I bought some expensive jeans from Nordstrom online and they were drop shipped from the manufacturer. wrong ones and didn't like them. was going to drive to the mall to return but wasn't worth the gas, time or effort to find parking and walk around

sometimes i go to return stuff i bought online

just a heads up, many of these aren't compatible if you have the most efficient HVAC systems that are inverter based

I probably have it but you need a dashcam or a new car with accident recording to have the evidence for your insurance company to sue someone. otherwise, it's useless

my kids know all about online predators and all and I'll have to ask them if they know what groomers are

your card got cloned somewhere where you had to swipe it. this is why i use apple pay or pay for gas via the app

this is why I use the phone pay apps at gas stations. pull up, pay on the exxon app and let the guy fill it up

people say that but before I bought in NJ i checked out NY as well and the taxes are the same

if you really want it then find others who feel the same as you, begin a movement, push it on social media and maybe add it to the ballot one year or lobby the local governments or the county or the state or whomever to pass this

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and then the people who live in the area will record the work and complain to the city for a stop work order

in NYC some new housing developments have to be approved by the city council and many have to go through local community boards that hate most new housing

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the construction costs aren't that high compared to the legal and other costs of having new housing approved

I don't know about VW but I used to have a Honda and the check engine light would come on every six months no matter how little my wife and I drove. after a while I figured out it must be on a timer. easy to turn off too with instructions on YouTube.

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you have to look at the receipt for the repair explanation and they new estimate. i've had pep boys forget to clear the light and i'd do it myself. same with their new repair. most so called repairs aren't repairs but just normal wear and tear

another good part of the 21st century is you can go get a blood test on your own if you pay for it. advanced lipid profile too

I'll remember that next time I watch someone who's a university researcher discussing the details of cholesterol and why the high cholesterol is bad is BS or a cardiologist talking how he got his patients off of statins

yep, either listen to the people pushing a pill for every little thing or the guy who's going to be playing in the NFL at 50 and is healthier than 99% of all the athletes and former athletes out there

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just like i listen to a chiropractor from Georgia who's a former Olympic athlete, almost 60 years old and looks better than people half his age. I actually get a mainstream medical channel in my feed sometimes and this guy is probably 45 or so and has this hanging chin and trying to tell people what to do

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or I watch the former fat guy who reversed diabetes and is now a weightlifter and quotes a bunch of studies on his channel.

my last job our HR used to have benefits meetings every year and explain the reason for the cost increase. it was because people used the benefits a lot more than the year before.

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the incidence of all kinds of non-infectious diseases like diabetes are rising every year. you can find the info from the real medical pros and the alternative medicine doctors on how to reverse these things without pills.

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most of the doctors I've been to were older and long past their medical school debt. it's the cost of providing the care that's the issue. everything from rent to insurance to salaries to buying the equipment and supplies.

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The NYC mayor reversed his diabetes naturally, but you can find similar stories all over youtube from regular people, medical professionals, researchers and you don't even have to go vegan or vegetarian.

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point is more and more people are using the medical benefits instead of making simple life choices to avoid medical care. it's simple numbers. it's one thing when only a few people had type 2 diabetes and there were more healthy people to pay into the plan to treat them, but the amount of people getting treatment on a regular basis is increasing every year.

the insurance you buy in case your CS debt is worthless now costs a lot more than before cause people know they are in trouble

it's not the production cost but everything else around it. you need to go to the doctor who has expenses. the pharmacy has expenses. the insurance companies have expenses. that's why some stores can sell some generics for less than $10, they are cheap to buy and they have other revenue sources.

there is also this thing called sleep and exercise

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some of the earliest studies about Alzheimer's I can remember are correlations between little sleep and developing Alzheimer's.

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I've gone to doctors for decades and have never received decent advice and in my 40's I'm finally in my best health after listening to doctors other than the ones i went to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V02z9mqTWzg&t=94s

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I don't watch the channel this much it's a medical doctor interviewing scientists and other doctors. this guy doesn't do low carb research but it's essentially eat low carb diet.

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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NCQ3E5sAAAAJ

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listened to an interview with the above who said he advocates low carb and dairy free for everyone. never read his papers but there they are

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bunch of other channels i listen to. some are functional medicine people, another one is a celebrity nutritionist, another is used to be in pharmaceuticals and now runs a health oriented business and youtube channel. there is a research convention in australia and they publish the presentations on youtube.

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last year I listened to some UK doctor who was doing personal diabetes research and talked about his findings before he published them. he was looking to catch T2D years before the normal glucose tests came out elevated

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best part of 21st century is free access to all this information in ELI5 format

there is a bunch of health info on YouTube with real doctors and research scientists talking about their research, data, etc. you can google it and NIH has free access to some studies or there will be some journal or sciency website that will have a summary. but lots of real research now about anti-inflammatory foods and the health benefits.

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I got into it almost a decade ago after Tom Brady's book came out and everyone saying he was crazy but lots of real science about this stuff now

it's not the cost per procedure but the amount of people using it. at this point something like half of Americans are on a prescription drug on a regular basis including kids and it's going up every year. I know that most modern drugs didn't exist 30 years ago but the difference is that 30-40 years ago you went to the doctor if something was wrong and they might do something to cure you. these days it's prescription drugs to "maintain" whatever condition you have

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type 2 diabetes which is easily preventable and reversible is surging and people are choosing medicine instead of lifestyle changes

I'm old enough to remember when most of the current prescription drugs didn't exist. lots of stuff wrong with healthcare from doctors running it like a business for maximum revenue to insurance companies requiring too much documentation that adds to cost.

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but in the end modern health care is essentially most people going to the doctor who does some tests and tells them they weigh too much or whatever is wrong with the bloodwork or some autoimmune issue and instead of changing lifestyle people simply take the prescriptions and continue to do what they do that made them sick

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I have family whom I've seen start on blood pressure meds then gain weight and she ignored everyone telling her to lose weight and change lifestyle and then went to statins and now full type 2 diabetes and seems to not want to change a single thing except to keep on taking drugs and insulin. another friend i had did some new drug therapy for IBS or something like that. I looked it up and it turned out to be expensive cancer drugs being used for digestive inflammation issues. told him to maybe try dietary changes and he didn't want to hear and told me how eating whatever is supposed to make you feel bad and it's completely normal. meanwhile he thinks he's cured by taking drugs that almost destroy your immune system

Bergen the cops have to tell people not to leave FOB's in their cars cause people had luxury cars stolen like that