The thread of movie titles and absence of badges. In previous episodes, it was signs you're getting older, chiropractic vs. medicine, atheism vs. Mormonism and religion vs. science with no existentialism nor philosophy thrown in
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I noticed that my eyebrows suddenly started growing.
Maybe next time let them grow.... I could be like those monks with the eyebrow beards.
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Nose hair is one that I wish hadn't started. It's always been there, but it growing long enough to grow out of my nostril if left unattended is a newish thing.
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Yeah, and I have found it impossible to buy a good one that does not just rip the hair out.
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I have this - does a good job, hasn't ripped anything out yet.
Filed under: You know you're getting old when you discuss nose hair trimmers
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We could have ear hair trimmers...
So at least we're not that old.
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...yet.
I'm only (just) 29 - I wasn't really expecting problematic nose hair either.
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I'm only (just) 29 - I wasn't really expecting problematic nose hair either.
for the past several years i'v been "eighty six oh six oh two. You do the math." years old.
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I get that, but on the advice of friends I saw chiropractors over the years. It was an issue that built for a long while. In the time I was seeing quacks, not a single one of them said, "Maybe you should see a real doctor."
- I don't know how you only managed to find quacks,
- Every Chiropractor who graduates from the school my friend went to is an M.D. (if not licensed as one, equally qualified). And yes, they will refer you to someone else for all problems Chiropractic cannot solve.
- There are a lot of quack doctors, too. You always have to check the diplomas.
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Chiropractors are still considered "alternative medicine".
Not by the vast majority of health insurance plans in the US.
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Not by the vast majority of health insurance plans in the US.
Our health insurance covers acupuncture. Your point is invalid.
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Our health insurance covers acupuncture. Your point is invalid.
I don't know who "our" is. But... congratulations? I guess?
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Ohhhh.... a Cadillac plan.
have fun with that in 2015
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Not much is changing.
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Good employer.
My dad works for the DoE and he was determined to have a Cadillac plan, so they cut it.
I-fucking-ronic.
Instead of the things he really needs, they got substituted for pregnancy and contraceptives coverage.
So now my dad doesn't have to worry about getting pregnant.
Oh, and the premium went up by 20%, for a plan that now has 4 times the deductible.
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Good employer.
Wife has a good employer. If we had to pay for it, we would have the minimum to cover catastrophy, like my spine surgery (nearly $500K).
Also, the only requirement to be on the family plan is living together for 180 days, so I went on her insurance before we ever got married. Their insurance is phenomenal.
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Good employer.
For my employer not having medical simply isn't an option.
we have only one plan, and it's a damn good one. you get three options for the coverage.
you can have it as a PPO, with vary low deductibles
you can have it as a HSA, with medium employer contribution to the HSA and medium deductibles
or you can have it as a HSA, with double the medium level employer contribution to the HSA and quite high deductibles
the cost for the second HSA plan works out to be something like $120/year (for single coverage), but it's going to take 6 years for your HSA to fill to the point where it will cover your deductible (unless you contribute yourself)
because the company is self insured (they do contract with an isurance company to administer the policy but it's backed by the company) it's basically "show us you need it and it'll be covered"
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Heads up warning for HSA,
Unlike FSA, it doesn't go into the account at the beginning of the year.
HSA is a true savings account, the money shows up divided from each check, over the course of the year.
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HSA is a true savings account, the money shows up divided from each check, over the course of the year.
yep. this is true.
also unlike a FSA it rolls over year to year so it isn't use it or lose it.
on all three levels there is an option to add (for additional cost) an FSA to the plan. but it's really not that attractive unless you have something like dentures planned that you want the funds up front for.
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Exactly.
My families' employers have done more to make health coverage affordable than the government could ever dream of accomplishing.
All the government did is turn 60 million unemployed uninsured into 90 million employed uninsured.
Redistribution of wealth indeed.
It never comes from the rich, always from the working class.
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We could have ear hair trimmers...So at least we're not that old.
It's coming for you, so enjoy your glabrescent ears while you can.
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you can have it as a HSA, with medium employer contribution to the HSA and medium deductibles
or you can have it as a HSA, with double the medium level employer contribution to the HSA and quite high deductibles
Unlike FSA, it doesn't go into the account at the beginning of the year.
We only have one HSA-eligible plan. I don't know whether it fits in your "medium" or "quite high" categories ($3000/year deductible for family, $1500 for individual), but employer chips 50% into the HSA at (about) the first of the year.
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I don't know whether it fits in your "medium" or "quite high" categories ($3000/year deductible for family, $1500 for individual), but employer chips 50% into the HSA at (about) the first of the year.
that would be the medium categories and i havent looked at the disbursements into the HSA from the employer side.... i presume they are a little bit each pay period just like employee contributions (unless you elect to do a lump sum on jan1 or jul1)
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All the government did is turn 60 million unemployed uninsured into 90 million employed uninsured.
That's a bit hyperbolic, don't you think?
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Ok
So there are a few people that didn't have insurance and still don't.55 million unemployed now have insurance.
90 million employed now don't have insurance.And what is the program worth if Walmart and McDonalds gets to skip participating, and many people are seeing double premium costs?
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We could have ear hair trimmers...So at least we're not that old.
I recently noticed a couple of hairs growing out of the top of my [the big, flappy part of the ear — I know there's a name for it, but I can't remember, and I'm too lazy to look it up] that were a couple of inches long. How the heck did they get that long without my noticing? (Answer: My shoulder-length hair covers my ears, and even when I have it ponytailed, they just blended in.) I didn't know ear hairs could even grow that long. :(
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Wife has a good employer. If we had to pay for it, we would have the minimum to cover catastrophy, like my spine surgery (nearly $500K).
Tying health insurance to employment is crazy town. Pure insanity. Pants-on-head retarded. The prime cause of violence in the Middle East. Okay, maybe that's going too far.
This thread is now another international health care flamewar.
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Tying health insurance to employment is crazy town.
You are not wrong, but you are British.
The rest is just hyperbole for hyperbole's sake. This is the internet. Hyperbole needs no assistance.
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Another one for getting older...skin tags. I can deal with all the rest, but skin tags are the height of annoyance.
Thankfully I don't get then anywhere visible. Unfortunately, I get them in my armpits, where they get sore when I exercise.
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I didn't know ear hairs could even grow that long.
I have never tried to see how long mine could get, but I clip them every couple of days. Just a quick zip with the beard trimmer. Judging by the fact that there is enough to trim twice a week, I could probably braid them inside of 6 months. Not going to find out though...
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You are not wrong, but you are British.
You keep trying long enough, one day it'll work.
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That's what she said.
Seriously though, I did it the first time to try to set up a joke. Now I just do it to fuck with you.
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Also calling you a SJW. You forgot that theme.
Seriously, link your Tumblr. We want to see the slacktivism.
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link your Tumblr.
You make it sound dirty.
I don't have a Tumblr. This is about the only place I post anything. You should feel privileged (see what I did there?).
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Another one for getting older...skin tags. I can deal with all the rest, but skin tags are the height of annoyance.
Thankfully I don't get then anywhere visible. Unfortunately, I get them in my armpits, where they get sore when I exercise.
I get them there, but they're not a problem. They are a problem around my eyes because they make it hard for me to keep muck from accumulating and clouding my contact lenses.
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Another one for getting older...skin tags. I can deal with all the rest, but skin tags are the height of annoyance.
Thankfully I don't get then anywhere visible. Unfortunately, I get them in my armpits, where they get sore when I exercise.
Those bloody things. Those and Kidney Stones are my big annoyances over the last 5 years or so.
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Tying health insurance to employment is crazy town. Pure insanity. Pants-on-head retarded.
This thread is now another international health care flamewar.
No, you're totally right. It's just yet another thing that FDR fucked up in this country.
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The tie of sick care to employment was an "unintended consequence" of Nixon's wage controls. But have a like anyway.
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The tie of sick care to employment was an "unintended consequence" of Nixon's wage controls.
It started with FDR's wage controls. Not that I'm a fan of Nixon's bullshit either.
The Act excluded from stabilization "insurance and pension benefits in a reasonable amount to be determined by the President"...One consequence of the wage stabilization under the Act was that employers, unable to provide higher salaries to attract or retain employees, began to offer insurance plans, including health care packages, as a fringe benefit, thereby beginning the practice of employer-sponsored health insurance.
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Well, shit. I stand corrected.
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History revisionism has seemingly covered up all the left-aisle's mistakes. Not saying the right-aisle doesn't make mistakes, because there are many, but wow do people forget so easily. I mean, seriously, we still haven't heard the end of Nixon. Carter is about the only left-aisle that no one can seemingly revise.
Even if some of the social plans had a chance of working, they continually sabotage them, for no clear or tactical reason.
Medicare? They continue to raise the cost, reduce the coverage, and ask pharmacies to go bankrupt if they accept it. Even the affordable whatever, reduced Medicare.
Social Security. Supposed to be a national savings account. They voted to allow withdrawing funds for pork spending. ??? That's like financial mistake number 1. I mean, I would understand if it were emergencies, but pet projects?
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I mean, seriously, we still haven't heard the end of Nixon.
And a lot of the stuff he did was definitely left of (today's) right aisle. Especially economically.
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they continually sabotage them, for no clear or tactical reason.
Who's paying for their campaign funding?
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Yep, it's like showing off McCain's mistakes. Or showing off Bush's spending. They say trickle down and everything else right-aisle is a failure, after the left-aisle crippled it past the point of having any effect.
I mean, at this point, we have very few politicians who hold "power" that actually listen to constituents, on either side of the aisle.
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I mean, at this point, we have very few politicians who hold "power" that actually listen to constituents, on either side of the aisle.
Sadly, this is something that almost everyone can agree with.
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Who's paying for their campaign funding?
I don't think this matters much in this case. Old people are the most likely to vote. Old people freak out for just about any change to this stuff, even after being told that they're grandfathered (heh) in, and nothing will change for them.
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At this point, I think the most healthy thing to do would be to reduce the federal power and let the states decide on domestic issues.
For example, education. Why should it be nationalized? You have a small town or a town focused on a particular industry. I understand having more general studies classes in elementary/middle school. But at high school, you should be starting to pick a career path.
We laud China as being ahead of us, and this is exactly what they do. (They also don't educate half their population, throwing out the lesser performers, which boosts their "success").
The argument is that if we didn't, then there'd be too many standards, and kids would fall behind.
But what's the #1 business complaint about education? Students aren't prepared for work.
High school should be for practical and career skills. Technical writing, personal finances, balancing a checkbook.
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I say, bring back the trivium and the quadrivium. Classical education, not gummint indoctrination. Elementary school used to be called grammar school for a reason.