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Death from not being able to afford medical care

We start our spicy food tolerance early, our candy is spicy.

Constant mass shootings.

Okay not my country of residence, but you can choose to burn at the 4th hottest global temp of 54C (129F) or you can also freeze at -65C (-85F).

Optionally, you can also enjoy staring directly at the sun as it rises or sets due to the air pollution.

Oh and you can also find this funni river dolphin:

Free market Jesus.

• Car insurance is optional
• Kids get govt subsidised dental care until they’re 18
• Most common prescriptions are $5 or free
• We did away with pennies because they’re pointless
• It’s common to go barefoot into shops and grocery stores
• Most kids in elementary school go barefoot
• Semi automatic weapons banned
• Kids get 20 hours govt subsidised daycare per week
• When you sell your car the license plate typically goes with it
• Most gas stations serve hot food and it’s good (by American standards)
• Online banking allows instant direct cross-bank money transfer, so nobody uses Paypal or Venmo
• Nobody pays by check, nobody carries around a checkbook
• It’s not unusual for public parks to have exercise equipment
• For short domestic flights, time between entering the airport and boarding the plane can be as short as 60 seconds
• The milky way is still visible in good sized towns
• Praying mantises are still common
• Money (bills and coins) feature women, nature, and explorers not war generals, bankers, and buildings.

There are like 4 days a year everyone just puts their old sofas, broken TVs and other junk outside to be collected by a garbage truck the next day. As this furniture is mostly usable, people in white vans go around to collect the most valuable stuff, which makes up most of the traffic in villages on those days and causes old people to complain about Polish immigrants.

The village children also have a look around if the weather is nice. Village adults don't, not because they are above it, but since there is a genuine risk a neighbour you've known for decades will sue you for stealing; the garbage does belong to them still as the courts have determined.

Edit: Sorry for forgetting the most important part.

Unchecked gun violence by a population against itself

High medical bills

Going to the forest to pick mushrooms, nuts and berries. Going to the beach to pick up washed out amber. Having a lot of people grow their own food, even the city folk.