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The term 'boring dystopia was coined by the late academic and cultural theorist Mark Fisher in 2015. He used it to refer to the "bland, mildly coercive signs that abound in late-stage capitalist society, which foster a vague sense of isolation or unease."

He started a Facebook group that documented these signs as a way to develop consciousness about the world around us. "It was understood from the start to be a consciousness-raising exercise, encouraging people to perceive the actual state of Britain rather than the PR state," Fisher said in an interview with Vice. "Which is surprisingly hard, because there's this mixture of Silicon Valley ideology, PR and advertising which distracts us from our own aesthetic poverty, and the reality of what we have. Which is just all these crap robots…"

This Is Caleb. Caleb Has A Degree In Zoology And Asks His Customers What Their Favorite Animal Is. He Gives Them Facts While Completing Their Orders!

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Koalamonster 5 years ago

That's both very cute and very depressing all at once.

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Real Problem

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varwenea 5 years ago

Is America "Great" yet?

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"Boring Dystopia was partly about the fact that no one can care about stuff any more," said Fisher. "It's not that they don't care, but in a city like London, or any intensely pressured urban metropolis—add to that the pressures of capitalist cyberspace and people just feel like they perpetually have no time."

"Our resources for caring are depleted, and that has aesthetic consequences."

Charity

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Wil Vanderheijden 5 years ago

Saddest part is that a lot of celebs even get paid to promote a charity.

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Put The Blame Where It Belongs

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Kathie Leonetti 5 years ago

Let's not forget the politicians and celebrities who fly all over who have huge SUVs .

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The Facebook group was short-lived, with Fisher quickly becoming disillusioned with Facebook itself. "For me the point at which the group started to go downhill was when it became like every other Facebook group. It was just recirculating 'content' and sending links, keeping people inside what I would call capitalist cyberspace instead of looking outside at their own environment. It felt like it was reinforcing the condition it was intended to displace," he explained.

"It didn't work at that scale, and you could feel that it wasn't the right place for it… It was just an experiment, and Facebook probably wasn't the right platform. I didn't want it to be diluted."

A Child Can’t Stay On The Transplant List, Solely Because He’s Homeless

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frank0ys 5 years ago

...This is sad.

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Calling An Ambulance In USA

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giovanna 5 years ago

That is just RIDICULOUS. I really, honestly don't understand how come the American people are not crazy mad in the streets protesting about that. Like, protesting all the time.

345points

JK Rowling 5 years ago

They're trying, but most of them are too busy trying to support themselves on seven dollar wages and sacrificing their mental health for college

105points

blugeagua 5 years ago

We do, the vast majority of us want universal health care just like the rest of the world. But our stupid government won’t listen.

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graffitiwomen 5 years ago

They(people in power) keep ordinary Americans distracted by so many horrific things that we as country have collective Attention Deficit Disorder. There are protests. I live less than 1 hour from Washington DC and I am texts that admit protests going on. I don't know what we are do at this point. It's really sad.....

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KatKaleen 5 years ago

Without getting too much into the details (you can google "Hannah Overton"), there was a case where a mom drove her adoptive son to the hospital instead of calling an ambulance. The poor kid died and she was put on trial. The prosecution made a big deal out of her not calling 911, but when you think about it, she had two options: #1 Grab the kid, get in the car and drive to the hospital, or #2 Call 911, WAIT for the ambulance to get to her home, have them take the kid to the hospital and pay a ridiculous amount of money for that transport. Sooo #1 seems like the far more sensible option.

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Marni Kadakal 5 years ago

Brainwashing. I moved years ago and I noticed the constant flow of brainwashing ceased. Plus, there’s this unbelievable sense of frustration and despair because you don’t know HOW to change things.

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Mandy French-Burkhead 5 years ago

Many of us are just too damn tired.

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Jace 5 years ago

It’s called “hyper normalization”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation

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Collin 5 years ago

Capitalism, working as intended. The other countries that are more humane are bad capitalists. If you aren’t making every dollar possible from the people around you, you are losing the “game.”

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Marnee DeRider 5 years ago

It does no good to protest. There are clear studies that show that public opinion has no bearing on policy or laws above the local level in the US. We live in a managed (aka guided) democracy. It has the form of democracy. We pay lip service to it. But it's not really a democracy. So, there is no point in getting yourself permanently injured or jailed for 10 years for protesting when protesting does no good. The protesters at Standing Rock made no difference, caused no long-lasting outrage among ALL Americans, and this means NOTHING will wake them up.

3points

Laura G 5 years ago

Bread and circuses.

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Louise Brigance 5 years ago

They've never know otherwise unless they got to live overseas. This greedy rapacious country prides itself on how awful it treats the lesser blessed among us.

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Lauri foss 5 years ago

We are, but we're f****d either way

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Dave G. 5 years ago

giovanna probably because we still pay a lot less for healthcare than people in countries with "universal healthcare" because we're taxed a lot less while those people literally have more than half their income taken away by the government to pay for everyone's - not just their own - healthcare and we receive on average a higher quality of care than a lot of countries with socialized healthcare do. Can confirm since I was actually born in and lived in a socialist country before immigrating to the United States. I love America and genuinely believe it is the greatest country in the world. My parents did too, which is why they immigrated here.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

probably because most of us rarely use ambulances and generally take care of our health so we avoid having to. not trying to justify the high costs of ambulances in america but considering that people are using this as an excuse to bash the US i would like to point out that we still enjoy one of the highest qualities of life of any developed country on earth, we are still an economic and military superpower and people from all corners of the globe continue to flock here because they realize how much better it is here than more than half the nations on earth

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John Bourne 5 years ago

Because it's not true, just because it is on twitter doesn't make it so...

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Paula Hannon 5 years ago

I was surprised their wasn't strikes when the government was shut down and people went weeks doing their jobs and not getting paid. People in other countries would not endure that. The thing is if the TSA and Tax office employees went on strike the government shutdown would end in a matter of days. My mind boggles that they didn't strike.

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Gabby M 5 years ago

They have not called the ambulance...or had to pay for it.

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Katharine Lancaster 5 years ago

It does no good. 😞

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Id row 5 years ago

It sucks, but at least we don't have to deal with the deadly incompetence of the NHS.

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Viki Banaszak 5 years ago

We are numbed by antidepressants and flouride

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Carol Emory 5 years ago

I've watched Live Rescue on TV only to see people that are all messed up from accidents and/or shot and bleeding refuse an ambulance because of the cost. That's insane when people are more afraid of cost than treatment. This c**p needs to stop. Universal healthcare for all.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

universal health care will just result in even poorer healthcare for everyone. i really wish you people actually took some economics classes and fully understood the ramifications of the policies you try to preach without even actually understanding them

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Pamela24 5 years ago

Reminds me of how people in my country got all angry for having to pay 90 CZK for an ambulance (roughly $5). Wow, I'm surprised more people are moving to the USA for a better life and not out from it... :(

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graffitiwomen 5 years ago

I would love to move OUT of the US, but I can't afford to.

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pebs 5 years ago

Healthcare in the US is unbelievable. Like if it was the poorest country in the world.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

healthcare is actually far worse in some countries that have socialized healthcare like canada for example. healthcare where I was born (in the soviet union) was also horrible and it was a socialist "universal" healthcare system. We didn't even get anesthesia for surgery and it was common for people to die from diseases like the flu. I am very thankful to my family that they literally gave up everything (we came to the US with literally nothing but the clothes on our backs because we had to pay so much money just to come here legally) to come to the united states. The quality of healthcare here compared to socialist countries like the one I was born in (USSR) is incredible. The 3rd world conditions we endured in the USSR are pretty much unheard of in the american healthcare system. Healthcare here in the US is lightyears ahead of probably 75% of the world. Don't take my word for it, though, visit some socialist countries and see how their healthcare is for yourself. Ask locals

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Kaiserfranzgirl 5 years ago

In the UK ambulances are completely free to everyone

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Laugh Fan 5 years ago

Not entirely true. If you are involved in a road traffic accident you are charged for the ambulance. However, it's usually paid for by the insurance company of the person who caused the collision. I know this as I was hit by a lorry and their insurance paid for my ambulance bill.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

yeah but the UK is also an actual dystopia and is basically the real life equivalent of the fictional nation-state of George Orwell's novel 1984. I think I'll stick to our expensive ambulances in light of the fact that we have it thousands of times better here in almost every other regard

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Frederik Leed 5 years ago

It's not free, it's just everyone pays for it.

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nanashi 5 years ago

oh now I understand why I keep hearing more people getting to the hospital with Uber

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Dave G. 5 years ago

thankfully because of the competitive spirit of capitalism that is so prominent in American culture we have alternatives like uber to get to places we need to go. sadly people in socialist countries don't enjoy that privilege and often have to wait weeks to receive urgent care. people in canada have literally lost limbs thanks to the long waits for public healthcare due to their crappy "universal healthcare" system that essentially forces them to either wait until they have to have their limbs amputated/die or seek care at a private clinic instead. they're lucky that private clinics still exist as in a purely socialist system that option wouldn't even be available. we have it pretty darn good here in the US all things considered. i would know, i immigrated here from the soviet union in the early 90s and I can tell you from personal experience that it is much much better here. just about anyone from most other countries on earth would tell you the same thing too

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Fairsher 5 years ago

My heart goes out to those in the US who have to choose between taking their baby/child to the hospital or eating or going bankrupt over a medical bill. I love my Canada for having health care for all and wish the US would just take the leap and do the same.

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Mike 5 years ago

There are a LOT of Canadians down here in central FL that love the healthcare they get here. It's usually a lot faster than when they're at home.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

lots of canadians i know tell me the healthcare they got in canada was atrocious compared to ours so i dunno about that

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

I live in Canada too. The healthcare here works me. And, no it is not socialist ideology. It can work. The US government and the pharmaceutical industry just have to get their heads out of their arses.

