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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

I started reading the part with students wondering how to afford a lawyer and I was like, wait, isn't that specifically what a class-action is supposed to allieviate?

Because students signed away their rights to a class action lawsuit as part of their enrollment agreement...

HOW THE FUCK IS THIS LEGAL. HOW IS THE USA A REAL PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. WHAT THE FUCK.

[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If it makes you feel better, it costs an average of $18,865 for an uninsured American to give birth to a healthy baby, and a tenth of the country is uninsured.

I mean, it doesn't make me feel better, because I live here. But you don't, so YMMV. Or I suppose YKMV, in metric, because the US still uses imperial measurements for everything, because we're too good for real numbers. USA! USA!

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why would other humans being miserable make me happy, I'm not Peter Thiel.

[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 13 points 4 months ago

Sorry, I’m American, I’ve forgotten how normal human empathy works. I’ve heard that in some places society isn’t entirely driven by spite but I think that’s a myth.

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