I knew he'd win.

And in typical RMV fashion, it took forever

Ugh, that makes sense. It’s horrible, but it makes sense.

The "ranking" is dumb, it's by proportion of early deaths in the state due to accidents, rather than the more informative early death rate due to accidents.

A state can have a high percentage here due to accidents being high and other death rates being more average, or by having an average number of accidents and other death rates being low. West Virginia is the former, Connecticut is the latter.

This is pretty typical amateur hour mistake from someone making blogspam infographics.

I am not sure what the original comment said but if people want it from Ayanna directly: https://pressley.house.gov/2023/03/31/pressley-unveils-bill-to-make-credit-reporting-system-more-inclusive-for-trans-nonbinary-folks/

OMG I just spent 15 minutes figuring it out - it’s overdoses. I knew it was bad, but didn’t realize how bad.

you realize that federal congress members don't do anything at the state level, right?

Mississippi has the highest obesity rate in the country. Must be a coincidence

But if you call it that, you can't take advantage of the 14th Amendment to force the issue.

It’s ranked in ascending order based on the number of years lost per 100,000 people. #49 on that list means the 49th lowest number, or in other words, the 2nd highest number, as in 2nd most likely to die early.

Lobster attacks.

That's why I just escalated my pack a day smoking habit to two packs a day. Trying to make up for all the uptight do-gooders who think they're living forever.

I did not have to call my old insurance co. when I switched recently. In fact they (the broker I formerly used) called me to ask why I didn't get them a chance to bid lower.

The only thing I had to do was submit new proof of insurance to my lender (DCU, despite them also brokering the insurance, they didn't tell themselves about it)

Yea or at least go to jail and not probation

LOL

Yes that is a factor

Which pays for all the gun control, regulation, safety standards, healthcare, and social services that result in longer lifespans! Funny how that works.

Those NY NJ Covid % is insane when compared to other states and considering the type of individuals at higher risk.

I was wondering about people who change their name when getting married or divorced. Seems like that would be a much larger demographic subject to the same issue.

I thought that too, but I’d think the industry is too small to have a big impact overall. Plus, if that were the case you’d expect MA to be higher. Places like New Bedford and Gloucester are much bigger commercial ports than anything in CT or RI as far as I know.

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Because no one actually thinks it through. They don’t know NYS. Most people east of 495 know east of 495 and that’s it. They travel North to NH, ME for both summer and skiing. Maybe also VT for skiing. Then there’s also the Cape in the summer. If they do go to NYS it’s typically not often and it’s downstate. You don’t hit Tolls on I-95 until you hit the Bridges. If you take I-84 it’s the same, you hit a toll at the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. If you drive on the parkways in NYS, which aren’t toll roads, they aren’t nearly as good.

It might be fishing? I’m really curious!

Just renew the registration in Texas.

Welp, I guess that's one way to look at it. At least if you die prematurely, you won't have to pay taxes?