Random Rants 80: Computer Says No

[MaryKB]

Rant: Started packing up the apartment. Still don't know where I'm going to wind up.

*cries*

I really hope you get that job you mentioned

 

[hobbsyoyo]

*cries*

I really hope you get that job you mentioned

Thanks. Me too. Waiting for the phone to ring anytime now...

 

[Birdjaguar]

Thanks. Me too. Waiting for the phone to ring anytime now...

Send me your number and I'll call you.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm a little bit scared to ask , but I will What have You got in Your purse , what do women usually have there - it's a bit weird fascination of mine It seems like they have everything in there ! :O Maybe there's a secret conspiracy about it and women use multi-dimensional purses

Dunno about other women's purses, but mine has the usual 3 dimensions plus one extra that lets stuff get lost when I need it and return after I've bought a replacement.

You routinely carry $150+ around with you? You must feel pretty safe in your daily routine.

Muggings can happen even when all a person has is $1.50, let alone more.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I've heard of people in dangerous cities carrying around fake wallets.

 

[Takhisis]

As jealous as I often am of people wearing contacts, glasses can be wiped so much more easily.

Eh, glasses are harder to get into one's eyes.

I've considered trying contacts, but having to touch my eyes to put them in freaks me out. Plus the cost of them.

Oh yes, the cost is a rant in itself.Getting them in your eyes… the trick is to look away. It took me weeks to learn.

Can you shoot lasers from your eyes???

Pfft, you can't?

Quick thought: let's finally replace all of Snerk's faulty body parts by adequate cybernetics created by our in-house engineer Perfection and then have him earn a living by propelling trans-stellar solar-sail craft with his laser eyes.

 

[AdamCrock]

Quick thought: let's finally replace all of Snerk's faulty body parts by adequate cybernetics created by our in-house engineer Perfection and then have him earn a living by propelling trans-stellar solar-sail craft with his laser eyes.

The final effect !

Spoiler :

 

[JohannaK]

I usually carry fairly little cash, and sometimes not even inside my wallet. Barcelona is infamous for pickpockets, although I have personally never been a victim. They are adept at finding tourists, which make easier prey and also dont usually stick around for the legal proceedings if they're caught.

 

[Zkribbler]

You routinely carry $150+ around with you? You must feel pretty safe in your daily routine.

Ironically, just last week, I tried to charge $150 worth of medication on my credit card but was rejected because I was trying to charge $150 worth of medication on my credit card. Luckily, I had it in cash.

 

[Ajidica]

Not really a rant, but recently I had my first 'adult' experience with the health care industry. About two weeks ago I went into Urgent Care (not Emergency Room) at the local clinic with tonsillitis and I was having problems swallowing. From the nurse taking my blood pressure and doing a routine strep test to the doctor giving me the prescription and sending me out the door, it was probably 20 minutes all told. I'm on a monthly prescription so I know how much drugs can be, but I got the statement from the insurance company recently and I was frankly astounded how much it would have cost without insurance.

No Insurance Price: $331
Insurer 'Discount': $96.27
Insurer Paid: $194.73
I pay: $40

I knew I'd be paying $40 going in because that is what my insurance plan said the copay for the Urgent Care but I had no idea how much the no-insurance price would be if I didn't have insurance through work. This also doesn't include whatever the prescription no-insurance price was (I paid about $13 for the antibiotics and pain meds). Gives me a new appreciation for how sociopathic the overwhelming majority of the elected GOP weirdos are.

 

[Synobun]

It's amazing that you guys pay so much for insurance and still have to pay more at point of service.

 

[cardgame]

The bigger takeaway to me is how they're just gouging $137 from non-insured, even though they won't have to do all the paperwork and middle-man dealing with the insurance company. Short of criminalizing the insurance industry, we need absolute price caps.

 

[Takhisis]

Short of criminalizing the insurance industry, we need absolute price caps.

The memetic webspañish ‘¿por qué no los dos?’ is the only answer I can come up with.

 

[MaryKB]

Quick thought: let's finally replace all of Snerk's faulty body parts by adequate cybernetics created by our in-house engineer Perfection and then have him earn a living by propelling trans-stellar solar-sail craft with his laser eyes.

@Snerk has no "faulty body parts," haven't you seen his photos?? He's practically perfect in every way.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I guess a diet of cookies is good for you.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Not really a rant, but recently I had my first 'adult' experience with the health care industry. About two weeks ago I went into Urgent Care (not Emergency Room) at the local clinic with tonsillitis and I was having problems swallowing. From the nurse taking my blood pressure and doing a routine strep test to the doctor giving me the prescription and sending me out the door, it was probably 20 minutes all told. I'm on a monthly prescription so I know how much drugs can be, but I got the statement from the insurance company recently and I was frankly astounded how much it would have cost without insurance.

No Insurance Price: $331
Insurer 'Discount': $96.27
Insurer Paid: $194.73
I pay: $40

I knew I'd be paying $40 going in because that is what my insurance plan said the copay for the Urgent Care but I had no idea how much the no-insurance price would be if I didn't have insurance through work. This also doesn't include whatever the prescription no-insurance price was (I paid about $13 for the antibiotics and pain meds). Gives me a new appreciation for how sociopathic the overwhelming majority of the elected GOP weirdos are.

The price I'd have had to pay for all that: $0.

Mind you, it would have taken a lot longer than 20 minutes.

 

[Takhisis]

@Snerk has no "faulty body parts," haven't you seen his photos?? He's practically perfect in every way.

Thanks for complimenting my taste , but Snerk does have some hand-control problems, eyesight problems, and also he has a bladder which means he cannot play videogames 24/7. I should disinter some chats from olden times in which we discussed whether he'd do better if reconstructed as a T-1000-like robot, but gave up on it after we realised that, as he is from Norway, he'd spend a large part of the year frozen.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

The fire alarm went off in my building tonight. No actual fire happened (not that I wanted it to), but it's still annoying.

But on the flip side, I met a nice cat and her humans.

 

[Kyriakos]

Thanks. Me too. Waiting for the phone to ring anytime now...

I hope it all works out fine, man!

 

[Snerk]

Quick thought: let's finally replace all of Snerk's faulty body parts by adequate cybernetics created by our in-house engineer Perfection and then have him earn a living by propelling trans-stellar solar-sail craft with his laser eyes.

Yes yes yes! Where do I sign up?

@Snerk has no "faulty body parts," haven't you seen his photos?? He's practically perfect in every way.

Got to say, I'm quite angsty over how I'll handle your looming and inevitable fall in Snerk admiration (second law of snerkodynamics). Feels like every day I have evermore riding on the fact that "well at least there's this girl on in the internet who likes me". So don't quit cold turkey, taper down the snerk. Gimme a chance to recover.

Thanks for complimenting my taste , but Snerk does have some hand-control problems, eyesight problems, and also he has a bladder which means he cannot play videogames 24/7. I should disinter some chats from olden times in which we discussed whether he'd do better if reconstructed as a T-1000-like robot, but gave up on it after we realised that, as he is from Norway, he'd spend a large part of the year frozen.

Pft, a T-1000 should be able handle a Norwegian winter, no? I say we go with it, it sure seems a lot for practical than my current meat bag.