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F you, Taylor Swift!” shouted Megyn Kelly, “and f all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off.”

For those not fluent in Republican crazy-speak, Kelly’s meltdown was triggered by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris the night before, barely one hour after Trump all but face-planted on the debate stage. Kelly was especially triggered by Swift highlighting her appreciation for vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s support of LGBTQ+ rights.

Other right-wing commentators, like Ben Shapiro, took another approach: making fun of Swifties. “Note: if you vote for a particular candidate because your favorite singer is doing so, please don’t vote. You are too stupid to vote,” wrote Shapiro on X. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, threatened to impregnate her.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Found the person thinking like 5 weeks of holidays and access to MRI is some sort of flex outside of the US.

About that, how many weeks of holidays do you actually have, like how many did you take say 2023? Paid vacation ofc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I'm not OP but I have FTO. Unlimited vacation time. And I'll have taken about 8 weeks of vacation by end of this year. Living and working in the US currently.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Dude, I'm ON YOUR SIDE. Don't attack me because I'm trying to explain why we're not burning down the capital building.

I WANT there to be big improvements, and yes, I just got back from a trip to Europe and actually sat down and talked to locals over there.

I personally have very good vacation time, comparable to Europe, that I use.

I personally have very good health care, probably better than many areas of Europe. I have used it. I understand the limitations of the various systems and for me, personally, it wouldn't be an advantage to move to most other countries.

There are MANY MANY people in the US that are in my same situation. But I also believe that even one person that doesn't have the same access that I do is one too many, and the US system isn't built to support them.

Me moving to another country will NOT improve my situation, but it will hinder my ability to push for change for the other 300 million.