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Hard 2 Guess 5 years ago

I got a US $5650.00 bill for a less than a mile long ambulance ride. Thankfully only had to pay $2500.00 because I was admitted. If I wasn't admitted I'd have to pay full amount. They didn't even use WEE YOO WEE YOO WEE YOO.

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BusLady 5 years ago

I once spent 3 years to pay off one ambulance ride. I had a payment plan.

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Slune 5 years ago

That shouldn't happened! That's capitalism going wild.

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Kjorn 5 years ago

military in america cost a lot! a lot! after that… no money for education and healthcare

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Frances Emanuel 5 years ago

US Federal budget 2019: 61% ($727 billion ) on military - 5% on health

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Jen Love 5 years ago

In Canada. I was hit by a car.Broke my hand, loads of nerve damage and a concussion to say the least. I received an ambulance, x-rays, MRI, therapy and dr's appointments for months at the hospital. all for $70 bucks.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

yeah and you pay like half your income to your government, and most people in your country have to wait so long in a line for urgent care that some of them end up having limbs amputated by the time they're finally seen by a doctor. thanks but ill keep our "crappy" US healthcare. id rather keep my limbs and not spend weeks waiting for care like you do, and then have to give up half my income to the government just to pay for it. you act like we pay more than you when in reality you guys actually probably pay more for healthcare in taxes than we do.

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Kathleen Barlow 5 years ago

And the most bizarre of all is that I see all over Twitter some Americans hating on socialised health care!! Obviously not the ones that need it though.

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Whilst we have great healthcare in Australia we have to pay for an Ambulance too whether it be through a private insurer, privately through the ambulance service or pay the bill. It is approx $700-$1500 for an ambulance.

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Christopher Lee 5 years ago

Not if you are in Queensland - we still have free ambulances and hospital care :)

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Claire 5 years ago

In NSW I got ambulance only cover for my MIL, it's only $47 for unlimited trips and transport. It's not worth getting private health cover for her, but the $47 is the best money I spent the last few years. We called them more than 5 times last year.

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Little Wonder 5 years ago

In Victoria it's free if you're a pensioner, or you can also pay for a subscription which means you're covered if you need an ambulance.

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pebs 5 years ago

And don't forget Europe and even Russia... I'm really astonished by the way US government treats its citizens.

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RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

In NZ, St John Ambulance charge around $100 I think. But Wellington, where I live, has Wellington Free Ambulance and it is just that. Free.

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pebs 5 years ago

As in Europe and even in Russia, when there is an emergency. I' can't believe how US citizens bear this. In Italy is free as well, you pay only when you rent an ambulance, for example when you return fron hospital and you can't go on your own because of health problems. And in a case like that, if you travel within your town, the price is about 40 euros (more or less 40 dollars).

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Koalamonster 5 years ago

This is why nobody wants to have an ambulance called for them. Insurance doesn't even cover all of that.

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NanZ 5 years ago

I am in the US and my husband was on Medicare with stage four pancreatic cancer. He had to go to the hospital and I called the ambulance. The EMT was in my house and my husband desperately needed to use the bathroom and drug himself there with a walker. The EMT said the ambulance would be $1000.00 because he made it to the bathroom using the walker. I said What? and he said since he saw him walk we would have to pay $1000.00 copay. The ambulance was the only way he could possibly have gotten there but that didn't matter. Medicare rule and we paid it. I don't understand why we have this kind of healthcare. Money, that is why!

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Mike 5 years ago

Unlikely, EMT's don't know about insurance and copays. They don't even ask for your insurance info.

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Johnny 5 years ago

We hire a lot of H1B's - they are nearly all PhD's or otherwise accomplished in their field, they aren't taking anyone's job away (we hire less now since it's much harder to get a visa, so we opened a European office, so now these highly paid employee are spending their money outside of the USA), and it's fun telling them about our healthcare system "Wait, I'm paying $400/month for this insurance, and I *still* have to pay up to $5000/year in addition!?"

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 years ago

One of my friends just quit the local ambulance service. He was only making $13/hr in a city with over a million people.

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Tambot 5 years ago

$13 an hour??? What. INSANE. In the USA? In Canada, Vancouver in particular, paramedics are making anywhere from $22-40 per hour

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JLM 5 years ago

I'm Canadian and we pay for an ambulance unless you're basically unconscious. But the fee (at least in Toronto) is like $95.

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Max L. 5 years ago

sorry Im italian it is my understanding you're billed if you have no insurance and an hospital can't refuse to take care if you need then they will bill you. Problem is an insurance cost a lot and is not affordable by average payroll workers ? Do I get it right ?

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Frances Emanuel 5 years ago

Yes, that pretty much sums it up here, unfortunately.

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Tambot 5 years ago

In Canada ambulances aren't free either, but way more affordable. I think like $80, most of which would be covered under medical insurance after the fact. I don't mind paying a bit, but $500 +.... no way.

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Tina Hugh 5 years ago

Hey, my trip was “only” $900. Which is $249 less than what I pay for health insurance every month. And I consider myself one of the lucky ones. How did we get to this state?

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Gerry Higgins 5 years ago

Everyone is outraged but nobody seems to want socialized healthcare.... then pay for it and stop complaining.

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OffKeySinger 5 years ago

Next time, I'm just going to take an uber or lyft instead.

2points

Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago

Paying for an ambulance ride? [Bleep]ing robbery! This is why we need "socialized" medical care.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

freya if you think that's robbery, wait till you hear how "socialized" or "universal" health care works in countries like Finland and Canada. The government literally takes like more than half your income to pay for not just your healthcare, but everybody's healthcare. They probably pay like 5 times more for healthcare in taxes than we do out of pocket.

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pebs 5 years ago

I'm really astonished by the way US government treats its citizens.

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Falcon 5 years ago

Isn't that why you get health insurance??

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Kelly 5 years ago

This is what happens in the USA. The truth in my Country is: ambulance free. Transplants, surgery free. Of course, we pay taxes but it's for the community.

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TheAnimeGirl 5 years ago

This is why people die!!!

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Bob Beltcher 5 years ago

Yup, my wife fell down 5 stairs while 3 months pregnant. Don't worry, everything was fine. Bill for the ambulance was 1400 after insurance. This is why we need to fix health insurance.

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Maria Rohlen 5 years ago

Make America greedier, again?

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Layla 5 years ago

I've read that some epilepsy patients in the US wear bracelets or IDs that say please DON'T call an ambulance because they simply cannot afford to pay $2k every time they have a seizure and someone around calls 911 to try and help. And to think there exist idiots who fight against free healthcare... :(

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Freya Fluharty 5 years ago

Sometimes I feel as though Americans should just stay indoors, lie in bed and do nothing just in case they hurt themselves. Even if they did, there'd still be things out to get them........I don't know. Encase yourselves in Bubblewrap?

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Martha Meyer 5 years ago

That won't keep away bacteria and viruses.

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Id row 5 years ago

It is outrageous, but at least we don't have to wait 8 hours for an ambulance or worry the hospital will starve us to death because no one bothered to feed us for 10 days. Every day I read multiple negligent horror stories about the NHS. But, in all seriousness, yes, our system is completely broken. Only the rich or fortunate can afford healthcare. Our country even fines us for being too poor to afford their useless, over priced government insurance. My husband was fined $1,800 last year for not having enough money for insurance. Great system.

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Alethia Nyx 5 years ago

In Victoria (Australia, not sure about the other states) it's expensive if you aren't an ambulance Victoria member, but membership is cheap, $50 for a single or $95 for a family.

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Anni 5 years ago

If you are on a low income and have a Health Care Card it is free.

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Danish Dynomummy 5 years ago

What? This is both sad and ridiculous!

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Blue Cicada 5 years ago

AND... the cost varies by fire department, which hospital you go to, etc. In my small township, residents of the township do NOT pay for ambulance service, but if my out-of-town dinner guest has a medical emergency, he will be billed $1,000+ USD for the 6 miles to an emergency facility or 12 miles to a full hospital.

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Rob Chapman 5 years ago

Yep. I had to call 911 and ended being taken to the hospital. It was a 10 minute ride. I got a bill for $5000

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UncleBu 5 years ago

Yeah I learned this in a hard way. I paid the hospital the second I got their bill, thought that should include everything. Then two month later the ambiance company called say I need to pay them. And the it costs more cuz it was late. There goes 12 hundreds

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Shannon Richards 5 years ago

It actually depends on where you live in the United States. In Pennsylvania, our local ambulance paramedics, EMTs and firefighters were volunteers. We paid an annual fee to be part of their system which helped to support them and in turn we got seriously reduced fees for ambulance transportation. I think about $50 per trip. We never needed it, but our money still went to a good cause.

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Georgette Goldie 5 years ago

call an ambulance in an emergency in the UK and you will not be charged. on the other hand if you insist in calling an ambulance in a non-emergency you may receive an invoice. won't be $7000

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Zelda Blue 5 years ago

The reason for this is that there are too many people with no common sense who call an ambulance or visit an emergency room for non emergencies. An ambulance is not your private taxi service to take you to the doctor.

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Just Me 4 years ago

I am from Canada. We have free health care. We pay taxes that cover the cost. You get a health card at birth and you present it every time you go to the doctor or hospital. I used to always wonder when Americans used to say that this hospital was great but that pne was terrible or a charity hospital. Here a hospital is a hospital. Same quality of care. Unless it is a specialist hospital. Like The hospital for Sick Children or a Cancer hospital. I would hate to have to suffer simply because I was poor. I do not understand why Americans are not protesting this.

