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The healthcare system in the United States is inhuman. And a scam. How do you approach the rational economic choice to continue living or not? We discuss this and a lot of other fucked up shit. As always, we try to stay sane while being continually battered with life’s absurd realities. Only a few minutes of this episode are hopelessly lost to technical ineptitude and we promise to work on losing our verbal crutches.

Chapters: 

1. Brain Freeze, 0:00 - 7:31 — Socio-political mindlock is endemic in the United States. What made our gray matter even grayer this week?
2. Fucked Upitude, 7:32 - 18:51 — Can we make a community out of chaos and somebody just invented taxation!
3. The Right to Pay, 18:52 - 42:05 — We'll give you a partial tax credit to offset the cost of your job training program if you work a certain number of hours and haven't been convicted of a certain level of crime and don't have a drug offense in your history.
4. Kids in Rainbow Cages, 42:06 - 59:31 — Memes are the pinnacle of human civilization.
5. Get High with Snakes, 59:32 - 1:09:57 — For some reason, we discuss our highly limited and extremely lame history of drug use.
6. Coffee is Life, 1:09:58 - 1:15:59 — Just becoming human everyday is an achievement we should not take for granted.
7. Free-Market Children, 1:16:00 - 1:21:30 — An odd way to end the episode for sure, but kids need tough love.

We want to hear from you! Send us your thoughts on the issues we discuss, tell us why that thing we said was really dumb, let us know how you’re doing, or send us random comments and questions on anything at all. Chris: ⁠chris@scoopingsanity.com⁠, Jørn: ⁠otte@scoopingsanity.com⁠

If you need immediate help related to mental health please call or text 988 to connect with a confidential crisis specialist anytime of the day seven days a week. You can also go to ⁠988lifeline.org/⁠ to start and chat and find other resources. The ⁠Trevor Project⁠ offers the same thing with a focus on the LGBTQ community. Call 866-488-7386 or text 678-678.

Logo by ⁠Dave Sharpe⁠

Music: “Life of a Wandering Wizard” by ⁠Serge Quadrado Music⁠.