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[Irobot82]

Wtf? Jafar was not gay.

An evil man obsessed with power would never marry a women (even when he is gay) in order to obtain more power? Come on.

Edit: I'm fairly certain there was historical monarchs who were gay, but married women to either unify lands to continue their bloodline, but had a lover on the side.

 

[Mistake]

Almost any church could be described as homophobic by someone trying to stir shit. The real problem is that he’s Christian. Well, news flash, there are a lot of Christians in America and the majority of them are decent people.

LA cultists looking in on a church and seeing heretics is pretty funny tbh

 

[MHubert]

San Fran is an expensive city of real estate, so big salaries get drained fast. It's amazing because $160,000 US is around $200,000 CDN. The only people making that kind of money at my regional office are VPs. The directors (with bonus) don't even hit that as they will top out around $180-190,000 CDN.

I guess that is true, but even then it seems that some of the most expensive apartments are only a bit over double the prices compared to where I live, and found a decent bunch that compares directly. Its actually not that different from living in Copenhagen. But I guess there are other things to take into account as well.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I guess that is true, but even then it seems that some of the most expensive apartments are only a bit over double the prices compared to where I live, and found a decent bunch that compares directly. Its actually not that different from living in Copenhagen. But I guess there are other things to take into account as well.

One thing Americans can get hit with are medical plans. That's something Canada (me) and probably most European countries dont worry about. Even if you work for a big US company that covers healthcare I think Americans might still have to pay for some it on their own.

The healthcare part can swing wildly. My US coworkers say they pay I think $200/mth single or $400/mth for a family. The company pays the rest. Not exactly sure of the details. But doesnt sound too bad at all given US taxes are low and you make good money.

But then you hear about people paying way more than that in healthcare fees going broke. There seems to be a big divide on who pays modest healthcare and who gets burned paying it all themselves.

One thing I'm not sure of is if there's companies in the US that may pay for 100% of everything.

 

[Moneal]

An evil man obsessed with power would never marry a women (even when he is gay) in order to obtain more power? Come on.

Edit: I'm fairly certain there was historical monarchs who were gay, but married women to either unify lands to continue their bloodline, but had a lover on the side.

I'm not talking about marrying her. It's the way he reacts to her attempt at seducing him. Also at that point in the movie he already has the power and has no need to marry her.

 

[Dural]

One thing Americans can get hit with are medical plans. That's something Canada (me) and probably most European countries dont worry about. Even if you work for a big US company that covers healthcare I think Americans might still have to pay for some it on their own.

The healthcare part can swing wildly. My US coworkers say they pay I think $200/mth single or $400/mth for a family. The company pays the rest. Not exactly sure of the details. But doesnt sound too bad at all given US taxes are low and you make good money.

But then you hear about people paying way more than that in healthcare fees going broke. There seems to be a big divide on who pays modest healthcare and who gets burned paying it all themselves.

One thing I'm not sure of is if there's companies in the US that may pay for 100% of everything.

It depends on the company and the stories of people paying all themselves doesn't make a lot of sense. I guess if you're between jobs or just started at a new job there might be a few months where you're not covered, but you can get temporary insurance if you want. Full time employees are required to be offered health insurance, if you're out of work you'll get it through the state and pay nothing. If you make too little you can also be covered by the state for free. My family gets our insurance through my wife's work and she only pays $20/paycheck (paid weekly) for it and the deductible is $1200/year for the family and no copays. It's considered very good insurance, when she started at that job 10 years ago she didn't pay anything out of pocket. I'd imagine the health insurance at tech companies is pretty fantastic, it's small businesses where the health insurance isn't as good.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It depends on the company and the stories of people paying all themselves doesn't make a lot of sense. I guess if you're between jobs or just started at a new job there might be a few months where you're not covered, but you can get temporary insurance if you want. Full time employees are required to be offered health insurance, if you're out of work you'll get it through the state and pay nothing. If you make too little you can also be covered by the state for free. My family gets our insurance through my wife's work and she only pays $20/paycheck (paid weekly) for it and the deductible is $1200/year for the family and no copays. It's considered very good insurance, when she started at that job 10 years ago she didn't pay anything out of pocket. I'd imagine the health insurance at tech companies is pretty fantastic, it's small businesses where the health insurance isn't as good.

Sounds good.

All I go by is what a lot of people hear about the occasional crazy US story where some dude breaks his arm and needed to pay $5k or something.

So there must be situations where certain people can still get grilled..... or maybe they just had zero coverage and got burned at the wrong time.

 

[Dural]

Sounds good.

All I go by is what a lot of people hear about the occasional crazy US story where some dude breaks his arm and needed to pay $5k or something.

So there must be situations where certain people can still get grilled..... or maybe they just had zero coverage and got burned at the wrong time.

Not sure if it's still required, but with Obamacare everyone was required to have health insurance otherwise you were penalized like $500 on your taxes. I thought that portion was repealed, but not 100% sure on that. That said, there are some young people that don't want to pay for health insurance because they feel they're healthy and don't need it. When I was in my 20s and into my 30s I never used my health insurance, so I get why some wouldn't want to pay for it. In that situation if you break your arm, then yeah, you're screwed and will be paying for it out of pocket. A lot of hospitals and doctors will do some pro-bono work (I know someone that had a doctor do heart surgery for free because they were at a new job and their insurance hadn't kicked in yet) and in a lot of areas there are non-profit health centers you can go to for extremely discounted or free care depending on your situation.

 

[Doczu]

Stuff like this has always fascinated me. Where im from earning that amount practically makes you a millionaire.
So I looked into it and it seems what some people understand as 'barely scraping by' means not being able to spend money without thinking.

It's not how much you make, it's how much spend on your basic needs. But it's not only a US problem, many big cities around the world have had costs of living go up dramatically, rent or house prices being the first thing thst skyrockets once you get a decent business park for white collar workers.

 

[Doczu]

One thing Americans can get hit with are medical plans. That's something Canada (me) and probably most European countries dont worry about. Even if you work for a big US company that covers healthcare I think Americans might still have to pay for some it on their own.

Excuse me, but where does the notion of "free" health care come from?
I'm from Poland and monthly around 800 zł (~200 bucks) gets deducted from my payslip to fund our "free" healthcare. Which yearly makes a hefty sum. People who earn more pay even more thanthat. Which is fucking garbage and i have to pay up for private anyway cause i ain't waiting more than a year to get my eyes checked

 

[AmuroChan]

This kind of stuff is not limited to tech companies. My sister is a nurse and some of her colleagues openly talk about how they would care for their patients differently if they know what their political affiliations are.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

I'm mentally ill