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Just Me 4 years ago

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Bacony 4 years ago

"Your money or your life!" -US Healthcare System

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Kate Yelkovan 4 years ago

really sad, america is a garbage land

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Lindy Mac 5 years ago

Most of us don't know cost until we get the bill...

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רוזה לוקסנבורג 5 years ago

In isrsel we have crazy hight defence budget but despite it we also have an excellent health system which is maintained by mandatory health insurance that almost everybody can afford even if unemployed. How is it possible that the american people don't fight for affordable health care

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Mark Kelly 5 years ago

Glad I live in Canada.

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Id row 5 years ago

You forgot the air ambulance. That goes for more than 50 grand.

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Peggy Bereza 5 years ago

You also have to pay for an ambulance in BC, I’ve done so 3 times in the last 5 years.

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Michka Shoitan 5 years ago

wtf

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Marika Stanway 5 years ago

Shall we sell NHS to American multibillion companies then? What say you all? Lets brexit and sell NHS. Great idea! (said absolutely fu****ng nobody EVER)

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Kim Conroy 5 years ago

in Australia we can buy a family membership to the ambulance service for $96. full cover, no out of pocket.

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Rolinka Nuse 5 years ago

Health care in Brazil sucks, but one way or another we have it

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Rosesinmyhair 5 years ago

I thought this was Australia wide. Should be!!

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Mike 5 years ago

I live in the United States of America. Our county doesn't charge ANYBODY for ambulance service.

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Riteaidbob 5 years ago

Nothing is free.

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Marty BlackEagle-Carl 5 years ago

you dont even have to call them. someone else calls them (cops, 911) , they transport you, and you get a bill in the mail. dont get me going on medi-helicopters.

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Sherri Mantooth Bagwell 5 years ago

Several years ago my son was in a severe car wreck and fractured 3 vertebrae. He was traveling when this happened and was out of state, over 2 hrs from home. When he was ready to be discharged to a rehab facility he had to be transported by ambulance or the rehab place wouldn't accept him. The bill was going to be several thousand dollars to transport. I got on the phone with our insurance and pleaded with the lady to help us. She ok'd it, knowing it would be denied, but that would be after the trip was complete and we could be billed.

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criminalgirl 5 years ago

Hey you have a president that talks like he's worked hard in a manual labour job all his life, but in truth he has nothing in common with the people who support him, but you nutters are all about the jungles, not interested in common sense, or the truth.

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Ashley Fernandes 5 years ago

Yeah as a Canadian I can officially say your system is effed up.

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KT Trondsen 5 years ago

No matter the cost, if it is a real emergency you call. Being alive is more important than $2000.

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Jeff Requier 5 years ago

our Air ambulances are run by donations, american ones are expensive

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Jeff Requier 5 years ago

Its 800 in CANADA thats with our health care that covers everything else

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Maria Rohlen 5 years ago

In civilized countries you call an ambulance in case of emergency, not in case you can afford it.

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Klaudia Dziopa 5 years ago

When instead of wanting to get better you just want to die because it's either that or living in crippling debt for the rest of your life... The land of the free.

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K Miller 5 years ago

This is horrible, I had a car accident 10 years ago and I MAYBE had to pay $50, in Canada

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Eddie 5 years ago

But hey, we have Obamacare.

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Alex K 5 years ago

the land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Maximiliano De Borba 5 years ago

I'm uber driver, more than twice I brought people to hospital, even with blood out

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Michal Hershtal 5 years ago

In Israel, ambulances are only free (covered by national health insurance) if you're admitted to the hospital. Makes sense...they're not meant to be taxis.

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htbq 5 years ago

you have to pay for an ambulance in japan too

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Rachel Walker 5 years ago

its similar in australia. depending on what state. in NSW we pay anywhere from $500 upwards

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sequoia hawes 5 years ago

move to canada bros

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Lolabean 5 years ago

For all those saying they would rather have lower taxes, or that in the UK we have free healthcare but pay higher taxes etc... here's a little comparison of a UK take home salary calculator and a US one. Based on UK Salary of £20,000 after taxes and National Insurance you would take home £17,135.84. In the US, if you earned $20,000 after taxes you would take home $17,486. The difference is minimal. I know what I'd rather.

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Jeff Miller 5 years ago

My bro had a hospital ER visit a few months ago, stayed about 3 hours. Total bill for insurance was $26,000.

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Daniel Garcia 5 years ago

In Las Vegas, I had to take an ambulance from a clinic to Valley Hospital 3 blocks away because I was in cardiac arrest, the charge was $1000. They said I was lucky it was so close, because was less than a mile. A year later, a friend was in a serious accident outside of Vegas and required a helicopter flight to Valley. The cost was $30,000.

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Neo Conderson 5 years ago

Okay so we're going to make the ambulance rides free. How are you going to pay for the ambulance and all the emergency equipment inside? It's not like buying gum, or even an iPhone. How are you going to pay the driver and all the paramedics that ride along? Wait, don't tell me: the taxpayer should pick up the tab. "The rich". Did you know that there isn't enough money IN THE WORLD to make health care for everyone free?

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Sami 5 years ago

It cost money in Canada too if you have no health care coverage from your job. It cost me 250$ in Alberta just to have them come to my house and would have been 500$ if I had had them take me to the hospital. Thankfully I was covered through my job at the time.

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Flavia Slag 5 years ago

$800.00 to take me 2 blocks to another hospital for tests.

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Lona nods 5 years ago

yes, that's why some will reconsider calling one because they can't afford the cost.

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D.J. Thorb 5 years ago

Capitalist greed and exploitation of the most fragile people. Is America Great yet?

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Anet Arteacher 5 years ago

OK people who have health insurance usually have an ambulance covered under their policies. People who do not, although they would be billed, would probably never pay anyway so the hospital ends up eating the cost which they then end up passing on to the consumer who can pay. This is why we need universal healthcare in the United States so we all actually pay and corporation should pay more since they have now made them selves ‘people’.

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Remliel 5 years ago

What the hell? Another way Mexico is better than US.

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Lisa Chambers 5 years ago

Well how do the well trained personnel who come scoop up the broken or sick get paid in your country?

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Ashley Paine 5 years ago

you have to pay for this in canada too. shockingly, things cost money?

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jevais 5 years ago

This is applied here also in Switzerland. I fell in my 🛁, broke a vertèbre and have to pay 770.00 Swiss Francs. Switzerland is lining up with the Great American way!

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auntyj 5 years ago

You have to pay for an ambulance in Australia too. Most states have ambulance insurance or subscriptions.

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Cheryl Fontaine 5 years ago

Exactly why I would never call an ambulance.... I would go bankrupt just paying that bill, let alone the hospital bill....

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Fajar Kurniawan 5 years ago (edited)

When I saw 911 the 80's documentary series (not today TV drama). I tought that's a great public service response system in the US But they have to pay???

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Nevi Løvfelt 5 years ago

Sadly enough, we know.

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Shala Nelson 5 years ago

It's like this in China as well.

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Robert Smith 5 years ago

Buy some meds!

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Pamela 5 years ago

Unless you have ambulance coverage or exemption in Australia, it also costs. The ambulance company send bills. You either pay them or send them to your health fund or return them with your pension number which will exempt you from payment.

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Anna Repp 5 years ago

Yep. Still owe about $500 for an ambulance ride I took like 5 years ago. Was not covered by insurance.

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moeless 5 years ago

Yet ambulances don't drive off and leave you if you can't pay. Amazing.

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danielw 5 years ago

Just to add clarity (and not defending it, at all) an ambulance only costs money if you take a ride. or a bandaid. This is to prevent 3rd parties from not calling on the fear the individual needing help didn't have insurance. (or, 3rd parties from getting hit with a massive bill because they did the right thing.)

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Jon Payne 5 years ago

To be fair many people call ambulances for unnecessary matters, which then drives up the costs. Also cost are high because when someone who is uninsured fails to pay a bill the expenses is passed along to those with insurance.

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Shadow Phillips 5 years ago

Usually faster to call a taxi or uber than an ambulance anyway tbh

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Tina Smith 5 years ago

In Canada - the place where everyone thinks health care is "free" (it isn't) - you are charged for using ambulances. In Ontario, it is $45 for emergencies and $240 if they deem it a "non-emergency". Most group benefits (employer provided insurance) cover the cost and people on social assistance are exempt. They get the bill, but take it to their social worker or take proof of social assistance to the hospital and the costs are waived.

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Melanin Mo 5 years ago

this is America, where we will treat your illness but dont care about preventing it

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Just Me 5 years ago

You have to pay for others.

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Claes Gustavsson 5 years ago

In Sweden, it's free. Well, all of us are paying through taxes but we know that when we do have to go by ambulance or get sick in general it won't ruin your life. That we take for granted. Same for everybody. It's quality of life.

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Ana Miranda @ Lisbon, Portugal 5 years ago

If you don't have the need to be a number, if you eat everyday, if you live well and have plenty of time to travel, just don't go there. You have almost everything. What you need is to look at America as it is nowadays and assume you have to close your month and stop saying "REALLY?????!!!!!" We live in a better place for sure. And I'm sorry for you all that keep dreaming about another USA!

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Chrissa P 5 years ago

My daughter was hospitalized at a MAJOR hospital. She needed a 3rd surgery and this had to be done at the eye center which we accessed via elevators and basement paths. After the surgery she was not able to be take back through the basement because of the hospital policy since post op she was more fragile and the risk of being stuck in the old elevators...so they called an ambulance to drive us up the driveway. LITERALLY UP A SMALL HILL ON THE SAME PROPERTY. $1400.00. It took 4 times longer to fill out the one form than the ride itself.

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R.s. Potter 5 years ago

To be fair, I had to pay for an ambulance the two times one was called for me, and I live in Canada. It wasn't $2000 though, more like $300. Emergency services are not funded by the public health system, they're municipal for the most part.

