Like I said, my hope (since it was too late to change the vote) was that we will weather the storm. And at this point, it sounds like we have. Great! But it’s not fun to watch Democrats play with fire like this. Eventually, we risk getting burned.
As has been repeatedly pointed out to you, the side that’s voting against the bill is in fact supporting the overwhelming consensus of doctors who are saying that there isn’t any one-size-fits-all “right answer” for these traumatic situations.
Or how about you just stop lying about the fucking thing and stop trying to pressure Democrats into voting for a malicious and counterproductive fucking thing manufactured out of Republican lies?
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.
Cut him some slack(er). He’s just channeling his inner LBJ:
I suspect he thinks all people feel this way, just like he appears to suspect that all or most white people secretly agree with him about black people. He seems to have trouble with the concept that other people might think very differently than he does.
People who are accomplished and have plenty of other things to take pride in cannot fathom feeling proud they have a lower deductible or premium than someone else.
So all he just did was advertise how small, unhappy, and unfulfilled he is. Just like all the other sad sacks that would rather keep the status quo than give up the right of feeling better than someone else.
I had a pharmacist say something sort of similar when I got my scripts filled- something was $0, something else was$1, and she remarked that I have great insurance to cover these so well (or something) and you know what I felt?
Grateful. I didn’t feel proud or gleeful that others didn’t have insurance that was great. I was grateful that I have insurance that covers my needs. the only comparison I made was to myself, when I had less than great- or no!- insurance at all. Other people didn’t enter into my thinking at all.
ETA: if fact, if everyone had great insurance, I works be thrilled. Because it would mean that if something happened with this job, I’d still have great insurance instead of being fucked.
I am at least being pragmatic and trying to get at least basic health care coverage (if not necessarily as good as mine) for everyone who does not currently have it. You apparently feel that it is better to sit on a high horse and express condemnation of anyone not as morally pure as you. :rolleyes:
Just in case my wording there is not clear, that is 26% of all Americans, not of swing voters.
ETA:
Epic #humblebrag there :rolleyes:
YWTF: Are you not aware that those “sad sacks” include swing voters in Wisconsin?
BTW, Andy, you are the one who has trouble imagining how others feel. You were so ready to believe I was into the whole “red pill” thing until I showed you that I had stated in unequivocal terms my condemnation for them well before you posted.
Congratulations, sir. You may claim your prize for being: Not the most deplorable person in the world. That and $5 will get you a happy meal.
Yeah, “condemnation” that in the SAME post basically said, ‘Hey, these guys are assholes but maybe they have some good points’. I quote:
That kind of “condemnation” is like condemning the racists for targeting brown people when they should focus their ire only on black people.
You set a low, low bar for yourself and barely cleared it.
I’ve taken Slacker to task a number of times for the obvious reasons, but the quote itself struck me as an attempt at introspection. I think he was trying to explain the fact that people really do often want to feel like they’re higher up in the food chain than everyone else. I don’t find that comment controversial at all. I find many of his other posts cringe-worthy, but not this one.
Actually, Great Antibob, it wasn’t that post I was referring to. It was this one:
But let’s look at the full context of the post you so selectively quoted:
:dubious:
<blah blah> mine.
Christ, you are a piece of work.
Why the need to drag feminists into this conversation? They weren’t part of any conversation having to do with incels. Nobody brought them up as far as I recall. Nobody but you, that is. Because you just can’t fucking let an opportunity go by without a needless shot at your favorite target: 'Sure incels are bad, but let’s not forget those horrible feminists!’
You are one sad, pathetic, small minded bellend.
People draw the conclusion that you are “red pill” based on your actions and posts. A post that says “oh no, bad red pill” does not negate your actual behavior.
You are officially up there with Hurricane Ditka in my opinion. You cannot have a straight conversation to save your life. Your goalposts are mounted on golf carts that swing around the field randomly.
People draw the conclusion that you are “red pill” based on your actions and posts. A post that says “oh no, bad red pill” does not negate your actual behavior.
You are officially up there with Hurricane Ditka in my opinion. You cannot have a straight conversation to save your life. Your goalposts are mounted on golf carts that swing around the field randomly.
Said it once before but it bears repeating… 
It’s pretty common sentiment expresses poorly. The idea of relative wealth having a psychological impact is real. Here is one article, but this is a common enough theme.
Article makes a larger point of negative feelings (inferiority) of those that are poor, rather than feelings of superiority by those that are relatively wealthy. In fact, it states that those that are well off tend not to express their feelings on the matter while poor people tend to engage in riskier behavior. We can speculate about whether or not wealthier people are hiding their feelings of superiority for various reasons, ex. they tend to under-report their status, however, the article does not explore this aspect in any depth. Doesn’t mean it’s not a thing. Just that the article doesn’t provide insight into this.
Gah, I linked to the wrong article. I meant this wiki, specifically the upward and downward comparison section: