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The experience of composing a post in a thread that was open when you started, and then hitting the post button, and encountering "thread closed by mod, you can't post squat" gives me to know the feeling your dog had when you held that chicken leg out to him and then jerked it away so his poor old maw slamed shut POP on nothing and he gave you that long, sad "I trusted you" look.
I felt this same way after I composed a frightening/exciting Bush/Clinton fanfic to explain why W. would "wipe his hand on Clinton's shirt" (lovingly caress Clinton's arm), only to find the FPP had been deleted and my groundbreaking account of W. wishing for his own black beret a la Monica had vanished into the ether.
posted by sallybrown at 10:31 PM on March 27, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by sallybrown at 10:31 PM on March 27, 2010 [3 favorites]
Chicken legs?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:35 PM on March 27, 2010
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:35 PM on March 27, 2010
I'm pretty bored tonight, too.
posted by reductiondesign at 10:37 PM on March 27, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by reductiondesign at 10:37 PM on March 27, 2010 [4 favorites]
I'm expecting that same feeling myself, when I hit "post comment" right.....now.
posted by nevercalm at 10:40 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by nevercalm at 10:40 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
The look your dog would have given you when he choked on the chicken bone would have been much, much worse. How would you have felt if you had actually posted in a DEAD THREAD? You dodged a bullet, my friend.
posted by SpacemanStix at 10:40 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by SpacemanStix at 10:40 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
If this happens a lot, you should choose a higher quality of post to make your comments in.
or type faster
posted by Rumple at 10:41 PM on March 27, 2010
or type faster
posted by Rumple at 10:41 PM on March 27, 2010
Trust no one.
posted by eddydamascene at 10:42 PM on March 27, 2010
posted by eddydamascene at 10:42 PM on March 27, 2010
When you die and your dog starts to get hungry, and your body is the only meat around, well... then you'll regret that chicken bone pulling, won't you?
posted by stinkycheese at 10:43 PM on March 27, 2010
posted by stinkycheese at 10:43 PM on March 27, 2010
Slamed shut POP on nothing
Warning: dog teeth in your face.
posted by sallybrown at 10:50 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
Warning: dog teeth in your face.
posted by sallybrown at 10:50 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
I POOP ON NOTHING
SLAMMED SHUT, DOG TEETH IN YOUR FACE
HOW I TRUSTED YOU
posted by Joseph Gurl at 10:54 PM on March 27, 2010 [4 favorites]
SLAMMED SHUT, DOG TEETH IN YOUR FACE
HOW I TRUSTED YOU
posted by Joseph Gurl at 10:54 PM on March 27, 2010 [4 favorites]
I thought you weren't meant to feed dogs cooked chicken bones. Don't they splinter and kill your dog?
posted by pompomtom at 11:00 PM on March 27, 2010
posted by pompomtom at 11:00 PM on March 27, 2010
Well now that you know how it feels, maybe you can stop being an asshole to your dog?
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 11:11 PM on March 27, 2010 [15 favorites]
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 11:11 PM on March 27, 2010 [15 favorites]
i guess i'd better hurry up and post my brilliant contribution to western civilization before the mods close THIS sucker up
hmmm - oh, what the hell was i going to say?
posted by pyramid termite at 11:37 PM on March 27, 2010
hmmm - oh, what the hell was i going to say?
posted by pyramid termite at 11:37 PM on March 27, 2010
I want to say more but am afraid I wont get the chance.
posted by special-k at 11:47 PM on March 27, 2010
posted by special-k at 11:47 PM on March 27, 2010
I want to say more but am afraid I wont get the chance.