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Kate 5 years ago

Yup. Had to pay $2000 for the ambulance ride that took me from a car wreck (other car responsible for running a red light) to the ER.

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Shauna Rybolt 5 years ago

I went to the doc for mild chest pain, they did an EKG and it was abnormal. So they said I needed to go to the hospital downtown, to the ER, where they had everything they needed to help me. I said “okay I’ll head down there” and they said no, an ambulance was going to take me. They wouldn’t let me drive myself. Got into an ambulance, went to the ER, and it ended up they couldn’t say what was wrong with me, only what wasn’t wrong with me. Not a heart attack. Not a stroke. And a lot of people have abnormal EKGs, they said. So I went home. The next week, I got a $4000 hospital bill, and a separate ambulance bill for $1500 (due on receipt). I have insurance through my work, and they wouldn’t cover the ambulance at all.

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Roy Phillips 5 years ago

As a type-one diabetic, I'm well aware of this fact...

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Kirsty van Rhyn 5 years ago

In South Africa we also pay for ambulances and hospitals? Some of us have medical aid (if we can afford it) but savings get depleted quickly and then you have to pay privately anyway.

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William McGivney 5 years ago

And if you need to be airlifted by helicopter the cost is $30,000 and up

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Adi Das 5 years ago

Imagine failing suicide cause your full in debt, and after you get better finding out you have a 5000 dollars bill from the ambulance and another 16000 from the hospital...

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Subhra Bikash Behera 5 years ago

I dreamed of living in usa... Dream shattered... 💔

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Electric isopod 5 years ago

$100 in Canada

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Ani-87 5 years ago

WTF AMERICA. In Finland if you are signed in the hospital and they need to move you it’s FREE. If you get a heart attack and someone calls an ambulance for you, they take you to the nearest hospital but afterwards you get a fee at home because you need to pay the own risk/deductible which is around 28 dollars, max 35 dollars. Same goes if you call the ambulance yourself. But in many cases it’s totally FREE.

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Eileen Stacey 5 years ago

That is so crazy.. a lot of people die because of this and again the poor suffer.

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Shira Reinberg 5 years ago

These things cost money though. Maintenance, paying salaries of the medical staff ...it'd just be coming out through taxes if it was "free". How do you think it's "free" on other countries? And alot of times in socialized medicine, hospitals and doctors offices are way understaffed, underpaid and they have to see as many peoples possible, so they only have around 10-15 minutes with every patient. And also, when you don't pay, alot of things need to be prioritized to save money. So if you're not gonna die in a few days, you may have to wait up to half a year to get an appointment. Every system has it's pros and cons in my opinion

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Charley CharleyEx 5 years ago

This is outrageous! Elect me President and we'll not only have free ambulances, we'll have free every t hing

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Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago

I paid $500 for an ambulance because I didn't know it was at least mostly covered by insurance, and it wasn't mentioned on the bill. Sucker!

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lumpy 5 years ago

What we need is a free market for ambulances. That way you can comparison shop for the the best service at the lowest price as you lie dying from the diabetes you can’t afford to fully treat.

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Tenay Douglas 5 years ago

When I was dehydrated last summer my mom had to call the ambulance and our insurance covered some but it was still like 833 dollars

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Sean Sommers 5 years ago

I work in EMS in USA. I have regular conversations with EMS providers from the UK. First: they are allowed to refuse service and transportation if they deem the persons emergency does not require an ambulance. Second: staffing has been a problem in the UK with reports of ambulance responding with only 1 crew member which means no care or evaluation is provided entity's to hospital. Third: due to short staffing and services overwhelming resources at hospitals paramedics are often required to remain with patients on their cots providing care until the hospital accepts them, this is IN the ER, with one paramedic telling me he went in for a shift and brought in one person and remained with them for their 1212 hour shiftentirhoushift.

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Matteo Curcio 5 years ago

so sad, actually. come to Europe, American friends

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Analyn Lahr 5 years ago

And if your insurance (if you have it) doesn't cover ambulance rides, you're SOL.

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Dario Agrillo 5 years ago

I thought I would have called it, not bought... :/

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Sean Harrison 5 years ago

I lived in Nottingham fro 4 years and I loved the NHS. I know it has it's issues, but it's a far, far better system than what we have in the USA. God help the English if American Insurance Providers ever get their hands on the NHS.

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Merilyn Horton 5 years ago

I wanted to live in the USA until I learned about the cost of health care:

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Amoureuse 5 years ago

Same. I used to think I'd want to move there but no. I'll be happy paying my taxes and getting reasonable bills if I get sick. If it gets really bad I can even get some financial help.

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Sandra Givens 5 years ago

Some of us live in areas without professional ambulances, relying on emergency services staffed by volunteers. You don't have to pay them but it's nice if you donate a bit so they don't have to have as many bakesales to pay for life-saving supplies.

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John Bullock 5 years ago

Magic ambulances are free. Real ambulances staffed with professionals that are properly maintained and operated by trained staff are very expensive. Our dear friends in the UK are clever enough to have found ways to spread the cost. I'm guessing it's through taxes. https://blog.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/paye/tax/comparison-of-uk-and-usa-take-home/

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Nuria Hilligehekken 5 years ago

F**k me! I am staying in Europe thanks

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Saudia Rahamat 5 years ago

Wait, this is true??

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Vesna 5 years ago

After a couple of ER bills like that, we prefer to take Uber now. Classy and a good bloody story for the driver!

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Tacitus86 5 years ago

This is why I'll just die and I don't have to be around you people anymore either. LOL

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Flash Henry 5 years ago

And this is why I refused to let the EMT's touch me after a head-on collision that almost killed me. I'll take myself to the hospital, thanks. That bill will probably bankrupt me by itself, I don't need the added $1,000 for a 2 minute ride in an ambulance.

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Hiker Chick 5 years ago

$1800 for 5 mile ambulance trip, could not refuse because unconscious (non-fatal, just a fainting episode). Still paying 2 years later.

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Hard 2 Guess 5 years ago

You got lucky. Seems like you got a huge discount. Check my other comment for explanation why I say this.

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Randy Dhuyvetter 5 years ago

And still some people think everything is better in the US.

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Kari Panda 5 years ago

Just out of curiosity: Does that mean people don’t call an ambulance if they see a car crash or so? Or is it always the victim who pays - which would probably lead to the victim bringing charges to the one who called the ambulance.

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M O'Connell 5 years ago (edited)

It would be the person who was transported via the ambulance is who would pay. Plus in an emergency situation, you would be calling 911 to be connected with an emergency dispatcher who would send emergency services.

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Rosesinmyhair 5 years ago

In Australia every resident pays a $20 levy on their electricity bill 4 times a year for the Ambulance. That is all we pay.

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Maybe where you are in Australia. Where I live it can cost around $700-$1500 for an ambulance if you don’t have ambulance cover.

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Michael Reed 5 years ago

What happens When people who don't live in America, and Americans, find out the ambulance ride costs the same in their country, but Everyone else there working is forced by law to pay for it? There is No Free Lunch, and No Free Ambulance rides either. Truth.

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Michael Reed 5 years ago

What happens when people who don't live in America find out it costs the same, but everyone else in their country is forced to help pay for it. No Free Lunch & No Free Ambulances either. Truth!

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Marilyn Mele 5 years ago

That is crazy... that is fake news. Where are you getting these numbers from????? It costs $200 tops . If you don't have insurance they negotiate it down. This is false info.

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Leo H 5 years ago

This is cause noone cared about cost cause insurance paid it all... now noone has insurance..thanks obama..and we realise how fluctuating prices can be

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Kari Panda 5 years ago

As someone coming from a poor family, no, please not! The other way around would be fine - charging later if there was no actual medical issue. But we have that reimbursement thing for medical bills of jobless people here, and it lead to many people suffering because they couldn‘t afford to go to the doctor and receive a refund months later.

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Stealing An Education

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Miklós Nagy 5 years ago

Land of free? :D

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Need Books? Donate Plasma!

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Bill 5 years ago

You are supposed to sell plasma for beer at that age. This isn't right

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#10

I Had To Pay $39.35 To Hold My Baby After He Was Born

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Mick Hambleton 5 years ago

What??? That is absolutely disgusting

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#11

Anything Different Would Simply Be Un-American

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Beverly 5 years ago

There is one thing we can do: Get out and vote. Vote for the senators and representatives who aren't afraid to push for single-payer, universal health care. And if someone calls you a socialist, tell them to look at Japan, which a) is hardly socialist, b) has the world's longest life expectancy, and c) has a well-established universal health care system.

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#12

Health Care

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Tamara Neimet 5 years ago

Don't have to wait for it. Come to Ukraine, we are constantly crowdfunding some sick child's care.

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#13

Watch This Advert Or Choke To Death

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María Hermida 5 years ago

If you need to watch a video before trying to do something to help, it doesn't matter whether there are ads or not; the person will probably die anyway. That's the reason why everybody should learn some very basic first aid skills, like the Hemilich Maneuver, at school, instead of soooo much useless rubbish.

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#14

Only In America Would A Restaurant Display On The Wall That They Don’t Pay Their Staff Enough To Live On

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nanashi 5 years ago

I always wonder why they made it that it's the customer's job to make sure if the workers/servers are paid or not. does this system works?

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#15

Public Relations

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Miklós Nagy 5 years ago

And people working in the media industry earn way more than any manual laborer or most of the engineers, scientists, medical doctors...

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#16

Remember The Panama Papers?

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Christina Sersif 5 years ago

Nothing hardly ever happens to rich people

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#17

"Today My Client Was Excited To Push The Elevator Buttons On The Way To Her First Deportation Hearing"

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Koalamonster 5 years ago

My niece is 5. I cannot imagine her having to represent herself in any legal matters. I'm 30, and I can't imagine representing myself in any legal matters.

