Gr8 b8 m8

Neat

plz do 16 tons next

It could be someone being disingenuous, but also sometimes people just lurk.

My account is older than the OP but I still think this site has gotten increasingly hostile.

Ah gotcha, sorry. Internets getting kinda confusing so I'm gonna go outside for awhile.

Are you just...making fun of poor people? Surely not, but your bit here is not 100% clear.

You may now continue our conversation about bionicle lore, I apologize but my phone was very recently destroyed after I filled it with mayonnaise to improve the signal.

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner is banger

I have nothing constructive to add, I just want it to be known that I was here.

I really hope they hit that second patreon goal, I feel like they need more early energy to really retain enough fundraising to stay relevant.

Fight on comrade.

I will warn you that I think you have to be particularly careful with coming on with the verbage too quick. The vast majority of US physicians come from very privileged backgrounds/PMC households and many will self-identify more with the bourgeoisie than rightfully in the proletariat. Additionally, these folks tend to be peak neoliberals at best if not flat out conservatives.

That being said, they are a heavy target for exploitation and many know this, so if done cleverly you can channel their frustrations towards the actual root of the problem.

Talking Points that will get you traction:

1. If you work for a living, you are a worker. Because of their wage most doctors feel that they exist more in the "upper-middle" or "upper" class of America, and often feel victimized by others who think they are paid too much or don't earn their wage, etc. It is important to redraw the class division in their head from "upper/middle/lower" to "Worker/Owner" so they may realign themselves with the rest of the healthcare workforce and not with the hospital CEOs or "c-suite suits". Honestly, american doctors have been feeling the squeeze for many years as the business side of healthcare has done what it needed to increase profit margins. Remind them they are workers first (You did a good job btw in that post generally, big ups).

2. Doctors are threatened by AI/Mid-level encroachment. It's easy to get minds in the right direction if you can properly underline why this is happening. Labor is the most expensive aspect of running a business, and capital hates paying for it. They 100% want you to take on 1 -2 NPs because the insurance gets billed the same and you take on all the liability. You just tripled your productive output for maybe 25% of what they bill but also tripled your liability. It's not the NP/PA/Whatever that is the enemy, but the hospital that is squeezing every dollar it can out of you. Same thing goes for AI. These are topics that have a lot of energy and emotion behind them, but it's often wasted on in-fighting.

As a notice /r/medicine isn't purely physicians but a mix of healthcare workers. Also, there are some premium chuds there and the ban hammer is used liberally for any violations of civility, so be warned.

Every once in a while, I check the case fatality # of the day and whenever it's less than 1k I consider it a good day. Then I'm sad.

Watching you edit that comment in real time was weird AF

-muffled screaming-

This reference was clearly a veiled attempt to make me learn more history. Good try but now I'm going to go rot my brain more with commercial media.

Sir I will have you know I am this website's designated lib, you're all leftists compared to me. You're welcome.

WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU COWARD, COME BACK HERE I NEED TO KNOW

Is Veganism tomorrow's strug-sesh or did we already do that one? I like to get my strawmen ready the night before if possible.

The conquest of bread makes some good points about the practicalities of revolutions, especially pertaining to food supplies (hence, like, the name and shit). Basically, "On the third day of your new country don't spend all your time struggle seshing over the use of the oxford comma in the new constitution while people starve in the street"

There's also a bunch of anarchist-y stuff about "free agreement" and people spontaneously forming committees for the distribution of goods which seems a little too optimistic/bordering on naive, but it's a short read and very intelligible. Kind of an optimistic breath of fresh air in ole hellworld.