I had one of those devices. I was prescribed it after being in the hospital for an unrelated reason. Had no idea I needed one, made a hell of a difference. I was contacted by the recall and gave them all my info. They have let me know several times that they won’t send me a new one unless I can send the prescription from 10 years ago. The sleep study place was contracted with the hospital, but the office has since closed. I let them know and they just told me,“Too bad, so sad.” I was able to buy a used machine off Craigslist for $180 that is better than that old Phillips. Sorry for the verbal spew, all just to say, fuck Philips.
Pretty sure they would’ve accepted a current prescription too, from your current sleep doc. I had a really old prescription too and had no issues with my current doc handling the paperwork
I didn't realize I needed another prescription to get a replacement CPAP machine. So now I get to scramble to get a prescription from my new doctor because my old doctor is out of network now.
The real problem is the whole idea of self regulation of companies. We should have inspectors and things like this should be randomly bought and inspected.
I agree, and, furthermore, corporate death penalties for this kind of shit need to be an actual thing. Did your actions directly cause disease and death? Yes? Great, we’re dissolving your board, banning them form serving on the board of any publicly traded company for a decade, liquidating company assets, and criminally charging anyone who touched this shit with a 10-foot pole.
You’re entitled to that opinion, but if I go out right now and murder someone with my vehicle due to deliberately or accidentally getting drunk, I’m probably going to jail. Corporations have demanded that they be treated as people, so…fine. Let’s give them what they want.
Yes. I had a recalled CPAP machine. I had to pay around $1000 to buy another suppliers machine. In the end they said they would give me $40 to sign a release which of course is no thank you. I feel like they owe me half the cost of the new machine. What a ripoff. The way they get around that is just to say the machine has 0 value after 5 years which is not really true.
The whole process was horrible too. Got a notification which basically says you should not use it any more and talk to your doctor. They basically said you should continue to use it. Total double speak. Then at the same time the company says they are working on a plan. Then after streaching it out a year they say it is over 5 years old and your out of luck.
Thankfully I just purchased a new one immediately and skipped the drama.
Exhibit #482,683 on why capitalism and medicine are inevitably a horrible combination.
And on why regulations and independent audits of product/service health effects are entirely necessary. If people could stop being such fucks and prioritising revenue, we wouldn't need a bunch of people to investigate, document and litigate their bullshit. And we wouldn't need courts to sit there and establish whether the law let's them do that in that precise way right this minute.
Greedy parasites going out there, killing us, profiting from it, and making a bunch of extra work for us, just to prove they're being greedy malicious parasites.
Company decisions should have personal consequences for the people who benefit the most from them.
That’s correct, but a lot of foams and soft plastics are also inherently unstable under normal conditions. Many consumer products have foams or soft rubbery exteriors that will quickly breakdown in a matter of years. These products should just be banned, they just contribute to landfill waste and planned obsolescence.
The company acknowledged that the foam it had chosen could crumble in heat and humidity and send potentially “toxic and carcinogenic” material into the noses, mouths, throats and lungs of users.
Not only was the foam dysfunctional, the material was fucking carcinogenic.
Did you not read the article and just react based off what you think is in it? What they are protesting is the relocation of the red light district to outside the city
The Dutch are about the least afraid-of-sex people there are. It sounds like the mayor is corrupt and developers want the land (which is prime real-estate right near the central train station) for luxury Russian oligarch stolen-loot banking schemes, which is pretty much what the central city of every major European capital is used for these days.
@sarsaparilyptus That still doesn't beat the owner of the most popular footbal club here's take:
FCSB owner Gigi Becali has commented in characteristic style on the conflict situation in Israel, which has declared a state of war after rocket attacks by the Palestinian Hamas movement. "The events in Israel... Excluding the fact that people are dying and it's not good, any war is to our advantage. And in football, and economically. They won't be in the mood for football," said Gigi Becali, referring to the fact that Romania is in a group with Israel in the Euro 2024 preliminaries. "And economically, there are 500,000 Jews who will come to Romania. They are afraid. They have money, they have that... They'll buy houses," Becali added. "But it won't last long. The Jews rule the world and you start attacking them? You attack their children over there? They leave them and they'll be wiped out in five months. The Gaza Strip will be dust! That's how I see it. They'll wipe them out. They've got billions. They rule the world! How do you deal with them? It's like me fighting Manchester City," added the FCSB owner.
