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Comment: Re:Sounds nice. (Score 1) 237

by Av8rjoker (#39692937) Attached to: Treating Depression With Electrodes Inside the Brain
Yeah, I do understand that it is experimental, but unfortunately the VA is very..... very slow to accept new treatments well after they are released to the general public. I have been hospitalized there for depression a few times (in fact I have to report there on Monday), so they are well aware of my conditions. I do appreciate your advice though.

Comment: Re:Any surprise? (Score 1) 382

by Av8rjoker (#37497938) Attached to: US Gov't Pays IT Contractors Twice As Much As Its Own IT Workers
I must be taking this out of context or some comments because this is a ridiculous statement. Temp workers ALWAYS make far less than full-time employees. I've worked quite a few temp jobs, since that's the direction this stupid fucking country is going, and I've always made less money than full-time equivalents while getting no benefits, no time off, and on top of that I get treated like a second class worker at some places *cough*nintendo,snapon,xerox*cough*.

I've been at....... uh, a large search engine company.... as a temp, for 1.5 years now. I've gotten no raise, I can't afford to buy into their shitty health insurance, and I make maybe 20k a year. The part of the country I live in now is very expensive to live (coming from Wisconsin). If I don't get my paycheck each week, I'm completely screwed.

That is my experience as a temp. I hate life.

Comment: Re:Sad, but I can see doing it too (Score 1) 950

by Av8rjoker (#36516428) Attached to: Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail
I'm bipolar. No one will insure me and even if they will, it's laughably expensive. As always, no one will cover my medications for at least a year for some odd reason. At least the VA helps me out a little bit but anyone who has worked with the VA knows that it is a hassle (to say the least). When you make $23,000 a year working as an indefinite temp worker at one of the biggest tech companies in the world, insurance is just not possible.

Fuck the US "healthcare" system.

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