THIS ^
posted by special-k at 11:47 PM on March 27, 2010
THIS ^
posted by special-k at 11:47 PM on March 27, 2010
yeah my profile blurb could not be any more topical than right now
posted by Juicy Avenger at 11:53 PM on March 27, 2010
posted by Juicy Avenger at 11:53 PM on March 27, 2010
pls don't close this thread it is my raison d'être
posted by Juicy Avenger at 11:58 PM on March 27, 2010
posted by Juicy Avenger at 11:58 PM on March 27, 2010
I think that chicken is also missing it's chicken legs
posted by Juicy Avenger at 12:03 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by Juicy Avenger at 12:03 AM on March 28, 2010
god I swear I ONLY ever fuck up apostrophe usage on nerdy websites
posted by Juicy Avenger at 12:05 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by Juicy Avenger at 12:05 AM on March 28, 2010
My dog died in 2002 and now you reminded me of her and I'm sad so THANKS. Hmph. *crosses arms and stomps off*
posted by IndigoRain at 12:22 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by IndigoRain at 12:22 AM on March 28, 2010
yes. this thread is still open. just testin' it for ya guys. you're welcome
posted by threetoed at 12:23 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by threetoed at 12:23 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
woooooooooooooooooo
posted by bam at 12:41 AM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by bam at 12:41 AM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
Why is Metatalk so consistently annoying lately?
I know! I'll start a Metatalk thread to ask!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:46 AM on March 28, 2010 [6 favorites]
I know! I'll start a Metatalk thread to ask!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:46 AM on March 28, 2010 [6 favorites]
The experience of composing a post in a thread that was open when you started, and then hitting the post button, and encountering "thread closed by mod, you can't post squat"
The greatest comment I ever made got nuked in this manner. Seriously. Certain people would probably still be alive right now had it not been nuked (and AVATAR would definitely have won best movie).
Wish I could remember what it was. Something to do with the Bilderbergers and Scientology?
No, it was Obama.
Or maybe something to do with the Decemberists?
There was definitely a link to this ... which has nothing to do with the Decemberists.
posted by philip-random at 12:57 AM on March 28, 2010
The greatest comment I ever made got nuked in this manner. Seriously. Certain people would probably still be alive right now had it not been nuked (and AVATAR would definitely have won best movie).
Wish I could remember what it was. Something to do with the Bilderbergers and Scientology?
No, it was Obama.
Or maybe something to do with the Decemberists?
There was definitely a link to this ... which has nothing to do with the Decemberists.
posted by philip-random at 12:57 AM on March 28, 2010
(reserved - I will be back to edit in my excellent comment later)
posted by Meatbomb at 1:09 AM on March 28, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Meatbomb at 1:09 AM on March 28, 2010 [3 favorites]
Well, I got my comment on that post in just under the wire, but in retrospect it really didn't make much sense, because how would Bush watch Judge Judy in a car in Haiti, so I was glad to see the whole thread yanked.
Now you've got me trying to think of a feeding-my-cat metaphor for that scenario.
posted by longsleeves at 1:12 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
Now you've got me trying to think of a feeding-my-cat metaphor for that scenario.
posted by longsleeves at 1:12 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
(My comment above is in response to sallybrown's comment. Good night, everybody!)
posted by longsleeves at 1:19 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by longsleeves at 1:19 AM on March 28, 2010
Cynicism will shelter your fragile heart from this pain. Also, there's a really good recipe for something called chicken crack (local colloquialism/not crackist) that uses chicken legs. Simply boiled, picked, then mixed with cream cheese and a particular kind of hot sauce. Serve with nachos and beer. Delicious.
posted by empyrean at 1:34 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by empyrean at 1:34 AM on March 28, 2010
So my girlfriend went to dinner at this real nice Chinese restaurant down by Mott Street where they make this stuff called Crispy Sticky Rice chicken or something. You have to order it days in advance cause it takes a lot of prep. So they bring out a thing that looks like a giant drab run over by a car. No kidding. She sent me a pic from her phone. It even still had the head on it.
And so her friends are like no way, what is that a dead turtle?
But the friend that ordered it in advance is like, way girlfriends!
So it's like they take a chicken (all Julia, like? see?) and bone it and take out the meat and mix it with sticky rice and pork and stuff.
