Canadian Mistake

@LibZionistNerd @zdch @besttrousers You're describing a scenario in which both are equally bad and then saying that the boardroom is preferable because, I guess, at least someone got something positive out of it? Removing a profit incentive will not result in more unfunded procedures.

@MistakeCanadian @zdch @besttrousers “Well, my aunt died due to the government not funding the procedure that would cure her condition, but at least it was a shadowy group of unelected unaccountable bureaucrats instead of a shadowy group of unaccountable people in a boardroom.”

To a point someone (I think @besttrousers) made earlier today, a lot of political disagreements really do boil down to a misunderstanding of fact. I think a lot of M4A people think if you passed the policy, literally no one would get denied claims or services.

@PositivistWitch Then I will die trying.

you are not going to coordinate 4 billion people into cooperating on a single shot strong nash equilibrium game no matter how hard you virtue signal

@LibZionistNerd @zdch @besttrousers If you can't see the difference between harm reduction and profit I cannot help you

@MistakeCanadian @zdch @besttrousers But the outcome is the same.

@BarneyFlames @zdch @besttrousers United Healthcare got sued by shareholders for over-approving care after the death of their CEO, which this comic is referencing.

@MistakeCanadian @zdch @besttrousers the second thing does not exist, insurance company profits have no co-relation with claims

@SkyeSharkie I'm doing my part!

There is a red button and a blue button, neither of them do anything, you have to press one, which do you press?

@Jayseki To actually answer you I would probably refuse to be party to killing someone else/would not want to live in red button world and would vote blue up to some absurd number like 90+%.

@MistakeCanadian i mean it's the same question, really, just depends how you phrase it. something like: "if you are red, how *low* would the threshold have to get for you to switch to blue; if you are blue, how *high* would the threshold have to get for you to switch to red?"

really, the more interesting question is "at what threshold would you switch from blue to red?" and i don't think it's a moral question as much as it is a question about optimism, your views of the rest of humanity, etc

@Jayseki I think it's a different question because red is always the safe option. Blue never becomes the perfectly safe option aside from at 0% on your model.

@trades_en @dyingscribe Morally obligated, no, but do we not prefer and idolize the blue button pusher that does so because they're running into the proverbial burning building, diving into the water to save a drowning child, etc? Would Jesus of Nazareth push the red or blue button?

@dyingscribe Try distilling it down to the moral precedent instead of extrapolating beyond the scope of the question. Is the individual morally obligated to endanger themselves to shield their peers from the consequences of their own choices?

I want you to map out the consequences past the first order. Think about it deeply. First, think about the people who survive. Then, think about the societal effects of the choices and the death then, think about the downstream effects of that first-order thinking is: press red, live. I am asking people to go past that

@JeremiahDJohns Trump shooting at the WH dinner might be secondary but it's mostly button discourse.

Who's the main character today? What's the main topic on your timeline?

@UNISOLDIERMUA I always assumed when he died he had a refractory period before coming back, perhaps relating to the brutality of his death previously.

Why did Immortal fake his death and let Andrew Johnson derail Reconstruction efforts and set back civil rights another century? Is he racist?

@prerat Would Jesus press red or blue?

THE LORD said, "the outcry is so great, and the sin so grevious. all blue must perish." avraham said "if there are >=50% blue votes will u spare blue" god said "yes for 50" "what about 45" "ok fine 45" "how about 10" "for 10 i will not destroy them"

@Aella_Girl It lands on the yellow because I am pure of heart

Imagine a circle, with a little spinner on it that you can flick. The circle is 80% red and 20% yellow, like a yellow pie slice. You flick the spinner. It spins, and slowwwly stops. Where did it land?

@wolfyaltwitch Not hehe

Hehe #projecthailmary

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@eternallydxmned I always assumed a urinal was cheaper than a toilet and thus it was a cost saving measure rather than urinals being in some way preferable. I've never wanted a urinal in my own home.

hot take. i dont think public restrooms need urinals at all. men use a regular toilet perfectly fine at home they dont need a urinal

@_LOVERiplier_ Or the Silver-Celeste ship, #Moonshine

@_LOVERiplier_ Not quite as good but the Deadlock Venator x Doorman ship is called #hotelbible

project hail mary and iron lung ship name being bloodymary is sick as hell name another ship name with more aura than that

@VivaPinataMemes @lavillanelleee I think it counts because they worked together on BCS (and she was great there), and THAT role wasn't written for her.

@lavillanelleee Okay but like… if a role was written with someone in mind does that entirely qualify?

actress so good that vince gilligan literally wrote the role for her after working with her on bcs. she signed on without reading a script and has since won a critics choice and golden globe (+ more). she’s also the frontrunner for this year’s emmy, and pluribus has become apple tv’s most streamed show. so yeah… rhea seehorn… that’s what you call perfect casting