NotBillMurray

A fish who is a sadist in his sexual relations with other fish obviously.

I had a thought recently that could maybe make health insurance a little more fair here in the US. If we required the people who approve or deny claims at health insurance agencies to carry malpractice insurance and allowed them to be sued for medical malpractice when their claim denial led to adverse health outcomes, we could (maybe) make them think twice about denying claims.

Obviously trying to help people isn't a functional incentive for them, but maybe not getting sued would work.

Decomposing to feed local biodiversity is about the only good they'll ever do.

I keep seeing jobs posted for it support for ice on LinkedIn and indeed, wish I could just block them entirely.

As a leftist who owns firearms, I'm waiting for everything to kick off (in Minecraft obviously)

Same! I remember as a kid just deciding one day I would remember where I was at in a book, and ever since I've just... been able to remember.

Shit is going to get weird. Talk to your neighbors, see if you can find community support groups, that sort of thing will carry you through a lot more than just about anything else.

Also if you have the spare time and income, take a stop the bleed style class.

"do no harm, unless it violated your specific religious ideology" that's how the oath goes right?

Man, I really enjoyed Hyperion, but the rest of the series kind of lost me. It also doesn't help that Simmons is an actual nut case.

Then he could, just grabbing an example out of the air, pay a painter to paint a portrait of himself, get that painting evaluated and valued for several million dollars, and then donate it to the charity and write off the value. Not that anyone would do that mind you.

Things will get messy now!

He won, but at what cost?