Then the stuff it all back in and cook it so that the skin is all crisp and stuff?
And the girlfriend thought it was like SO GOOD!
So she brought some back in a container for me to have the next day.
And I was like eww, no way this is so greasy and so NOT crispy. And I didn't eat lunch today
But not because it was a bad thing. Just because you just can't do that the next day. Not like pizza.
You KNOW?
So like, chicken, What's THAT all about? You know?
posted by Splunge at 1:55 AM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
And so her friends are like no way, what is that a dead turtle?
But the friend that ordered it in advance is like, way girlfriends!
So it's like they take a chicken (all Julia, like? see?) and bone it and take out the meat and mix it with sticky rice and pork and stuff.
Then the stuff it all back in and cook it so that the skin is all crisp and stuff?
And the girlfriend thought it was like SO GOOD!
So she brought some back in a container for me to have the next day.
And I was like eww, no way this is so greasy and so NOT crispy. And I didn't eat lunch today
But not because it was a bad thing. Just because you just can't do that the next day. Not like pizza.
You KNOW?
So like, chicken, What's THAT all about? You know?
posted by Splunge at 1:55 AM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
Would that have worked better if I spelled crab correctly? No, I didn't think so.
Howabout if I mentioned that her friends were all Asian?
Nope.
Okay.
Now I ban myself for writing while drunk.
See you all in a week...
::sigh::
posted by Splunge at 1:58 AM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
Howabout if I mentioned that her friends were all Asian?
Nope.
Okay.
Now I ban myself for writing while drunk.
See you all in a week...
::sigh::
posted by Splunge at 1:58 AM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
You held out chicken bones to your dog, only to jerk them away at the last minute?
YOU CRUEL BASTARD!
posted by Afroblanco at 2:06 AM on March 28, 2010
YOU CRUEL BASTARD!
posted by Afroblanco at 2:06 AM on March 28, 2010
can I request a pony (i think i'm still stuck in my 7 days) to banhammer my handle on the interwebz? like someone followed by a gazillion 0000s?
posted by infini at 3:00 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by infini at 3:00 AM on March 28, 2010
It's posts like these that make me regret having left my violin at the house my ex is living in.
posted by HuronBob at 3:29 AM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by HuronBob at 3:29 AM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
In a will-be-deleted-soon post, there are two types of posters: The snark and the dead.
posted by DU at 4:09 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by DU at 4:09 AM on March 28, 2010
So they bring out this thing that looks like a giant drab run over by a car.
[...]
Would that have worked better if I spelled crab correctly?
I am much relieved and think it much better. Drab used to mean a dirty, untidy woman or a prostitute, so I was trying and failing not to picture a golem made of chicken and rice lying on a table.
It was an unpleasant image.
posted by winna at 5:03 AM on March 28, 2010 [4 favorites]
[...]
Would that have worked better if I spelled crab correctly?
I am much relieved and think it much better. Drab used to mean a dirty, untidy woman or a prostitute, so I was trying and failing not to picture a golem made of chicken and rice lying on a table.
It was an unpleasant image.
posted by winna at 5:03 AM on March 28, 2010 [4 favorites]
It hurts me emotionally when you make MeTa posts like these.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:13 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:13 AM on March 28, 2010
I assumed this post would contain either popcorn or *NSNYC and am rather distressed to find it contains neither.
Please feel free to console me with blueberry pancakes.
*waits*
posted by elizardbits at 5:42 AM on March 28, 2010
Please feel free to console me with blueberry pancakes.
