#bitching about stuff

If someone makes a post posing a question regarding a piece of media, like a small bit of trivia, all the top comments aren't an answer to that question. It's references. r/TheSimpsons is especially bad about it, and I know that there are tons of references to be made about the show, but I'm also curious about the question asked! I have to scroll down multiple threads of people yammering on in references (which I do understand, don't get me wrong) just to find a serious discussion about the question!

me : *sigh* are those the same notes you've notified me about three times already?

tumblr app : no..............................

The other day I happened upon a microenomics textbook at a library sale for $0.25. (The macroenomics was there too so I bargained for $0.40 for the pair) I took macronomics in college and had to self teach microenomic idealogy to pass so I thought it would be interesting to actually learn about.

Im reading the ‘understanding economics and why we learn about it’ part that’s mostly irrelevant to anything other than to convince the authors that they didnt waste their tine writing this book. I found the most interesting thing though. They dabble a bit into economic philosophers and how they shaped the way our government runs now. Names such as John Maynard Keynes, John Stuart Mill and more are dropped. It’s all very boring non sense from my highschool social textbooks when it begins talking about economics for citizenship. They go on about the importance of learning about economics on a basic level to better understand how our government is using our taxes. Things we need to pay attention to. The questions economists, and we, should be/are asking ourselves. Things like, and I quote, “Is the government right in seeking free ® trade with the United States?” and “Should we continue to subsidize farmers and set up more farm-products marketing boards?” and “What can be done to reduce unemployment?” (-Microeconomics Fourth Canadian Edition, Campbell R. McConnell and William Henry Pope)

You know what I realized? These are questions that our government struggles with today. I became curious and checked the front. It was published in 1987. In 30 years our government still couldn’t figure out a decent system even via trial and error? Why is it that the last time anyone had a philosophical break through in economic theory was in the 19th century? Guys, we need a new John Maynard Keynes or whoever. We need someone to think outside the box. Someone to look at the system and say “This makes no fucking sense. Why aren’t we doing this?”

I'm now on day 7 of waiting just to schedule a bra fitting. I can't schedule until they have a prescription from my doctor and obtaining that is now my responsibility for some reason (even though they always handled that in the past). I've been waiting on a response from my doctors for 4 days. Once I have that, I need to schedule the fitting, then get insurance authorization (which is also now my responsibility for some reason). I have to make insurance pay since I need a new breast prosthetic and those fuckers can cost $500 or more. That's on top of the $50-$80 per ugly bra. There's no way I'm paying out of pocket for that.

It's little shit like this that constantly reminds me that I'm different. That I will never be normal again. That cancer will always find a way to fuck with me.