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#18

I Don't Like This Episode Of Black Mirror

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Anne 5 years ago

Well.. we are too far in killing bees and the environment.. so.. we will need to do both at the same time. There is no planet B.

133points

#19

Capitalism In A Nutshell

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BusLady 5 years ago

Yeah, give money to the folks who least need it.

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#20

Good Article. No Surprises. “It’s Not About Wanting A Pay Raise Or Extra Income, It’s Just About Wanting A Livable Wage”

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Daniel Morgan 5 years ago

And yet Trump has the audacity to say how amazing the country is doing and how everyone is wealthier than ever. Prick.

243points

#21

Both Are In The Wrong But Look At How The Pictures Are Depicted

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Wil Vanderheijden 5 years ago

The blindfold of Lady Justice is eaten by the moths and she turns out to be a racist, conservative b!tch.

174points

#22

Not A Bad Plan

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Koalamonster 5 years ago

I knew a girl who got Hep C from her ex-boyfriend. Her insurance would not pay to fix it unless she was very very ill. As far as I know she still has it. Had she gone to jail she would have been treated and it wouldn't be an issue anymore.

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#23

It's All About Priorities

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Slinkman 5 years ago

Orange is the new black

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#24

Bathroom Sticker

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Chris Mugea 5 years ago

Definitely a joke.

61points

#25

Teeth Are A Luxury Only Paying Customers Are Allowed

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Koalamonster 5 years ago

I still have all of my teeth- one of them just stays in my drawer now.

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#26

Ambulances For 3k? Lets Just Call An Uber

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

in the US, the cost for an ambulance to take you to the ER is as expensive as buying a new car.

113points

#27

Positive News

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Magic567 5 years ago

same with bored panda thou- bring on the downvotes!

66points

#28

This Feels Straight Out Of 1984...

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Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago

turn off your gps. ;)

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#29

This Is How Expensive It Is To Attempt Suicide In The US

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Care 5 years ago

Hope they're doing better now. Debt definitely doesn't help depression.

150points

#30

Open Office

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Miklós Nagy 5 years ago

The 90s when people were angry about their well paid, stable jobs and about their peaceful life...

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#31

His Gofundme Goal Was Only $750

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SanchaTheSeeker 5 years ago

Prioritising the wrong things

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#32

China Be Like

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ADHORTATOR 5 years ago

Big Brother is watching you...

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#33

This Is Just Sad

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ADHORTATOR 5 years ago

In Germany, you are not allowed to have an office without windows...

45points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#34

Well Ok Then

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Oathbraker 5 years ago

Perpetuity? Wow, that's nice of them. /s Seriously, how do they still win millions of dollars by selling overpriced stuff and treating their customers like this? How?

25points

#35

Quite The Town Character

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Annanana 5 years ago

Got his inspiration from an O'Henry short story

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#36

Oh..

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Carol Emory 5 years ago

And this is the generation we are raising. Kids being nannied by computers, video games and digital assistance. I can't imagine what personal interaction is going to be like for these kids when they become adults.

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#37

Actors Dressed As Homeless

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Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago

They also move the general public from public film locations and replace them with actors who play the "general public". It's about having control over what is being filmed. The demographic of those being moved to accommodate a public film location, is not the issue at hand.

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#38

Really Makes You Think...

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Christina Sersif 5 years ago

Prisons are nothing more than a corporation. Someone is getting paid and it’s absolutely disgusting. You clearly don’t see them as people at this point

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#39

Equality Award

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Anne 5 years ago

Does anyone know what the blurred word is? poop? procreate?

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#40

Breaking: Billion Dollar Company Does Bare Minimum

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ADHORTATOR 5 years ago

wow... I can stay home sick two days without a sick certificate...

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#41

A 6 Year Old Having To Even Think About This Is Tragic

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Si 5 years ago

That’s appalling. Like something a child in a war zone might say.

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Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#42

When You Raise Money To Keep Those Without Money Out

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Koalamonster 5 years ago

Wow. I wish this surprised me.

19points

#43

And They Wonder Why Pirating Is On The Rise Again

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Koalamonster 5 years ago

This is why I have a hard time buying things digitally. You don't own any of the music or movies, you own a license to watch/ listen to that media. Sure there are still license agreements with physical copies of media- but as long as I have something that can read the disc I don't have to worry about it.

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#44

This Is (Not) How You Increase Employee Morale

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María Hermida 5 years ago

This employer should be sent to a work camp in North Korea, or to a factory I'm China. Forever.

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#45

This

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Bill 5 years ago

SpaceBalls has come true

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#46

"Hey Siri, I'm Getting Pulled Over"

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Wil Vanderheijden 5 years ago

In America a broken taillight could kill you, if you're black. At least the jury would have another piece of evidence to dismiss.

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#47

Kids Can Pick Themselves Up At School. Work Won't Do Itself

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Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago

"commitment" may not be the issue here at all. 2 key points: 1. employer must be clear on the expectations of their staff, and hire accordingly. 2. employees must be clear on the expectations of their job, and behave accordingly. (if the boss agreed to let them go home 30mins early, 3 times a week, the boss needs to honour that agreement, or renegotiate with the appropriate notice). Besides, there are MANY solutions to this, that has nothing to do with how "committed" a person is to a job. eg shorter lunch breaks on the days she needs to leave early / longer days on the other days when she doesn't need to collect her kids / other staff can pick up overtime to cover the extra 30mins / ensure she completes her required tasks within her day, regardless of the length of the day. Often, it's about *productivity* while working, vs the hours working. (from a manager who fought to keep my VERY productive staff, who needed some compromises due to outside commitments)

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#48

Mass Shootings Are Becoming So Common There Now An Event On Snapchat

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White Raven 5 years ago

Wow, that's so wrong

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#49

Global Warming Is Exciting!

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SanchaTheSeeker 5 years ago

I really want to know who wrote that

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50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#50

British Army Recruitment Ads...

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Si 5 years ago (edited)

It’s clever marketing. Playing on both the famous World War recruitment poster and the negative stereotypes of modern young people.

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#51

It Would Actually Be Cheaper To Give Home To The Homeless

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Wil Vanderheijden 5 years ago (edited)

You could fight the cause or you could fight the symptoms. Oregon officials are obviously unaware of the fact that fighting the symptoms will never solve the problem.

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#52

More Depressed Workaholics

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María Hermida 5 years ago

"You have a heart attack, a cancer or a stroke before the age of 40. Then we discard you like a used tissue. But we don't care, because there are hundreds of doers queueing to replace you" this should be the second part of the ad.

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#53

Imagine Covering The Stars With Advertisements

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Si 5 years ago

No!

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#54

Fair And Balanced

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Magic567 5 years ago

I just want someone who actually gives a s**t about not only their country but about the world and the future!

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#55

Monopoly, A Game Originally Made As A Commentary Of Landlords And Property Costs, Now Openly Mocks Millennials For Their Collective Poverty. Nice

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RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

Spoof I think.

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#56

Buy A "Video Game System" Instead Of Unionizing Please

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Bathsheba 5 years ago

With a strong union, you might actually be able to afford both.

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#57

Can't Afford Housing? Be Homeless!

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Katharine Lancaster 5 years ago

I did that as a mom when I was 28 years old. It was awesome. No. No it wasn’t. It f*****g sucked. It took 5 months to save up enough money to get a place. It wouldn’t have taken so long, but day care is expensive when you don’t have any family to help you. Or to be more specific, your family doesn’t really give a s**t about you or your child. (I’m not being an a*s here. I was actually told this.)

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#58

"Using Alcohol To Cope With Crushing Poverty-Now With Friends!"

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Hans 5 years ago

We are constantly ridiculed, and we like it...

5points

#59

Comcast Truth

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Hans 5 years ago

Mathemathically, I would argue that we have a slight problem here. Linguistically, too. But hey, legally everything is fine, and that is what counts in life, doesn't it?

21points

#60

Seen At An Elementary School...

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ADHORTATOR 5 years ago

This is horrible...

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#61

It's A "Moral Responsibility"

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Annanana 5 years ago

If the FBI is looking for you for something that involves DNA samples, i have no problem with them having your DNA

8points

#62

"Why Is A Donut Shop In Charge Of Opening A Train Station?"

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Hugo Raible 5 years ago

Because they are there earlier than everybody else to prepare. Makes total sense to let them do this instead of sending somebody just to unlock the door.

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Adam Furik 5 years ago

Lot of those is solved by not living in America.

85points

Daria B 5 years ago

It's still a threat, because the leaders of many countries look up to the USA and want to follow their political and economic example.

25points

Andrea Passino 5 years ago

Also most people can't afford to leave the country and start from scratch

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Eddie 5 years ago

Yet the "Exit" line is shorter than the "Entrance" line in America.

3points

Dave G. 5 years ago

if only the whiny socialist wannabes would actually leave the US. things would get so much better here so quickly. sadly they don't want to leave because then they'll have to find something new to complain about in whatever country they move to, so they follow the path of least resistance which is simply to stay here and keep whining and complaining forever

1point

Carl Travers 5 years ago

A lot of countries have at least some of these problems. I live in England, and only have work thanks to my main oncologist thinking that I would be a good counsellor

0points

Frances M 5 years ago

When I was a teenager my dad was given the chance to move to the USA and the entire family got green cards and social security numbers. I’ve never been so happy that he turned down the job and we stayed where we are. While some of my family did go back in later years for a few months, no one wanted to live there full time and moved to Australia instead. :-)

53points

Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago

Welcome to Australia! Thankyou for bringing your culture, cuisine, language(s) & contribution to our beautiful, multicultural, multilingual community. <3

33points

Margareth Su 5 years ago

I'm visiting there for the third time later this year. Excited to just be able to experience the multicultural vibe I get here. Plus the coffee in Melbourne, wine from Chandon and beer are awesome! And don't get me started on ramen and Korean food. omg i love em so much i wanna go back alr askkskks

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Dave G. 5 years ago

i like how Jace basically just confirmed what I knew all along and that he's an american who has never actually lived in a socialist country before. notice the recurring trend of americans complaining about their own country and how much better other countries are without ever having actually lived in them while immigrants like me are clamoring to get into the united states and never want to live anywhere else. interesting phenomenon folks!

