Posts by vividraven26

wearyrider26 said:In America, primary health insurance isn't just some social handout—it’s actually treated as a matter of public interest. I mean, if you look at how big epidemics or poor living conditions can spread things around, public health is really there to help lower mortality rates rather than make them worse.

Though, I guess it is technically possible here for something like that to be scrapped entirely, which would leave us all in a pretty grim spot, sort of like facing a cholera outbreak without any backup.

Honestly, talking about getting rid of free primary healthcare feels pretty reckless to me. It’s almost making me think of those old T4 scenarios, which is a heavy thought.

You only get access to primary healthcare if you’re actually chipping in the same way every other worker does. You don't want to work? Then you don't get the coverage. Period. There's always going to be someone foolish enough to grind away for 40 years, paying into a system that supports people who won't even bother to get out of bed in the morning. It's pure socialism. That's exactly why those systems fail, and it leaves the hardworking people broke. Sure, everyone will probably get their vaccinations for free when an epidemic hits, but for anything else, they can just forget about it. This is exactly why the healthcare system is such a mess—we have tiny amounts of revenue coming in and massive expenses going out.

On my end, I'm putting money aside for my own retirement, not to fund the pensions of slackers and freeloaders. People should get out exactly what they put in.

silverraven7 said:Look, honey, I’ve actually been in a spot where I had to rely on those social safety nets myself. Believe me, you can't do squat with them. If you're expecting some massive windfall of cash, forget about it. You get just enough to keep from starving.
Health insurance? You've already got that covered the second you sign up for unemployment.

Either I missed something or nobody bothered to tell me, but I don't know anything about any other perks. Probably the people who didn't even need the help but grabbed it anyway just because it was the trendy thing to do.

And as for herding sheep?
That sounds like a dream job to me. I tried it once back when I was just a kid. You spend the whole day out in the fresh air, you don't need some overpriced gym or those fancy little machines for mice, and all you hear is birds chirping and sheep bleating. Around noon, you just chill under a tree, milk the sheep, and whip up some stew. Throw a fire together, roast some potatoes, bacon... the works.
If you're actually curious about things, you can bring books or even a laptop.
Doesn't that sound amazing?

I wasn't talking about the cash, I was talking about the healthcare. You offer someone a gig, and if they turn it down, you kick them off unemployment and strip their health coverage. Who in their right mind can deal with being uninsured today and pay full price at the doctor? Just watch how fast they start taking jobs if that's the case.

And then there's the whole thing where they scrap the guaranteed minimum pension and switch to this system based on total years worked—so whatever comes out is what you get. It means you could actually end up with more if you work fewer years.

I'm down for cows too. It's a solid job, you're out in the fresh air and walking around, though it does have one downside. You won't have Wi-Fi everywhere to keep up with all the drama on social media, so they might get bored.

Even if Jaca isn't exactly crushing it when it comes to managing the shepherds, she’s actually got a point here. She just pointed out one single instance where people flat-out refuse to work, and honestly? If they just stripped away all those government handouts, you'd see people actually picking up a shovel in no time.

Chris Collins, who’s sitting there as the vice chairman of the Republican Party, just went out and completely shut down those rumors floating around the papers about how Donald Trump was supposedly huddling up with Roger Stone in Utah to map out some big joint move for the upcoming elections.

And get this, because he didn't stop there—Collins also flat-out denied all that nonsense about Trump and Eric Adams cooking up their own secret plans to run on the same ticket.

Richard Wilson4 said:Anything beats the Tim Geithner era...

Honestly, it’s hard to sink any lower than that...

I’m rooting for the Democratic Party to take over at this point. We finally need to face reality and admit the left holds all the cards. People act like they don't care if the Republican Party runs things, as long as the Democrats stay out, but look at us—we're basically signing military cooperation deals with Mexico...

What is this committee actually going to achieve besides doing exactly what they did last time—just firing people to clear out space for their own cronies (kind of like how they operate at the FBI)?

Emily Lee2 said:This is nothing but pure, calculated disinformation from The New York Times. They literally have an intelligence department dedicated to manufacturing public opinion and churning out articles just to manipulate the masses. Just look back at The New York Times headlines over the last year alone!!
And CNN is right there following their lead.

It's totally expected that these half-baked little journalists would tear him down, since they either forget or just don't realize that if Roger Stone's verdict gets overturned, they'll just start a new trial, except this time they'll keep him in custody so he can't take his oath of office like a Congressman, which ends up being the same thing anyway since he still has his party represented in Congress.

I mean, you have to admit, those Nazis were some serious blue-collar workers, right? I mean, there was just endless work to go around for about 700,000 people.

Terry Hall68 said:😂

Just uncheck that box, and hey, if you end up staring at a Blue Screen of Death, make sure you write down the error code!

So now I'm sitting here wondering about this Write debugging stuff... I've got Small memory dump (64KB) and %SystemRoot%/minidump enabled, right? Microsoft support is trying to walk me through some steps, but my English isn't quite sharp enough to catch all the technical nuances of what they want me to actually do. And then, whenever I try to reboot the thing, it just throws "Physical memory dump complete" at me, and honestly, I have zero clue how those two things even relate to each other.

Terry Hall68 said:http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;156669

So, what was the last bit of software you actually installed before everything went sideways?

Look, I’m just over here downloading movies and subtitles, catching up on the news, and keeping an eye on any new laws passed in D.C.—you know, just regular stuff—while my son and daughter are constantly messing around with different programs on here. I actually tried playing around with the power schemes to see if I could get the thing to shut itself down after a few minutes, but instead of working, it just threw a 0x0000000a error at me (I did a little digging into that Microsoft support link you sent, by the way), and then, while I was trying to check for any new hardware or software conflicts, it spit out a Memory dump. Physical memory dump complete. This computer basically runs twenty-four-seven since there are four of us using it for everything from movies to scrolling through Facebook... so honestly, who knows if it's just overheating or if my kid installed something sketchy. At least I've got Norton protecting me. Seriously though, you guys are great, but aren't you being a little too technical for the average American?

Scott Lee7 said:Don't go poking around in your BIOS just yet...

This Blue Screen of Death actually means something...

Either grab a screenshot for me or just type out exactly what’s on your screen right here.
That specific section right next to "Error: 0x000000XY..." is absolutely the most critical part of the whole thing.

I already typed out everything that was on the screen.

Terry Hall68 said:😂

Just uncheck that box, and hey, if you end up staring at a Blue Screen of Death, make sure you write down the error code!

So when my son gave me the order to shut it down, I went ahead and unchecked that box on the blue screen, and what happened? It just spat out: STOP:c 0000021a (fatal system error). Apparently, the Windows logon process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0x00000000 (0x00000000 0x00000000), and then the whole system just shut itself down. I sat there for a few minutes, and once I finally hit the power button on the PC, it actually turned off. But man, things still aren't right. Thanks to everyone for the help so far. Once my son can walk me through how to work in the BIOS, I'll grab him to see what we need to do next.

Hey, I could really use some help here. Every single time I try to shut down my PC normally, the damn thing just immediately restarts itself. It’s driving me nuts. Right now, the only way I can actually get it to turn off is by flipping the switch on the power strip behind the tower. I ran a scan with Norton and it says there aren't any viruses or anything, so I'm totally stumped. Any ideas? Thanks.