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posted by martyb on Friday April 19 2019, @08:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the Death-is-cheap-life-is-expensive-dept dept.

Have you ever wondered what it costs to keep a person alive when they are on the brink of death? Thanks to a post by a suicide survivor who started a rash of posts concerning hospital costs for the mortally challenged we know that the hospital bill for suicide management can be from 10K to 100K. Oliver Jordan clocked up 25,000 likes and hundreds of responses to his post with some people saying it cost them 10K to 20K for a US emergency room visit. Once a patient enters a hospital they can racked many charges often without realising what the end bill will be.

In memory of MDC.


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @09:54PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @09:54PM (#832319)

    Are you a millennial? They may have done the cervix exam to see where you were on the gender spectrum that day. This is why it is better to select either Male or Female on the admissions paperwork instead of writing "gender is a social construct".

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday April 19 2019, @10:43PM (7 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday April 19 2019, @10:43PM (#832343) Journal

    Wasn't it the professors in the 70s who started that line? That would make it a Boomer thing, maybe a Gen-X thing, but not a Millennial thing. Just a friendly (for me...) reminder from your local cisgender lesbian :)

    --
    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @11:22PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @11:22PM (#832363)

      Professors may have developed this nuttiness, but millennials put it into production.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday April 19 2019, @11:59PM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 19 2019, @11:59PM (#832375) Journal

        Professors may have developed this nuttiness, but millennials put it into reproduction.

        FTFY.
        The professors of the '60-'70-ies developed contraceptives and allowed abortions as a way to deal with the nuttiness [wikipedia.org].
        The health system in US made that expensive and the religious nuts (almost) made it illegal - don't blame the millenials.

        (large grin)

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        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @09:09AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @09:09AM (#832489)

      <sarcasm>
      Now, dear, how can you be sure you are a lesbian?
      You could be confused.
      Maybe you need to experience straight sex with a man to put you right.
      Surely a few goes in the sack will just sort this out.
      </sarcasm>

      (note for the sick people in the crowd: they use to do this to lesbians to 'fix' them)

      • (Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday April 20 2019, @12:37PM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday April 20 2019, @12:37PM (#832530) Journal

        "They" STILL do it, and worse, in plenty of places. As to how I know...I tried with a guy. It didn't work. It wasn't even gross so much as "wait, what? this is like kissing a building or something why the hell am I doing this?"

        --
        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
      • (Score: 2) by Webweasel on Saturday April 20 2019, @01:54PM (2 children)

        by Webweasel (567) on Saturday April 20 2019, @01:54PM (#832567) Homepage Journal

        Have you actually met or seen any real lesbians?

        The MAJORITY are that way because they are so damn ugly no one will fuck them. Have actually watched a chick over 10 years (facial deformity) beg men for sex. Eventually she gave up, got fat and is now a lesbian.

        Bring it on lesbians. You can insult me all you want, you know its true.

        --
        Priyom.org Number stations, Russian Military radio. "You are a bad, bad man. Do you have any other virtues?"-Runaway1956
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @05:30PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @05:30PM (#832641)

          Here is poor little me who has met more than a few lesbians I wished were straight. Ah well, we can't all be hateful shits so I opted against murdering them for not giving me the sex I deserved!! /s cause this is SN

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @05:00PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @05:00PM (#833452)

          I have known lesbians of varying levels of attractiveness. Some of them were downright hot.

          ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THEM ACT LIKE HAZUKI.
          I don't think hazuki is trans or lesbian.
          Hazuki acts like a teenage virgin trying to catfish a lesbian in some totally inappropriate space

          "Hey everyone I'm a lesbian!! LESBIAN OVER HERE!!! Lesbian searching for k00l-space-GIRL-friend for a GIRL. Btw I am the GIRL your mother warned you about. Unless you are a guy... because uhm I'm the GIRL your mother warned you about... if you came out to your mother and you are ALSO A GIRL LIKE I AM. (With a vag like me.. because i like to eat vag)
          But uhm I am a good upstanding and moral person too. Moral enough to moralize to random internet strangers all day. But also your mother warned you about me, if you're a lesbian, because I... uhm do too much good in the world!!!!! Watch out world!!! Good person... Ahem GOOD LESBIAN WITH A SWEET VAG COMING THROUGH! Anyone need some do gooding because I am such a good person that it makes your mama jealous!!

          Make up your fucking mind you asshole.

          I'm not the only one who thinks this:

          https://soylentnews.org/~Azuma+Hazuki/journal/4143 [soylentnews.org]
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 741
              Male = 2736
              Difference = 1995; 78.68%
              Verdict: MALE

          https://soylentnews.org/~Azuma+Hazuki/journal/3949 [soylentnews.org]
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 540
              Male = 1483
              Difference = 943; 73.3%
              Verdict: MALE

          https://soylentnews.org/~Azuma+Hazuki/journal/3790 [soylentnews.org]
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 1064
              Male = 1641
              Difference = 577; 60.66%
              Verdict: MALE

          ---FOR COMPARISON---

          Arnold Schwarzenegger
          https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/11/opinions/arnold-schwarzenegger-fitness-takes-work-dont-give-up/index.html [cnn.com]
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 1306
              Male = 1630
              Difference = 324; 55.51%
              Verdict: Weak MALE
          (lol yes it really called arnold a weak male match. Next I’ll do Donald Trump but all of his larger bodies of text appear to be written by other people than his shorter works that were more consistent. I’m sure these were proofread so I’ll use a random collection minus covfee)

          Donald Trump Sample 1
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 984
              Male = 1715
              Difference = 731; 63.54%
              Verdict: MALE

          Donald Trump Sample 2
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 265
              Male = 342
              Difference = 77; 56.34%
              Verdict: Weak MALE

          Donald Trump Sample 3
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 189
              Male = 150
              Difference = -39; 44.24%
              Verdict: Weak FEMALE

          Donald Trump Sample 4
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 116
              Male = 160
              Difference = 44; 57.97%
              Verdict: Weak MALE

          So far the formal writing results have been pretty boring. I think this is interesting because even though the algorithm is totally confused it knows only a dude would publish something like this in a formal forum.

          Donald Trump Sample 4 (Formal)

          Genre: Formal
              Female = 5
              Male = 76
              Difference = 71; 93.82%
              Verdict: MALE

          Rosanne Barr Sample of short quotes
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 237
              Male = 331
              Difference = 94; 58.27%
              Verdict: Weak MALE
          (lol)

          Ellen Degeneres
          Sample 1
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 510
              Male = 235
              Difference = -275; 31.54%
              Verdict: FEMALE
          Sample 2
          Genre: Informal
              Female = 596
              Male = 202
              Difference = -394; 25.31%
              Verdict: FEMALE