with my school teachers it was like “omg they’re so cool i wanna be their friend!” but with university lecturers it’s like “they’re endearing and i love them like cats but are they okay because i think they know too much about 18th century german literature to survive in the world”
what, you can’t know who friedrich schiller is and also change a tire?
literally no
this would have worked better if I personally knew how to change a tire
This story is about my friends MIL, and her wedding. Strap in guys, this is a wild ride in which I did THE THING that got me banned from any of her family functions. (Plus a few threats of dismemberment and bodily harm)
A good friend of mine from university was getting married! They had been a couple since Junior year of college, through her 2 years in the peace corps and currently her return to this continent. 6 years in total. She had been to all manner of family functions and always came back with a strange story about how she thinks her MIL secretly hates her. But she being a very quiet and sweet person pushed those thoughts aside.
The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Justice in Aging, and the Medicare Rights Center have issued a joint statement condemning the 2018 edition of Medicare & You,
the annual guide published by the federal government; the groups say
that the Trump administration is lying to seniors in order to trick them
into switching to privatized, HMO-run Medicare Advantage programs, away
from the superior, publicly maintained Meidcare system.
First, in several places, the Handbook suggests that Medicare Advantage
is the less expensive alternative for beneficiaries. This is an
overstatement. There are many variables determining whether enrollment
in a M edicare Advantage plan may be more or less expensive for any
particular Medicare beneficiary. Factors including premiums, co –
payment structure, available providers, the individual’s medical needs,
etc. all can affect the relative affordability of Medicare Advantage
generally as well as the affordability of any particular Medicare
Advantage plan. The repeated suggestion that Medicare Advantage can save
beneficiaries money does not fairly and fully represent these
realities.
Moreover, in numerous descriptions, the Handbook fails to make clear a
key distinction between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage:
Original Medicare provides access to all Medicare participating
providers nationwide, while Medicare Advantage limits access to a set
network of providers in a specific geographic area.
Even more problematic is the treatment of prior authorization
requirements in Medicare Advantage. On both page 6 and page 62, the
Handbook attempts to paint this restriction on access to services as a
benefit, rather than as what it is, a mandatory hurdle for Medicare
Advantage members that is not required for individuals in Original
Medicare. On page 62, the Handbook goes so far as to describe prior
authorization as a “right” that people in Original Medicare “can’t get.”
Describing a restriction as a “right” and then saying that people who
are not subject to this restriction are disadvantaged twists the facts
beyond recognition.
This link is super NSFW because it’s vibrators and stuff but anyways ANYWAY on my phone at least all the little options are literally just 616 tony stark being stoked about vibrators ??what is this!!! Is the whole site like this!!!???? I’m ALARMED
before you take off on the fact that there are outdated memes in black panther (”what are those” and “whip my hair back and forth” are the two i noticed) consider that wakanda is an isolated nation which nevertheless has contact with the outside world. with what minimal contact they have, i really doubt that they would keep up to date on current pop culture. what i’m trying to say here is that black panther uses outdated memes as worldbuilding.
actually black panther is set in 2016 (a week after civil war) so ‘what are those’ was actually 100% topical. shuri is an advanced memelord
also movie executives have no idea how long memes last for and thought itd still be funny and interesting
Counterpoint: everything Shuri says is funny and interesting regardless of what it is
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