# Do we have a thread for SlackerInc yet? Maybe we should

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 2, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461 "2018-12-02T20:21:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/143 "2019-08-03T12:27:08Z")

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Slacker starts a thread about how MFA won’t work because people want to feel superior to other people, eventually reveals that he’s actually the one who feels that way. I really don’t even know what to say to this.

> [@The dangerous politics of Medicare For All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangerous-politics-of-medicare-for-all/837922/84):
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> I will add an anecdote that does not necessarily reflect terribly well on me, but is illustrative of the psychology I am talking about. At the place where I got my IVAPS machine, the woman in charge of billing pulled up my insurance and exclaimed “Wow, you have such a low deductible! I wish mine was this low.” I have to admit, I took a lot of satisfaction out of that. And I never really thought “oh it’s too bad she doesn’t have the same thing: I wish everyone did”. Instead, I felt that little _frisson_ of satisfaction you get when everyone is envious that you have a nicer car or TV or whatever then they do. It’s not pretty, but it’s human nature and we have to take it into account.
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> ETA: And rereading what I just wrote, I can’t help but have a feeling of pride, like “hey, awesome: now all these people on the board know I have great insurance”. It’s ridiculous, it’s petty, it’s awful really, but it’s psychologically very powerful.

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