*waits*
posted by elizardbits at 5:42 AM on March 28, 2010
This is exactly why I don't make long comments. Less to lose.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 6:01 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Pater Aletheias at 6:01 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
this is a seperate concern from the pony request if you please
posted by infini at 6:20 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by infini at 6:20 AM on March 28, 2010
I make all my comments in advance, save them as text files, and then just cut and paste as necessary. Saves time, and I never get shut out.
posted by fixedgear at 6:22 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by fixedgear at 6:22 AM on March 28, 2010
Please repurpose my earlier comment from another thread for this thread. Thank you.
posted by The Deej at 6:50 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by The Deej at 6:50 AM on March 28, 2010
All of my has been neatly conjoined from mathematical the statistic dialysis found amongst the Markovian chain gang repertoire. Angle five is closed before the cat is alive.
posted by carsonb at 7:00 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by carsonb at 7:00 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
You have a nice life if that's all it takes to make you feel like a hungry dog.
posted by fourcheesemac at 7:10 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by fourcheesemac at 7:10 AM on March 28, 2010
Wait... let me get my Husky!
Don't worry, mine's already here!
posted by sallybrown at 7:26 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
Don't worry, mine's already here!
posted by sallybrown at 7:26 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
All my previous comments are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
posted by chinston at 7:52 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by chinston at 7:52 AM on March 28, 2010
pompomtom writes "I thought you weren't meant to feed dogs cooked chicken bones. Don't they splinter and kill your dog?"
There is a pointy springy bone (cartilage?) in the leg you have to remove but the rest of the bones are fine.
posted by Mitheral at 7:59 AM on March 28, 2010
There is a pointy springy bone (cartilage?) in the leg you have to remove but the rest of the bones are fine.
posted by Mitheral at 7:59 AM on March 28, 2010
empyrean, at first I assumed that your "chicken crack" post was meant for the bestiality thread.
posted by Nabubrush at 8:28 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by Nabubrush at 8:28 AM on March 28, 2010
No, HuronBob, dammit, I spend all day every day trying to train my Husky to mewl "I wuuuuv yooou" but he just yowls at me with disdain.*
*This is also a lie, as I do not have a Husky.
posted by sallybrown at 8:34 AM on March 28, 2010
*This is also a lie, as I do not have a Husky.
posted by sallybrown at 8:34 AM on March 28, 2010
If every one of us who ever found that the post had been deleted during the time that we were composing a comment posted something like this to MeTa, MeTa would be filled to the brim with the sound of a dog's mouth snapping shut on nothing. It is good that people are making fun of you here sir. Remember to spay or neuter your pets!
posted by Daddy-O at 8:34 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by Daddy-O at 8:34 AM on March 28, 2010
1. We went a full day without a single MeTa post! Yaayyyyyyy!
2. One does not make a post in a thread. That is called a comment. The post is the thing at the top.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:36 AM on March 28, 2010
2. One does not make a post in a thread. That is called a comment. The post is the thing at the top.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:36 AM on March 28, 2010
Correct. The thread hangs from the post. And can be used to tell the weather: if the thread is wet, it is raining.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:10 AM on March 28, 2010 [10 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:10 AM on March 28, 2010 [10 favorites]
Thinking it might lighten the mood, I made an oh-so-hilarious comedy translation of a Chinese screed on struggle meetings that did post then got deleted when the thread was closed, and that actually took a bit of work. But do you see me whining? Apart from right now I mean. And those other times.
posted by Abiezer at 9:56 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Abiezer at 9:56 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
Why is Metatalk so consistently annoying entertaining lately?
posted by fixedgear at 10:25 AM on March 28, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by fixedgear at 10:25 AM on March 28, 2010 [3 favorites]
Bee! A balphabet thread!
posted by languagehat at 10:29 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by languagehat at 10:29 AM on March 28, 2010
HuronBob: "sallybrown...is that really YOUR husky"
So does that mean that YOUR husky is the one that sang to the baby? Because if so you should be proud.
posted by idiopath at 10:30 AM on March 28, 2010
So does that mean that YOUR husky is the one that sang to the baby? Because if so you should be proud.
posted by idiopath at 10:30 AM on March 28, 2010
So does that mean that YOUR husky is the one that sang to the baby? Because if so you should be proud on the lookout for dog-nappers.
posted by sallybrown at 10:34 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by sallybrown at 10:34 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
C! Don't use that word!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:50 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:50 AM on March 28, 2010
Damed if you do, Damned if you don't.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:58 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:58 AM on March 28, 2010
cmd+a; cmd+c *before* you hit "Post Command" is your faithfullest friend.
