It doesn't taste as bad as everyone seems to think, but it still just feels disturbing in concept.
Especially the ones at the insurance companies where the patients medical decisions are ACTUALLY made.
Parents being dicks to kids because "ow, my pride!" Is SUCH a pet peeve. Sorry you had to deal with that, broski
Pffft, glowing things can't be dangerous! I snorted the glowing powder that was in my negative ion bracelet and I feel fine!
Wait, that's just slavery with extra steps!
I grew up there. Honestly, you're not wrong. Napoleon Dynamite is honestly only a mild exaggeration.
The thing is that most voters would be in favor of such a thing. Which is why those policies rarely find their way to polls. We don't live in a direct democracy. We live in an oligarchy.
Edit: Talking about the US here.
They HAVE to pay the peasants or they won't work! Pay the oligarchs and it will eventually trickle down
It's more like... Having an extra layer or two stashed at convenient locations like a chipmunk.
I see two signs. I like to imagine someone seeing a sign that said "hole", who then decided "meh. I'm sure it's fine" before immediately breaking an axle and adding "BIG ASS" to the sign so that nobody else would make that mistake.
Cities: We expect them to get help! Just not from us. We can't lower property values like that.