I live in southern (but eastern) California. I pay $14 every 3 months or so to get my hair cut because it blows in the wind when it gets too long. I tip big ($6) cuz she cuts it just the way I like it. My hair is very thick and fine and grows extra fast. That's why I have to have it cut so often and fancy. OTOH I am a 73 yr old guy.
The allusion to “socialized medicine” and (paraphrasing) “required $10 haircuts” cracked me up. Mostly because I’ve been living in the States for so long that I’ve forgotten how effective and comprehensive and efficient “socialized” healthcare really can be.
Oldest son is at university in Canada. He goes to the student clinic to get a refill on a prescription he’s been on for a decade, originally written by his doctor here in the States. Practitioner looks at prescription, writes for a refill, then says that because the dosage is a little bit higher than normal dosing, prints out a flowchart of diagnostic studies and in less than 20 minutes has a full cardiac workup scheduled for the next day at Vancouver’s largest hospital.
ECG, echocardiogram, cardiologist appointment, all scheduled almost immediately and with zero dollars cost to the son.
This was stuff we’d kind of sort of been told maybe we might get for him on Christmas holidays by his American doctor, who like me wasn’t too worried because the boy’s been in the medication for a while and the papers indicating a slight maybe possible cardiac risk elevation are pretty new, but no, Health Canada has a flowchart and so boom! Socialized medicine somehow manages to have a thorough cardiac work up scheduled at a major tertiary/quaternary care hospital within 24 hours.
So. What are the nutbars saying about how Canada is just terrible for providing even basic healthcare in a timely fashion? Because of the so-called socialized medicine thing? They can shut right up right about now.
Also? I have never walked out of a hair salon in my life without having paid at least $100, with gratuity. It’s not a thing if you’re female.
I don't know how much of it is misunderstanding vs. intentional, but yeah. Creating elaborate straw men about liberals is the go-to move for conservatives. It's their only move, because their policies (we want to take your social security and medicare to throw more $ at rich fucks that don't need it) are unpopular with a majority of the country, so they have to lie about the other side.
I suspect he actually spends money to make his hair look that — just the hairspray costs alone to glue his shitty cotton candy hair into that fugly shape
I've been putting off a visit to my stylist, because cut, color and tip is going to set me back $200 or close to it. So I will sincerely say to the Swoyer chick who wrote this article: bitch, please.
She had an excuse. The tractor factory was full of unpaid MAGATs.
I don't really care. Do U?
Stains. Of some sort.
Oh, FFS. This is not a lot of money for someone with her length of hair. My hubby get almost that much in Albuquerque.
Karl Marx would be rolling in his grave.
Or a Brazilian
I live in southern (but eastern) California. I pay $14 every 3 months or so to get my hair cut because it blows in the wind when it gets too long. I tip big ($6) cuz she cuts it just the way I like it. My hair is very thick and fine and grows extra fast. That's why I have to have it cut so often and fancy. OTOH I am a 73 yr old guy.
The allusion to “socialized medicine” and (paraphrasing) “required $10 haircuts” cracked me up. Mostly because I’ve been living in the States for so long that I’ve forgotten how effective and comprehensive and efficient “socialized” healthcare really can be.
Oldest son is at university in Canada. He goes to the student clinic to get a refill on a prescription he’s been on for a decade, originally written by his doctor here in the States. Practitioner looks at prescription, writes for a refill, then says that because the dosage is a little bit higher than normal dosing, prints out a flowchart of diagnostic studies and in less than 20 minutes has a full cardiac workup scheduled for the next day at Vancouver’s largest hospital.
ECG, echocardiogram, cardiologist appointment, all scheduled almost immediately and with zero dollars cost to the son.
This was stuff we’d kind of sort of been told maybe we might get for him on Christmas holidays by his American doctor, who like me wasn’t too worried because the boy’s been in the medication for a while and the papers indicating a slight maybe possible cardiac risk elevation are pretty new, but no, Health Canada has a flowchart and so boom! Socialized medicine somehow manages to have a thorough cardiac work up scheduled at a major tertiary/quaternary care hospital within 24 hours.
So. What are the nutbars saying about how Canada is just terrible for providing even basic healthcare in a timely fashion? Because of the so-called socialized medicine thing? They can shut right up right about now.
Also? I have never walked out of a hair salon in my life without having paid at least $100, with gratuity. It’s not a thing if you’re female.
Trader Joe sells two kinds of male pattern baldness?
That's an interesting business model.
All in the labelling.
I don't know how much of it is misunderstanding vs. intentional, but yeah. Creating elaborate straw men about liberals is the go-to move for conservatives. It's their only move, because their policies (we want to take your social security and medicare to throw more $ at rich fucks that don't need it) are unpopular with a majority of the country, so they have to lie about the other side.
I suspect he actually spends money to make his hair look that — just the hairspray costs alone to glue his shitty cotton candy hair into that fugly shape
Exactly. My point is, it's really, really bad labeling for most Americans. Bernie should have known better. 😢
And in the meantime: the GOP and their right-wing propaganda machine demonize the word "Democratic".
Indeed.
I've been putting off a visit to my stylist, because cut, color and tip is going to set me back $200 or close to it. So I will sincerely say to the Swoyer chick who wrote this article: bitch, please.