Just wanted to expand on this

Depending on the program/insurance type, it might require that you can’t hold down any meaningful job, caused by a medical condition that lasts longer than a year.

For SSI or SSDI, you basically have to be bed bound (“less than sedentary”), statutorially blind (corrected visual acuity 20/200 in the good eye), have a condition severe enough it meets the strict requirements in SSA’s listings of impairments, or have a mental condition that prevents you from being at all able to fulfill the demands of unskilled work. The rules get more lenient after age 50 the older you get though.

Not at all sure tbh, I’ve never remembered having a dream. They sound neat though!

No, but my dad does often drive me to doctor appointments I’m not allowed to drive back from if hubs is still at work and can’t take me

I care about other people senselessly killing creatures that don’t have to die because they like the flavor. Posts just sticking their head in the sand saying “can’t everyone get along?” seem kind of childish to me.

Seems like it could be fun, but I’m not hot enough for one

The worst part for me is when you get your intake for the day and its three cases needing reconsideration and you know you aren’t accomplishing anything else today because you have over three thousand pages of medical records to review.

I approve people applying for disability benefits.

Waiting for help, this shocking new treatment might be just what was needed!

There’s no overarching point to living. We exist, and then after a time we die. But we feel things while alive, so there is a point in deciding what you want to do while you’re stuck here. You listed some things you’ve given up on, but what is it that you want to do with your time?

Okay this’ll sound strange but hear me out. Red sauce base, kalamata olives, vegan feta, and lots of fresh mint. I’ve never been fancy enough to make my own pizza dough but when I’m assembling a pizza that’s my go-to. It’s so good.

I also have an unhealthy mint addiction btw

Growing up my parents always called me “the good kid”, especially my dad. It just made me feel super awkward and bad though, I didn’t take it as a compliment. These days neither of my other siblings talk to my parents anymore either, I’m the only one still in contact.

Drank way too much, played magic the gathering with a friend using my unicorn deck, and loudly shouted “unicorn” every time I played one and took a shot of tequila right after. Around halfway through the game I shouted “unicorn”, followed it up with a “damn it”, and casually walked to the bathroom and threw up.

Not terribly alarming I guess, but it was memorable.

Raccoon. Live new life as trash panda, never turn back.

Someone died for those sad looking things?

Why not vegetarian first? Because dairy is seriously messed up.

Cows have an average lifespan of around twenty years off the top of my head. Cows are mammals, and produce milk to feed their young. To keep them producing milk, you have to keep them perpetually pregnant. This is done via artificial insemination the overwhelming majority of the time, where a farmer puts her in a rape rack, sticks their hand up her ass far enough to grab her cervix and align everything, then jams a syringe full of bull semen into her vagina.

A side effect of pregnancy is children. Her calves are stolen from her after she gives birth, and murdered to be sold for veal. This cycle is repeated continually for four or five years until she becomes physically incapable of functioning from the repeated pregnancies. Then she’s slaughtered for her flesh too.

Dairy is the meat industry, just with additional abuses. Vegetarians are continuing to support the abuse of animals. It makes much more sense to just go vegan from an ethical standpoint.

Dang, exploring the multiverse sounds way better. I like your style!

I think p is an inherently funny letter, and while brainstorming for names including it I kinda thought this one was cute, too.

Okay not bad but it takes a bit more than that to plunge these depths

Those look fucking delicious, nice work!

But, if I merge as soon as there’s space for me I don’t have to stress and panic about not having room to get into the other lane or keep driving forward. What do you do if you get to the end of the lane and people aren’t letting you in?