• Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
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    Oh, that’s simple. The root canal they’ll handle by going to the ER, getting antibiotics, and not getting the tooth taken care of until it has to be extracted completely (or just breaks off at the gum line, and taking antibiotics way too often for it)

    The broken leg they’ll get done at the er, too.

    In both cases it’ll lead to debt they likely will ignore, because what the fuck else can they do?

    But the lump? That one they’ll just ignore. It isn’t actively painful, and there’s nothing they can do for it, anyway. So they’ll just die young.

    Money isn’t the root of all evil… But is damn sure the tool of evil.

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      People managed in the past without healthcare. A lot of them died younger as a result, but you can still live your life without it I guess.

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        People have managed without oxygen before. I mean, you’ll die in a few minutes as a result, but you can still live your life without it.