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mildlyinfuriating·Mildly InfuriatingbyFredselfish

My son job lowered their hiring wage instead of raising it.

Economy getting worse and these asshole franchise decides to lower the hiring range.

When my son started less then year ago he was hired at 13 an hour. Now it's 11. They been short staff and losing workers and my learned this.

Added insult to injury he is getting a promotion to Team Lead which used to pay 17 an hour now it lower to 16. He about fed up working his ass off and a promotion means little when Walmart pays more with a starting wage then where he currently works.

Fucking corporation are fucking stupid.

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actually_infuriating·Actually InfuriatingbyFredselfish

So Pissed Right Now

Just received a email from my doctor with a 288 dollar bill. Which confused me because I have health insurance. So call my healthcare provider because I should only have a co pay. I mean I pay 80 dollars out of every check for this plan.

Then the lady on the phone with zero empathy tells me that they only pay after I meet the deductible. Which is $7000!!! Like what the fuck. This is why the whole healthcare system needs to be burn to the ground and start over with universal healthcare. To make matters worse, spoke to my employer and they say I can't cancel or make changes because its not an open window. WHY THE FUCK DO WE HAVE ONLY SET TIMES WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO OUR HEALTHCARE PLANS that we pay for?

No wonder one of these parasites was a shot in the back. They are all monsters and anyone who works for them are no better. So fucking pissed right now! Seeing fucking red. Now got figure out how to come up with 288 dollars to pay the doctor bill!

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Reading and Audiobook list for 2025

PHYSICAL AND EBOOKS 2025

  1. How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
  2. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
  3. The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill
  4. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
  5. A Pirate's Life For Tea by Rebecca Thorne
  6. Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman
  7. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
  8. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
  9. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
  10. Tea You At the Altar by Rebecca Thorne
  11. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
  12. OverGrowth by Mira Grant
  13. Blue is the Hills by Lily Piper
  14. Never Flinch by Stephen King
  15. The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein
  16. Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
  17. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
  18. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
  19. Horns by Joe Hill
  20. Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne
  21. The End of the World as we Know It edited by Chris Golden and Brain Keene
  22. Last Words by George Carlin with Tony Hendra
  23. Speedbumps Flooring it Through Hollywood by Teri Garr
  24. i,Robot by Isaac Asimov
  25. Nightfall Gardens book one by Allen Houston
  26. Witch and Tell by Angela M. Sanders
  27. For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn
  28. The Shadow Garden Nightfall Gardens book two by Allen Houston
  29. The Labyrinth Nightfall Gardens book three by Allen Houston
  30. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  31. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  32. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  33. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

AUDIOBOOKS

  1. Flight or Fright Edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent
  2. Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by Jason Pargin
  3. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
  4. Finders Keepers by Stephen King
  5. End of Watch by Stephen King
  6. The Outsider by Stephen King
  7. If it Bleeds by Stephen King
  8. Holly by Stephen King
  9. The Crossings by Jack Ketchum
  10. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  11. Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  12. I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin
  13. Endymion by Dan Simmons
  14. John Dies At The End by Jason Pargin
  15. This Book is Full of Spiders by Jason Pargin
  16. The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
  17. The Long Walk by Stephen King
  18. Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir (audiodrama but it counts)
  19. The Martian by Andy Weir
  20. If This Book Exists. You're in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin
  21. Masters of Doom by David Kushner
  22. Hackers: Heros of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
  23. A Mind of Her Own by Paula McLain
  24. Once Upon Atari by Howard Scott Warshaw
  25. Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  26. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  27. The Dead Drink First by Dale Maharidge
  28. Randomize: Forward collection by Andy Weir
  29. The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon by Todd Zwillich
  30. The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks by Rob Sheffield
  31. Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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One year ago today my best friend died! I just wanted to keep this post fresh.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24675555

Today is my best friends birthday. He would have been 50. Sadly he died on the 7th of this month.

Here one with him with my son who will turn 21 in March. He was always a good uncle to my kids.

This was the last time we saw him in person. He had been living in a nursing home for last three years. With him is my middle son.

Though we couldn't visit often (we live so far away) I spoke on the phone with him almost everyday.

I will miss him, he was best friend a guy could ask for. Won't ever have other like him.

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