DaveExeter

>Several commonly available (some decriminalized) drugs can induce schizophrenia.

I don't think this is true. Some drugs can have effects that superficially resemble schizophrenia and then doctors mistakenly "diagnose" schizophrenia.

There seems to be a fine line between "clever hack" and "federal indictment".

For better or for worse?

Some of them admit it on the internet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/regretfulparents/

Yeah but the country's cursed with stormy weather and it's always cold.

The problem is health insurance. If we got rid of health insurance, prices would necessarily drop to levels where patients could simply pay for health services.

That's how it used to work. I've seen invoices from the 50s where the cost to deliver a baby is $200. $100 for the doctor, $100 for the hospital.

With a 10x inflation adjustment, that's $2,000 total. That was enough money to deliver a baby in the 50s.

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>Lastly, new mothers had a (if I recall correctly) 15% chance of dying during childbirth or shortly thereafter.

.85^4 = 52% chance of surviving 4 childbirths. Does that seem right?

The figure I've heard is 2%.

About half of children died before maturity, so each women had to have 4 children just to keep population stable.

I know! We really get cheated in the USA.

>This is perfectly acceptable

Not "perfectly". I think some companies have gotten into trouble doing this.

Paypal in USA charges 3.49% for domestic!

I wonder who paid for this story.

Anyone have any experience with fake Rolexes?

What's the minimum spend for a decent ChiRolex, one that would look real (or at least not obviously phoney) from six feet away or so?

That's just BMW cheating customers. Or you might argue that they are cheating insurance companies, since most crunched headlights are replaced under insurance.

Charlie gets a little preachy at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY1Xg6X20

McMaster-Carr is for when you are spending other people's money. Aliexpress, or Amazon, if you are spending your own money.

In New York City, the police take citizens back to the stationhouse and brutally beat them where there are no cameras.

>recreational opioid use

Horse? Were they shooting horse?

Proxy violence.

https://youtu.be/W0FByIEijXI?t=22

You think with more training, they would have been able to give him a non-lethal beating?

McDonalds used to have ashtrays in the dining area!

You're right!

Democrats want to import future voters to purchase with handouts.

Republicans want to import workers, to keep salaries down.

Sounds like our Democrats!

>There is a good chance that if you installed GFCI in some old house it would just... trip due to shitty wiring.

No, that's not true!

A GFCI measures the current going in and the current going out and if they are not equal it trips.

It was a different era. A more civilized era.

>They need to unanimously agree?

Hmm. How can I explain this. Human beings are social animals and go along with the crowd.

There are not 12 independent decision makers on a jury. Most jurors are followers, and will be persuaded by another member of the jury. We decide what to think based upon what others think.

>So, one bad/corrupt juror could render anyone not guilty?

No, that's called a hung jury. Gov't can try again.

So...exactly like government police!

Well, not quite the same, because they can't payoff victims with other people's money.

That's more what I would call "strategic misinformation".

Ok, ok, it's a scam, but a very common scam! Similar to the white van scam. They really should teach people about these scams in school.

That's not necessary. Cats are expert sleepers!

>The impact of a 5% to 10% increase in basic food prices

Is it that little? The stuff I buy seems to have gone up 20%+

I suspect my local supermarkets are raising prices partly because of inflation and partly to get fatter margins. Shopping for food on Amazon is sometimes cheaper!