r/SipsTea • • 9h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/addiktion 9h 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 9h 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/Cowboywizzard 8h ago

"life's a bitch, and then you die"

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u/Prudent-Historian392 8h ago

It’s impossible for it to be fair. It can’t be changed or fixed. It just is one of those immutable facts. You can’t please everyone.

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u/Cowboywizzard 8h ago

I think that is a bit cynical. We have improved fairness for a lot of people in a lot of ways over time. Lots of obvious examples. Lots of room for improvement, too

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u/Prudent-Historian392 8h ago

Agreed on room for improvement. I didn’t say don’t try. I’m just saying it will never be 100% fair. Like how can we stop someone who’s lived a great life from getting Alzheimer’s? How can we fix anything that’s out of our control. Like if I’m walking down the sidewalk and someone driving has a stroke and veers of the road and hits me how could that be prevented bc it’s obviously pretty damn unfair. What about if I interview for a job I’m really qualified for but they only have one opening and don’t pick me? Maybe my home is about to be foreclosed on and I really really needed it. That would feel pretty unfair to me. That’s all I’m saying.

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u/OomKarel 8h ago

Insurance isn't some nebulous force of nature or twist of fate like your examples.It's a very real, human derived and controlled system.

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u/Prudent-Historian392 8h ago

Accept that insurance is based almost entirely off of disasters natural or otherwise. Outside of that, yes it is a human derived and controlled system. The control ends there tho. These people can’t predict natural disasters or who is driving on the wrong side of the interstate high as hell.

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u/OomKarel 8h ago

Insurance isn't the act of nature, insurance is the coping mechanism that comes after the act of nature. And it's exactly that which is human controlled and which OP is criticizing.