My fiancee earns more than I do, so yeah I would say I could afford it
and a kid or 2 in the mix. Still think you could afford insurance?
If you can't feed 'em, don't breed 'em. That's our motto.
And don't throw that lame ass "only rich people that can afford good insurance" should be allowed to have kids bullshit out there.
See previous response. If you can't afford to care for your child, you shouldn't have one. That doesn't mean you have to be rich, it just means you have to be able to take care of them based on your personal minimal living requirements.
The world needs ditchdiggers too and those ditchdiggers deserve to be as healthy as any one of us. They work their ass off too.
I 100% agree, which is why I don't mind my tax dollars going to help people who legitimately can't afford health insurance for whatever reason.
I don't know about that...Hyperblade was one of the earliest games that not only supported full 3D-acceleration and didn't just gain new effects from it...the game looked 100% different.
See, that's just it though: if you can't afford health insurance because you are dedicating yourself to going to college (something I never did), then I personally have NO PROBLEM picking up the slack to help cover your healthcare costs.
I never went to college because I despised schooling...why would I pay thousands of dollars to go back? No, for me (for now, anyway), I make more than enough money for my lifestyle and am quite comfortable. People like you, on the other hand, who have the drive and determination to say "fuck it" and put their life on hold for 4-10 years so they can get an education? You folks have my respect, and I will gladly pay a bit more in taxes if it means you can get taken care of from a health point of view.
2100 is about average around the Olney area (which is where my parents house was.) If you go to Bethesda or Potomac (which is still technically Montgomery County), you can expect to pay no less than $1 Million for anything 2000 square feet or larger.
And we aren't talking about nice homes that are all brick and have wood floors...we're talking about siding and vinyl tile.
You'd have to be living an extremely sheltered life if you don't know a single "mildly intelligent" person whose employer does not offer health insurance. And even if you don't, you really mean to tell us that, given health insurance's extreme cost, you can't even IMAGINE how some employers wouldn't offer it as a benefit?
::sigh:: NO. You are responding with a knee-jerk reaction. Re-read what I said objectively, and without applying an opinion you have already formed.
In fact, don't do that. I'll just write it in a way you can understand.
What I'm saying is that someone with even a slight bit of decent intelligence has the capacity to find a job that offers health insurance at a rate they can afford. Again, I'm a high school dropout. I'll say it again. HIGH. SCHOOL. DROP. OUT. I live in one of the highest cost of living areas in the country (Montgomery County, MD). I am insanely lazy, my intelligence is right smack dab in the middle of average, and my professional drive amounts to "if I can pay my bills, and save a little, I'm earning enough money." I have had health insurance since the first job I got when I left high school, which was a month after I turned 18. Again, keep in mind: I'm a high school dropout with a GED and not a single college credit.
If I can do it, so can just about everyone else.
Note: If you read my original post, you will see that I clarified that this applies to people that are A. working 40 hours a week and B. are not students. Working part time and/or being a student are entirely different situations.
Neither. I'm saying I have a hard time believing that someone who is mildly intelligent would struggle to find a job that offers health insurance in a semi-affordable capacity.
I'm a freakin' high school dropout, and I've had health insurance since the month after I walked out of the building.
This isn't so much a "you're lying!" sort of thing as it is a "wha? How is that even possible?" sort of thing.
Of course...everyone knows that things like Marijuana are extremely harmful to our society, and that it's a gateway drug, and that it has killed thousands of peop-
Woop, sorry to cut this short. IT'S MILLER TIME!
"Come on everybody! Let's be hypocritical bastards! It's ok to drink your drug!" -Bill Hicks
Whoever wrote that claim made it way too specific, and easy to work around it.
You mean::gasp:: someone actually applied for a patent THE WAY THEY FUCKING SHOULD??? Oh noes, they only claimed their invention...whatever shall they do???
It took me about 6 years of working to find a good job with good pay that also provided health insurance. Every other place I worked prior either didn't offer it or didn't pay me enough to cover the balance of the very small subsidy they provide. Taken into account that a lot of young teens are working for ~$9/hr or less($1440 gross monthly before tax! assuming 40 hours/wk), healthcare just isn't affordable.