That way when you find the thread closed, you can post your exquisitely composed comment to your blog.
posted by toodleydoodley at 10:58 AM on March 28, 2010
That way when you find the thread closed, you can post your exquisitely composed comment to your blog.
posted by toodleydoodley at 10:58 AM on March 28, 2010
Egrets, I've had a few. But then again, too few to mention.
posted by idiopath at 11:17 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by idiopath at 11:17 AM on March 28, 2010 [1 favorite]
F@ chance of getting th@ convention to slip by around here without comment.
posted by idiopath at 11:43 AM on March 28, 2010
posted by idiopath at 11:43 AM on March 28, 2010
You might almost think somebody could establish a blog where people who were frustrated the thread closed in their face, or who didn't like having a comment deleted, could go and post that comment along with a link to the original thread.
posted by jamjam at 1:11 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by jamjam at 1:11 PM on March 28, 2010
I look nothing like the guy in that picture!
posted by FishBike at 1:24 PM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by FishBike at 1:24 PM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
> could go and post that comment along with a link to the original thread.
> posted by jamjam at 4:11 PM on March 28 [+] [!]
I did ask myself, "This post (properly so called), this post of mine, does it really need a link to the cunt thread?" Then I thought "...maybe not."
> It is good that people are making fun of you here sir.
> posted by Daddy-O at 11:34 AM on March 28 [+] [!]
Where? Insensitivity Я Us.
posted by jfuller at 2:58 PM on March 28, 2010
> posted by jamjam at 4:11 PM on March 28 [+] [!]
I did ask myself, "This post (properly so called), this post of mine, does it really need a link to the cunt thread?" Then I thought "...maybe not."
> It is good that people are making fun of you here sir.
> posted by Daddy-O at 11:34 AM on March 28 [+] [!]
Where? Insensitivity Я Us.
posted by jfuller at 2:58 PM on March 28, 2010
You know, you can have this as soon as they finally implement editable comments. You just write a script to post a blank comment to every new thread, then go back in and edit it later, because you just know they'll allow it to avoid OMGMYIMPERFECTPOSTTOADEADTHREADISIMMORTALIZEDINTHEDEADTHREADFOREVER
posted by davejay at 4:25 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by davejay at 4:25 PM on March 28, 2010
By the way, whichever one of you is going to try to hack into the site next, if you manage to get mod powers, just lurk quietly, resurrecting each dead thread about fifteen minutes after a real mod kills it. Imagine the chaos.
why do i put these ideas out there?
posted by davejay at 4:27 PM on March 28, 2010
why do i put these ideas out there?
posted by davejay at 4:27 PM on March 28, 2010
That fist is on a bicycle strictly for reproductive purposes.
posted by Artw at 4:27 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by Artw at 4:27 PM on March 28, 2010
[a few comments added]
posted by FishBike at 4:37 PM on March 28, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by FishBike at 4:37 PM on March 28, 2010 [5 favorites]
That fist is on a bicycle strictly for reproductive purposes.
A woman needs a man like a fist needs a bicycle...
posted by fixedgear at 4:46 PM on March 28, 2010
A woman needs a man like a fist needs a bicycle...
posted by fixedgear at 4:46 PM on March 28, 2010
I have a couple of things to add. See my next posted comment for more info on the things!
posted by Mister_A at 6:06 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by Mister_A at 6:06 PM on March 28, 2010
First, I can often deduce from context when someone says "post" that the someone in question might mean "comment within a post". BUT, and I have a very big but I must share with youse, the button you click to make your words appear on the computer box says POST COMMENT, which might lead one to refer to the thing that is posted as a post or a comment. I think it would minimize confusion and optimize the user experience if that button were labeled MAKE WORDS GO NOW! Also, it would be fun!
