It’s kind of a sunk-cost fallacy of a profession too: it’s so expensive to go to med school and do a residency that it’s not an easy job to bail on once you’re past pre-med. And lots of doctors who aren’t working exclusively with hospitals and try to run a practice don’t have the business/paperwork skills to handle…

Why is that absurd? One of the central arguments the republicans make against a single payer system/universal health care in general (regardless of the actual form the system takes) is if doctors are paid less than they are paid now the they will, for some unstated reason, all stop practicing medicine and the best…

Good article.

I wonder if part of the issue is that a career in medicine is still seen as a lucrative career by most, so while the field can and does obtain people with altruistic purposes, it also obtains people who care about the bottom line, as evidenced by Harris, who went into politics when ACA affected him…

Everyone. Even my husband.

SAMMMMMMMMME!!!!

I will sign any NDA they put in front of me to shadow production of VPR or any of the RH shows to see how they manipulate scenarios like fleeing one’s own party over ass shots/dick boyfriends.

You’re basically ‘#AllLivesMatter’ing my statement. You clearly do not understand the meaning of that phrase. Obviously we need to learn from history. That’s not what I’m referring to. For example, by today’s standards smoking is clearly unhealthy. However, to call the people in 1775 idiots for smoking, is pretty…

Solid article. Enjoyed the various perspectives and views provided. History 101, don’t judge the past by today’s standards. Everyone seems to have forgotten this basic principle to studying events of the past.

I work at Whole Foods and one time I processed a return for a used diva cup. That is the weirdest return I’ve done.

OMG I’m sorry to hijack, but I had to screenshot (screenshoot?) and post this response because it made me fucking laugh. Don’t make fun of Sharon, she is being oppressed you capitalist robot!

I am like the perfect customer. Rarely if ever return anything. I’m from the school of “you bought it you keep it” mindset.

Meanwhile I got in a fight with American Eagle who’s boots fell apart after one wear. They refused a refund. ONE WEAR AND THEY SPLIT UP THE BACK

Post menopausal, I’d call mine sunnyside done.

Is this article serious? Really?

And republicans can make that scorched earth policy work for them because they promote racism, hate and “othering.” The GOP takes away ACA protections, saying “Look, there’s a black person who got something you, a hard working white person, didn’t get. We should burn Obamacare down.” They take away the right to sue…

That’s a good argument and more people should be making it

I’ve noticed the ageism and misogyny too. I’ve also seen ageist, misogynist, and racist responses toward Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson-Lee, and Barbara Lee. I’ve also seen ageist and racist remarks leveled against the likes of John Lewis. Also, we can look forward to sexist and racist takedowns from the same group:…

If our society (and species) survives long enough to see the next century, I hope that we’ll look back at moments like this and wonder why the fucking fuck we spent so much time and energy ruining so many lives over some bullshit argument that marriage can ONLY be between a man and a woman.

The Russian bots are the most hilarious (read: mind-numbing) part of Splinter commentariat. They’re taken seriously! Authors legit approve them because you can’t tell the different between the progressive nihilists shitting on female democrats and the bots shitting on female democrats!

And HEAVEN FORBID you mention this double standard because then you’re just “litigating the primary again and HRC LOOOOOOSSSTT and the Elderly Man would’ve beat Trump and YOU’RE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS COUNTRY.”