See, I have a hard time believing that. I have a GED, and I've had health insurance since I was 18. Worked as a mechanic for three years, and have been working as a mail merge programmer for five years. I was making serious bank when I was a mechanic (41k my first year, 49k my third and final year), and I'm making around 30k now. Again, health insurance since I was 18.
And I'm a REALLY lazy bastard. If I can do it, there is no reason someone else can't do it (again, assuming they are on a 40 hour work week...being a student is a different story)
My friend and I used to play it two-player...I was a better pilot than he was, and he was better at remembering keyboard commands. So, I was in charge of flight, and he was in charge of ops.
I still played it quite a lot by myself, but adding another person into the mix made it AWESOME.
I'm doing the same thing with a desk. I've been thinking about getting a tricked-out Ikea Galant setup, but figured out I could build something similar for about 1/4th the cost. When possible, do it yourself...this applies to just about anything. Costs less, you can get EXACTLY what you want, and you get the satisfaction of a job well done.
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Thanks very much! Glad to know the Internet isn't all 4chan trolls and hot grits chasers
True...and if someone doesn't know about Tie Fighter, they should be schooled up on it asap. Those other ones definitely have a place on this list, though...no doubt about it.
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My fiancee earns more than I do, so yeah I would say I could afford it
and a kid or 2 in the mix. Still think you could afford insurance?
If you can't feed 'em, don't breed 'em. That's our motto.
And don't throw that lame ass "only rich people that can afford good insurance" should be allowed to have kids bullshit out there.
See previous response. If you can't afford to care for your child, you shouldn't have one. That doesn't mean you have to be rich, it just means you have to be able to take care of them based on your personal minimal living requirements.
The world needs ditchdiggers too and those ditchdiggers deserve to be as healthy as any one of us. They work their ass off too.
I 100% agree, which is why I don't mind my tax dollars going to help people who legitimately can't afford health insurance for whatever reason.
I don't know about that...Hyperblade was one of the earliest games that not only supported full 3D-acceleration and didn't just gain new effects from it...the game looked 100% different.
AH TERMINAL VELOCITY! It was like Descent, but taking place over an entire planet instead of only underground.
See, that's just it though: if you can't afford health insurance because you are dedicating yourself to going to college (something I never did), then I personally have NO PROBLEM picking up the slack to help cover your healthcare costs.
I never went to college because I despised schooling...why would I pay thousands of dollars to go back? No, for me (for now, anyway), I make more than enough money for my lifestyle and am quite comfortable. People like you, on the other hand, who have the drive and determination to say "fuck it" and put their life on hold for 4-10 years so they can get an education? You folks have my respect, and I will gladly pay a bit more in taxes if it means you can get taken care of from a health point of view.
No sarcasm in this post. I'm serious.
2100 is about average around the Olney area (which is where my parents house was.) If you go to Bethesda or Potomac (which is still technically Montgomery County), you can expect to pay no less than $1 Million for anything 2000 square feet or larger.
And we aren't talking about nice homes that are all brick and have wood floors...we're talking about siding and vinyl tile.
You'd have to be living an extremely sheltered life if you don't know a single "mildly intelligent" person whose employer does not offer health insurance. And even if you don't, you really mean to tell us that, given health insurance's extreme cost, you can't even IMAGINE how some employers wouldn't offer it as a benefit?
::sigh:: NO. You are responding with a knee-jerk reaction. Re-read what I said objectively, and without applying an opinion you have already formed.
In fact, don't do that. I'll just write it in a way you can understand.
What I'm saying is that someone with even a slight bit of decent intelligence has the capacity to find a job that offers health insurance at a rate they can afford. Again, I'm a high school dropout. I'll say it again. HIGH. SCHOOL. DROP. OUT. I live in one of the highest cost of living areas in the country (Montgomery County, MD). I am insanely lazy, my intelligence is right smack dab in the middle of average, and my professional drive amounts to "if I can pay my bills, and save a little, I'm earning enough money." I have had health insurance since the first job I got when I left high school, which was a month after I turned 18. Again, keep in mind: I'm a high school dropout with a GED and not a single college credit.