Second, that fish on a bike tattoo is neat-o. I like fish, bikes, and fishbike. And fishbikes.
And finally, ook.
posted by Mister_A at 6:12 PM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
Second, that fish on a bike tattoo is neat-o. I like fish, bikes, and fishbike. And fishbikes.
And finally, ook.
posted by Mister_A at 6:12 PM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
Give me back that filet of fishbike, give me that biiiiike
posted by Juicy Avenger at 6:39 PM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Juicy Avenger at 6:39 PM on March 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
Oooh, that chicken crack thing looks goood. Recipies here, here, and here.
posted by selfmedicating at 7:05 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by selfmedicating at 7:05 PM on March 28, 2010
Hey since we have this thread, here's my comment on the healthcare question/rant that just got deleted. Text Area Cache firefox add-on is your friend, people!
Well this reads mostly like a rant in question's clothes, but I'll admit the mandate is confusing. I didn't get it at all until I read some articles linked on fivethirtyeight.com.
The reason we need the mandate is this: if insurers are not allowed to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions, they basically have to charge everyone the same premium. Insurance is a game of averages- the companies lose money on people who get sick a lot, but gain money on those who pay the monthly bill and never get sick.
Now imagine this world with no mandate: people who tend to be very healthy don't have much motivation to buy insurance at all. So they don't, but the sickies do. Insurance companies will have to raise premiums sky-high just to stay in business, because the sickies get sick a lot.
But in the world with the mandate, it averages out, and they can keep premiums affordable for everyone.
As for why it's a good thing, well, it helps sick people get insurance. It's a compromise and it's imperfect, but it's certainly a great start. The CBO also estimates it will save a ton of money in the long term.
Smarter people than me have addressed the constitutionality of the mandate, and they think it is legal. It is most similar to a tax, I think: you have to pay it for the same reason you have to pay taxes to build roads and schools. It's the law, and it's for the greater good, and without it the country will fall apart.
What about the six-figure freelancer with emphysema whose insurance costs would leave him unable to pay his mortgage? This kind of shit already happens with CHIP, food stamps, welfare, etc.
I don't know what this part means. The "6 figure" guy has no problem at all; they can't jack his premiums sky-high anymore, he only has to pay as much as everyone else. I don't know what kind of shit you mean in the 2nd part.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:36 PM on March 28, 2010
Well this reads mostly like a rant in question's clothes, but I'll admit the mandate is confusing. I didn't get it at all until I read some articles linked on fivethirtyeight.com.
The reason we need the mandate is this: if insurers are not allowed to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions, they basically have to charge everyone the same premium. Insurance is a game of averages- the companies lose money on people who get sick a lot, but gain money on those who pay the monthly bill and never get sick.
Now imagine this world with no mandate: people who tend to be very healthy don't have much motivation to buy insurance at all. So they don't, but the sickies do. Insurance companies will have to raise premiums sky-high just to stay in business, because the sickies get sick a lot.
But in the world with the mandate, it averages out, and they can keep premiums affordable for everyone.
As for why it's a good thing, well, it helps sick people get insurance. It's a compromise and it's imperfect, but it's certainly a great start. The CBO also estimates it will save a ton of money in the long term.
Smarter people than me have addressed the constitutionality of the mandate, and they think it is legal. It is most similar to a tax, I think: you have to pay it for the same reason you have to pay taxes to build roads and schools. It's the law, and it's for the greater good, and without it the country will fall apart.
What about the six-figure freelancer with emphysema whose insurance costs would leave him unable to pay his mortgage? This kind of shit already happens with CHIP, food stamps, welfare, etc.