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Just for clarification, in case anyone is in the same situation as me…
Clicking on that link just takes me to the MSN front-page for some reason… The French version, because I live in France. This article is from The Jerusalem Post and the lead is:
The BBC’s Spanish-language service released a program claiming that “Jewish wealth and influence” in the United States is the reason behind the United States’ ongoing support for Israel, according to a translation produced by Jewish News on October 20.
As a Canadian, as much as I like it when news providers stick to their guns, I think the CBC will also probably need to make some updates to the way they use the “T” words in the future.
Definitely. Humanity is fucked. I have this username name because I had some extremly bad people fucking with me and no cops would help me. So now I hate America. I used to look at older people meant to help and guide with tears in my eyes and no one did shit.
Community is a lie where I am.
Now I have thick skin and a hardened personality and couldn’t give a shit about anyone or USA or Police.
It’s a fake community of real monsters only out for themselves and the power they can get to dominate others.
Cops won’t help you or I because we’re not the capitalist class. It’s even worse if you’re a minority. And same with most other people, unfortunately.
I live in small town South Dakota where people like to imagine they’re friendly, but they’re some of the most fucked up people you’ll ever have the displeasure to meet. I have the bad luck genetically to look like “one of the boys,” and so other men have disclosed to me their most unhinged thoughts and opinions, thinking I’ll agree. Don’t let them fool you – they’d absolutely commit murder or worse to get what they want.
I often think the best chance we’ve got is to curate a small group of people and live apart from all this. And what my husband’s been through too when he was a child, it makes me enraged. It’s like he says, humans are the most fucked up animal on the planet, and literally everything on earth would be better with us out of the picture.
To their credit, the g20 video they streamed alongside their false commentary is enough to discredit their interpretation of events.
All journalism should be subject to verification, especially news from capitalist or authoritarian regimes. It should be noted that the BBC did not say they were wrong that Israel struck the Al-Ahli Hospital, only that they were wrong to report that Israel struck the Al-Ahli Hospital.
Responsible journalism holds itself to particular standards, such as having reliable sources, or multiple independent indications of evidence. The BBC journalist was speaking live on air, off the cuff, and had no way to reliably verify the source of the explosion besides his gut instincts. Meanwhile Al Jazeera has done significantly more work reporting on this issue, including digital forensics and interviews with military specialists. They won’t retract their statement because it holds up to the highest of journalistic standards. While Jon Donnison was wrong to report what he did, his intuitions appear to have been ultimately correct.
It should be noted that Israel’s internal reporting does not appear to follow these journalism norms. Arab and Muslim reporters are outraged by the lack of journalistic standards behind some of the reports that have been widely spread to incite public outrage in against Palestinians, when their reporting is held to comparatively impossible standards.
While Al Jazeera Arabic and the state of Qatar have a justifiably bad reputation, Al Jazeera English is staffed with veteran reporters from Britain, America, and Australia who have distinguished themselves in their field. They consistently outperform the BBC on most metrics of journalism when reporting on anything besides internal Qatari affairs. This is not to say they are flawless or do not make mistakes, only as you continue to hold them accountable, consider the context in which they are reporting and the norms they should be held to.
To their credit, the g20 video they streamed alongside their false commentary is enough to discredit their interpretation of events.
It isn’t “to their credit”. They slipped up by including the visual evidence which proves their reporter lied. The reporter was on site, not in a studio.
The hospital was not hit by a missile. The car park was. There was no way 500 people were sleeping there. The footage was available the same day.
In addition, AJ streamed live footage of missiles from Gaza including the one which turned around and (presumably) hit the hospital.
Meanwhile zero images of the hospital being hit have been released to this day.
I doubt Israeli newspapers are any better but AJ messed up big time.
I’m disappointed that you’re replicating the flawed asymmetric standards of Israel in this conversation. I’ve linked to sources for my statements, but you’ve made controversial claims while putting the burden on me to find what sources you’re using to bolster your confidence. If your goal is to signify your ‘team,’ this conversation is over. If you would like to try and build a shared reality where we can agree on facts, your lack of respect for me is harming that goal.
You are the one treating this like football teams with your whataboutism re the Israeli newspaper.
Nevertheless I responded by saying I doubt Israeli newspapers are better but you ignore that part.
And you characterised the g20 report slip-up as commendable because in your mind they deliberately planted the truth as an Easter Egg for internet sleuths.
I doubt I am in a discussion with someone who is impartial here. Blocked. No need to aggravate each other further.
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