Chai Tea Bag + Lil But Of Brown Sugar + Apple Cider Packet + 16 Oz. Mug Of Hot But Not Quite Boiling

This one will never not be funny.

Wonder how many years discharging the gun got him.

lmao now they're just straight up trying to wipe the names of executives off of the internet. the light switch has been thrown and the roaches that have infested this house for far too long are scattering like never before.

It's a rat king. Except mice. A Mouse King.

"A Cluster Of Rats" is an extremely impressive Japanese Netsuke (small sculpture) from the late 1800s 🐀

Behold the ultimate Groose

Started rewatching Skyward Sword again 🍃☁️

If only in the states we had price transparency!!! If you knew what the cost was upfront you could price shop! But there's no way to really streamline that process with insurance companies involved. Yet. We're getting closer. But even with the flaws, I'd rather pay for what I need when I need it instead of giving my money to the government to manage anything.

National Healthcare

I get it. I do. I was raised in a country with socialized healthcare. The ERs took care of all my acute childhood injuries, fractures, injuries from a car accident, etc. It seemed perfect. As a child.

Someone very close to me back in the UK told me yesterday that she stopped by a 95 year old's house the evening prior to check on him (she's a pastor and he attends her church).

He was collapsed on the floor, suffering with pneumonia and had fallen. She couldn't move him alone and the 999 dispatch (911) told her not to in case he was injured from the fall (pretty likely given his age).

She called the emergency line early evening. And the ambulance arrived at 5am.

There were only 10 rigs running the entire county that night due to government budget cuts. A 95 year old with pneumonia lay on the floor with his pastor holding his hand for nearly 12 hours, waiting on care.

I have family members who had to move across the country for better chronic care, family members sent home with sepsis, given wrong instructions that led to devastating consequences, who have shelled out of pocket for private care on TOP of their extensive taxes that go to the NHS.

My friends who are *doctors* in the NHS have gone on strike more than once to protest for living wages and hours that aren't dangerous. Don't get me started on the overworked nurses.

I have also worked within the US's only government run healthcare. And there are huge problems within it's system, still! (And amazing people who are really trying, too)

Stop thinking the same issues that we have with the current system won't arise. Understaffing, opioid crises, medical mistakes, high costs of chronic care.

Stop thinking that government budget cuts (that can and will happen) won't affect care.

Stop thinking that taxes won't rise across the board.

Stop thinking healthcare for all is a magic remedy.

I am an American, and an immigrant, and my healthcare here has been routinely phenomenal. There are issues everywhere. Please don't vote for someone who promises a magic solution.