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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • God only knows he's grown farther from home, he's no father 
    He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
    But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water 
    These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product     
    They moved on to the next schmoe who flows 
    He nose-dove and sold nada, and so the soap opera 
    Is told, it unfolds, I suppose it's old, partner 
    But the beat goes on, da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah-dah-dah
    


  • His military induction would’ve required a pile of vaccines if they weren’t up to date already.

    CW: Needle phobia

    Vets call it the “peanut butter shot” because it’s this huge needle with a barrel of every relevant vaccine that can be given all at once, and it feels like sludge entering the veins that fucks you up afterwards as you begin boot camp.
















  • Mass disability is fucking expensive, actually.. You can care about fiscal responsibility without throwing inconvenient human beings under the bus.

    Even with the nebulous definitions, the significant economic impact of long COVID is clear. In July 2022 update of earlier figures, David Cutler of Harvard University estimates that the total economic cost of long COVID is $3.7 trillion. That’s $11,000 per capita or 17% of the 2019 gross domestic product (GDP).

    Cutler subdivides these costs into three components:

    Quality of life (QALY), which comprises 59% of the overall cost, or $2.195 trillion Lost earnings of $997 billion Medical care spending: $528 billion

    The Brookings report warns that Cutler’s estimate may actually be incomplete in that it does not include the economic impact of lower productivity (i.e., due to caretaking for others or working while ill).