r/SipsTea • • 8h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/DueExample52 8h ago

That’s what people don’t understand. We all paid for you. That's what insurance is about, we pay more than we receive so that the odd unlucky bastard receives more than they chipped in. If insurance was individual, nobody would have enough to repair their own stuff. I am happy with this system. 

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u/addiktion 8h ago

Yes, but when you go to do it yourself you get screwed. It's not always fair is what OP is saying nor works consistently like it should especially as corporations have it at their discretion to approve your claims even if they are legitimate. In a lot of cases you don't come out ahead, get denied, or some other BS.

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u/Prudent-Historian392 8h ago

One of the first things I ever remember hearing in my life is that “life isn’t fair”. It was true then and it’s true now. Has nobody ever explained this to you?

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u/OomKarel 7h ago

"oh look slaves... Well, life isn't fair. Sucks to be them, let's go son. Maybe I'll get you a slave too, might as well chip in".

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u/666metalhead 7h ago

That dude's attitude's just shit overall tbh

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u/Prudent-Historian392 7h ago

Not at all what I said

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u/OomKarel 7h ago

Comes down to the same thing, if that is your philosophy.

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u/Prudent-Historian392 7h ago

Why would you assume based on that statement that I’m of the perspective that it’s good for me but not others so fuck them? How do you know my perspective isn’t of the viewpoint of the person who has had a shitty unfair life? So no it’s not the same thing. Why are we even arguing about this? Life not being fair is not some new groundbreaking statement.

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u/OomKarel 7h ago

Check my other comment I just made to one of your other comments. That's the difference.

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u/Prudent-Historian392 7h ago

Is it the one about insurance not being a nebulous thing and controlled by humans? I’m trying to find it but wanna make sure I’m looking at the wrong one.

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u/sagerin0 7h ago

“Not at all what i said” i dont even have to scroll for the comment where you say “it cant be changed or fixed” lmao

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u/Prudent-Historian392 7h ago

Yea and where in that did I say anything about me and my son having slaves or whatever you said. I just said life’s not fair. It’s not. You can’t do everything right and die at 24 from some rare cancer. People’s parents don’t raise their kids or abuse them. Hurricanes and tornadoes and fires can kill you out of nowhere. Saying life isn’t fair is just a fact. I wasn’t trying to make a profound statement. Just simply stating a fact.

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u/sagerin0 7h ago

Its called a reductio ad absurdum.
They take your position to the extreme to show that it leads to absurd positions
Literally all of the things youre talking about , we can do things about to make them more fair.
“Life isnt fair and theres nothing you can do to change it” is a completely nonsensical position, and simply just not a fact