Deep Thoughts (shower thoughts ok too but no Pit stuff)

[mocat]

the inflection point at which you become old is when your mustache looks handsome instead of gross

[BIG APPLE CAT]

the inflection point at which you become old is when your mustache looks handsome instead of gross

Was Kevin Costner "old" in Dances With Wolves?
Was Kurt Russel "old" in Tombstone? (This could really apply to all those dudes in Tombstone not named Sam Elliott)

[mocat]

the inflection point at which you become old is when your mustache looks handsome instead of gross

Was Kevin Costner "old" in Dances With Wolves?
Was Kurt Russel "old" in Tombstone? (This could really apply to all those dudes in Tombstone not named Sam Elliott)

Were they old? No. But were they old souls? Absolutely

[Spracne]

the inflection point at which you become old is when your mustache looks handsome instead of gross

Was Kevin Costner "old" in Dances With Wolves?
Was Kurt Russel "old" in Tombstone? (This could really apply to all those dudes in Tombstone not named Sam Elliott)

Were they old? No. But were they old souls? Absolutely

No disrespect mocat, but your "deep thought" is rough ridin' stupid.

[wetwillie]

^
Looks handsome in a mustache

[mocat]

It might be stupid aye

[Pete]

if bottomless pits were a real thing, what would be the most common cause of death for people that fell into them?

my first thought was boredom-induced suicide...like after several hours of falling you're just like okay well the only thing that can happen is i die its just a matter of when, so i'm going to see if i can careen off one of these sidewalls really hard until i die from it

and then my next thought was...well, probably exhaustion? Like i can't imagine its possible to fall asleep while falling at near terminal velocity, so i would imagine you are just awake for several days before your body is just too exhausted from lack of sleep and you die from it.

Dehydration?

Has to be this.  The human body can live for almost 3 weeks with no food, but only 3 days with no water.

[Pete]

[Pete]

"Every time Jesus turned to hand out a piece of bread and fish, I just put a little bit more in the basket. It was hilarious, you should have seen it. Almost as fun as that time we 'ran out of wine' LOL."

[BIG APPLE CAT]

There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in our entire solar system

Put that in your brain pipe and smoke it like a marijuana cigarette

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Why are toasters made with a level 6 setting? It could only serve to incinerate your food. Also, the four set of toasts that you toast on level 3 will be twice as toasted as the first set of toasts.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Why are toasters made with a level 6 setting? It could only serve to incinerate your food. Also, the four set of toasts that you toast on level 3 will be twice as toasted as the first set of toasts.

level 6 was developed exclusively for POP TARTS, but be careful!

[cfbandyman]

There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in our entire solar system

Put that in your brain pipe and smoke it like a marijuana cigarette

 

[Spracne]

There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in our entire solar system

Put that in your brain pipe and smoke it like a marijuana cigarette

 

I remember reading this and thinking, "BAC, you rascal. You almost got me. Well, he almost got me, again."

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Why are toasters made with a level 6 setting? It could only serve to incinerate your food. Also, the four set of toasts that you toast on level 3 will be twice as toasted as the first set of toasts.

level 6 was developed exclusively for POP TARTS, but be careful!

The pop tarts package explicitly warns you not to try this sort of thing. It will turn the filling into scorching magma.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Why are toasters made with a level 6 setting? It could only serve to incinerate your food. Also, the four set of toasts that you toast on level 3 will be twice as toasted as the first set of toasts.

level 6 was developed exclusively for POP TARTS, but be careful!

The pop tarts package explicitly warns you not to try this sort of thing. It will turn the filling into scorching magma.

if you are afraid to die...can you ever truly live?

[cfbandyman]

There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in our entire solar system

Put that in your brain pipe and smoke it like a marijuana cigarette

 

I remember reading this and thinking, "BAC, you rascal. You almost got me. Well, he almost got me, again."

I definitely "not so fast my friend" twice on it as well.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in our entire solar system

Put that in your brain pipe and smoke it like a marijuana cigarette

 

I remember reading this and thinking, "BAC, you rascal. You almost got me. Well, he almost got me, again."

I definitely "not so fast my friend" twice on it as well.

i have been known to be a bit of a trickster, from time to time.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

ok this is borderline pit fodder, so i'm going to ask that we stay focused for this one:

I saw a Xcreet or w/e the other day that said something to the effect of "when it comes to healthcare...you either believe it is a human right, or you believe it is a privilege and if you get sick and can't afford to pay then you deserve to die, and there's no in between."

Now, if you want to discuss the merits of universal healthcare vs privatized healthcare there are probably a bunch of threads in the pit for that. What i'm thinking about is the "its either this or its that" aspect of that statement. I am not usually wont to deal in absolutes, and especially with a topic as complicated as healthcare it seems crazy that it could really boil down to either this or that...but i am having a hard time coming up with a third, secret thing it could be.

Is it fair to say when it comes to healthcare you either think its a human right, or you think its a privilege that not everybody deserves? I dunno, it really does kinda seem like its one or the other. but i am trying to keep an open mind so if there is a gray area in there please let me know.

[CNS]

ok this is borderline pit fodder, so i'm going to ask that we stay focused for this one:

I saw a Xcreet or w/e the other day that said something to the effect of "when it comes to healthcare...you either believe it is a human right, or you believe it is a privilege and if you get sick and can't afford to pay then you deserve to die, and there's no in between."

Now, if you want to discuss the merits of universal healthcare vs privatized healthcare there are probably a bunch of threads in the pit for that. What i'm thinking about is the "its either this or its that" aspect of that statement. I am not usually wont to deal in absolutes, and especially with a topic as complicated as healthcare it seems crazy that it could really boil down to either this or that...but i am having a hard time coming up with a third, secret thing it could be.

Is it fair to say when it comes to healthcare you either think its a human right, or you think its a privilege that not everybody deserves? I dunno, it really does kinda seem like its one or the other. but i am trying to keep an open mind so if there is a gray area in there please let me know.

Here is a third thing:

If we went single payer, and added regulation, we would reduce costs.  That should appeal to everyone. 

[star seed 7]

There are very few psychopaths that believe emergency care should be means based so really it's just a spectrum of where you feel medical care should be shifted to what the person can afford (or what the cost/benefit ratio to society is in publicly funded Healthcare).

[nicname]

When it comes right down to it, might actually does make right … or rights. This includes healthcare rights.

[Pete]

When it comes right down to it, might actually does make right … or rights. This includes healthcare rights.

For the vast majority of our species’ time on this planet that has been the case. 

[nicname]

When it comes right down to it, might actually does make right … or rights. This includes healthcare rights.

For the vast majority of our species’ time on this planet that has been the case.

The whole time. If you’re mighty enough you have the right to do anything you want. But the mighty can be benevolent and grant rights to those less mighty.

In the natural/material world we don’t have a right to healthcare or anything, unless someone or some group is mighty annd benevolent enough to enforce said right on our behalf.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

There are very few psychopaths that believe emergency care should be means based so really it's just a spectrum of where you feel medical care should be shifted to what the person can afford (or what the cost/benefit ratio to society is in publicly funded Healthcare).

How do you quantify what counts as emergency care? How big does that mole have to get before you can have it checked to see if it's malignant? If a rusty nail goes through your foot can you just bring the nail with you to the ER to prove this could be fatal?

Also for the sake of this thought experiment I'm operating within the boundaries of our current system, or how our system could realistically be in the not so distant future