Mezzie

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by Mezzie 15d ago
When SAVE was rolled back, we should have been offered the ability to unconsolidate. What would stop people/states from suing to prevent the debt relief after it was instated?
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by Mezzie 15d ago
Added to that, how do the people enlisting know and trust the program will actually be there at the end? I'm one of the people with a ton of student loans, and I was also one of the people who consolidated my loans when the Biden admin
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by Mezzie 19d ago
I'm not the GP; I'm a separate person who was providing potential context. Something can be a huge problem and still be small potatoes to people having catastrophic problems, and often those of us in very, very dire circumstances
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by Mezzie 19d ago
There are absolutely people with bigger problems than depression. For example, I have MS, and my mental health is absolutely one of my less concerning problems. There are so many options for mental health + the treatments are much easier to
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by Mezzie 19d ago
I was on Cymbalta for a while for non mental health related issues (nerve pain caused by MS). I absolutely had withdrawal when I needed to go off of it, and I can say with certainty that the mental effects of going off of it were not just
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by Mezzie 20d ago
My theory is generational and knowledge shifts, namely that now we're seeing the first substantial cohort of non-techies with a decent understanding of tech culture and politics. This is also why we see a lot more anti-AI and anti tech
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by Mezzie 21d ago
That's one thing that I find so confusing about this. Even if we assume that the administration genuinely doesn't care and does want to annex/culturally subjugate Canada, it's really not easy to separate the two cultures
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by Mezzie 22d ago
That makes sense; I didn't spend any time in the 14th. I did notice a big difference in public bathroom availability based on arrondisement, but all the ones I saw/used were free. (The ones that weren't closed or out of ord
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by Mezzie 23d ago
I was just in Paris and I never had to pay for the public sidewalk toilets. Where did you see paid ones? I didn't get to all the arrondisements, so I'm curious.
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by Mezzie 23d ago
Netflix has a larger market base (far more people watch TV and movies than read books, particularly at a level high enough to justify a subscription) and a market base that is far less likely to already be aware of the free alternative (mos
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by Mezzie 23d ago
Because you have to pay a ton more for a lot of digital copies of books if you're doing any kind of lending and you're competing with existing libraries. So you both have higher costs (e.g. you have to pay more for a digital file
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
Good point re: wind. We don't really get substantial wind + sunlight where I live often. Definitely something to keep in mind. I'm not sure re: the sunscreen being better. Maybe as a platonic ideal, but it's really easy to mi
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
Yeah, there are linen pants too, so you don't have to wear shorts if you don't feel comfortable showing your legs. Linen in general is a great option if you want to not die of heat and you don't feel like showing your whole
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
Strong recommend a UV umbrella. I also hate the feeling of sunscreen and will also fry the minute I so much as look at the sun. Also, linen clothing. Far more comfortable in heat while keeping you covered. Hoodies and jeans sounds miserable
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
Yes! And you want them to learn in a situation where the stakes are lower: at 18, someone can put themselves into a ton of debt or put nudes in the wrong place and just nuke their life in a way that they can't fix for a decade and ever
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
> Big tech wants this, so they can continue on with business as usual abusing adults' psyche and personal information. I've said before and I'll say again that this approach (strict age gating) also is going to produce a s
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
I'm sharing this experience just to share, not suggesting or making any claims about what people should do with it: One of the best ways to get through airport CBP quickly without being overly hassled is to be overtly, clearly sick in
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
Ah, I see. You don't want a conversation at all.
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
Some clarification: When I say 'right wing nonsense', I mean nonsense that is right wing, not that right wing inherently = nonsense. I thought that was worth clarifying. I'm left, sort of, in the sense that I'm more left
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
People can absolutely have complicated feelings about things that help them. My life is sustained by medicine produced by large international pharma companies, and I also feel really uncomfortable about that.
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
What I'm seeing, as someone who works in a giant company but not in a tech department, is the rise of middle companies that specifically do all the hard work of organizing/wrangling the AI and providing more streamlined options th
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
I had a Geocities page in 1995. I was 6 years old. (I also remember how people were kind of freaked out when they realized us kids were on there.) I lived in rural MI and neither of my parents had a 4 year degree. I wasn't the kid of s
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
Setting aside OP's right wing nonsense, I (as a lefty woman) can see it but from another perspective: as white collar work becomes harder to get, that will drive wages down and make work conditions worse. (supply and demand). So if&#x2
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
I prefer extremely direct communication because it signals respect to me. Attempts at empathy in cases like this read to me as insulting, like how you'd speak to a toddler. I know you're lying, you know you're lying, and now
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
Also, research yourself and all the ways that you differ from the norm. Medicine makes its recommendations based on a standard patient, and knowing the ways in which you are not a standard patient and ensuring your doctors have this inf
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
In this case, you're probably right, but there are definitely spaces between 'live with it' and 'lethal'. I have multiple sclerosis and at the time of my diagnosis the best treatment available to me in terms of slow
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by Mezzie 2mo ago
It depends on the municipality. Usually, local laws are enacted by a city council with members elected to represent different areas of a municipality (and potentially some at-large seats). Legislation can come from a number of places: lobby
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by Mezzie 3mo ago
I have no idea how it works for non USA countries. I at one point took the FS exam and planned to go into the FS (and therefore know the process, how career progression works, and know people who did end up joining). I know how the US syste
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by Mezzie 3mo ago
Ambassadors to developed nations are typically political appointees, so yeah, they tend to suck. (Versus ambassadors to other nations, which tend to have worked their way up in the Foreign Service).
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by Mezzie 3mo ago
I do think context is important and I appreciate this response acknowledging it. Other context: I live in Michigan, and there are actually Muslim majority towns and cities here - I don't live in one, but I do travel to/through t

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