't mean it isn't punishable.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 95 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Conversely, just because murder is illegal... doesn't mean it's always wrong.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you kill a man in the heat of battle you’re a hero. If you kill a man in the heat of passion you’re a murderer.

[–] Satisfaction@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Only we get to talk to the camera

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[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 208 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Clearly, being a woman is a pre-existing condition.

ΰ² _ΰ² 

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Things like pregnancy or being a domestic violence victim were considered valid preexisting conditions until they passed Obamacare

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Republicans: β€œA woman’s job in life is to be pregnant.”

Public: β€œOk so you’ll offer support for them, yea?”

Republicans: β€œAbsolutely fucking not lol”

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How long until Americans make being alive a pre-existing condition

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Technically it is.

I'm not saying that should negate any coverage that you are otherwise entitled to.... Just that living is the root cause of many issues.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 118 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

B-but if we had universal health care we would lose all our FrEeDoM!!1! /edit: left out "if"

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)

That's technically better than what we have now. All we get is a single jackass deciding whether we die or not.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Worse, we have buggy hallucinating AI.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

I mean, a Death Panel would have to actually stop and think about the life they're going to snuff out instead of just going "Can you just die? Our share holders would really appreciate it? No? Eh, I wasn't really asking anyway.."

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[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 118 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We should all be playing more Luigi's Mansion. Where's my gamecube?

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is this code for what I think it is?

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

We're just talking about videogames.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 111 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  1. Rape kits aren't free? I figured that because it was a response to a criminal action it counted as more legal than medical... guess you learn something new every day...

  2. BEING RAPED IS A FUCKING ELECTIVE PROCEDURE!?!?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?!?!

[–] HearTwoTalk@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When I applied for a driver's license in Texas, they had a list of things that I could choose to pay extra for, one of which was donating money towards testing rape kits. It still infuriates that they tried to pass that off of random people.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

One of the biggest scams the American Government ever pulled, was claiming that its responsibilities were actually that of the citizens, and that anyone who expects the Government to do anything but wield an iron fist is a "Whiny snowflake looking for a free lunch"

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's just a symptom of the actual greatest scam: making people think the government should be a "them" instead of an "us."

Its responsibilities are those of the citizens. That's why the government exists: to regulate, pay for, and administrate those responsibilities.

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[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 9 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure how old the image is, but I know many states (since this shit only happens in one place, it seems) have made laws requiring rape kits to be paid for by the police, even if you don't want a report. I don't exactly remember how it works, but you do have to report the crime to the police, so the hospital paperwork gets handled, but you don't have to have suffer through the interview of a detective or the DA's office.

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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 105 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] kewko@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It is developed,just not in the way you like

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 week ago

Metastasized

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 79 points 1 week ago (1 children)

🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm still hungry. One was not enough.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Brian got off easy, yikes.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He was basically euthanized by comparison to what he and his company did to people.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Euthanasia could possibly even be more painful than a well aimed gunshot to the head

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

well whatever it is, it's still not covered by UHC since it was an elective procedure.

dude chose to do what eventually killed him. just like smoking, or drugs, or being raped evidently. all according to UHC anyway.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So because she likely hasn't the energy to sue, they just lie? Being raped is not an "elective procedure".

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"you could have kept the illegitimate product of rape child"

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A rape kit is to collect evidence. It has nothing to do with emergency contraception. The ER can prescribe something like Plan B for that purpose, but it is not something that a "rape kit" does.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 15 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Why is law enforcement not paying for it? You know, as part of investigating the crime that took place.

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[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He was just the face of the operation - there's a whole board of directors.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plenty more room for adjustments

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 41 points 1 week ago

Holy shit, what a fucking nightmare

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

If wishes alone could kill, there wouldn't be a single health insurance executive alive within 24 hours.

[–] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I say just don't pay it. Let them threaten you all they want, they can't put you into collections for medical debt. Throw out their letters, block their collection numbers from calling you, don't give those slime balls a fucking penny.

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

It's not just about the money, seeing the UHC letter in your mailbox when you are not expecting it will bring back flashes of that night and that trauma.

It's like knocking on the door of a veteran at random intervals throughout the year too show them pictures of the war. It's dehumanising.

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, they absolutely put you in collections.

The debt falls off the credit report in several years.

It's also cleared by bankruptcy, and they can't go after your relatives for it, excluding your estate, and let's say that if you have medical debt, your estate probably isn't worth pursuing.

So fuck em.

Not legal advice.

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

The system is deeply broken in the USA.

Not all of the things that are broken about the system are making things worse for the civilians.

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Should have gone with the Jane Doe,

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago

some ceo: πŸ₯±βŒβ€ΌοΈπŸ˜‚πŸ€‘πŸ’²

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