It’s all so… “officer-involved shooting.” - ThreadSky

theferocity.bsky.social • 84 days ago

It’s all so… “officer-involved shooting.”

Reposted from Read the book Starting Somewhere

Hm that’s one way to put it NPR

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csimmons21.bsky.social•84 days ago

So it’s fine as long as you don’t need it?

Yah, so not happy with it.

calfan66.bsky.social•84 days ago

It’s like having the crappiest car on the planet but you never drive, so yeah, I’m satisfied with the car.

thedebocrat.bsky.social•84 days ago

What Americans!?! I call shenanigans on NPR.

blepbork.bsky.social•84 days ago

These are my favorite pair of shoes but oh no I never wear them because they don’t fit and give me blisters.

northernice.bsky.social•84 days ago

what? lol omg, I can't believe I just read that Wow captain obvious moment. That's like saying I'm fine with the high food price unless I'm poor and have no money. good grief even NPR has turned IQ negative.

lazycynic.bsky.social•84 days ago

So I was never on Twitter. I knew that media in the US had some seriously bad takes because of podcasts.
But since joining bluesky for two weeks the number of ridiculous things I’ve seen from US media has been seriously eye opening.

(The U.K. is full of horrific media too, obviously)

karmel-dahl.bsky.social•84 days ago

Whaaaaa?!!!

jillybobww.bsky.social•84 days ago

People who don't drive much report a much higher satisfaction level with their cars.

kendrawrites.com•84 days ago

Drag me 🤣

cherrysoup.bsky.social•84 days ago

And in my experience, they believe they are morally superior/favored for not having used their health insurance!

unprovoked.net•84 days ago

Is that... Kaiser... researching itself?

cherrysoup.bsky.social•84 days ago

I’ve always found this baffling!

NPR also uses them as a source quite often and partners with them on various reporting initiatives. I think it is bad!

sknowsthatp.bsky.social•84 days ago

People who own cars are pretty happy with the interstate highway system

sassmasterdeane.bsky.social•83 days ago

sick people are "no angels"

brynthelistener.bsky.social•84 days ago

wat in tarnation

tokenliberal.bsky.social•84 days ago

Or "other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

kimberbluesky.bsky.social•84 days ago

Except for the $800 monthly Cobra payment, and of course, if I never need it, it’s fine!

kurin.bsky.social•84 days ago

People in this country who haven't experienced hardship are basically in a different galaxy from those who have, and I genuinely don't see how to reconcile them without... well idk something drastic and unusual.

warren.nyc•84 days ago

The very nature of insurance is that you are happy with it provided you never, ever need to use it. And I seriously doubt even the people happy with it are happy about what it costs.

tamaramatthews.bsky.social•84 days ago

People are happy with their insurance until they’ve got to use it.

jessewestbennett.com•84 days ago

“Most Americans are happy with their car’s safety features, except among those involved in accidents. Curiously, response data is missing entirely among those involved in fatal accidents.”

sugarblaster.bsky.social•84 days ago

that’s insurance industry gospel. They know healthy people aren’t using medical services and are basically free money. everyone else can get bent tho

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