this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2025
1825 points (99.3% liked)
Microblog Memes
10898 readers
1832 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
RULES:
- Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
- Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
- You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
- Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
- Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
- Absolutely no NSFL content.
- Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
- No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.
RELATED COMMUNITIES:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
In my 50s, I pay $25/week for private health insurance, that covers 100%, non urgent surgery in weeks, gourmet food etc. If I didn't pay for private insurance it would be terrible - I might have to wait months for elected surgery, and the food would not be gourmet. It would still be 100% free though. I live in a first world country though, not USA.
The problem with US citizens and their bullshit world views are....it takes other countries 6+ months for surgeries (which I know isn't true), but most, well most Republicans, in the US think you'll be waiting 6 months for life saving surgeries and you die waiting for them overseas.
The stupid ass media and insurance lobby has prompt this up for decades. Republicans believe anything out of their propaganda circles. It's sad af.
Its stupid because you still have the choice to get private healthcare if you prefer. So you can either wait for the public capacity, or pay your own way out of pocket / through insurance like in the states.
The other thing they gloss over is that it takes time here too. Unless you're going to the ER, you're often waiting months for an appointment.
I had to cancel a follow-up with my primary care doctor in September, and the next available time was this coming Monday.
A few years back, I needed a spinal injection to control my sciatica, my insurance company denied my pre-authorization, and I had to fight it. I eventually won 52 days after the initial request for the procedure, but they said I had to have the procedure within 60 days of the initial request. So the pre-auth expired and I had to go through the whole thing again. I spent nearly 4 months in so much pain I couldn't put on pants some days trying to get that fucking injection.
And to add to the fun, the injection started wearing off in the last week or so, so I'm gonna have to do the whole thing again.