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[Reelya]

In Israel and Switzerland do have private insures funding everyrhing as far as I know but I migth be wrong guys.

Something that's interesting is that these two countries (plus a few more) often come up in free-market / libertarian type arguments as some kind of examples, however a bit of fact-checking usually reveals some flaw in the argument, or some specific circumstance of that nation that just can't be replicated elsewhere. They're usually very small nations, often act as tax havens, or trading hubs. Hong Kong and Singapore are the two other nations I seem mentioned in this context.

For example Israel and Switzerland are in a relevant list here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_systems_by_country#Countries_with_universal_private_health_insurance_system
Under "Countries with universal private health insurance system". The total list is Liechtenstein (a well known tax haven), Switzerland (an even better known tax haven), Netherlands (a small nation but with an extensive global financial empire) and Israel (a very small nation, and also a noted tax haven). So in other words many of these small but surprisingly wealthy nations which can afford to have these privatized-but-subsidized health systems turn out to have vast financial empires which exploit the larger nations around them with ways to dodge paying taxes.

Also note that for a very small nation, running their entire health system themselves would not leverage the "economy of scale" thing, so in that case, it would have nothing to do with public vs private, but it's just cheaper to allow a nearby foreign company to provide the service. For example if Lichtenstein allows French companies to provide health insurance then all the infrastructure for that is already established in France, so it saves Lichtenstein from having to replicate it: all the software and apps to run the thing would be French and already exist. So, for a tiny nation like Lichtenstein "private health insurance" totally makes sense, but only because implementing an entire local system would be too expensive for such a small nation, and, secondly, because the national health system in France can't legally operate in Lichtenstein, so it has to be a private company because those can operate over borders.

[wierd]

Whew!

So, I picked up a few cans of canned beef (due to meat scarcity from the covid situation), and apparently my system reacts negatively to it.  Not like, "food allergy" bad, just "WTF?!" bad.


To be specific?  I have had the most rancorous BO tonight (Super musky, and not in a good way) , and my urine smells like a plastic chemical factory. 

I am going back to the beans, yard weeds and potatoes diet.  Fuck smelling like a stanky homeless guy. BLECH.

[LordBaal]

Some antibiotics can make that happen too. Just in case drink plenty of water.

[Akura]

Amazon decided to cancel the orders I placed weeks ago, apparently deciding that no, I don't deserve to have things I paid for. Sure, they're refunding the money, but I don't want the money, I want the fucking stuff I ordered.

[pikachu17]

Kampflesbe is apparently a German insult, translating to "battle lesbian".
Why do people insist on making insults that sound awesome?
The same thing with Social Justice Warriors. It makes it sound like they're heroically standing against injustice.

[scriver]

Do "keyboard warrior" sound cool to you too?

[Il Palazzo]

Do "keyboard warrior" sound cool to you too?

Tastaturkrieger!

[scriver]

Fapkrieger?

[pikachu17]

Do "keyboard warrior" sound cool to you too?

To be honest, yes, yes it does.
Not as cool as battle lesbian though.

[Mathel]

What it sounds like to me
Kampflesbe=Combat lesbian: Some kind of special unit
Social Justice Warrior: Someone fighting for justice
Keyboard warrior: Someone with a bad weapon. Or a good weapon, if it is the instrument rather than the typing device.

[pikachu17]

What it sounds like to me
Kampflesbe=Combat lesbian: Some kind of special unit
Social Justice Warrior: Someone fighting for justice
Keyboard warrior: Someone with a bad weapon. Or a good weapon, if it is the instrument rather than the typing device.

Keyboard warrior to me sounds like a modern reporter risking their life for the truth.

[LordBaal]

Keyboard Warrior sounds like a slick gamer name.

[Lord Shonus]

The same thing with Social Justice Warriors. It makes it sound like they're heroically standing against injustice.

That's the core of the insult - that's what the people think they're doing, when what they're really doing is fellating their own ego.

"Keyboard warrior" (or Keyboard Kommando, for the alliteration) is an insult along the line of "latte/limousine liberal", referring to somebody who talks big about issues to win virtue points, but doesn't actually do anything meaningful about it while not being personally affected.


"Social Justice Warrior" originated as a variant specific to social issues, referring to people who go out of their way to show off how "woke" they are, yell at any perceived bigotry, all wile never treating the marginalized or discriminated against as anything but a prop for their "look at me, I'm so progressive" attitude. A common feature of this group is "I am offended on your behalf, because you obviously don't understand you're being insulted" attitudes toward media that is actually wildly popular among the "insulted" group.



Naturally, both have been highjacked by discriminatory groups, but that's the actual meaning.

[scriver]

Red Wine Socialist

[wierd]

Don't forget the "Sunday-Only Christian."

(because giving up all the fun stuff [like promiscuous sex, drugs, alcohol, bigotry, gossip, sewing strife, etc], picking up a cross, and following Jesus as instructed is just too much man. But There sure is a good time to be had being holier than thou. )