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

cool story bro

1point

Douglas Meyer 5 years ago

I also am so happy that you did not become a citizen. If you do not want to be part of the American experience, you should go where you are more comfortable.

1point

Jane Shearer 5 years ago

omg - Aussie is bad too, Manus Island, current government - killing great barrier reef, zero Aboriginal rights etc etc...not the best pay off.

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Maci Mae 5 years ago

I feel like most of these are American issues. I live in the USA, and I'm so sick of everything wrong with our country. My 11 year old sister is already worrying about affording college, and I actually felt guilty for calling an ambulance for my mom when I found out how much it had cost. When I go to school, I automatically make a plan for how I would get out of an school shooting. It cost $300 for me to go to Urgent Care and find out I've had Tendonitis in my wrist for 6 months. And, compared to the kids being held in cages, my family is lucky. I'm hoping I'll be able to save enough money to go to college in Canada, and hopefully live there when I'm old enough. For now I just get to sit and watch while my country falls to pieces :(

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Bonnie Clyde 5 years ago (edited)

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but unless you immigrate to Canada you won't be able to avail yourself of most of the Candian public services. Also, the tuition rates for international students are usually 3 or 4 times the cost for a domestic student. And they still have to get extra health insurance or pay out of pocket in many provinces. Personally, I'd welcome you here - but it's harder than most folks think, so I guess start planning early? One of my American friends even married a Canadian after going to school here for years and she didn't qualify for permanent residence until she was in her 40s. She had to keep going to school (as an international student) for ages because she could only get a student visa - and no school means visa is over and she'd have to leave. We need a swap program where a pro-oil/gun/etc Canadian can just trade citizenship with a socialist American. :p

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Ina O 5 years ago

You can search about getting a student visa in other countries, Europe, Asia. It is always good to know another language, moreover, I think the cost of paid education is much lower in other countries.

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comboplush 5 years ago

Come and study in Germany! Or the Netherlands (which has more courses in English). Your sister might like to learn a second language and then go study in that country later. There are ways, and the fee-free study programs are open to students from abroad, too. Good luck to you and your family!

1point

Mark Kelly 5 years ago

tuition is more but you would have access to free healthcare if you're a legal student.

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Leo H 5 years ago

Those kids in cages are a part of the reason health care is so expensive..if they don't or can't pay..whose bill goes up.. Why yours...isn't the redistribution of wealth great

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Jace 5 years ago

America: Land of the free for only the wealthy and the ultra-privileged. I was born here. I grew up here. I’m in poverty here, after struggling since age 15 to work in the “real world”, where your employer can abuse you to the point where you end up on disability (if you’re lucky; I COULD be homeless and worse off, but I suppose they could still drive me to that point with further social system cuts). What a shithole country. It is getting shittier by the month, as our current dumpster fire administration makes it even better to be rich and even worse to be poor. And yet, people support Trump and his cronies because they think he hates the same people they hate. No, the democrats weren’t fixing this s**t, either. Vote anti-corporate, or you will just be voting for more of the same. Under republicans, it’s like an impending disaster in realtime. Under democrats, it’s a boring dystopia that people are slowly acclimated to.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

interesting because im neither wealthy or ultra privileged and am in fact a lower class immigrant from a formerly socialist country. i seem to enjoy the same freedom here as everyone else, and i can tell you that i would much rather live here than the country I moved here from (the USSR). it sounds like you might actually not know how bad other countries have it, possibly because you've lived in america your whole life. am i wrong? have you ever actually experienced life outside the US, and especially in a socialist country like cuba or north korea? curious to know

1point

Bilal Ali 5 years ago

Hmm. This is US centric. Are these possibly first world problems? It's a shame that there are not examples from other parts of the world

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Dan Beck 5 years ago

That's the point. Americans love to spout off about it being the greatest country in the world, but in all reality, it's only good if you're rich and white.

12points

cutzemitherz 5 years ago

I am from Germany and I have to say that I am completely shocked right now. I didn't know that it's that bad in America and I cannot imagine living like this. I feel so sorry...

7points

Bei Stenhaug 5 years ago

Im completely gobsmacked. I'm from Sweden and it would never ruin someone to get ill, financially that is

2points

DaVo 5 years ago

Our dystopian society? All I'm reading is 'Murica....

7points

Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

A patriot wants what's best for the nation's long-term well-being : Healthy, educated, productive citizens. A corporation wants slavery and political anarchy. Guess who's winning in America?....

7points

David Buchan-Terrell 5 years ago

This American Society is on a suicide slide. If all you do is complain on Facebook it will not get better.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

thats all they're good at, complaining and permanently being a victim of everything. they don't even have it that bad but they always need something to whine about

1point

The Girl on Fire 5 years ago

This is the stuff that makes me scared for my future, as a 15-year-old girl living in America. A lot of adults are making decisions that don't affect them, but do affect my generation and my life. I don't want to live life like what is shown here....

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Maci Mae 5 years ago

Me too! I’m 14, and as I get older I get more and more scared about where our society is going. I wish there was a way we could make a major impact, but whenever I try to give my political ideas I’m brushed off because of my age.

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CheeseOnToast 5 years ago

What did Trump call it? The greatest nation on earth. Deluded idiot.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

folks from other countries like me actually have a name for this phenomenon of you americans constantly whining about petty nonsense in your country and about how much worse you have it than other countries you've never lived in. we call it "first world problems". look it up. you guys are literally a meme now

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Dave G. 5 years ago

he is right by all accounts though. most powerful economy, most powerful military, highest quality of life in the world etc. you yanks just like to complain about everything. people from other countries like me who have it way worse than you just laugh as you embarrass yourselves. you have no idea how good you have it

1point

Marnee DeRider 5 years ago

Sauron: Make Mordor Great Again

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B 5 years ago

Man, and I thought the world was messed up BEFORE reading this post. :(

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Dave G. 5 years ago

clearly you havent learned much about the world as if you think this is messed up you would be far more horrified by events like holodomir (my family were among the millions murdered in the ussr)

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Artex Gorilla 5 years ago

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, USA is the worst place in the world and i'm yet to be convinced otherwise.

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Notsoswift 5 years ago

you've been to every place in the world?

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Dave G. 5 years ago

also thanks for insulting all of us hard working immigrants who gave up everything to come to the US by calling it the worst place in the world. you just told me that my family gave up everything to live in the worst place in the world? funny because it is way better here than where we came from

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Dave G. 5 years ago

posts like these actually make me wish i could go send you back in time, back when i was a kid living in the ussr and somehow put you in my shoes so you could actually live through what my family and I did in the USSR, then you could actually know for yourself how dumb you sound calling the usA the worst place in the world. you have no idea. its amazing

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Dave G. 5 years ago

as an immigrant from the USSR I can say with absolute certainty that you have no idea what you're talking about and are probably 12 years old

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Magic567 5 years ago

Americas not that great hey? #aussieaussieoioioi

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Ceredwyn Ealanta 5 years ago

As an Aussie, I'm not really fond of our concentration camps or the idea that one in five people in Australia now work two jobs in order to survive while our leaders give themselves a raise, or that one lunatic of an ex-PM described windmills as 'Dark Satanic Mills' this week, or that there was a huge defunding of our major scientific organisations. The lesson is mostly that none of us can afford to be overly complacent these days, and we all need to work on standing up for science and supporting one another.

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Tom Hardeveld 5 years ago

In the Netherlands, where I live, if your grandma dies and left you some money, the governement gets 70% of that. 70%!

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Dave G. 5 years ago

careful, you might upset a certain groups' narrative

1point

#Letallexsistwithdignity 5 years ago

I'm some countries women are executed, forced to marry, have their genitals mutilated all ignored by the article. This was clickbait.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

I know right. It's basically just a communist propaganda piece

3points

N S 5 years ago

For anyone wondering, America is a f****d up country, nothing to do with "freedom and democracy", just a pile of capitalist pigs and b******t.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

as an immigrant from the soviet union who moved to the united states in 1994 and became an american citizen in 2003, i can safely say that you have absolutely no idea what a "f****d up country" is and are probably 12 years old

2points

Mark Kelly 5 years ago

Glad I'm Canadian with mandatory vacation and and paid maternity leave

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Dave G. 5 years ago

glad you enjoy waiting weeks for urgent care, having your limbs amputated because you couldn't get treatment in time and paying more in taxes than anyone else on this contintent

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Arielle Sherrill 5 years ago

This whole article made me sick. Not because of how “bad” the average American has it because of the anti-American tree-hugging liberally political agenda behind it. If you feel this country is so bad, leave.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

amen! I'm an immigrant and this offends me too. I love America. My family came here from the ussr. We fled a fascist socialist dystopia, a real one where people starved to death from man-made famines, a country where the government would send a miniature kangaroo court to your home and execute you in your backyard, labeling you a "kulak" (clenched fist) for not giving up all of your food and property to the government so your children can starve. These spoiled American brats have the nerve to complain about the US being "dystopic" and about how evil capitalism is when my family literally starved to death in their homes from a man made famine created by a bunch of socialists who believe in the same toxic ideology they do. If you think this is bad as an American imagine seeing this through the eyes of an immigrant who fled from socialism like I did. It's beyond disturbing

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MerriAnn McLain 5 years ago

A great deal of mis-information here

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Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago

We don't need a wall at the border. Just post this on some big billboards.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

i have a better idea, how about all of you who hate it so much just leave to make room for us immigrants who actually appreciate it here? you know there is a very good reason why people risk so much to come here, including my family and me. your post is an insult to immigrants who actually like america and know how good it really is here because we actually have lived in other countries and know what its like outside

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Niall Mac Iomera 5 years ago

I worked for IKEA; in a year of record profits so high they made front page news; our Christmas bonus for nearly foundling profits: A two dollar scratch ticket.