If I can do it, so can just about everyone else.
Note: If you read my original post, you will see that I clarified that this applies to people that are A. working 40 hours a week and B. are not students. Working part time and/or being a student are entirely different situations.
Actually, I live in Montgomery County, MD...which has one of the highest cost of living percentages in the country.
My parents sold their house two years ago, 2100 square feet. Know how much they sold it for? $550k. And that was AFTER the housing market crashed.
Shit isn't cheap around here.
Neither. I'm saying I have a hard time believing that someone who is mildly intelligent would struggle to find a job that offers health insurance in a semi-affordable capacity.
I'm a freakin' high school dropout, and I've had health insurance since the month after I walked out of the building.
This isn't so much a "you're lying!" sort of thing as it is a "wha? How is that even possible?" sort of thing.
Of course...everyone knows that things like Marijuana are extremely harmful to our society, and that it's a gateway drug, and that it has killed thousands of peop-
Woop, sorry to cut this short. IT'S MILLER TIME!
"Come on everybody! Let's be hypocritical bastards! It's ok to drink your drug!" -Bill Hicks
Whoever wrote that claim made it way too specific, and easy to work around it.
You mean ::gasp:: someone actually applied for a patent THE WAY THEY FUCKING SHOULD??? Oh noes, they only claimed their invention...whatever shall they do???
::shrug:: don't have an answer for you there.
It took me about 6 years of working to find a good job with good pay that also provided health insurance. Every other place I worked prior either didn't offer it or didn't pay me enough to cover the balance of the very small subsidy they provide. Taken into account that a lot of young teens are working for ~$9/hr or less($1440 gross monthly before tax! assuming 40 hours/wk), healthcare just isn't affordable.
See, I have a hard time believing that. I have a GED, and I've had health insurance since I was 18. Worked as a mechanic for three years, and have been working as a mail merge programmer for five years. I was making serious bank when I was a mechanic (41k my first year, 49k my third and final year), and I'm making around 30k now. Again, health insurance since I was 18.
And I'm a REALLY lazy bastard. If I can do it, there is no reason someone else can't do it (again, assuming they are on a 40 hour work week...being a student is a different story)
Thus, your "no" was incorrect - certain groups *are* screaming that this new health care plan is 'oppression' and taking away from all of our rights.
In a hilarious twist, most of the people who are saying that it's oppression and taking away our rights were also fully supportive of the Patriot Act.
http://haacked.com/images/TerroristsHateFreedom.gif
My friend and I used to play it two-player...I was a better pilot than he was, and he was better at remembering keyboard commands. So, I was in charge of flight, and he was in charge of ops.
I still played it quite a lot by myself, but adding another person into the mix made it AWESOME.
...providing a service similar to what Wikileaks provides is always dangerous.
Indeed.
I'm doing the same thing with a desk. I've been thinking about getting a tricked-out Ikea Galant setup, but figured out I could build something similar for about 1/4th the cost. When possible, do it yourself...this applies to just about anything. Costs less, you can get EXACTLY what you want, and you get the satisfaction of a job well done.
Thanks very much! Glad to know the Internet isn't all 4chan trolls and hot grits chasers
True...and if someone doesn't know about Tie Fighter, they should be schooled up on it asap. Those other ones definitely have a place on this list, though...no doubt about it.
...Hyperblade? Sanitarium? Eradicator? Hunter Hunted? Die by the Sword? Crusader: No Remorse/No Regret? Time Commando? ROBOT FREAKIN' CITY???
FREAKIN' TIE FIGHTER????????
Seriously...how were these games missed by you folks?
Give Oog Clamdigger!
Not sure why there's so much hate for it...been working fine for me
Considering I got it for free, I'm not too upset about it :-)
On behalf of myself and my HTC Ozone, fuck you very much, Mozilla.
Testiclees?
Did you even read the response I made to myself?
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1592720&cid=31589028