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Shit, it’s fucking virtue ethics. “Morality is about being the kind of person who embodies virtues. If you spank someone, you’re not embodying virtue.” Fuck you and the ancient Greek chariot you rode in on.

You know what’s worse than the villain who’s obviously right, but gets killed to maintain the status quo? The villain who’s obviously right, but the story has them conclude they were wrong all along and die saving the hero.

I call Anthem Blue Cross. I tell them I need a mandibular adjustment device. They give me the number of a local in-network dentist.

I call the dentist. They’re not in-network, and they’re sick of Anthem saying they are.

I call Anthem. They say they don’t even cover mandibular adjustment devices, and I should call MetLife Dental.

I call MetLife Dental. They don’t cover mandibular adjustment devices. That’s Anthem’s job.

I call Anthem. They give me a list of all in-network dentists within 20 miles who can give me a mandibular adjustment device.

I call the dentists. One puts me on indefinite waitlist because they have so many patients already. Every other dentist is either out-of-network or doesn’t provide mandibular adjustment devices.

I call Anthem. They say they can’t give me a list of dentists, because they’re medical insurance, not dental insurance. I try to explain they already gave me a list of dentists, and I get nowhere. They tell me to call MetLife and get a list of nearby dentists from them. Even if they’re out-of-network, Anthem will still pay 70%.

For lack of a better idea, I call MetLife. I say I need a local dentist who can provide a mandibular adjustment device. They say they’ll send me a list of local dentists. I say I specifically need dentists who can provide a mandibular adjustment device. They say they sent me the list of dentists. I hang up.

I call one of the dentists on MetLife’s list. They don’t provide mandibular adjustment devices.

I call one of the out-of-network providers from Anthem’s list. I ask if it’s true Anthem will pay 70%. They say Anthem will pay 70% of the allowable rate, but they don’t publish what the allowable rate is, so it could be anything. I’m on the hook for everything else.

I’m going to call Anthem and see if I can find out the allowable rate for a mandibular adjustment device. Wish me luck!

If you think “TME” is a meaningful concept I will hunt you for sport.

Smooth-sharking is like microdosing Kiwifarms.

You think “white gays” believe propaganda that tells them to hate Middle Easterners.

This is because you believe propaganda that tells you to hate “white gays.”

Gay people who aren’t Pete Buttigieg are aware enough not to listen when people who hate them tell them who they should hate. Stop assuming you have more enemies than you actually have.

If you’re gonna let your horrible gross unvaccinated nieces visit for Christmas, at least make sure the little bastards have learned to wash their hands.

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Stop cycling already.

You think you can only do harm, so you do harm, so you think you’ve proved yourself right because you only did harm, so you stick with the harm. If you can just hold off and stop setting fire to everything good in your life, you’ll find that a lot of people are happy to have you around. And if you think you’ve “tricked” them, that doesn’t matter. You can keep “tricking” them, so they’ll keep being happy, so you can “trick” them some more. It’ll continue indefinitely so long as you don’t decide to “end the trick” and hurt them in the name of not hurting them.