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Niall Mac Iomera 5 years ago

*doubling profits

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nanashi 5 years ago

ngl when my sister had to be in US for work for a month one time, she brought with her all the common meds she could take because we heard how ridiculous the price for medicine there. also she was so scared of the idea of forced tipping. how do you know how much to tip? or to who?

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nicholas nolan 5 years ago

1. It's not forced. It's voluntary. I'm not a huge fan of how it's put together, but there it is. 2. Read a travel guide, maybe? They're absolutely everywhere.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

most of this article reads like some kind of thinly veiled communist propaganda piece. attacks on capitalism galore (what's your alternative? socialism? like that's any less dystopic? Dont' forget holodomir. I never will since my family actually died in it). The article does raise good points about the cost of ambulances, the injustices suffered by employees in the service sector and the shadiness of big government, but the idea that capitalism is our enemy is pretty ludicrous if you actually have any rudimentary knowledge of world history and economics. Capitalism is actually the only thing that is keeping us from having to stand in a bread line or have our roof collapse on our heads while we sleep like folks in socialist nations like Cuba do. I wish this site didn't always try to put a far-left twist on everything. You think the US is "dystopic" but you never saw and went through the things my family and I did in the USSR. Our dystopia made yours look like Beverly Hills!

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#Letallexsistwithdignity 5 years ago

How about making this a feature where the problems of certain counties are exposed? Then, our glorified views can be challenged.

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Charley CharleyEx 5 years ago

If you are outraged by this article, you need to read The Bell Curve. It's your life story.

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Jon Payne 5 years ago

Charley... who might the author be? P.S. -I’m not outraged.

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Lemon Garnished Potato 5 years ago

*flips through dystopia notes from my writing* What the- these are basically the same. What in the wide wonky world?

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Ivana 5 years ago

I don't know why we have dental as separate from health, a tooth infection can kill you. I have had a cavity for about 3 years and I still haven't gotten it looked at. I know I need to but all my extra cash goes to my student loan payments.

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Martina Vitmanová 5 years ago

Every time I hear something this twisted about America, I love my country a lot more. Imagine, most universities are FREE. You just have to be good enough to pass exams to get there and that is that. And if you find yourself in need of an ambulance, you pay NOTHING. You just get driven to the closest hospital, taken care of, because we all have health insurance. If you are suicidal, you get help, not more debts. Jesus, I knew Trump was an a*****e, but this isn't just about one dumb president, is it.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

you know most of this is just left wing propaganda and not an actual reflection of how americans feel about their country right? most of us actually love the US. its just we have a vocal minority who love whining and complaining about everything and it makes it look like things are worse here than they are. I immigrated to the US from the soviet union and I love it here, would never want to live anywhere else. I can't tell you how thankful I am to my family for bringing us to America

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Neo Conderson 5 years ago

Since most of the pictures were actually pictures of tweets made by people who just don't know how the world works, or by people who have a vested interest in fostering fear and dismay and anger, I think we can come to one conclusion: THE number 1 contributor of dystopian depression is Twitter. Get rid of twitter and a whole lot of people might actually feel better about life. Barring that, just stop reading Twitter, okay? You're literally going to kill yourself with bad emotions for stuff that isn't even true. You are being played if you believe this stuff. And it's costing you your physical and mental health.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

finally an intelligent comment! I was starting to lose hope

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Flavia Slag 5 years ago

Health care cost became so expensive when business corps took over Healthcare to make a buck. The best hospital I ever worked at was run by Doctors, not business men.

0points

未周陸 5 years ago

Only in the US ... to Make America Great Again ...... Or NOT?!

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Dave G. 5 years ago

better than pretty much everywhere else, so idk. i immigrated here and i love it. never want to live anywhere else

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Matias Panula 5 years ago

This is why I love my home country Finland. I can ba a socalist and pay for the wellbeing of my fellow contrymen and wemen cause we have this thing called equity

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Dave G. 5 years ago

your country only works that way because of its small size and cultural homogeneity. your system would never work here in the million years. we are very different from you. in fact i don't think your system will even work for you that long either. it works now but it will probably fail eventually. i dont think your system is sustainable on any level, especially not on a scale as large as the US

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Signe Manat Hansen 5 years ago

Finland is NOT socialist! But y'all have some great ideas.

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John L 5 years ago

The funny thing is in America "socialism" gets such a bad rep, yet these same folks have no problems collecting subsidies or other forms of "handouts" when it benefits them.

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Theresa McManus 5 years ago

This is pretty ridiculous. Stop trying to find s**t that you think is wrong and just go be a good person. Sheesh.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

thats asking too much from the left. being a good person isn't even a concept they're familiar with

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Lisa Greene 5 years ago

Sad... Just sad

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SirPatTheCat 5 years ago

Tbh it's easier to die in America than live there...and this is coming from an American if that isn't depressing enough...

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Dave G. 5 years ago

thats weird ive been alive for 30 years and have always found living easier than dying here

1point

Margo Todd 5 years ago

But what if you have a job and are a productive member of society?

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Dave G. 5 years ago

try not to upsetany more left wing narratives or you might find yourself banned from every mainstream social media platform

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

then you're what the left know as a "narrative upsetter"

1point

Siúsaidh Ní Bhroin 5 years ago

Then you thank your lucky stars and pray that you and your loved-ones stay healthy and your employer doesn't sack you.

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A E 5 years ago

WTF?

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ktdidit 5 years ago

i know, maybe act instead of talk about all of these issues. No problems were ever solved by making up witty post's instead of actually contacting your state, congressman, maybe even put in an effort to write a letter or 5? thats the problem with America . Everyone wants to complain but when it comes to taking action ...crickets

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Dave G. 5 years ago

not only that but they complain about the most dumb and mundane things. its always capitalism or trump's fault. it's always someone or something holding them down. bunch of whiny permanent victims. i am an immigrant who immigrated to america in the early 1990s and i love it here. im very thankful to be fortunate enough to have made it here. i hate socialism (i am from the soviet union and my family were murdered by socialists, literally) and I love america. you'll notice 99% of the time its always an american complaining about this stuff. you'll never hear us immigrants from socialist countries complain about america. we love it here and are very grateful for everything we have here. americans have no idea how good they have it!

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varwenea 5 years ago

Is America "Great" yet? These are so damn sad!

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Dave G. 5 years ago

I immigrated to the united states in 1994 and I think it was great then and is still great now, although a certain group of radical left wingers seem intent on making it much less great than it should be

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AnnaB Premium 5 years ago

I'm an American and this makes me want to scream and slam my head against the wall. If I could afford to move to another country, I would do it in a split second. THAT's how much this country has failed its citizens.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

please hurry and move so that there is more room for immigrants like me who are actually grateful to be here

1point

Fran Morasco 5 years ago

Not sure what nickname the generation that is responding to this post has. But it should be the PT Generation There's no Participation Trophy to sit back and want/demand what others work for. Thank your parents for misguiding you all

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Fran Morasco 5 years ago (edited)

I did

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CbusResident 5 years ago

We must all remember, there never was a golden age, there is no land of utopia. I do agree though, we in the US need to consider copying those Scandanavian countries, but on healthcare, not just their damn trendy furniture and pop bands.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

uhm yeah there was. Postwar America was absolutely a golden age. Socioeconomic conditions in the US, even for people who were historically oppressed was light years ahead of what we have today. also the scandanivian countries' systems only work due to their small size and cultural homogenity. do you honestly think a country as massive and diverse as the US could ever sustain something like that? I get it, you're a left winger and you hate america, but to outright deny that there was never a golden age is profoundly ignorant. Postwar America absolutely was a golden age. It wasnt until the oil crisis of the 70s that things started going back to hell

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Susanna Vesna 5 years ago

Here is a list of the "American Dreams", which that "society" is trying to push to the rest of the world, and whoever doesn't want to accept it, is either a "Communist" or "lives in a cave". I wish politicians of the world would stop kissing that capitalist a*s!

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Dave G. 5 years ago

lol nobody is "pushing" this on the world my family immigrated here knowing full well what problems the US has. Your problems are nothing compared to the ones we suffered in the USSR. So please speak for yourself. This immigrant is proud to be a naturalized American citizen since 2003 and I love America. I'd never want to live anywhere else, especially the socialist dump we came from!

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Lena Hudson 5 years ago

I was struck by something similar a short while ago: Earlier today I was on a celebrity gossip site (my secret guilty pleasure lol) and there were back to back articles about Cardi B and Miley Cyrus. The comments section of both pieces were dominated by someone I shall dub White Supremace Barbie. On the Cardi piece she dripped venom and disgust at how the singer talks, dresses, her entire way of life was deemed low-class and hideous. Miley though, according to WSB (the article tells us how Miley had a few years where she basically acted identical to Cardi), was "soooooo funny lolll" "My hero cuz she dgaf" etc. Scary thing was I'm sure he commentator herself was totally unaware of her blatant racial bias. She appeared to be half my age though, so I didn't even challenge the kid. Just left the website feeling a little bit more aware and scared sh**less at how much we are regressing. Sorry for the essay.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

"supremace" lol i'm still laughing. how old even are you like 12?

