Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle

That is very encouraging. Thank you for this! 🥹

*it thinks

Sometimes I can’t tell if it things the British or US spelling is right.

And there’s SO MANY words that obviously exist but come up as wrong.

(I do love scrivener, too, though)

I had done it quite a bit. It had been unintentional.

OKAY. Discovered another bad writing habit.

I cannot stop using past perfect tense.

“She had done.”

“They had found.”

“He had been.”

CAN’T STOP.

Going through older writing and fixing it. A lot of it just feels too passive.

Tired of people colonizing Black culture and then universalizing it as if it didn’t stem from the same AAVE these same people mock relentlessly as “ghetto” or “unprofessional” or “grammatically incorrect” language.

There is no way, NO WAY, anyone could EVER mistake “unc” for being anything other than AAVE.

Always mocking Black vernacular until they think, “Oh, that seems fun!” then yoink it and call it “Gen Z” slang as if everyone came up with it together or it just spawned out of thin air.

I’m sorry…

Allies too?

ALLIES. TOO?!?!?!?!

They gotta make it about themselves at every opportunity, dear lord.

“Don’t forget about me! I’m totally an ally, and I suffer too!”

FOH.

In case you're wondering how bullshit the anti-trans bathroom police really are, last year an opposing counsel sent a male cop into the women's bathroom during a trial break to remove me.

I was the only person in the whole bathroom because it was after 5 and ours was the only case still going.

I love that subreddit. Today is the first day I heard of this dude, and I'd like to go back to the days where I had no idea who he was.

I 100% believe United Healthcare would do that. And you're right; most of them probably do.

It surprised me to learn that so few people appeal those claim rejections, but I understand why. No reason to trust that an appeal would be worth it when insurance companies are that consistently useless.

It’s also super cowardly to say there’s problems with “the black community” or “black culture” as if you’re providing some kind of constructive criticism to a community rather than just shitting on an entire race of people.

Stand ten toes down. Just say you mean black people. Nasty ass. 😒

There’s nothing that makes my skin crawl like a racist saying “black people.”

They say it with such disdain. It’s gross that they even have us on their minds.

Bonus points if they use “blacks” or “the blacks” instead.’ Really going mask off with that one.

Huh…definitely an…interesting vibe.

I regret that I asked. 😂

I was working on a blog post for my website about evil companies, and when I was doing the research I learned that Aetna (I think it was Aetna?) employed an algorithm that auto-rejects a shit ton of claims without anyone even looking at them. Yet only 2% of people appeal! We must appeal!!!! 😫

I don’t even drive and I want that goddamn bumper sticker.

Ah, that’s good to know, thank you!

So it basically all boils down to “pay us monthly for literally nothing, while we spend all our time and resources developing algorithms and devising ways to deny you coverage as much as humanly possible when you finally need us.”

4/4

*certain things just legit don’t get covered by certain insurance providers. For example, my bipolar meds are not covered under my new insurance, so a job switch meant I went from paying $4 each refill to $48 each refill
*having a pre-existing condition means no coverage. Like, at all

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*usually have to pay a deductible, meaning you’re paying out of pocket anyway AND still paying monthly for the insurance until you hit that deductible (which can be absurdly high)
*even paying monthly doesn’t guarantee coverage; you don’t get covered if your provider is not “in network”

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I feel like trying to explain insurance to someone who doesn’t know what it is would blow their mind.

*tied to your employment, so if you’re unemployed (and most likely lacking a stable income), whoops, gotta pay out of pocket
*pay for it monthly in the hopes you can use it when you need it

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Maybe there’s a legitimate reason for it that I’m just not privy to as someone who isn’t very tech savvy.

Still. Annoying when the software never changes, yet demands constant updates.

Oh, and ANOTHER THING!

I hate how so much software and so many apps need to update every 30 seconds. Bonus points if you can’t even USE it until you update it.

Fuck you, Discover app.

Oh I LOVE that. It’s such a simple but effective way to explain how to make the setting come to life.

Human WHAT guy? 😭

I’m nosy as fuck and I like the tea, so I checked dude’s profile.

What a fucking goober lol

@jazzpomegranate.com I aspire to reach your power level.

YES I’M STILL ANNOYED ABOUT THE ALARM APP, BECAUSE FUCK YOU MEAN $60 A YEAR?!?!

An irritating capitalist trend is the tendency of simple, well-functioning apps to slowly mutate into these over complicated slop apps with a thousand features no one asked for, thirty sponsors, and a monthly subscription for something that absolutely does NOT need one.

How do you feel about "don't edit as you go; wait until you have the first draft" advice?

I have a habit of looking through and editing as I'm writing, but I've often heard it said that's a bad idea.

thinking of it as "decorating rooms" is great, i love it