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Comment Some get scans for free (Score 2) 5

Because when you're given infusions of Leqembit to slow the progression of Alzheimer's, MRI scans are mandatoy. The drug can cause swelling, bleeding, or fluid leakage in the brain. Generally, scans are given six months apart.

Also, the drug can cause tiredness which is evidenced by the inability to stay awake during the day.

Comment Re:Filming people getting CPR (Score 1) 84

False choice. It could be schadenfreude by or not by proxy. But there are other options. That was the point of my post.

Yes, but in the OP's example of someone collapsing because of a medical condition, that's generally not something people are motivated to record by a thought process along the lines of "I should document this in case it proves to be important to one of the involved parties." Usually, it really is because they're hoping it will score them some fake internet points when they post it on social media.

Comment Re:Don't be that boomer (Score 2) 41

Almost as bad as the people who try to get their iPhone payment app running.

Or you could blame the store. Basically, every modern smartphone is capable of being your own personal self-checkout terminal, but only some stores have actually bothered to implement such functionality into their apps. So, it's the store that's making you go through a convoluted checkout process where you're stuck behind someone futzing around to get their payment method to work.

Comment Re:Is It Legal? (Score 1) 84

No. That's the answer. Even with just one side of the story no it wasn't legal... well more of a civil case. People may not like it, but property destruction is generally not looked on favourable by the courts simply because someone didn't like something.

Maybe she made a fake-out lunge at him and he knocked them off his face.

Actually... still illegal... well... more of a civil case.

Comment Holup (Score 1) 41

I know we often make jokes about America and their cheques (especially their spelling of it), but at some point in the past decade I thought it had been relegated to just that, a joke. I hear nothing but talk about credit cards and cash lovers, I actually thought cheques disappeared. Are they still a thing? It's been legit 3 decades since I've seen a cheque book.

Comment Re:Was it a Russian drone? (Score 1) 42

Let me suggest that the damage done to Germany by the Nordstream action was a magnitude greater than any damage done to the dome at Chernobyl.

Considering the pipeline was not operating yet you might be wrong but ask Germany. Also it's not the action itself at Chernobyl it's the potential consequences of the action that is the concern but that might be too much forward thinking for some. Also no-one seem interested in finding out? Isn't the most comprehensive investigation from the Germans?

Apparently you cared enough to lie about it. Russia has consistently claimed it was acting in self-defense and defense of ethnic Russians in Ukraine.

Lie about what? I acknowledge Russia says a thing that does not make it true or an acceptable justification for anything.

NATO was intervening in an ethnic conflict to prevent genocide, contrary to your claim that was not ever a sufficient reason for military intervention.

Not to prevent but to stop an ongoing genocide

Call me what you will but even I, the opposite propagandist know these are like the level 1 from your side. Go back to motherbase, get the 2025 talking points, you're still on the 2022 version. At least I'm good at it! (because the facts are on my side)

Comment Re: Good for her! (Score 2) 84

A lot of people have self-inflected hearing loss.

Usually not resulting from wearing a homebrew hearing aid that you cranked to 11 until it damaged your hearing, though. That's in essence what that guy did to himself.

No, it doesn't excuse the behavior at the McDonald's, but people who fake their disability or intentionally injure themselves for sympathy are making things worse for those who are truly disabled.

Comment Re:Social Norms (Score 1) 84

It's been done before, taking pictures on the subway, and those were done by photographers or people trying to get into photography. Such pictures are easily found by doing a simple search.

It's about perception. When someone is wearing these glasses they are looking at you with their eyes. When someone is taking a photograph, the camera is between you and them. It's obvious what the person is doing.

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