Thankfully it’s not a lifesaving drug. But yes.

I’m on a drug that costs even more than that. The whole process is bizarre, and appears to be scams all the way down.

What happens for me is that my insurance covers a big chunk of it, which still leaves me with a bill for thousands of dollars. But the drug manufacturer provides me with a card that covers that amount. So the whole thing costs me $5 out of pocket.

The aim seems to be inflating the drug prices to an insane degree to extract more money from the insurance companies. Who then fleece my employer for more money. Who then pay me less, as the insurance is such a huge benefit. And I can’t afford to lose that insurance, so they have a captive employee. And I’m supposed to marvel at all the money I saved.

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That is just not true. Homosexuality was absolutely a crime.

Karl Gorath, a gay man, was first convicted under the law in 1934. He was sent to the Neuengamme concentration camp and later to Auschwitz, where he survived until its liberation by the Soviet Red Army on Jan. 27, 1945.

In 1946, more than a year after the end of the war, Gorath was prosecuted again. During a court appearance, the same judge who had convicted him during the Nazi era greeted him with the words: “You’re here again.”

Gorath was sentenced to five years in prison and later spent decades battling to undo the injustices done to him. His Nazi-era conviction was annulled shortly before his death in 2003. Post-war convictions were only annulled in 2017.

Yes. Sorry, best source I could find in the time available. But it’s true and well documented. West Germany specifically, although other western countries weren’t great either.

That doesn’t match with my readings of the history. Here is a larger article about it. I’ve also heard mention of a soviet delegation to the famous LGBT clinic in Germany. That wouldn’t indicate that it was an oversight either.

Regardless, even under Stalin, I don’t think the Soviet Union was demonstrably worse than the west in queer rights . The Soviets didn’t reimprison prisoners with pink triangles liberated from concentration camps for example.

Never forget,

Mr. Travis, cruelly murdered by his own Slaves

Yes, I absolutely can. This is why I choose to support China. It’s neither authoritarian, nor a shithole.

But evil Chinese company is spying on you! Only western intelligence is supposed to be able to do that!

Of course not. When the US does it, it’s just how the world works. When anyone else does it, it’s evil authoritarianism.

There was a dipshit in here the other day who said “free Tibet” and “return Hong Kong” in a completely unrelated post.

I told him he should free Hawaii and return whatever land he lived on. He said that it was conquered fair and square.

There’s just absolutely no self reflection in these people. I think it’s fear. Fear that someday, someone is going to do to them what they did to us. But simultaneously unable to deal with the truth.

I love that the article ends in an ad for the Galaxy S23.

I’m still here cracker. And yes, I’m still sore about what people like you took from us. I want you, and all people like you off of our lands. I applaud China for having the opportunity to do exactly that.

Maybe they should do something worthwhile like I don’t know free HongKong maybe, which actually has long term potential, unlike China.

Or maybe free tibet, seems they have put up with enough of China’s bullshit for long enough as well.

Fuck off cracker.

It’s not your land cracker.

How did that come to be?

So whose land do you live on then?

How about you free Hawaii instead of complaining about Hong Kong’s decolonisation?

Yeah, I’m right here with you. I’ve explored hundreds of systems in Elite. I get excited when I find an interesting planet. It would be really weird and immersion breaking for me if every planet was interesting.

That’s what they eventually did. They do that with other countries as well.