I don't know what this part means. The "6 figure" guy has no problem at all; they can't jack his premiums sky-high anymore, he only has to pay as much as everyone else. I don't know what kind of shit you mean in the 2nd part.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:36 PM on March 28, 2010
"What about the six-figure freelancer with emphysema whose insurance costs would leave him unable to pay his mortgage? This kind of shit already happens with CHIP, food stamps, welfare, etc." is a quote from the asker btw.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:37 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:37 PM on March 28, 2010
I typed an awesome comment for that "Why healthcare good?" thread, too. And yet it disappeared into the ether, as I use Chrome.
BTW, six figure freelancers on CHIP, food stamps, and welfare are serious business. Or I guess maybe he meant "Yeah, it helps, but people still fall through the cracks, so we shouldn't have those programs in the first place!"
It's kind of twisted libertarian logic, though.
/derail
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:40 PM on March 28, 2010
BTW, six figure freelancers on CHIP, food stamps, and welfare are serious business. Or I guess maybe he meant "Yeah, it helps, but people still fall through the cracks, so we shouldn't have those programs in the first place!"
It's kind of twisted libertarian logic, though.
/derail
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:40 PM on March 28, 2010
I'd like MeFi to have a twitter stream of everything we type that can't be posted due to deletions. It'd be a great, GRAR-Y, incoherent stream of pure beanplating. Kind of like if the Tea Party were still mad as hell, but swung slightly to the left and really cared whether or not the Hobbits were gay.
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:42 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:42 PM on March 28, 2010
I actually thought a tiny bit about the post/comment thing before I posted my comment, and then figured "nobody is going to give enough of a shit to comment on it". That's the problem when you set the background to white - you forget where you are!
posted by Nabubrush at 7:44 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by Nabubrush at 7:44 PM on March 28, 2010
I like the Fillet O Fish ad, if only because they sampled music from a band called Holy Fuck. Also because it plays out like a stealth PETA campaign.
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:45 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:45 PM on March 28, 2010
Holy Fuck is the best band ever. I emailed Netzapper [or replied to his email] to se if we can resurrect that question as less GRAR-y to give it a chance of getting actually answered.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:49 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:49 PM on March 28, 2010
And now I know why I am so nuts about that idiot commercial that I otherwise despise.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:50 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:50 PM on March 28, 2010
I will not buy this record. It is scratched.
posted by flabdablet at 9:20 PM on March 28, 2010
posted by flabdablet at 9:20 PM on March 28, 2010
jessamyn: “Question is back.”
Seriously, why? That thing really doesn't belong here, does it? Doesn't seem like much of a question to me. Just sayin'... I don't really know why you guys tried so hard on this one when it wasn't much of a good idea for a question in the first place.
posted by koeselitz at 10:30 PM on March 28, 2010
Seriously, why? That thing really doesn't belong here, does it? Doesn't seem like much of a question to me. Just sayin'... I don't really know why you guys tried so hard on this one when it wasn't much of a good idea for a question in the first place.
posted by koeselitz at 10:30 PM on March 28, 2010
The fact that Netzapper is being sort of a pill about it in MeTa doesn't mean that the question as it stands isn't okay for AskMe without the grar part of it. I'm not super thrilled that he decided to be all "what I meant was this crappy wtfness...." in MeTa, but the question was okay, I had some free time to work with him on it, and he's getting answers that aren't just defensive "fuck you" stuff. If he's thread-modding in AskMe I'll tell him to knock it off, but that didn't seem to be the case last time I checked.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:17 AM on March 29, 2010
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:17 AM on March 29, 2010
Yeah, having slept on it, it's not a big deal. Netzapper sounds like his heart is in the right place. I get the feeling maybe I was disagreeing with a mod decision just because I wanted to see what it felt like, never having done so before.
posted by koeselitz at 11:09 AM on March 29, 2010
posted by koeselitz at 11:09 AM on March 29, 2010
Do you really do that to your dog? Terrible behaviour.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 6:49 PM on March 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by uncanny hengeman at 6:49 PM on March 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
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