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TBF, America is generally known worldwide for having some of the best medical facilities and healthcare you can find anywhere and there are numerous “medical tourists” who visit each year. Although these people are paying out of pocket for this service so you can imagine the ridiculous costs and how affluent these

I don’t know whether to pity you or envy you for your girlfriend because she must have some quality that is absolutely BEYOND AMAZING to make up for that kind of thinking.

Just as an example from Australia where government provided universal healthcare AND private healthcare insurance companies flourish well enough: Everyone pays a tax for their mandated healthcare but if they opt for private health insurance the fees for that is automatically subsidised by an amount similar to the

That would make sense and be too similar to most other developed nations’ systems of healthcare. America is exceptional and will not succumb to these obvious solutions!

She doesn’t get to be sexually objectified enough and her image is not manipulated often enough. I think that’s the accurate read on this.

Agree; as a person who’s been suicidal for over a decade and still struggling with it. The focus on portrayal and realism over some “lesson” it was trying to preach made the show so much more satisfying and resonant with me.

The execution doesn’t make it nearly as black and white as everyone who seems to be jumping on the bandwagon of hating the show seems to think it is.

I get what you’re saying from a purely thematic perspective but at the same time, that part of the story reflected real teenage thoughts and emotions so well! That really is how a lot of people(particularly teenagers) behave when it comes to personal and painful feelings like these. We say one thing but at the same

And who knows how many lives have been saved due to this show making people aware and opening up this topic for discussion in their personal lives?

I can understand why people may be so apprehensive about the show but should portrayals of such tragically real human emotions and sentiments be censored? It’s very easy to argue for and against whether opening up these topics and themes will have a negative or positive impact on people. The most obvious answer; it

Counterpoint, we are talking about the Wachowskis who can be and most probably will be considered auteur icons in the film world. This show is clearly a Wachowski creation and to pretend it doesn’t make sense to label it as her work just doesn’t make sense.

I suspect you are quite correct, especially going by a few deleted tweets and comments from Jamie Clayton I recall seeing on reddit or something back when all this went down.

Because depictions of nudity and sex do not exist with the sole purpose of titulation and making the audience horny.

You miss out that on the same interview Diane Keaton makes out with EVERYONE!

They are not, take it from a man that has been sexually assaulted in a physical way. They both suck but being raped and being tricked into fathering a child are two very different things.

I understand the potential harm in acknowledging a spectrum of “bad” when it comes to issues like this in fear of certain victims and cases being belittled or ignored through the acknowledgement. At the same time from a legal perspective I think we should definitely be able to see the all the shades of gray in sexual

Tattoos are only skin-deep though! Also, my personal philosophy for tattoos is generally go wild because in this day and age it is relatively easy to remove them with minimal(if not none at all) scarring.

I agree with most of what you’re saying but it’s worth mentioning that the 3 from the NY Times article you linked are actually all exonerated for manslaughter because due to luck(their’s) the sign post that caused the accident wasn’t actually one of the numerous they had removed but had instead been knocked over by

I live in Australia where tipping is not expected but is an often enough nice surprise for your server when it happens.

I’m 2 episodes in only but I just wanted to ask does it ever become more obvious just exactly why it’s relevant to do a reboot/re-imagining/re-telling/etc. of the same story from the film?