Bat: “Fuck you in particular, i’m gonna send you to the hostpital”
https://www.fcgov.com/naturalareas/pdf/batarticle.pdf
Myth: Bats get tangled up in people’s hair.
Fact: Bats navigate and catch tiny insects using echolocation. This system is extremely refined and more sophisticated than radar. Bats can detect single strands of human hair and can easily avoid your hair.
And then there was Bugsy, who was kind of an idiot.
Seriously echolocation must have its drawbacks. Cause I been hit twice by bats in the face. No issues. Just a half minute of WTF.
Crazy situation. I’d like to let her father know that those sunglasses don’t fit his face very well.
They make him look like a cyclops.
This makes me mildly infuriating:
The unemployed Massachusetts woman figured she could roll the dice as a healthy woman in her early 30s or at worst, could hastily buy private health insurance in a pinch, Kahn said.
The near-$21,000 burden will probably lead to fewer vacations
A huge percentage of the population doesn’t have enough dispodable income to take a single vacation, yet this FAFO situation “will probably” lead to fewer vacations for this woman?
My empathy meter is at near zero, TBH.
That said, fuck any country for not having a healthcare system available to all without having to cost a few vacations.
A huge percentage of the population doesn’t have enough dispodable income to take a single vacation
I find this odd to believe though. A vacation doesn’t have to be extravagant. A good chunk of U.S states have PTO even and driving to Arizona isn’t that extravagant anyway.
I find this odd to believe though.
Census.gov reports over 12% of people in the States are poor (38 million people).
The NPR reported that half the population can’t afford rent.
A good chunk of the rest are able to afford it, but unlikely to have several thousand laying around for a trip.
A vacation doesn’t have to be extravagant. A good chunk of U.S states have PTO even and driving to Arizona isn’t that extravagant anyway.
I guess it depends on what “vacation” means. In the context of this article, it seems like this lady actually travels for vacation.
If we mean visiting the local beach as a “vacation”, we’ve really been screwed over by wealth hoarders.
I have literally never been on “a vacation” in the way boomers seem to mean it - where they go somewhere.
it doesn’t mean I don’t take PTO, ofc I do and it’s not that I couldn’t afford some sort of cheap holiday package if I had to - I’m sure most of the holiday prices I’ve seen advertised are a total scam because the economics just don’t make sense and there’s all sorts of hidden expenses, but even if they’re that cheap, it’s a large enough sum of money where I wouldn’t spend it unless I had to.
“Driving to Arizona” requires a car ($$$), a driving license ($$$), food ($$$$), and a place to stay while there ($$$$$$).
So why would I ever do any of that, when I could just stay in and watch a movie with my gf, all of which is free (as in - no additional expenses), and then next month I might be able to pay down bills, or worry less about paying down rent? It’s the same as having Netflix or any subscription service - yes the value might actually be good, but why spend if you could do without, and need the money?
Not sure why you have $$$ for getting a driving license. The process of getting one isn’t that expensive. The car I can understand, but you could also rent a car given you don’t have one, staying there isn’t too bad, it’s like $100/night or $0/night if you just camp.
How is this mildly infuriating
in civilized, developed countries, it doesn’t cost a kings ransom to receive necessary medical care.
he probably meant that’s more infuriating than just mildly infuriating
Ain’t nothing mild about how infuriating 21,000 of medical bills for this is.
How is this c/mildlyinfuriating? Ain’t this supposed to be c/nottheonion or something?
Medical bills
the 21,000 dollars part is mildly infuriating although i would argue more than mildly, this would also fit c/nottheonion.
If this doesn’t teach her to shut her mouth, nothing will…
The ol’ bat in the mouth trick gets me every time.
What a deal on the treatment! /s
Cave, I go.
Ozzy would approve
Another must assume the mantle. The bats have chosen.
Sometimes I forget others really want to keep living. Excited to get the opportunity to pay more rent or wage slave harder for less? I guess some people are like really into that shit. Not me.
i realize that some people sometimes think “i wish i was dead” but i don’t think anyone really goes “i wish i had severe health complications until i die a slow and painful death.”
Was it wooden or metal?
She’s an American? Even I know better than to seek lifesaving luxury care at a hospital. Booze and D.O.T. automatic transmission fluid. Fix you right up. Yup. 'Merica.
This isn’t the comic book story I was hoping it’d turn into.
Who are you?
I’m batmouth
