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A Boring Dystopia

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Health insurance really is just another grift.

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[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"No, Mr Trump, you're not getting the heart. Given your habits and overall health, it would be a waste of a perfectly good organ. You're basically a tiny yeti mushroom dick on a barrel of toxic sludge"

Ok, maybe the last part wasn't very "proper", but it's just as true as the rest ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But even then, the people betting that you won't get sick shouldn't be deciding

  • who won the bet, or

  • who gets each heart.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You're absolutely right. I wasn't disagreeing with your point, just coming up with a hypothetical that involved a purely medical reason rather than insurance company greed ๐Ÿ˜‰