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

also you can't spell supremacist. lol

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Dave G. 5 years ago

imagine having an IQ so low that you actually take issue with someone criticizing Cardi B or Miley Cyrus's blatantly raunchy behavior. what an incredible world we live in

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JoJo G 5 years ago

So let me get this straight, your taking ONE person’s opinion - which you coincidentally referred to as a “kid” - and you broad-brush that into “regressing”. Do I have that correct? At any point in reading that did it occur to you that there might be a slight issue with your outlook?

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Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago

It is truly depressing when we see what we are deliberately doing to our own species. Please read my article entitled "Why are we doing this to ourselves?" which suggests how we could actually wipe out so many problems so easily. https://moralismblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/25/why-are-we-doing-this-to-ourselves/

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Dave G. 5 years ago

i agree i mean did you see what the socialists did to ukrainians during holodomir? im glad nothing like that happens in america

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wusah 5 years ago

Jace.. who hurt you?? And what pronoun do you prefer

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Adam Furik 5 years ago

Lot of those is solved by not living in America.

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Daria B 5 years ago

It's still a threat, because the leaders of many countries look up to the USA and want to follow their political and economic example.

25points

Andrea Passino 5 years ago

Also most people can't afford to leave the country and start from scratch

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Eddie 5 years ago

Yet the "Exit" line is shorter than the "Entrance" line in America.

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Dave G. 5 years ago

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Carl Travers 5 years ago

A lot of countries have at least some of these problems. I live in England, and only have work thanks to my main oncologist thinking that I would be a good counsellor

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Frances M 5 years ago

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Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago

Welcome to Australia! Thankyou for bringing your culture, cuisine, language(s) & contribution to our beautiful, multicultural, multilingual community. <3

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Margareth Su 5 years ago

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Dave G. 5 years ago

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Dave G. 5 years ago

cool story bro

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Douglas Meyer 5 years ago

I also am so happy that you did not become a citizen. If you do not want to be part of the American experience, you should go where you are more comfortable.

1point

Jane Shearer 5 years ago

omg - Aussie is bad too, Manus Island, current government - killing great barrier reef, zero Aboriginal rights etc etc...not the best pay off.

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Maci Mae 5 years ago

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Bonnie Clyde 5 years ago (edited)

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Ina O 5 years ago

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comboplush 5 years ago

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Mark Kelly 5 years ago

tuition is more but you would have access to free healthcare if you're a legal student.

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Leo H 5 years ago

Those kids in cages are a part of the reason health care is so expensive..if they don't or can't pay..whose bill goes up.. Why yours...isn't the redistribution of wealth great

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Jace 5 years ago

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Bilal Ali 5 years ago

Hmm. This is US centric. Are these possibly first world problems? It's a shame that there are not examples from other parts of the world

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Dan Beck 5 years ago

That's the point. Americans love to spout off about it being the greatest country in the world, but in all reality, it's only good if you're rich and white.

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cutzemitherz 5 years ago

I am from Germany and I have to say that I am completely shocked right now. I didn't know that it's that bad in America and I cannot imagine living like this. I feel so sorry...

7points

Bei Stenhaug 5 years ago

Im completely gobsmacked. I'm from Sweden and it would never ruin someone to get ill, financially that is

2points

DaVo 5 years ago

Our dystopian society? All I'm reading is 'Murica....

7points

Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

A patriot wants what's best for the nation's long-term well-being : Healthy, educated, productive citizens. A corporation wants slavery and political anarchy. Guess who's winning in America?....

7points

David Buchan-Terrell 5 years ago

This American Society is on a suicide slide. If all you do is complain on Facebook it will not get better.

5points

Dave G. 5 years ago

thats all they're good at, complaining and permanently being a victim of everything. they don't even have it that bad but they always need something to whine about

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The Girl on Fire 5 years ago

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Maci Mae 5 years ago

7points

CheeseOnToast 5 years ago

What did Trump call it? The greatest nation on earth. Deluded idiot.

4points

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Marnee DeRider 5 years ago

Sauron: Make Mordor Great Again

0points

B 5 years ago

Man, and I thought the world was messed up BEFORE reading this post. :(

4points

Dave G. 5 years ago

clearly you havent learned much about the world as if you think this is messed up you would be far more horrified by events like holodomir (my family were among the millions murdered in the ussr)

1point

Artex Gorilla 5 years ago

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, USA is the worst place in the world and i'm yet to be convinced otherwise.

4points

Notsoswift 5 years ago

you've been to every place in the world?

3points

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

as an immigrant from the USSR I can say with absolute certainty that you have no idea what you're talking about and are probably 12 years old

1point

Magic567 5 years ago

Americas not that great hey? #aussieaussieoioioi

4points

Ceredwyn Ealanta 5 years ago

20points

Tom Hardeveld 5 years ago

In the Netherlands, where I live, if your grandma dies and left you some money, the governement gets 70% of that. 70%!

3points

Dave G. 5 years ago

careful, you might upset a certain groups' narrative

1point

#Letallexsistwithdignity 5 years ago

I'm some countries women are executed, forced to marry, have their genitals mutilated all ignored by the article. This was clickbait.

3points

Dave G. 5 years ago

I know right. It's basically just a communist propaganda piece

3points

N S 5 years ago

For anyone wondering, America is a f****d up country, nothing to do with "freedom and democracy", just a pile of capitalist pigs and b******t.

3points

Dave G. 5 years ago

2points

Mark Kelly 5 years ago

Glad I'm Canadian with mandatory vacation and and paid maternity leave

3points

Dave G. 5 years ago

glad you enjoy waiting weeks for urgent care, having your limbs amputated because you couldn't get treatment in time and paying more in taxes than anyone else on this contintent

2points

Arielle Sherrill 5 years ago

2points

Dave G. 5 years ago

3points

MerriAnn McLain 5 years ago

A great deal of mis-information here

2points

Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago

We don't need a wall at the border. Just post this on some big billboards.

2points

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Niall Mac Iomera 5 years ago

I worked for IKEA; in a year of record profits so high they made front page news; our Christmas bonus for nearly foundling profits: A two dollar scratch ticket.

2points

Niall Mac Iomera 5 years ago

*doubling profits

2points

nanashi 5 years ago

2points

nicholas nolan 5 years ago

1. It's not forced. It's voluntary. I'm not a huge fan of how it's put together, but there it is. 2. Read a travel guide, maybe? They're absolutely everywhere.

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

#Letallexsistwithdignity 5 years ago

How about making this a feature where the problems of certain counties are exposed? Then, our glorified views can be challenged.

1point

Charley CharleyEx 5 years ago

If you are outraged by this article, you need to read The Bell Curve. It's your life story.

1point

Jon Payne 5 years ago

Charley... who might the author be? P.S. -I’m not outraged.

0points

rakib223344 5 years ago (edited)

0points

Lemon Garnished Potato 5 years ago

*flips through dystopia notes from my writing* What the- these are basically the same. What in the wide wonky world?

0points

Ivana 5 years ago

0points

Martina Vitmanová 5 years ago

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Neo Conderson 5 years ago

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

finally an intelligent comment! I was starting to lose hope

1point

Flavia Slag 5 years ago

Health care cost became so expensive when business corps took over Healthcare to make a buck. The best hospital I ever worked at was run by Doctors, not business men.

0points

未周陸 5 years ago

Only in the US ... to Make America Great Again ...... Or NOT?!

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

better than pretty much everywhere else, so idk. i immigrated here and i love it. never want to live anywhere else

1point

Saranova 5 years ago

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0points

Matias Panula 5 years ago

This is why I love my home country Finland. I can ba a socalist and pay for the wellbeing of my fellow contrymen and wemen cause we have this thing called equity

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Signe Manat Hansen 5 years ago

Finland is NOT socialist! But y'all have some great ideas.

0points

John L 5 years ago

The funny thing is in America "socialism" gets such a bad rep, yet these same folks have no problems collecting subsidies or other forms of "handouts" when it benefits them.

0points

Theresa McManus 5 years ago

This is pretty ridiculous. Stop trying to find s**t that you think is wrong and just go be a good person. Sheesh.

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

thats asking too much from the left. being a good person isn't even a concept they're familiar with

1point

Lisa Greene 5 years ago

Sad... Just sad

0points

SirPatTheCat 5 years ago

Tbh it's easier to die in America than live there...and this is coming from an American if that isn't depressing enough...

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

thats weird ive been alive for 30 years and have always found living easier than dying here

1point

Margo Todd 5 years ago

But what if you have a job and are a productive member of society?

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

try not to upsetany more left wing narratives or you might find yourself banned from every mainstream social media platform

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

then you're what the left know as a "narrative upsetter"

1point

Siúsaidh Ní Bhroin 5 years ago

Then you thank your lucky stars and pray that you and your loved-ones stay healthy and your employer doesn't sack you.

-1point

A E 5 years ago

WTF?

0points

ktdidit 5 years ago

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

varwenea 5 years ago

Is America "Great" yet? These are so damn sad!

0points

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

AnnaB Premium 5 years ago

-1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

please hurry and move so that there is more room for immigrants like me who are actually grateful to be here

1point

Fran Morasco 5 years ago

-1point

Fran Morasco 5 years ago (edited)

I did

-1point

CbusResident 5 years ago

-1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Susanna Vesna 5 years ago

-1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

1point

Lena Hudson 5 years ago

-1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

"supremace" lol i'm still laughing. how old even are you like 12?

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

also you can't spell supremacist. lol

1point

Dave G. 5 years ago

imagine having an IQ so low that you actually take issue with someone criticizing Cardi B or Miley Cyrus's blatantly raunchy behavior. what an incredible world we live in

1point

JoJo G 5 years ago

1point

$copper-fractions avatar$

Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago

-2points

Dave G. 5 years ago

i agree i mean did you see what the socialists did to ukrainians during holodomir? im glad nothing like that happens in america

1point